Mind your Meal

In this world where everything is expensive, extra care is very much important especially within the family. With all efforts, we are trying to be cautious and sensitive especially if our family’s health is at risk. That is why we have to be careful in preparing Meals for our family.

Healthy Foods

Serve healthy and nutritious foods. Fresh vegetables are especially important for the growth and health of the children. Fruits in every meal should be considered, and of course the need of enough liquid. The need to replenish every time we lost some liquid from our body is important.

Clean Environment

This is very important to avoid diseases cause by bacteria. Cleanliness in everything we serve is very vital for the family’s health. Vegetables are to be properly clean before cooking, for instance, if we are putting cabbage for a certain menu, individually check the leaves and properly wash. Clean environment is as well an important factor for our family’s health. Practice washing our hands before preparing foods and prior to meal time. Use antibacterial soap to get rid of the germs that are spreading in our hands.

Clean Water

Make sure to use clean water in preparing meals for the family. Water used in cleaning vegetables, fruits and especially the drinking water. There are deadly diseases caused by improper cleaning of cooking ingredients and drinking of unpurified water.

Remember to serve only healthy and nutritious foods. In every Meal, make it a habit for the whole family to eat together and make that a time for catching up and a moment to bond. Mind your Meal and Be Healthy.

Milk with Melamine

It’s been all over the news, not only here in the Philippines but other countries such as South Korea, Singapore and Brunei. Banning of imports milk from China discovered with melamine content. Checking of not only milks but other dairy food products are keeping the Health officials busy.

Melamine is a chemical used in plastic, and in China cases of infants who died after taking dairy products with melamine and leaving thousands of people sick.

Here in the Philippines, Department of Health are investigating some cases of infants who are diagnosed with kidney problems, possible cause of taking milk made from China.

What is your view regarding this issue? Total banning of products made from China should be carried out? This is not the first time China made was questioned. Remember the toys made in China, were banned and were pulled out from toys stores because of the toxic substance? And now the dairy products – alarming and therefore the right time if not to totally banned, to check all the China made from foods – clothes – all items and let the people know what really is to be avoided for heath reasons.

Are we going to wait for our family to be victims before taking some needed actions? How inhuman it is to include some deadly ingredients to products all just to gain temporary riches, and let innocent people suffer. Are they not troubled and bothered by their conscience? We are really in a world where people are all worried with their personal welfare and prestige.

What is the Right Foods for your Kids

Kids are picky eaters, and parents are to make some strategies for the kids to love and like the serve foods. Yet it’s not just serving the foods that the children will be fond of, but think as well the nutrients. Let se consider some guidelines on how to make your child eat right and know the food that nourishes them;

Start feeding and serving healthy foods while they are still young. Start from a few spoons, and then gradually add few portions as they get older, this will help them form fondness on healthy foods. Be a good example to your children, show to them that you are living a healthy lifestyle especially with the right foods. Intake healthy foods and never skip meals, in doing these, you are setting the best model for them.

As parents, it is your responsibility to choose and control what foods to buy and dish up. Kids never get satisfied, you can’t either manage them to eat, they get snack that are available at home or in the fridge if they feel like doing. So store up nutritious and right foods for them, but once in a while put or serve sweets so they will not feel deprived. Never ever force your kid to finish the food especially if they have enough already. This will help them not to over indulge and gain more unneeded weight. Encourage them to eat plenty of water. Water and milk are the greatest for the kids. Fresh juices are okay once in a while, but limit their intake.

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How to have a Healthy Diet

There are various problems related to improper diet, this problem occurs not only in adults but also affected are the children. It is then important to know the suggested healthy diet. And below are some suggestions:

The total nutrients our body need is not available in just a single food. In every pack of food we are buying, it should be approved by FDA (Food and Drug Administration); this is our guide in getting the proper quantity of nutrients. Our meal should include the four basic food groups; these are milk, meat and eggs or poultry, twenty percent is needed, and eighty percent of vegetables, fruits and grains.

Breakfast is the important meal of the day, especially for children, this can improve their performance in school. Avoid eating snacks; instead be encouraged to eat fruits and vegetables. In our meal, it is not advisable to serve meat more than twice a day. Instead serve plenty of fish and vegetables, since meat especially red meats contain the maximum cholesterol level.

Avoid salty foods. Instead, use herbs and spices into your menu. For sweets, like sugar moderation is important. Plenty of liquid especially water is also important for a healthy diet, and diet is always harmonized with exercise. It is best to exercise after consuming rich in carbohydrates food such as rice and pasta. After 3 or 4 hours of eating, start your physical work out.

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Grill – for a change

Thinking of serving something different for lunch or perhaps dinner? Grilled fish? Grilled meat? Is it your first time to grill or perhaps you are a culinary expert? Either of the two, here are tips that we need to consider every time we feel like serving grilled for a meal:

1. Use a clean Grill. Clean grill with wire brush before using, and to prevent food from sticking on the grill, we need to apply a non-stick cooking spray or simply brush with oil.

2. Dry and quality charcoal is needed for fast lighting and longer burn life. In storing charcoal, keep in a cool and dry place.

3. Use appropriate tools. Tong is used to turn the grilled food; this is to maintain the juiciness of the food.

4. Serve the grilled food on a different clean platter. Avoid putting them on the same platter that we used for the uncooked food.

Some people precook food for lesser grilling time. If this is our practice, it is best to put immediately the food on the preheated grill after precooking.

That’s just few tips we need to remember for a safer grilling. Start cleaning the grill, get some charcoal, heat the grill and serve something grilled for our next meal!!