Proper Nutrition Can Make Your Kid a Top Student

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Proper Nutrition Can Make Your Kid a Top Student

Copyright 2005 Gobala Krishnan

It is important that your child gets his or her nutrition

early o­n, preferably form Grade 1. This is the most

important time for brain development, as they start to

learn new things and create new ideas all the time. Brain

development revolves around getting the right amount of:

1) Glucose – Simply put, it is the blood sugar level.

Glucose provides energy, and is vital in determining

attention span. Lack of glucose can cause your kid to feel

sleepy in class. The most important meal is breakfast, and

glucose should be a part of every child’s breakfast, to

ensure that the blood sugar level is maintained through out

the day’s activities. Kids who usually skip breakfast tend

to have a shorter attention span and difficulty remembering

their lessons.

2) Vitamin B – Vitamin B helps to release the energy in

glucose. Lack of Vitamin B can cause aggressiveness and

depression. There are 12 types of essential Vitamin B, so

it may be difficult to get all in a meal. Cereals are a

good provider of Vitamin B.

3) Iron – Helps to transport oxygen in the blood system to

each individual cell, including brain cells. Lack of iron

results in anemia, which is common in children who don’t

get a balanced diet. Besides having less attention span,

iron-anemic children are less motivated to participate in

challenging tasks that stretch their imagination and

ability. Having a good selection of red meat, tuna,

chicken, or leafy vegetables like legumes and broccoli, can

give your kid all the iron he or she needs.

4) Folic Acid – Important in the formation of red and white

blood cells. Lack of folic acid results in your kid feeling

tired, irritable and forgetful. Food sources like fresh

vegetables and fruits are good sources of folic acid.

5) Zinc – Important to maintain communication between nerve

cells and brain cells. Deficiencies in zinc can cause your

kid to have difficulty solving academic problems, something

the medical world calls cognitive impairment. Zinc in its

natural form can be found in cereals and peanuts.

6) Vitamin A – An important nutrient for the nervous system

of a fetus. Vitamin A is most commonly found in beta

carotene, from dark leafy vegetables and orange or yellow

fruits.

How to Ensure Your Kid Gets the Right Nutrition

A healthy, balanced diet, consisting of the right amount of

cereals, meat, fish, vegetables, fiber-rich fruits, and

lots of clean, unprocessed water will provide your child

with the magic formula to succeed in school, both

academically and in sports. Does that mean that the parents

of ‘A’ students go out shopping each day, cook their own

food, and sit down with their kids o­n the breakfast table

to ensure that they eat what they’re supposed to?

Not necessarily. Parents are discovering the importance of

nutritional supplements to balance out their diet, as well

as their children’s diet. Nutritional supplements provide

the answer to the close the gap created by a busy lifestyle

and the need for better health. Adults can take

multivitamins and mineral supplements out of their own

determination for better health. Children, o­n the other

hand, especially the younger o­nes, need to be educated,

tricked or forced to take nutritional supplements. Any way

you do it, it has to be done for the better future of your

child.

Kids generally detest swallowing any sort of multivitamin

pill, especially if it’s like really huge o­nes or if it

tastes bad. Understandably for them, taste is more

important than the benefit of the pill. Educating your kid

is important in the long run, but younger children need to

be introduced to supplements in a more subtle way. o­ne

good way is by giving them chewable supplements, which

disguise the fact that they are supplements by giving a

good taste and flavor. Kids are generally more receptive to

taking chewables than regular pills.

Another trend today is taking liquid nutritional

supplements. Liquid nutritional supplements go o­ne step

further than chewables by eliminating the need of pill

forms. Liquid nutrition can be diluted and mixed into our

drinks, cereals and whatever else you eat during the course

of a day. Children today love taking liquid supplements

that are mixed into their orange juice or other beverage.

Even adults who hate taking pills are attracted to liquid

multivitamin supplements. Liquid nutrition is also more

readily and easily absorbed by the body.

Start Early to Determine Success

If you really want your kid to grow up smart and popular in

school, you have to start early. Mothers should take

Vitamin B supplements during their pregnancy months to

ensure complete fetal growth. Even though nutritional

supplements are generally not recommended to kids below 2

years, ensure that from that age o­n your children are

introduced to taking chewable or liquid nutritional

supplements.

Grade A students and kids who excel in school generally

don’t have anything special that your kid does not already

have. The o­nly difference is that they have parents who

emphasize the benefits of good nutrition. Now that you know

their secret, start today by analyzing your kid’s eating

habits and take action to change their life, and yours.

About the Author:

Gobala Krishnan is a representative of Veriuni

Nutritionals, a great solution for children and adults who

don’t like taking pills. For more information o­n Veriuni

Nutritionals and information o­n living a healthy lifestyle

visit

http://www.veriuni-products-store.com