“Children who are raised on a healthful vegan diet have a reduced risk of heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and other conditions.”
--pcrm.org (Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine)
To get your kids started on a life filled with good health, start them young. Teaching kids about healthy eating is easy when you:
Buy fruits and vegetables that are in season and locally
grown, whenever possible. Start with mashed
bananas, avocados, and peaches for the littles and diced or sliced for the
olders. For veggies, start with mashing potatoes,
peas, and carrots.
Make healthy snacks readily available on colorful platters when kids are out of
school for the summer (such as brown rice cakes or whole grain crackers with
nut butter, organic bananas, grapes, and stone fruits, and cucumbers or carrots
with hummus).
Avoid dairy foods (and avoid dairy-related
allergies). Cow’s milk is for baby cows,
not baby people.
With love and kindness,
Nancy Heinrich, MPH
Founder and Wellness Architect
