| The word breakfast literally means 'break fast'. | | | | child's blood sugar levels stable. |
| Your body has gone all night long without any | | | | What does a balanced breakfast consist of: |
| nourishment and needs to replenished soon after | | | | The American Dietetic Association has come up |
| you wake up. | | | | with what they call a 5 star breakfast criteria. The |
| Eating is one half of the equation, what you eat is | | | | more stars a breakfast scored, the more |
| the other. If your child is hungry very soon after | | | | balanced and nutritious it is. |
| eating breakfast, then he isn't eating the right | | | | Here are the 5 criteria: |
| foods. | | | | - The breakfast must contain one selection from |
| Breakfasts that consist primarily of sugary foods | | | | 3 different food groups. |
| and refined carbohydrates such as sweetened | | | | - It must not have more than one food from |
| fruit juice, doughnuts or sugar coated breakfast | | | | nutritionally lacking fats, oils and sweets. |
| cereals, are likely to make your child very | | | | - It must include high fiber foods such as |
| hyperactive, jittery and inattentive. And an hour | | | | wholegrain breads or cereals, or fruit. |
| or so later, your child's blood sugar levels plummet | | | | - The fat content must be reduced. |
| making your child hungry once again. | | | | - And you child must enjoy and actually eat the |
| The secret is giving your child a balanced | | | | meal. After all it's no use how nutritious the |
| breakfast. Protein is an essential component of a | | | | breakfast is if your child doesn't eat it. |
| balanced breakfast because it helps to keep a | | | | |