Encourage Healthy Eating to Help Your Teen Excel in the Classroom
Unless they are involved in competitive sports, many teens don't think much about health or healthy eating. So it's up to parents to do some of the thinking and planning for them. Poor nutrition in teens has been linked to everything from poor academic performance to obesity.
In a Jan. 18 article on buzzle.com, Kevin Heath provided tips on healthy nutrition that can help your teen's performance in the classroom:
In a Jan. 18 article on buzzle.com, Kevin Heath provided tips on healthy nutrition that can help your teen's performance in the classroom:
There are things that can be done to combat the poor nutrition that leads to failure in school and beginning with a healthy lifestyle is a good start.
You should remove unhealthy foods from the home and not buy them which prevent everyone from getting into a poor nutrition cycle. Simple sugars and syrups should be removed or at least used in moderation. These include jams and jellies, ice cream, maple syrup and other products that contain high fructose corn syrup.
Get rid of those sodas and sugary drinks and get that water flowing. It is much better to stay hydrated with water as several brands of pop have caffeine in them and the sugar overload can lead to a mid-day or evening crash when your teen should be learning or doing homework.
Avoid white flour as it turns into glucose that is stored in fat cells during the digestion process. Processed foods can be very poor in nutritional value and include junk food (chips, pretzels, etc.), hot dogs, sugary breakfast cereals, high sodium meals, etc. The more packaged and processed a meal is, the less nutritious it is. Saturated fats and Trans fats are a big no-no. Look for "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil" on food labels and don't buy them.
Labels: healthy eating, nutrition
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