Since the study of health is constantly growing, it is important to keep up on recent research and news pertaining to health. Therefore, every Sunday this year I want to start off the week by opening with a discussion of a news article that pertains to my monthly topic.
Today's article comes from The New York Times and is titled "Nutrition: At Home, Influences Wanes on Child Diets". This article brings up the point of how parents help teach their children what foods to eat and how to take care of themselves nutritionally. According to a research study, children's education and food choices are not as dependent on their parents' example as we might think. While at home examples help kids in their future food choices, children are much more influenced by advertisements and what is made available to them throughout their day; i.e. fast food and soda commercials, and school cafeterias full of processed foods.
So how then, can family members (particularly parents) help their children make the best choices for their nutritional needs? According to Dr. Youfa Wang of Johns Hopkins, parents should "make healthier food available at home". They should put healthy food on the table every day, and try to prepare foods, especially vegetables, in different and exciting ways. In this way, "parents can still have an important impact".
So this begs a few questions.
First, what other ways can parents help to make an impact in their children's food choices? From my experience growing up, my parents simply made making good, homemade, healthy food a passion. They also made sure to make meal times, including cooking time, important family time.
And second, what kinds of creative ways do you have for making healthy food different and exciting?
Today's Workout:
Today's workout is a swim workout! Grab your bathing suit, some goggles, and a cap if you wish and be prepared for a full body workout in the pool. The only other equipment you will need is a kick board. For those of you who have never been competitive swimmers, we will mostly be doing freestyle (front crawl) and some kicking of the other strokes. To be able to read my workout routine, all you need to know is that one length of the pool is 25 yards/meters (depends on the pool). So a 100 is four lengths or two laps.
200 freestyle warm up
100 freestyle
4x50 (four 50s) IM Kick (Fly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle)
200 freestyle
100 freestyle
4x50 IM Kick
200 freestyle cool down
Total: 1200 yards/meters
Today's Food Tip: Drink a glass of milk within two hours of finishing your workout. You body absorbs the protein in milk the absolute best in the two hours after you finish working out!
Today's Relaxation Activity: Spend 30 minutes of your day sitting down in a quiet room reading a book. It's good to let yourself get lost in a good book and is good for keeping your brain alert.
Have a good night :)
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