Nutrition for kids is fundamentally important
for their overall health. Good kids nutrition can prevent a host of medical
problems, including becoming overweight, developing diabetes, weak bones,
respiratory and cardiovascular problems and other problems caused by vitamin or
mineral deficiencies.Not only that, but proper nutrition for kids
is essential to ensure they physically grow to their full potential.
Sane nutrition for kids in 150 words
At CrossFit Kids B4C we believe that early
exposure to the basics of good nutrition fosters a positive attitude toward
eating well and teaches children how to
provide themselves with proper nutrients as they get older and we have less
control over what they eat.
CrossFit Kids classes are designed with a
five-to-eight-minute allowance for focus and skill work, during which we
discuss healthy nutrition.
Please check back to this page regularly as I will be posting interesting articles on nutrition as well as tried and tested recipes which are sure to appeal to even the pickiest of eaters.
Our
goal with kids isn't to get them on the zone, but to get them to think and make
good choices about what they eat. Our goal is to teach them very basic
concepts, sugar is bad, protein is good and you need to eat some in every meal.
Nuts and seeds are good fats. Eat them, don't avoid them. Pasta, white bread,
and white rice are not that good for you, stuff that's red, yellow, green and
found in the fruit and vegetable aisle is good for you. Eat a lot of it.
Look
at your plate, make a fist, eat that much meat every meal; turn your hand over
and fill it with nuts and seeds, eat that much good fat, fill the rest of your
plate with stuff you found in the fruit and vegetable aisle. Fill your plate
this way at every meal, don't eat more.
Jeff
& Mikki Martin - Founders, CrossFit Kids
