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Follow A Healthy Diet For Your Kid

Team AckoFeb 8, 2024

A healthy diet paves the way to a healthy mind and body. As opposed to popular belief, a diet does not really mean not eating particular foods, but a healthy diet means balancing nutrition in such a way that your child will be able to receive all the nutrients he needs for a healthy development of his mind and body.

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1. Include lots of green leafy vegetables in your child's diet. Spinach, kale, lettuce are to name a few, which really boost up your child's immunity, providing him with lots of vitamins and minerals which are very important for healthy bones and nervous system.

2. Dairy is very important too! If your child is not a big fan of milk, find other ways to incorporate dairy into his diet. Mix some cheese in his sandwiches and make a spread by making use of yoghurt.

3. Avoid fried food as much as you can. The snacks you get at supermarkets are very appetizing for sure. But they contain harmful chemicals that increase the shelf life of the product. Instead of buying those, make healthy snacks at home so you know you are giving your child nothing but the best.

4. Keep your child hydrated at all times. Make it a routine for him to take sips of water every now and then such that it turns into a habit, a healthy one at that.

5. Make sure he gets a good amount of carbohydrates which provide energy, proteins that help build muscle and fats that help with better absorption of nutrients along with vitamins and minerals.

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