| Healthy eating articles sometimes fail to | | | | The ripe mango on the other hand, helps in |
| emphasize why you should eat certain foods. But | | | | treating eye disorders, common infections (such |
| most of them agree that healthy and nutritious | | | | as colds, sinusitis or rhinitis), diarrhea, throat |
| eating is very important, and is the best thing that | | | | disorders and first aid treatments (such as for a |
| we could impart to our children as a healthy | | | | bee sting or a scorpion bite). |
| intake of life-giving food becomes a habit that will | | | | Raisins. Raisins are dried grapes that are rich in |
| eventually be second nature to them as they | | | | carbohydrates, phosphorus, calcium, iron, proteins, |
| grow older. It is a preventive measure for | | | | fiber, vitamin C and small amounts of B complex |
| possible illnesses they may have as they go | | | | vitamins. This is also used for treatment of |
| through this thing called life. Plus, we won't be | | | | acidosis (the acidity of bodily fluid is abnormally |
| there for the rest of their lives (yes, we grow | | | | high), constipation, anemia, under weight cases |
| old, too) so we might as well prepare them for | | | | (raisins are good for those who wish their child to |
| proper food intake that they can eventually | | | | gain a few extra pounds), and an extract can be |
| impart on their offspring. | | | | taken for fever. |
| Here are some other reasons why these fruits | | | | Potato. Possibly the most widely used vegetable in |
| and vegetables - though distasteful to kids (and | | | | the world, the humble potato is highly nutritious. It |
| sometimes even adults) - can be very helpful and | | | | is rich in proteins, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron, |
| beneficial when it comes to your children's health: | | | | carbohydrates, alkaline salts, vitamin C and some |
| Mango. Seen almost always as a tropical fruit, the | | | | B complex vitamins. Always cook a potato with |
| common mango is aptly called "the King of Asiatic | | | | its skin intact as most of the nutrition lies just |
| fruits". And rightly so. I mean, who doesn't love | | | | beneath the skin. It is helpful in the treatment of |
| the sweetness and the smell of ripe mangoes, | | | | digestive system disorders (such as gastritis), |
| right? But aside from being perfect for smoothies | | | | scurvy, uric acid diseases, and chronic constipation. |
| and stuff, the raw, untarnished mango is rife in | | | | Some kids (when fully aware of the benefits) try |
| vitamin C. it also has calcium, phosphorus, iron, | | | | to eat healthy food for their benefit, especially if |
| niacin and small amounts of vitamin B complex. It | | | | they have encountered a dire sickness in the |
| also has medicinal benefits. The unripe mango can | | | | family. These benefits can be explained to older |
| be used for treatment of heat strokes, | | | | kids so that you don't have to force the food on |
| gastro-intestinal disorders, blood disorders | | | | them and they would come to terms with it on |
| (because of high vitamin C content), and scurvy. | | | | their own. |