The followings are popular misconceptions in serving children
breakfast.
There are many researches proving the importance of
breakfast to human health. Breakfast is not only important to adults but to children;
it’s even more important than lunch or dinner.
Children who have nutritious breakfast regularly are well
provided with energy, happy and more active than other children who don’t. The
breakfast provides plenty of energy that helps children stay fresh and focused
on learning. Children who have breakfast are often into physical activities and
able to maintain balance weight in long term.
Breakfast plays a
great role in preventing obesity in children as the meal helps start the
metabolism of the day and burn calories.
Breakfast plays a great role in preventing obesity in
children as the meal helps start the metabolism of the day and burn calories.
Children who don’t have breakfast tend to consume more calories during the day
as they easily get hungry in the afternoon and have more snacks than others.
Nowadays, as life gets busy, moms tend to prepare a simple
and quick breakfast so that their children can go to school. It does affect
children’s health negatively. Specialists recommend moms should put more time
and efforts on preparing breakfast for their children and family.
Mistake 1: Using leftovers
This is a popular mistake. Making the most of the leftovers
from last night by heating it up for breakfast in order to save time is not a
wise solution, especially the leftover can contain harmful matters if it’s
vegetable. You wake up early in the morning and prepare fresh healthy foods for
your family.
Mistake 2: Using fast foods
It’s another save-time way to have breakfast. However, fast
food contains much of fat, which can lead to obesity. The food is also not good
for children’s digestion. Processed foods, ones that stored in the fridge
overnight can ever compete with delicious, crunchy bread toast, fresh fruits
and vegetables.
Mistakes 3: Using snacks
Snacks can’t
provide children with as much energy as breakfast is supposed to.
Many parents like storing cookies, chocolate and rice cake…
and use them for children’s breakfast. Those foods should be eaten as snacks or
in light meals. If you provide your children with abstemious breakfast,
children won’t receive enough energy for a day of learning and activities;
children will feel hungry early in the afternoon and want to eat more in later
meals.
Mistake 4: Eating while traveling
Having a nutritious breakfast is very important. Nowadays,
you can easily see children eating while their parents take them to school.
It’s not good at all eating when traveling, not mentioning the number of
harmful bacteria and dirt that stick on the foods during the trip.
Mistake 5: Breakfast with fried foods
Having those foods
for breakfast is really not good for children.
According to specialists, fired foods have a high content of
fat. After being fried, there’s a big deal of nutrients in the foods destroyed;
there’re even appearances of matters that can cause cancer.
Additionally, foods that are suffered from high temperatures
and soaked in oil take much time to be digested. In case you have some milk
during breakfast, the high content of fat in milk will make the meal overreach
the standard level of fat. Having those foods for breakfast is really not good
for children.
Perfect breakfast menu
To prepare a perfect breakfast for children, there’re some
tips that not only save your time but also preserve the health of your children
and your family.
·
Make plan for the breakfast of the next day from last night as
well as necessary tools like a blender, pots… to save time in the morning.
·
Wake your children 15 minutes before schedule to let them have
time to shake off the sleepiness and prepare a fresh mind. You can also suggest
your children to prepare breakfast with you.
·
In case children are not into eating in one morning, you
shouldn’t force them to eat. Instead of that, you can prepare a cake and milk
for them to bring to school.
