Eating Healthy

Cool tips for eating healthy!

• Drink half your weight in ounces in water.
• Watch what you eat, get all your vitamins and minerals from food.
• Eat a combination of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats and lean proteins.

COOL TIPS FOR EATING HEALTHY! 2

• Avoid or limit unhealthy choices: Fast food, processed food, too much sugar or artificial sugar.
• Don't overeat or don't starve yourself.

What prevents you from eating healthy? Maybe not enjoying the healthy options you eat?
[barriers]

DON'T ENJOY HEALTHY FOODs?

• Try to include healthy foods with other foods such as smoothies!
• For example, if you don't like kale or spinach try mixing it with fruits and yogurts in a healthy smoothie!

What prevents you from eating healthy??
Maybe you/parents don't have time to eat/cook healthy meals.
[barriers]

Don't have enough time to prepare healthy meals?

• At least you can eat healthy snacks that you can carry with you. Such as: nuts, peanut butter packs, apples and carrot sticks.
• Always carry water too.

Extra information
some essential vitamins.

Vitamin A

• Vitamin A helps you see better in the dark!
• It even boosts you immune system to help fight against infections!
• Vitamin A can be found in orange fruits and vegetables it also is found in dark leafy foods! For example: carrots, sweet potatoes, kale, liver and milk with vitamin a

Vitamin B

• Vitamin B
• There are four different kinds of Vitamin B: B1, B2, B6 and B12.
• Vitamin B helps you with metabolic activity which helps make energy and set it free when your body needs it.
• These Vitamins also make red blood cells which carry oxygen all around you body!
• Examples of food which contains Vitamin B: Whole grains, fish and seafood and beans.

Sources

• Mom
• The Fast Metabolism Diet by Haylie Pomroy
• DK Eyewitness Books, Human Body.
• http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/vitamin.html#
• IDEA Fitness Journal July-August 2013