Cool Names for Vegetables Gets Kids Eating More.
March 6, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under A Mother's Wisdom, Boys & Girls, Children, Easy Health Tips, Food and Drink, Happy Living Tip, Health
Trying to get some kids to eat vegetables is like pulling teeth. They’ll do just about anything to avoid that green, orange, or yellow thing sitting on the plate. Hiding it doesn’t work. Somehow, they always seem to know it there.
Well, turns out there’s an easier way to get your kids to eat their greens, yellows, and oranges.
Just give them a cool name like ‘X-ray Vision Carrots’, ‘Tomato Bursts’, or ‘dinosaur broccoli trees’ and the vegetables won’t stand a chance. They’ll be goobled up quick.
That’s the finding of a new study by Cornell University researchers. They presented 186 four-year old …read more
Not a Veggie Lover? Help is on the Way!
May 20, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under A Mother's Wisdom, Diets and Dieting, Food and Drink, Nutrition
Great news for all you veggie-haters out there. Japanese and American scientists have found and analyzed the food compounds that make some vegetables seem to carry a bitter taste (a major reason why many people avoid that food group). These compounds are known for activating people’s bitter-taste receptors, leading researchers to look for a way to minimize this effect and get you on the veggie train in a hurry.
So how do these hot shots plan to take you from “ketchup is my favorite veggie” to “bring on the asparagus”? They plan to introduce a second compound to produce that could …read more
