When you’re pregnant, the urge to splurge on a snack can strike at any time. Here are some excellent snack ideas from Elisa Zied, MS, RD, who asked her colleagues, including me, for delicious, quick between meal noshes. Think of snacks as mini meals, not meal wreckers. Maybe you’ll get some ideas of your own after you read this helpful article!
November 1, 2010
June 9, 2010
Healthy Snacks for Kids on The Today Show
Elizabeth Ward on the Today Show
Yesterday, I talked about healthy snacking for kids on the Today Show. Here’s my philosophy in a nutshell: Snacks should be mini meals, not meal wreckers.
Mom, forget about the Goldfish, pretzels, and crackers. Kids are snacking so much now - they get about 25% of their calories from between-meal noshing - that snacks should be packed with good nutrition.
You wouldn’t serve your child a pile of orange-colored crackers and a juice drink for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, would you? I knew you would say no!
When you feed your kids foods you’d serve at a healthy meal for snacks, you don’t need to worry about taking the edge of their appetite, and chances are, children will get the nutrients they need.
Check out the segment here. I had a lot of fun with Hoda and Mark!