Know Your Nutrition Facts Knowing how to read the nutrition facts and other relevant labels on the packaging of your food is an important part of attaining good health and practicing good nutrition. The nutrition facts, ingredients lists and other food labels are essential in helping you to understand what you are putting on your body. There are a lot of important nutrients that you need to get in your body every day, and good nutrition is the absolute best way to make this happen. You should read not only the ingredients lists, but the nutrition guidelines and other labels like "100% whole … [Read more...]
Teaching Good Nutrition to Children
March 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Teaching Good Nutrition to Children With so many advertisements on television for happy meals, chocolate drinks and a whole host of other un-nutritious foods, it should not surprise you that children are battling obesity now more than ever. As a result, it is becoming increasingly important that as parents we find ways to teach good nutrition to our children so that they can make good nutrition choices in the future. The best thing that you can do in order to teach good nutrition to a child is to be flexible with the foods that you offer, but in a nice way. Do not force them to eat their … [Read more...]