Enseña a Tus Hijos a Comer Vegetales desde Pequeños [ESP/ENG]

Hello dear community of animal and pet lovers. Today I want to share a new anecdote about my cat Miss2.

The feeding of our little ones is important for their optimal physical and cognitive development, so relevant for a healthy growth.

The first food when they are babies is breast milk which provides all the necessary nutrients and protects them against diseases as it favors the immune system that protects them from viral agents and bacteria.

Later they move on to the complementary feeding stage, where solid foods are introduced little by little, so that they can appreciate the different flavors and textures. These should be as healthy and natural as possible, free of sugar, sodium and any chemical component.

At this stage it is crucial to introduce vegetables such as broccoli, carrots, asparagus, cauliflower, which will be offered to the child to become familiar with new flavors.

Many parents do not take advantage of this stage and mistakenly think that if they do not like vegetables, neither do the babies, and I include myself, since many of us have been raised with this bad food culture and that is why in the adolescent and adult stage it is so hard to break with this practice.

In my particular case I learned to eat and enjoy vegetables in adulthood, since I knew all the health benefits, minerals, vitamins, fiber and how much they contribute to the proper functioning of organs both inside and outside in the largest organ such as the skin.

As I said before when my children were small I did not use to offer them vegetables in their natural form because it was something that I did not like and I followed that pattern. Fruits were consumed in good portions and quantities and it is something that the older ones still do today.

However, aware that my children should have vegetables as part of their nutrients in their food, I made a change in the family diet, since it is never too late to start, that change began with the arrival of my youngest son, at a time when networks offer more information and many tips to put them into practice.

With my 4 year old son I did apply the vegetables so that nowadays it flows naturally and many people around him are surprised to see him with the "sprigs" of broccoli and cauliflower eat them with that taste and pleasure, like the avocado that he likes so much, or the carrot sticks or asparagus.

The plan was to give it to him whole and for the others to incorporate them in cream soups, all blended, or grated carrots, beets, zucchini or spinach in his arepas or simply adding vegetables in the rice. I would "disguise" the vegetables in other foods, which can even be done in desserts: (cakes, puddings , slushies etc).

With the arrival of covid to my house I took advantage of the recommendation of the infectologist and I have been incorporating to this family the green juices on an empty stomach to take advantage of all the benefits for the organism. I blend cucumber, chard, parsley, celery and a piece of pineapple with half a lemon without sweetening and we all drink it at home without the slightest complaint, because we have become accustomed to consuming vegetables and we have been in this change for almost 5 years. Sometimes I replace it with red juices and I prepare them with beet, carrot, a piece of red pepper and orange, excellent for hemoglobin.

I am not going to deny that we also treat ourselves to unhealthy treats such as hamburgers, fries, hot dogs, popularly known junk food and accompanied by soda or soft drinks, but we do it once or twice a month at most, so our diet in a 85 percent or something more is very healthy, which has favored avoiding diseases and when it arrives like covid, being able to fight it with a strong body, which will make us emerge victorious more quickly. So to consume vegetables and fruits as much as we can, especially children and adolescents.

Gracias por dedicar un tiempo para leer mi publicación, la escribí con mucho amor.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post, I wrote it a lot of love.

Me despido.

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Todo el contenido que se encuentra en esta publicación es de mi autoría, cualquier duda hacer mención a mi persona y con gusto les responderé @surglen.

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