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HEALTHY food is good food, simply cooked to bring out its flavour and beautifully presented to delight the senses. This starts with choosing the best vegetables and fruits, then preparing them with an eye to preserving their inherent colours, textures and nutrients.
Eating moderate amounts of a wide range of foods, especially fresh seasonal produce and grains that have not been too refined and over processed, is the key to a healthy diet.
Rather than count calories, fat, grammes, or carbohydrates, simply focus on keeping your diet constantly varied and rich in fresh vegetables and fruits, whole grains and legumes.
If consuming these foods are the first priority of your diet each day, you will find that a healthy balance of other foods naturally follows. The food you prepare should be healthy, nourishing and enjoyable.
The colourful eating philosophy revolves around fruit and vegetables, with an emphasis on whole grains and pulses as well.
In addition to herbs, spices and healthy oils, these ingredients round out recipes and can be used to add flavour, texture and nutrients to healthy dishes.
The Rainbow Diet is different from other diets. Years of research has shown that it has the potential to “protect and correct” across all manner of illnesses.
It is an enjoyable diet with a great deal of variety and taste. It is a diet of inclusion, unlike other diets of restriction, and is vibrant, colourful and fun. It is also nourishing and tasty.
Colourful food is also attractive and since we “eat” first with our eyes, a colourful plate is more likely to stimulate our appetites. Children are attracted to colourful food, so “eating the rainbow” makes children more likely to eat healthy food instead of junk food.
Plants contain chemical compounds called phytonutrients that promote health and protect against disease. The phytonutrients in plants give them their colour and each colour comes with different vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. So if we “eat the rainbow”, we are assured of getting the different nutrients that we need.
“Eating the rainbow” is a good idea, but it is only as good as eating a balanced, healthful diet full of fresh foods. Experimentation, eating new dishes and trying different foods are essential to form healthy habits like cooking and watching what you eat. It doesn’t hurt to learn more about the nutritional value of the foods you want to try, and how they compare to the things you already eat.
Today, I want to talk about something very simple: water. Children need plenty of water to stay hydrated and healthy. Water makes up more than half of a child’s weight, and a steady supply is necessary to keep the body working properly. Dehydration, even if only mild, can cause tiredness, headaches, lack of concentration, reduced mental performance and dry skin.
It can be challenging to get children to drink enough water because most children prefer the sweet taste of juice or fizzy drinks. Teaching children why drinking plenty of water is so important may encourage them to consume more, and showing them fun ways to drink water can make learning about water more interesting.
Keep kids hydrated with these fun rainbow fruit ice cubes, a great way to encourage kids to drink more water. It is a fun way to jazz up plain drinking water for kids, helping to keep them happy and hydrated.
Try this fun way of drinking water and see how quickly the children enjoy drinking these beautiful glasses of water. This helps in two ways: they get to drink the water and eat the fruit as well.
It is quick and easy to make. As the ice cubes melt, they give the water a hint of fruity flavour. Children also love having a mini frosty fruit salad to snack on when they finish drinking the water.