Simplicity Rules!

It is now 3 weeks into the new year and you know ... good intentions sometimes meet reality and well, unless you have someone holding you to your resolution (beside yourself), it can fade about now.

The best resolution to encourage all kinds of positive benefits in your body?

Eat simpler foods!

More fruits and veggies at every single meal ... not just once a day. 
Not just us grown ups ... Have you heard this one:

"This may be the first generation of children to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents."

There are so many children that are developing diabetes (they predict 1 in 3 children), started to develop hardening of the arteries, take prescription drugs on a regular basis, and are treating cholesterol with statin drugs already!  Yikes, that is crazy right?

How can we prevent this?

Eat like our grandparents may have eaten.  Farm fresh foods are key.  Yes, it is the winter here in the northern hemisphere but learn to find real foods in your food supply.

I'll give you one hint today (as I can write pages on veggies and how to get kids to eat them!):

Keep cut up veggies ready to put on a plate when your kids get home from practice or school today.

That is the best time to get them to grab foods that are maybe not as attractive when other foods are available.  Put them out and watch what happens.  They will eat them.

The more we can model eating plant based foods that are part of our everyday diet, the more your children will develop a taste for them.  Sometimes it will take a few times for a kid to even try a bite.  Don't give up.  Offer a variety and see what happens.  

It's a simple way to get those phytonutrients into our kids!  These phytonutrients are key in keeping everything running on schedule, preventing more colds and doctor visits and for those athletes out there, it is key in preventing oxidative stress and helping in recovery!

More on oxidative stress next time ... gotta get my daughter ready for soccer tonight!  The crock pot has done it's job and now I'm pulling out the big bag of frozen organic broccoli for some magic in the oven.  I never loved broccoli as much as I do now!  Roasting at a high temp is really easy and everyone loves it!

Be Well!
Krista

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