New Year is a good time for many people to make a fresh start and make some resolutions. This year I decided to look at my children's health and how I could improve it. It does not have to be New Year though. You can set any date to start a fresh and make important changes to you or your family's life.
My main aim, this year, was to get my kids to eat more vegetables and fruit, especially over the winter months when the are more prone to colds and other viruses. In particular, I wanted them to eat more fresh produce, and preferably organic produce from the grocery store. In their natural state they provide an abundance of minerals and vitamins, important for all aspects of a healthy life.
Getting kids to eat more fruit and vegetables is no easy task. I did find a solution, though, with juicing. This is great at making sure they benefit from all the nutritious properties of freshly squeezed juice. The different combinations you can make also stops them from getting bored.
These are the main benefits of juicing for children:
1. You can easily involve you kids in making the fresh juice, which is great bonding time. They can stand on a chair and help you make the juice. They enjoy the process and really appreciate the drink more, which they have made with their own little hands. The clean up only takes about ten minutes and is well worth it.
2. A lot of children are not big veggie eaters, especially if they are anything like mine. Juicing provides the perfect solution for getting them to eat a wide range of different veggies in their raw fresh state. So they are getting more benefits than if the vegetables were cooked. This makes everyone in the home happier.
3. If your children start to eat more fresh fruit juice you will find they will quickly go off sweet sodas. So not only do they get the benefits from the juice they reduce their intake of sugar, chemicals and additives. These can all contribute to childhood obesity and many illnesses later in life. It will also save you money on buying these expensive drinks as well.
Have you made any goals for your children's health this year? If not, then start juicing. If will really benefit their health for many years to come and is also a fun pastime that you can do with your children.
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