Childhood Obesity starts with poor eating habits and poor food choices and seems to end with the frustration of weight loss, but you can end the frustration and help your child be confident and successful. It all starts with the food that you put into your body. For years it was thought that it was all about exercise, exercise, exercise. Yes exercise is good but new studies have revealed that the food you eat can and will play just as big a role in conquering Childhood obesity as exercise does.
A nutrition advisor Jonny Bowden, Ph.D recommends filling your menu with these 5 belly filling foods. They each offer a hunger fighting dose of protein and fiber or fat. The good fat like Omega 3's and Omega 6's. These foods will help keep your belly full for hours after you have eaten.
Oatmeal. Go as pure as you can with steel cut oats as opposed to rolled oats. There is less processing with the steel cut variety. Stay away from the packaged and flavored stuff, like quaker single serving peaches and cream, or apples and cinnamon flavored instant oatmeal, it is loaded with sugar, henceforth calories. With 4 grams of fiber per cup, Oatmeal has that stick to your ribs quality.
Salmon. The best source of Omega-3 fat available from your grocery store, with lots of different options for preparation. A sandwich, a casserole or smoked. Hard to fit into a breakfast menu but otherwise should be served 3-4 times a week with lunch or dinner. a 3.5 ounce of salmon will give you 22 grams of protein and a load of Omega 3's.
Almonds. A great snack and a great food. 1 ounce of almonds contains a whooping 6 grams of protein and 9 grams of monounsaturated fat.
A study done by the journal Diabetes Care revealed that a diet high in monounsaturated fatty acids could help prevent the storage of belly fat. That is visceral fat, the stuff that we are all being warned about.
Black Beans. Ever hear of these? Black Beans are a member of the legume family along with green and yellow string beans. Legumes are packed full of good for the body stuff but black beans come out on top as number 1. One cup of black beans have equal amounts of protein and fiber. 15 grams. These work well in a salad.
Quinoa. Considered a whole grain, it is actually a seed from a herb, Although it can be cooked like a grain. Use Quinoa to replace rice and sometimes pasta, very tasty. One cup cooked Quinoa has 480 calories, 7.5 grams of fat, 9 grams of fiber and a cool 18 grams of protein.
You might as well face it, you are going to have to like to cook, learn to cook or just start cooking period! To Help your children beat Childhood Obesity its up to you to educate yourself with the facts of healthy eating for weight loss and make the change for yourself and your children. Make it fun and creative when making your dishes and meals, there are a lot of different flavors to be experienced with spices and different foods that you walk by every week in the supermarket. A little creativity combined with the right knowledge comes up with this for breakfast, 2 times a week. 2 waffles covered by 1 cup of strawberries (any fruit) and 1/4 cup of dark chocolate chips melted and drizzled over the top. A 100 gram cup of flavored yogurt on the side. Meets all the requirements, calories, protein, fiber and monounsaturated fats.
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