With March being nutrition month, it’s a perfect time to prioritize you and your family’s health and wellness.
My first tip is to set your kids up for healthy eating success.
Serenity Kids just debuted a new line of World Explorers pouches – a delicious culinary experience in a convenient BPA-free pouch that has balanced macronutrients to meet the needs of little ones with 5g protein and 5g healthy fat. These six new delicious and bold flavors are inspired by mouth-watering recipes from around the world and feature ethically sourced meats from farms that practice regenerative agriculture, blended with organic vegetables, herbs, and spices to help encourage exploration and expand the palate of little ones during their flavor window. Each pouch has been tested for heavy metals and has received the Clean Label Project Pesticide Free award. Meat is an ideal first food for little ones as it is a source of bioavailable fat and protein as well as micronutrients essential for baby’s development. You can find the new line featuring six culinary-inspired varieties at Walmart as well as on Thrive Market and Amazon.
Next, help meet your recommended 5 to 10 ounces of grain foods per day.
Grain foods are important sources of many nutrients including complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber and several B vitamins which play a key role in metabolism. While whole grains often get all the nutritional glory, sourdough bread shouldn’t be discounted. The long and slow fermentation process not only helps break down gluten and anti-nutrient phytic acid, making the bread easier to digest for some people compared to breads made with regular dough, it also results in increased nutrient bioavailability and a lower glycemic bread. I recommend La Brea Bakery because their artisan bread is proofed for 24 hours and they use a simple and delicious signature sourdough of only flour, water, salt and wild yeasts from the skin of organic grapes. You can find it at Smiths and Vons.
My last tip is to focus on sustainable eating habits.
This can be done by planning meals carefully, using leftovers creatively and eating locally and with the seasons. And while food waste is inevitable, you can reduce your waste foot print with Lomi Bloom is the world’s first Smart Waste Appliance that also rewards you for getting rid of your waste the right way and enables you to actually track your impact and get rewarded for it. And with Earth Month just around the corner, reducing food waste can help you decrease your environmental impact.
