Better Body Chemistry
for Vegetable haters
Quick summary of the science :
Eating vegetables is universally recommended for maintaining good health, thanks to their high content of vitamins, minerals, and essential fibers that aid digestion, support immune function, and reduce the risk of many chronic diseases. However, despite their undeniable health benefits, many people find it challenging to enjoy greens due to their natural bitterness—a taste sensation that’s deeply rooted in our biology as a natural aversion to potentially toxic substances.
Overcoming this biological instinct is not only beneficial but also entirely achievable.
it starts with you
How to raise a child that loves vegetables
The secret to raising a child that loves eating vegetables is to eat lots of vegetables when nursing because flavour preferences are created before 6 months
A meal without vegetables is like a present without a bow
The mere presence of a vegetable alongside the chicken, steak or pasta, improves the status of the meal, and the chef, transforming it to a LOVE PACKAGE.
You can’t order your child to eat better
You want your child to eat wholesome nutritious food, so that they grow up healthy and skinny, but demanding it, is unlikely to work in the long run.
MAKE IT “EASY”
That salad is just lettuce leaves without the right dressing
If you don’t add a little oil to your salad, it really doesn’t taste terribly good, the calorie count is seriously low, but so is the nutrient count ….
Use a cloaking device on that bitter broccoli
About 70 % of kids belong to the “broccoli tastes really yuk” club. If you want your child to swallow it, then you need to serve it with a cloaking device.
How to turn fruit into a highly desirable snack
You want your family to eat a few more fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, that apple doesn’t stand a chance, when pitted against a twinkie, but it can…
keep at it
Using the coffee principle to make green vegetables more desirable
Sophisticated coffee drinkers, have it black – NO sugar, NO milk. They’ve learned to appreciate coffee’s bitter flavor, do the same with green veg
get buy in
Batman can rescue your child from poor food choices
You desperately want your kid to “eat right”. On the home front, you have control over what junior shovels down, but beyond your home is another story.
Serving your man peas and carrots can lead to infidelity
The dinner table is often the primary battle ground in the fight for better health. You’re doomed if he sees that dinner you’ve prepared as a food fight.
Little chefs prefer real food to boxed food
The more the kids peel potatoes and cut carrots, the more likely they are to actually eat the vegetables. Little chefs are cooking up better food choices.
MARKET THE VEGETABLES
Variety is the spice that drives obesity
The “I am full message” is easily overridden by the sensory regions of the brain so the option to eat a variety of foods leads to more food being eaten.
The semantics of dieting can easily lead to dieting faux pas
You’re currently “ON DIET”, to be safe, you order a salad. But you may not be acting as virtuously as you think because a salad is not always a salad.
Need help getting your kids to eat their vegetables ?
Getting kids (and husbands) to eat their vegetables is frequently an uphill battle. Getting that broccoli to slide down, could just require a name change.
DON’T FORCE IT
The danger of “finish your broccoli or else”
Clean your plate talk makes probably doesn’t turn your child into a vegetable lover, instead it turns them into a heffa lump.
Whatever you do – don’t suggest broccoli is good for you
You want child to eat their vegetables, they on the other hand, don’t. Success requires a strategy, make sure the strategy you’re using is age appropriate.
Dessert should be part of your child’s dinner
There is ALWAYS room for dessert. ALWAYS. Dessert is eaten, because it tastes good, not because of hunger. By serving dessert with dinner – hunger rules.
NB. THE GOAL IS “EATING” VEGETABLES !
Not drinking fruit juice
NB. Smoothies, whether they’re low carb or high carb, can make you fat – CLICK TO LEARN MORE
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