How to I convince my 5yr old to eat fruit and veg. His diet is limited but ok.?
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my only advice is, don't force him, my parents did and i haven't eaten fruit and veg for nearly 20 years cos of this.
810668
The best fish to eat are the ones containing Omega 3 and 9, however you can get this from a suppliment, like flax seed and the reality is if he has a balanced diet, is healthy he doesnt need to eat fish specifically, ask any vegan there are alternatives.
897753
What a good mom!  :thumbs up:\n\nYou're absolutely right that you have to start them young.  If your kids grow up in a "healthy" home, they don't know any differently.  This is how I raised my kids.  They love vegetables for example, because that's what they know.\n\nYou can begin feeding your son minced chopped foods and wean from the Gerber Graduates.  I made my own baby food from steamed adult food whirled in a mini-processor.\n\nYou may have gained from extra water weight due to carbs.  Or maybe you've added a little extra fat (butter on bread) or a bit larger portions?\n\nIt's probably not fat, just fluid or undigested food.  If you had been eating less fiber and are now eating more (whole wheat bread), the fiber acts as a "dam" in the colon.  Keep eating high fiber food, maybe take a softener like Milk of Magnesia capsules and see if that helps.
886762
Well, he can start out by changing the way he eats.  Help him out, both of you make it a point to eat healthy.  He will start to lose weight from a better diet.  As far as exercise, he should just walk as far as he can, a few times a day.  He will gradually be able to go for longer and longer.  He should shoot for 30 minutes of activities a day, even if he can only do it 5 minutes at a time.  Also consider getting a stationary bicycle, once again, he can do it for very short periods of times and slowly add on more time and intensity.  It won't happen over-night, but I bet within a couple of weeks he will be feeling better and will have lost a few  pounds.
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Our 10 year old has been like that for a long time. We are all lacto- vegetarian and grow most of our food here too.  I have to blend-hide all sorts of veggies into everything we make (esp dark greens like kale, spinach, collards. We also grind up broccolli, cauliflower, carrots, misc squash in our misc recipes too.)  We are great at hiding so much stuff in and he never knows! We are amazed at how many awesome veggies we get into each gallon of spaghetti sauce or a vegetarian sloppy joe type sauce! As long as the sauce is mostly red in color and not too green we get away with it! He is sensitive to herbs I use too, so little by little I add more and he is adjusting and developing gradually, a more sophisticated palate. I use a Vita Mix and both the small hand held blenders, but any blenders can work.\n\nHe is good about the fruit.\n\nNow that he is ten and learning more details about nutrition as a science, we are asking him to start logging his diet into a computer program so he can see how high or low he was in his misc daily nutrients. He will be in fifth grade and he is good on the computer, so we are starting that this fall. (I have been a nutriton prof for decades) If he refuses to eat what we make for him, he is not allowed to make any of his favorites like ramen noodles or mac and cheese unless he adds a cup of veggies to it. I hope to teach him how to make some foods he has liked so he can take pride in his nutriton and skill in making something.\n\nWe make the following:\n\nvegetarian chili (lots of veggies in the sauce blended in!)\nveggie burgers (with lots of veggies to add on top like tomatoes, spinach leaves, cucumbers, grated carrots)\nsloppy joes with TVP (veggies hidden in sauce)\nspaghetti sauce with TVP (veggies hidden in sauce)\npizza (with lots of veggies hidden in sauce) he picks veggies to put on pizza...self serve veggie toppings before we put it in the oven\nstir fries with his favorite veggies\nraw finger veggies he likes with a healthy salad dressing type dip\nfalafels with pita bread and he puts his "salad" in the pocket\nbean tostadas with lots of "salad" for him to put on top\nwhite bean soup in a spagheti sauce type sauce (lots of veggies blended in)\nvegetarian eggless quiches with lots of veggies he likes\nveggie tempura type thing with different indian spices in the batter\n\nThese have worked great.  If he lived alone he would probably just eat junk, but gradually he will learn what he needs to know.
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Your seven year may just be making a healthy choice that will keep him healthy in years to come. I worked as a cook at an elementary school for 9 years. I'm now a deli manager. Nutrition is something I know lol\n\nYou are right about the beans. They have lots of protein in them. Here are some suggestions to take in consideration. \n\nSee to it that he gets lots of fruits and veggies. There are some fun tasty single serve applesauce cups that you can get at the grocery store that serves at one fruit serving. Also salsa is a fun way to get a veggie serving. A fourth cup of it is a veggie serving. Peanuts and peanutbutter is great source of protein. Two tablespoons of pb on bread with a school size carton of milk is a balanced meal. There are also many protein drinks and bars out that are really good. PayDay has a protein bar out that is awesome!! It is so tasty and it has 15 grams of protein. That's about 6 grams less that my boyfriends protein bars he eats when working out. Also, there are several tasty cereal on the shelf these days that are high in protein. \n\nI hope I helped. It's really not a big deal as long as he likes other healthy foods :)
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If he can tolerate OJ without reactions to the acid, then it's good for him. But alternate it with other less acid juices like apple and white grape and be sure he drinks water also. Does he like cheese or yogurt? He needs the equivalent of three 8oz bottles of milk a day for the calcium and protein found in milk.  Unles he's lactose intolerant, there should be a way for him to like it, have you tried strawberry Quick in his milk? Most kids love it that way, and the small amount of sugar in the strawberry syrup shouldn't hurt, as long as he isn't eating a lot of sweets / junk.
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Ahem... I am not a health-care professional nor am I a pediatrician however, I am a parent so here goes...\n\nFirst thing to remember here is that all babies are different... some start solid food earlier than others however, my four-year old son started on solid food when he was three months old...\n\nWe started him on baby rice (a baby cereal that is similar in consistency to cooked oatmeal only a little less thick).\n\nAfter a couple of weeks on that we started him on some of the blander stage one solid foods by Gerber.  You should be able to ask a local pharmacist for advice on which foods are best for baby however, I would suggest that it is probably best to speak with your child's primary care physician or pediatrician first.\n\nI hope this helps.
1057268
Ask the doctor before giving such a thing, I think it is in formula???? if it is, it may be processed differently, stick with the regular diet for a child that age, and when you do start giving this start slowly, a very little at a time.
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May be you give him things like chocolate, sweets, crisps, etc that kill his appetite! He might have a friends thats got those things, or drinking loads of fizzy drinks. Or i it the money you give him that he uses to buy stuff that fills his stomach?\n\nOr it could be that lunch time is when he gets time to play the way he wants to!\n\nAnd the headache is definately hunger. i always get headaches when I dont eat.\n\nBest solution if I was the Parent, woud stack him at breakfast.\nForce him to eat as much as he can, and if he eats more smaller things, he will be okay. and when he comes back in the evening, you can give hm the reall food he likes.
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At 2-3 years of age you should be giving your child homogenized whole cow's milk. You can also begin to use 2%, low fat, or skim milk instead. Your child's diet should resemble that of the rest of the families, with 3 meals and 2 nutritious snacks each day. You should limit milk and dairy products to about 16-24oz each day and 100% fruit juice to about 4-6oz each day and offer a variety of foods to encourage good eating habits later.
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The US National Institutes of Health provides information sheets on all forms of nutrients, you can find the listing HERE\n\nhttp://ods.od.nih.gov/health_information/health_information.aspx\n\nTheir fabulous fact sheet on Iron is HERE\n\nhttp://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/iron.asp\n\nincluding which foods HAVE it and HOW MUCH! :)\n\nBest of all, this is from a site that is not trying to SELL you ANYTHING! You can TRUST this info! :)\n\nOnce you read the list, perhaps make a game of it with your child, search old magazines to find pictures of the foods listed, and see which ones seem of particular interest to your child. :)\n\nThen, you can simply use one of the innumerable Internet Recipe Finders\n\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?p=recipe+finder&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t&x=wrt\n\nto find recipes that use the foods best meeting your child's needs and interests! :)\n\nBest wishes from an Anemiac! ;)\n\n\nPS  If that does not give you the information you need, and you don't mind countless pop-up ads, you could try looking at\n\nhttp://www.keepkidshealthy.com/nutrition/iron_requirements.html\n\nhttp://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/commonproblems/anemia.html\n\nhttp://www.keepkidshealthy.com/nutrition/preventing_iron_deficiency.html\n\nThat site seems to offer credible information, but at the opposite extreme--selling, Selling, SELLING! :(
564562
You should start by talking to his various coaches and trainers and see what they recommend. If you can't get something concrete from them, it would probably be worth it for you to invest in a session or two with a nutritionist, one that's worked with children before.  She can explain the plan to YOU in adult detail and to your son in ways he can understand.  You'll probably learn something too.
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Before you go and do drastic things, like meds you are right to look at his food.  Soy can be an allergen to many people.  As well so are fruits such as strawberries and oranges, citrus'.  Obviously it's an allergy or sensitivity.  Some docs only consider the word allergy for those who go into anaphalactic(spelling?) shock and run the risk of respitory failure, ie...bee sting/stop breathing.  \nNevertheless, ignore that kind of medical rhetoric because your son is obviously allergic regardless of how severe the reaction is.  There are allergy tests he can go through if you find a doctor who takes you seriously.  Have him tested, although it can be traumatic because albeit not very paintful, they prick you with a bunch of tiny little needles with different allergens on them to see how you react.  Usually on your back or inside of your forearm.  I've had it and many people I know have...it really clued them into what was bugging them! \nOr first: Try the most simple diet you can, limit him down to mashed up rice and chicken or rice and one veggie like squash if you prefer and of course rice cereal for breakfast.  Make sure it's pure brown or white rice(brown has more nutrients). Clean out his system by calming it down for a day or two.  It's called an elimination diet in nutrition terms.  People do it all the time to figure out what allergies/sensitivities they have.  \nThen pick very basic mild foods like bananas, pears, squash, peas, spinach, carrots, chicken/turkey and rice. No citrus fruits for awhile.  No honey either(not pasturized and can be risky). Introduce one food at a time to him and allow him to get used to it before introducing another food. Try one per 2 days.  Wait for a reaction or none and then move on.  That way if he has a reaction, you will know which food it is.  \nThen another and another until you know which foods he reacts to etc...When he reacts you will know he has a problem with it and you can eliminate it for good and put it in his medical records.  Some foods might take a day to move through the digestion system and therefore two days is necessary to really see if they bother him. If he reacts to just rice and chicken/veggie, then it might be one of them. Try again. It's just a process that one must go through to gain control over their allergies. Hang in there!\nFoods people are most allergic to are: wheat, dairy, soy, citrus fruits + strawberries, nuts, corn, and some meat. Also food additives like MSG and gluten and food dyes can cause serious reactions like migraines and hyperactivity.  There are many others but those are very common ones.  \nDon't negate what he is experiencing because a doctor does. Not that you are. They do not know everything, and you are the mom...and that means beyond caring well for your son you have good instincts.  Trust them!!  You are doing the right thing by continuing to pursue this beyond what the doc didn't do for you.  And by the way, psorisis and eczema both are aggravated by food allergies and stomach digestion or lack thereof. \nBut keep on it because allergies can wreck your whole system if they are not remedied. \nGood luck!
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Make sure you're feeding him a healthy diet for one.  That's all you can do. Also remember to have doctor check ups.  It's not a horrible thing if your child is underweight.  I've been underweight my entire life and I'm healthy.  Talk to your doctor if your very concerned to make sure it's nothing however.  Keep them active and off the couch and they should grow up to normal.
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eat your fruit and veg :)
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i have it. i have to take nexium for it...any acidy fruits like lemons, oranges, cherries, kiwis, are terrible. grapes, bananas, pears, apples(red) are good for it. pop and fruit juices are not that great. veggies are good, they are bland. but tomatoes are nt too good for it. and make sure he doesnt eat after 6 pm because since he has this it means that he doesnt digest as quickly as you and it will just sit there in his esophogas and he will be miserable......genler100@yahoo.com if u nd to know anything else...i feel for him...i go through this everyday.