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healthy eating tips for families

52 Healthy Eating Tips For Families

Diet changes can be overwhelming when you are just starting out. It can be confusing to know what to change, when, and how much. In fact, all the confusion and information can lead to paralysis, where you end up doing nothing at all. Eating healthy is so crucial to good health that you can’t afford to stand still. So we’ve put together some great easy-to-implement healthy eating tips for families.

Now, obviously, if you try to do all these at once, you will certainly fail. So, read through the list, and then just pick two.  You can read more about that below.

  1. When you purchase ground beef, choose the 93% lean over the 85%.
  2. Buy 2% milk instead of whole milk.
  3. Hide the candy jar.
  4. Reduce the juice intake to one serving a day. Serve water instead.
  5. Keep a bowl of fresh whole fruit within easy reach throughout the day (ie. apples, bananas, plums etc.)

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By Bonnie, ago
kids with veggies

Shopping and Eating Healthy

How To Shop And Eat Healthy Eating healthy balanced meals has the single greatest impact on our long-term health. A healthy diet, though, has also become one of the hardest things to attain and maintain in our culture today. Only 2% of the American population consumes a healthy balanced diet […]

By Bonnie, ago
Ground Rules for good eating

Our Family’s Ground Rules for Good Eating

Good eating habits don’t happen by accident. In fact, when young children are left to choose food for themselves, the choices will always be high in sugar, fat or salt. Good eating habits must be taught from a young age if they are to stick when they’re teenagers.

All children will naturally become what we label as “picky eaters” if they are not taught otherwise. Don’t all young toddlers refuse veggies at some point? What will you do when your new eater attempts to do the same thing?
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By Bonnie, ago
African American Parents Children Family Eating At Dining Table

The Key to Preparing Healthy Meals

“Planning.” It may sound like a four-letter word if you already feel crunched for time. But without this step in your weekly and daily calendar, you will fail miserably at preparing healthy meals. Most families today are also on limited grocery budgets, so again, without the planning, you’ll feel forced […]

By Bonnie, ago