Sunday, March 11, 2012

Exercises for teenagers

Exercises for teenagers are more important then ever. Teens should get sixty minutes of moderate exercise each day. Moderate exercise can be brisk walk, aerobics, hiking, bike riding, swimming on other similar model of exercise. Exercise helps use oxygen. It helps your body to burn stored fat and help you maintain a normal weight. For example, if you walk four minutes a day, four times a week you can burn about 1600 calories or nearly half a pound a week. If you don’t change your diet at all and keep walking the same distance over six months, you will lose 12 pounds. Walk the same distance for a year and you will drop 24 pounds.

The great thing about exercises for teenagers is, you don’t have to do it at one time. After all not many teens have time to walk for miles because of their study and other related activity. But they wish they can make small time for exercise. We are giving some tips on exercise so that they can do some exercise in their limited period of time.
  • Climb stairs instead of using lifts or escalators.
  • At lunch time, go for a walk with a friend instead of sitting down talking. You can talk

Diet for teenagers

Teenage period for a human child is a critical time. So selecting diet for teenagers is very difficult. In this age they are very sensitive. So planning for their healthy and happy life is very important. They need proper balance diet and exercise. Average teenage girls over 14 typically require 2200 calories a day for healthy growth and development. Teenage boys of the same age require approximately 3000 calories each day. Active teens require more than average calories due to the additional energy spent during physical activity. Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet will ensure that a teenager gets the required amount of calories each day.
Give your teen active play time every day. During the school year, allow them to walk to and from school with other friends after school, encourage them to play sports or sign them up for something else they will enjoy.
Ask your teen to go with you grocery shopping so that they can select their favorite fruits and low-sugar foods allow them to help prepare at least one meal a day. Explain why eating whole food provides vitamins, minerals, protein and fiber. Rather than restrict them

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Diet for kids

A balanced diet for kids should contain all the necessary nutrients required by your child from each and every food source. To maintain a healthy balanced diet for your child, following food components should be added in the diet. It should meet the daily requirements of a child.Following types of food that can be included in the menu of diet for kids.
Fruits and vegetables: Green leafy vegetables, Lettuce, Carrots, salads, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, fruit juice with pulp such as orange, cram berry and lemon. Fruits and vegetables are rich in calcium, vitamins, iron and essential minerals.
Dairy products: Cheese, milk, yogurt and other dairy products is a large source of protein and calcium.

Whole grain foods: Whole grain bread, cereal and pasta increases the calories content of the body because they are rich in essential carbohydrate and vitamin B.

Lean products: Nuts, beans, peas, meat, eggs and fish are rich in protein.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Healthy eating for kids

A balance diet and healthy eating for kids is very important to a family, specially mother. Balanced diet for kids is required to supply the nutrients and energy needed for the growing child. Child require a lot of nutrition specially protein, calcium and vitamins. It slightly varies child to child. A kid of 1 year of age can eat whatever dishes that are prepared for the rest of the family but they require less spicy food. Fussy eating habit starts to grow from this age. So make sure that the food is attractive and interesting to the child. Healthy eating for kids such as whole wheat bread, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables should make up the major part of the diet of a child. We can apply some following tactic to make food interesting to a child. For example:-


Don’t force a child to eat everything: kids quickly become tired of the same taste and appearance, that’s why they eat half of their main course but they still feel hungry and want some of their favorite food such as pudding or sweets. So we can make their main course different in taste and appearance.

Make their dining interesting: We can serve their food decorated plate which is interesting and attractive to them. Mother and member of the family can encourage a child to eat. It will surely increase the appetite of a child.


Saturday, March 3, 2012

Lose weight

Lose weight need one persons determination and Commitment to reach the goal. If we are determent enough then it’s easy for anyone who wants to lose weight. Food that contains a lot of water, specially fruits and vegetables are not only great source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants but they also helps to lose extra weight. When you make a plan to lose weight be sure to add vegetables, waters and nutrient rich foods into your menu. Now we are giving you a lot of tips and we are sure that these tips will help you to lose weight .

Vitamin D deficiency: It is believed that individuals, who are vitamin D deficient, take Longest to lose weight. Be sure you are getting enough about 2000mgs daily.

Do your house hold work by your self: You have to do your household work such as Washing dishes, cleaning your house, cleaning loans by your self.

Drinking a lot of water: Drink at least 8 big glasses of water a day, will increase your metabolic rate by about 30%, so keep hydrate.