Train Your Baby to Develop a Taste for Healthy Foods

The baby that is fed the most nutritious, fresh and low-calorie foods is the one that is going to grow up to be the most healthy. There are many baby friendly foods out there but there are some that are super-powered foods.

You should consider making pureed baby food out of the following foods that qualify as being nutritional powerhouses.

Avocadoes – Puree this food with a bit of olive oil and your child will have all of the omega 3 fatty acids he or she needs to grow up very smart. They are wonderful pureed with yams, bananas or tomatoes.

Blueberries – These berries contain anthocyns which assist with the health and development of the eyes and circulatory system. They also help fight infections everywhere in the body. You can swirl ground up berries with a bit of plain yogurt for a delicious treat.

Broccoli – Cook it, grind it up and mash it. It is full of fiber, folate and calcium. A bit of parmesan or cheddar cheese blended in with it makes it ultra tasty. It also goes well with blended cooked fish like salmon.

Leafy vegetables – Leafy greens have high amounts of iron and folate. Steam greens like kale, chard and collard greens and then mix with meet or cereal to serve up a delicious but healthy mini-meal for your child.

Lentils – Lentils of all sizes and colors are good for baby. They are rich in protein and B vitamins and blend well with rice and vegetables.

Meat – Lean ground cuts of meat can be chopped up or bought ground. They are a good source of protein, B vitamins and trace minerals. One of the best ways to serve meat to a baby is with ground up vegetables and potatoes as a stew.

Squash – This yellow vegetable should be baked and then pureed. Once mashed up it has a very creamy pleasant texture. You can roast the squash first and add a bit of cheese to make it tastier. It also goes well mixed up with peas, corn, potatoes and other foods.

Sweet Potatoes – These and their yam cousins are very rich in Vitamin A and minerals and pure very nicely after they have been roasted. Sprinkle with parsley for a tasty treat.

Keep in mind that it is very important to thoroughly wash and clean vegetables before you serve them to your children to make sure they are free of pesticides.

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Acai Berries – A Family Superfood

You have probably been hearing a great deal about acai berries lately which are the latest answer when it comes to weight loss.

These are small but easily distinguishable purple and black berries that hail originally from the Amazon rainforests. They are one of the new diet superfoods that are on the market and they are sold as everything from a mash to a juice or even mixed in with yogurt. You can also buy it in powdered form and pill form to help expedite the kind of elimination from your colon that can also speed up weight loss.

Asia berries are classified as super foods because aside from weight loss they offer a very wide range of health benefiters including life extension, free radical fighting and keeping your blood pressure under control. The berry is also a potent immune system booster that can help prevent colds and flues.

One of the unique things about this berry from the rainforest is that it can also help boost energy levels and stamina which assist greatly with our exercise efforts. Some individuals believe that it is actually a mood booster of some sort although technically it is classified as a food both in America and South America.
Also the aecia berry contains very high levels of dietary fiber which can help your digestive system to become more efficient. Less crap is allowed to fester and ferment in your digestive tract and stomach.

This is important, because most people do not take on board sufficient dietary fiber in their normal diet which means that over time, a significant amount of undigested food gets left in your stomach (some claim that there can be up to 20 pounds of ‘rubbish' in your gut that never gets shifted under normal circumstances and that you need to take something that prompts the intestinal process in order to get your bowels moving.)

Hence, as you drink lots more water whilst increasing your consumption of high fiber foodstuffs such as fruit, vegetables and acai, it is quite possible that you will see a very significant weight drop in the first few days as these toxins are flushed out of your system. This could manifest as diarrhea at first but the key is to be patient. Some people suffer this side effect for just a few hours and others for quite a few days as the colon cleans itself out.

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