After  5 years of studying and living a whole foods life style, I have found this is a passion of mine.  I am now a certified "Holistic Nutritionist ".  After having a child, I became consumed with -

WHAT ARE OUR CHILDREN EATING !!?? 

 I am no Chef, and after learning what food does to our bodies I had to adapt to a whole new way of cooking.  I now look at food as

nutrients ~ energy ~ healing.....ingredient lists!!

 

 "High Fructose Corn Syrup" is becoming common knowledge, but what about ALL the other harmful ingredients. Why is it not written on the package? Why are other countries BANNING these ingredients and we are not?

 

 

 

How do highly processed foods affect our immune system

and cause inflammation!!

Are we learning this stuff in schools?

 

 

 

Whole foods may seem "boring" and"dull" and "hard to adapt to", but all it takes is one positive step at a time.  You will probably not wake up in the morning and live only on fruits vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts & seeds.  And for sure your child will not just switch to that kind of lifestyle.  But if you start to INCLUDE healthy options, and DISCLUDE unhealthy options, before you know it you will be feeling amazing.  Even better, you will notice a HUGE POSITIVE difference in your child. 

 

 

Looking at labels is a MUST.  I never used to look twice at anything I ate.

 If it tasted good, that's all that mattered.  

 

How great is it to know that you can eat TONS of food and feel great, and your children will THRIVE.  Minor alterations to meals and their taste buds will soon change.  My son asks for fruits and vegetables.  Yes, he also asks for ice cream, but it is limited.  His options on a day to day basis are WHOLE FOODS.  This is easier starting from birth, but don't feel it is impossible if you have not.

Just remember "The Little Engine That Could"

 

 

• Ditch the breakfast cereals~ Eats Whole Oats with Raisins, Bananas, Dates, Raw Honey, or Pure Maple syrup;  Eggs (Chickens Raised in a Natural Habitat);  Avocados;   Lots of fruit!  FRUIT FRUIT (WHOLE)

 

• Make a game out of it~  Introduce a new fruit or vegetable every week.  Read about it, Watch a video about it, Make it into different dishes and see what is your favorite. 

 

• Stop buying prepackaged snacks ~ Make your own and freeze them;  Apples and Peanut Butter;  Bananas; Avocados; Olives.

 

• Reduce the meals from restaurants~ Learn how to cook together, teach your children how to feed themselves so they have a lifetime of healthy habits.

 

• Stay away from fast food~  Always have nuts and fruit with you in case you get hungry on the go.  You will learn to LOVE them way more than a burger and fries.  And you will feel AMAZING!!