Making sure your kids eat a variety of healthy foods can be daunting, but it helps to have a list of healthy options in each of the five basic food groups.The American Academy of Healthy Children mentions these preferred choices:Health Tips* Healthy choices from the grains group include brown rice,
By our correspondents
March 01, 2015
Making sure your kids eat a variety of healthy foods can be daunting, but it helps to have a list of healthy options in each of the five basic food groups. The American Academy of Healthy Children mentions these preferred choices: Health Tips * Healthy choices from the grains group include brown rice, unbuttered popcorn, oatmeal, buckwheat, whole wheat bread, cereal, tortillas, pasta, whole-grain barley, cornmeal and wild rice. * Healthy vegetable choices include spinach and butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, red and orange peppers, tomatoes, pumpkin, potatoes, green peas and corn. * Healthy fruit choices include apples, applesauce, berries, bananas, mangos, papayas and plums. * Healthy protein choices include lean beef, skinless or ground poultry, tuna, salmon, crab, beans, nuts and eggs. * Healthy dairy choices include low-fat milk, yogurt, cheese, frozen yogurt and pudding.
