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A child’s diet should be high in fruit and vegetables, high in complex carbohydrates such as brown bread, brown pasta and brown rice and relatively low in fat and sugary foods. It should also be low in salt. But as many of us know, getting children to eat what is good for them can be easier said than done. So how do you get your child to eat a healthy diet? Eating is essentially a learned behaviour – so here are eight simple tips to encourage better eating.

Get A Fruit Bowl

Buy fruit and bring it into the house.…

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HAPPY TO SAY THIS ARTICLE STARTS WITH SOME THINGS I'VE FELT INSTINCTIVELY FOR PARENTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN RECENT YEARS: IF THEY MAKE THE MEALTIMES A FUN TIME WITH THE LITTLE KIDDIES AND INTERESTING WITH OTHER AGES, IT COULD WEIGH IN FAVOR OF GOOD NUTRITION AND MEET WITH LESS RESISTENCE. YOU CAN ENGAGE YOUR CHILDREN IN SOME COOKING - OR FOOD PREPARATIONS RATHER THAN HIDING GOOD FOOD ITEMS IN CERTAIN RECIPES. EVEN GROW SOME VEGGIES FROM EARLY AGES - THEY WILL WANT TO EAT OR ATLEAST TRY WHAT THE HAVE GROWN - THIS SHOULD WORK WITH DIFFERENT AGES TOO BECAUSE VEGGIE GARDENING CAN BE INTERESTING AND FUN, WATCHING THE SEEDLINGS GROW, AND PICKING THEIR OWN FRESH VEGGIES, HEY?…

LETS ENCOURAGE OUR KIDS TO ENJOY SOME ACTIVITIES IN THE FRESHAIR AND SUNSHINE - AND ENGAGE IN SOME OURSELVES. THERE ARE NUMEROUS BENEFITS WE AND OUR KIDS ARE MISSING OUT ON WITH TOO MUCH TV, TECH AND SOCIAL MEDIA - A STRONGER IMMUNE SYSTEM; A BETTER OUTLOOK IN LIFE; IMPROVED MOOD LEVELS. WE NEED TO BE ROLE MODELS TO STIMULATE THEIR INTEREST. MOST PARENTS STAY INDOORS FAR TOO MUCH AND THEIR KIDS DO LIKEWISE. COME ON FOLKS, LIFE BE IN IT. THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE WILL GIVE YOU SOME CLUES ON ENGAGING YOUR KIDS IN SOME OUTDOORS.…

By Janet Vargas - Natural Health Researcher

So don't be frightened of germs because there are Good Germs as well, kids are missing out on that benefit their Immune System. It’s much Safer than text books say – just one of many practices grandparents and their grandparents encouraged, and their kids were healthier than children Today. No they weren’t mistaken – less educated but not silly. We have been, to take so much notice of information we have been brought up with medical influence.

Kids Love Nature - Its Good For Them

And today’s Medical System always scaring us into Antibiotics and Vaccines  - half of which are not appropriate for or country here in Australia.…