30 | T HE B A R O SSA M A G // HE A LT H
WORDS LEE TEUSNER
GO VITA TANUNDA
Ensuring your child gets the right
nutrients is hard, especially if they’re
a picky eater. Try these tips from
Go Vita’s Naturopaths.
You’ve lovingly crafted the perfect,
nourishing meal for your child, but they
merely pick at it and nibble a bit before
pushing it away, declaring, “I’m full.”
Aaaahhh…. the dinnertime stand-off.
Children are prone to taste neophobia,
the fear of trying new flavours.
Wary of yet another stand-off, parents
may pander to their little neophobes,
offering familiar bland foods like plain
pasta, rice and bread that they know
will at least be eaten.
Unfortunately, bland foods are typically
rather bland on the nutrition front too,
lacking the protein, healthy fats, vitamins
and minerals that growing bodies and
brains need.
Thus, munching on bread and plain pasta
may leave a child feeling full, but it leaves
their little body hungry for nourishment.
Aussie kids are fed,
but are they nourished?
THE BENEFITS OF HEALTHY HABITS
Ensuring adequate nutrition for children
is a battle a lot of parents feel like
they’re losing.
Less than 1% of Australian children
aged two to three years consume the
recommended serves of vegetables.
Only 78% eat enough fruit; while four
to eight-year-olds eat just one-third and
two-thirds of their vegetable and fruit
requirements, respectively.
The benefits of adequate childhood
nutrition will have on wellbeing
throughout life cannot be
underestimated.
Apart from their substantial vitamin
and mineral content, fruits and vegetables
provide valuable phytochemicals and
antioxidants.
These substances reduce inflammation
and oxidative stress while improving
immune function and bone strength.
Healthy habits instilled during childhood
have been shown to persist into
adolescence and adulthood, reducing
the risk of diseases including obesity,
cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis
and dementia.
The good news is that Go Vita can give
parents a secret weapon to help win the
battle and ensure when children eat, they
are nourished.
Yummy and nutrient-dense wholefood
greens providing the antioxidant
equivalent of six serves of fruit and
vegetables per one single serve and our
brain boosting chocolate formulation
developed to support your pint-sized
prodigy's neurological function are
nutritional insurance for parents of
picky eaters.
TOP TIPS
Try these easy ideas to sneak more
nourishment into your children:
• Put a fruit bowl where children
can see and reach it.
• Fortify juice, smoothies and milk with
wholefood supplements; sprinkle them
onto yoghurt and cereal, too.
• Store carrot and celery sticks in easily
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accessible containers in the fridge.
• Chop soft fruits into fun shapes with
cookie cutters.
• Hide vegetables in food, such as carrot
and zucchini in bolognaise sauce
• Lead by example – replace ‘sometimes’
food with healthier alternatives.
HIDDEN GREENS BREAKFAST BALLS
• 1 cup (110g) rolled oats
• 1 cup (150g) frozen blueberries
• 1 tbsp peanut or almond butter (or
coconut butter for nut-free schools)
• 1/3 cup (25g) desiccated coconut, plus
extra for coating
• 2 serves (12g) Morlife Greens Kidz
powder (available at Go Vita)
Place oats, blueberries, Greens Kidz
powder and nut butter in a food processor
and blitz to form a thick paste. Stir
through the coconut.
Form mixture into balls and
roll in the extra coconut.
Refrigerate in an airtight
container for up to three days.