Does variety in my child’s diet matter? Feed to Succeed Registered Dietitians answer why variety matters and their tips to increasing variety in the diet. Supplements Do Not Replace What Can Come from Food: Does variety in my child’s diet matter? “While it can be easy to
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Betsy and Jen discuss Vitamin D – sources, supplements, benefits, and more. Did you know that there have been studies linking good Vitamin D levels to a decreased risk of death from COVID-19? Listen now to learn more! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yes-you-do-need-vitamin-d/id1344628499?i=1000486286091
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In this week’s kids’ nutrition Ask Amanda column, pediatric dietitian Amanda Gordon answers the question: What are good recipes to get vegetables into picky eaters? Following are 6 suggestions, the first being the most important: Suggestion 1: Don’t Trick Them. Try not to hide vegetables in your child’s meals and
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In this week’s Ask Amanda, we address a common question for moms of toddler. When a child doesn’t eat much meat, how do you make sure he has enough iron.
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Why do kids need to eat both fruits and vegetables? If my child prefers one over the other, is that okay? Find out in this week’s “Ask Amanda,” column. Ask Amanda is our weekly virtual Q and A forum brought to you by Feed to Succeed’s expert
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This week, in lieu of answering a question, I thought I would share our fruit tree. In our practice, we meet many picky eaters and their parents. There are many reasons why children become picky eaters. Regardless the reason, sometimes as parents, we resort to the foods
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We are so excited to introduce a new column to our website, “Ask Amanda,” a virtual Q and A forum brought to you by Feed to Succeed’s expert Northshore dietitian Amanda Gordon. Amanda is also a certified lactation consultant, and she explains in this week’s first column whether
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Vitamin A What is vitamin A? Vitamin A is a fat soluble (requires fat to be absorbed) vitamin that is needed for vision, gene expression, and growth of cells. Carotenoids (anti-oxidant) are also a form of vitamin A and are needed for eye health and heart disease.
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With so much information out there on food, both research-based and pseudo science, it’s hard to know what to true and what is healthy. We are using this space to inform readers on the truth about many of the questions we receive. Want to ask your own
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