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Monday
Apr272009

Recommended Food Intake for Children Aged 2-6

 

Foods & Quantities needed for growing strong, healthy bodies in preschoolers

Food Group

Daily Amount

Examples*

Milk

2 cups

Whole milk until age 2, then low-fat or skim milk, yogurt and cheese—hard, cottage and processed

Fruit / Vegetables

1 1/2 cups

Need to eat a variety of fruits and veggies to get the range of disease-fighting antioxidants and enough fiber in diet

Grains

5 portions

Make half of the portions whole grain to get enough fiber and nutrients (1 portion = 1 slice bread, 1 cup dry cereal, 1/2 cup oatmeal, pasta or rice)

Protein

4 ounces

1 ounce = 1/2 portion of meat, poultry or fish, or 1 egg, 1 tablespoon peanut butter, 1/2 ounce of nuts or 1 serving cooked beans

Oils

up to 4 teaspoons

especially mono- and polyunsaturated oils from plants, nuts and certain fish. These fats are needed for healthy growth and development. (Avoid artery-clogging trans- and saturated fats.)

*Information from www.mypyramid.gov, for a child aged 2-6 and based on a 1,400 calorie-per-day-diet.

 

Monday
Apr272009

Simplicity in the Church and at Home

Relevant Magazine published an AMAZING article written by Rebecca Ridlington titled, "A Return to Simplicity." It's a great discussion about what people really want and need in a church and in their own lives. This story really made me stop and think about

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Monday
Apr272009

Keeping Track

Keep a separate notebook, or create a spread sheet to write down all of the nutritional info you find for the foods you eat. Keep it with your food diary so it’s handy. You’ll find that after about a month or two, it’s all you’ll need most of the time to keep track of things, since we all tend to eat the same things and at the same restaraunts.

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Monday
Apr272009

Work in Progress...

We are so very excited at the progress we've been able to make in the last few days on our new website. Thanks to all who are giving us comments and suggestions as we work the 'bugs' out. We are still cleaning up the aesthetics and adding new content to make the site as good as possible.

We have added some new sections under "Family" and "Reaching Out" as well as some new articles. Be sure to check them out and provide some feed-back. Look for even more new pages in the days to come as we get new articles written by contributors.

Please continue to give us feed back as we work to make this a great resource for families.

As they say.. "Thanks for visiting us! Please come again!"  ...and again, and again...

Monday
Apr272009

How Far is Too Far?

By MAD21

There was an article written awhile back in Boundless Webzine by John Thomas that addresses the issue of, "How much physical intimacy before marriage is too much?"  It talks about how we need to not only remember where the line is, but WHY it's there in the first place. Go check it out. It'll give you something to think about.