Tips on preparing a healthy lunch box for your children

In my country, the canteen in the school sells more of carbohydrate concentrated food to the children to make sure they will not feel hungry, however this kind of diet might not be healthy or balanced enough for the growing requirement of a kid.

Hence, some of parent would prepare the lunch box for their children for recess time or lunch hour. However, how to prepare a healthy, balanced, varieties lunch box  is the headache of the parent.

I have list out a few tips to make a healthy lunch box:

1. No junk food and processed food. Those sausage, ham, processed meat might contains too much fats, sugar and salt which is not suitable and good for the health of a kid, thus try to avoid these kind of food.
2. Provide diary product in the lunch box. Children need calcium for growing fast, thus, diary, such as milk, yogurt, cheese in the lunch box. Soy bean milk is the alternative for those vegetarians.
3. Do not provide packet drink. Again, the packet drinks are contains too much sugar but just little bit of real fruits, it’s better to squeeze the fresh orange juice or carrot juice for the children instead of buying those packet drinks from the supermarket.
4. Provide with some fruits. The children need to consume some fruit everyday, so prepare some fruits in the lunch box, such as apple, oranges, grapes, banana, etc. This kind of fruits contain low calories but can make the children feel full easily. If no fresh fruits, some raisin will be good too.
5. Fresh vegetables is a must. Vegetable is good for our children’s health, so it is a good opportunity to insert some vegetables in their lunch box too, such as mixed them with fried rice, or put some vegetables into the sandwiches.

Get the children involve in the discussion and preparation of lunch box, so they will love to have and finish their lunch in the school. And, let the children wash their lunch box after class, so they feel more responsible on his/ her own diet.

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