Helping Kid's Make Healthy Food Choices

By Kripa Watts

Educating our children so that they can make good choices and cultivate healthy eating habits is one of the toughest challenges parents face.  No matter how committed you are to maintaining high standards in your own home, there will likely be times when your child has the opportunity to partake of foods and snacks that are less than healthy.  How can you turn this challenge into an opportunity to steer them so that they are eventually able to discern for themselves what just looks good and what actually is good?

Most parents have had the experience of a trip to the local supermarket turning into a frustrating expedition, when colorful packaging and kid friendly designs draw your child’s attention.  This can result in him or her begging that you purchase a food which offers little or no nutritional value.  Perhaps, rather than seeing this as a potential battle of wills, we can use such situations as an opportunity for education.  Rather than insisting the child return the package to the shelf we can take the time to read the label of the food and ask the child if they recognize any of the ingredient names.  As the child grows older we can ask them to read the ingredient list to us so that together we can decide if we want to purchase that food.  Very often, the daunting thought of reading through a long list of unpronounceable ingredients is enough to result in the child putting the package back on the shelf without further ado.

With the introduction of our Kid’s One Daily whole food multi-vitamin, MegaFood has recognized that the ‘food choice education challenge’ can also be applied to children’s vitamins.  Many kid’s supplements were created to catch your child’s eye and appeal to a natural sweet tooth.  They may include sweeteners, flavorings and artificial colorings and are often comprised of simply chemical, isolated vitamins.  MegaFood Kid’s One Daily is a whole food multivitamin without compromise, which allows you to maintain the same high standards in supplementation as you do when selecting groceries or even your own multi-vitamin.  This product provides an opportunity to guide your child toward real food supplementation as you do toward good food choices.  With the introduction of this supplement we have also introduced Lovey the Bear.  Lovey is our Kid's Whole Food Ambassador whose mission is to help educate our children about the benefits of real whole food.

Lovey has his own facebook fan page through which you can access fun facts to help plant the seeds of knowledge so that your child can learn and grow.  We hope you will join us and contribute your thoughts on how to share knowledge that will help all children to be well-nourished,  healthy and happy.