OCR Text |
Show Fruit Vegetables In Diet In the recent columns, we've talked about the value of milk and milk products, and proteins. Today we'll look at the need for vegetables and fruits in children's diets. DID YOU know that both children and adults need four or more daily servings from the fruit and vegetable families? If you have trouble getting your children to eat vegetables, double up on fruits. Or make a mixture of both. Fruits and vegetables are loaded with vitamins A and C and are rich in fiber. Peeling is preferable to paring, to help save the white membrane which contains fiber. Over cooking also breaks down the fiber. MANY VEGETABLES with tender skin-yellow or zucchini squash, white turnips, tur-nips, potatoes, carrots, etc.-are etc.-are better scrubbed clean, not peeled. When serving children baked potatoes suggest they eat them in the jackets. Cut vegetables into small bite-size bite-size pieces when serving them raw. WHEN COOKING or steaming vegetables, prepare the same way and boil in a small amount of water in a tightly covered pan, only until tender. If possible, keep bananas, apples and citrus in the house, so that for snacks little ones eat fruit rather than candv and artificial sweets. EVEN AS high as costs are today, that's a good investment, invest-ment, for fruits aid growth, teeth and resistance to colds. New fluoride rinses are available today, to help fight cavities. Most dentists now recommend children six and above rinse nightly. |