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Protein supplementation for children
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He doesn;t like hamburgers?
A spoonful of whey in a glass of Nestle's Quik would be great for him and he'd love it.
Also, a couple of caps of GEAR with the morning cereal would be perfect. It's a pure concentrated food source with no side effects. I wish it were around when my son was a little kid.
mohdgame
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Why whey protein would be harmful? I cant see any reason that it is harmful to kids. Whey protein pretty much natural as it is extracted from milk. I hate people that call whey protein as an artificial supplementation or something not natural.
There are pure whey protein without sweeteners or additives that are completely natural and healthy.
I wouldn't panic about it. His body will tell him what it needs. Just continue to offer him a variety of healthful foods, and eat them yourself as a good example. Tell him you really like them a lot, and its too bad he doesn't.
You could always ask your child's doctor too about the whey protein, but it seems unnecessary to me to supplement a two year old's diet. Homo milk would be better I think.
If you fuss about what he eats, he will pick up on that too, so don't force anything on him or you will get a stressed out picky eater to boot.
Roxy722
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I don't think it would hurt either...but getting him to drink it could be a challenge. Same with swallowing pills...could you open a gear capsule and sprinkle it on something?
The homo milk is a great idea. Maybe peanut butter, nutella, yogurt...a few other things that come to mind.
Good luck! That can be such a challenge!!
The homo milk is a great idea. Maybe peanut butter, nutella, yogurt...a few other things that come to mind.
Good luck! That can be such a challenge!!
You gotta remember something, little kids (under 10) really only NEED something like one or two tablespoons of food per year of life/per meal, seriously. A lot of little kids who appear to be picky eaters to their parents are really just what I would call "grazers" who nibble lightly. If you take advantage of this eating habit young you'll actually end up with a child who will have healthy, natural eating habits (i.e., eating only when hungry and eating only to satiation).
Now the trick is to get them eating OUTSIDE their box:
1. Don't turn food into a war. You WILL create a child with fucked up eating habits. Find the few healthy things the child will eat, and offer them if food becomes an issue. If you have a 2year old who eats nothing but 1/2 a peanut butter sandwich with apple slices and a glass of milk for three meals a day, so be it. Little children do not have the same requirements as we do. They need WAY more fat and carb (for brain feeding) and less protein (they are not building much mass). Be matter of fact about it. If you make a dinner the kid really doesn't want, you ask them to just try a bite (again, don't get into a battle of wills) and once they do that, if they still don't like it you say "well, then you can have XYZ" and don't ASK them what they want, seriously. You offer them the default healthy meal. If they don't want that, then they can do without, seriously. Do NOT cater to a kid though meaning, don't let them turn their nose up at dinner and THEN tell you what they want. You tell them what they can have, and if they don't want that then they must not be hungry, huh?
2. Learn to be happy if they "try" it. Just get them to eat ONE mouthful of a strange food. Tell them they don't have to love it, just try that because they can't really know they dislike something until they've actually eaten it.
3. Don't keep junk in the house, period. I kept NO candy/chips/cookies (unless homemade and healthy) in the house when my son (the air fern) was a little guy until he was a young teenager, I think (by then he didn't go for junk, he went for tuna and hot dogs). Do not use candy or cookies (junk) as a default treat. For sweets keep yogurt, fruit, dried fruit. You'd be amazed by how many battles are solved just by having no junkie alternatives available. It's a lot easier for a kid to push for the sugary cereals and candy bars if they know you've got the stuff in the cabinet.
4. Give them a daily multivitamin to cover any gaps.
Now the trick is to get them eating OUTSIDE their box:
1. Don't turn food into a war. You WILL create a child with fucked up eating habits. Find the few healthy things the child will eat, and offer them if food becomes an issue. If you have a 2year old who eats nothing but 1/2 a peanut butter sandwich with apple slices and a glass of milk for three meals a day, so be it. Little children do not have the same requirements as we do. They need WAY more fat and carb (for brain feeding) and less protein (they are not building much mass). Be matter of fact about it. If you make a dinner the kid really doesn't want, you ask them to just try a bite (again, don't get into a battle of wills) and once they do that, if they still don't like it you say "well, then you can have XYZ" and don't ASK them what they want, seriously. You offer them the default healthy meal. If they don't want that, then they can do without, seriously. Do NOT cater to a kid though meaning, don't let them turn their nose up at dinner and THEN tell you what they want. You tell them what they can have, and if they don't want that then they must not be hungry, huh?
2. Learn to be happy if they "try" it. Just get them to eat ONE mouthful of a strange food. Tell them they don't have to love it, just try that because they can't really know they dislike something until they've actually eaten it.
3. Don't keep junk in the house, period. I kept NO candy/chips/cookies (unless homemade and healthy) in the house when my son (the air fern) was a little guy until he was a young teenager, I think (by then he didn't go for junk, he went for tuna and hot dogs). Do not use candy or cookies (junk) as a default treat. For sweets keep yogurt, fruit, dried fruit. You'd be amazed by how many battles are solved just by having no junkie alternatives available. It's a lot easier for a kid to push for the sugary cereals and candy bars if they know you've got the stuff in the cabinet.
4. Give them a daily multivitamin to cover any gaps.
Wrong about the fact kids do not need protein.....
Kids need protein to support their growth, muscular and skeletal. Also strengthens their immune system. If there was one thing I child could be left without, it would be carbs, unless we are talking about some fruits.
Whey will not hurt your kid. Just make sure he gets 1g/lb of protein per day. He cant weigh that much... I like Nelsons idea. Some proteins taste really good, like chocolate milk. That is in no way shape or form dangerous and is very healthy for a growing child.. I am not a Mommy, but I do know a lot about diets and the brainwashing of American citizens on how whole grain carbs are great for the heart ETC....
My younger brother at the way you laid out.. IE, same foods every day, all day.. Now he is 14, anorexic, still eats the same way as when he was a toddler.. Total shame.. Kid only eats pizza and pasta.. No fruits or veggies.. And the only meat he will eat is a hot dog on the occasion. He drinks no protein shakes, hates drinking milk.. Kid is a mess diet wise if you ask me..
I did not say that kids don't need protein, I said they don't have the same requirements as a bodybuilder. And it's not my fault that your mother had no idea how to feed a child with finicky eating habits in a way that won't cater to junk food eating habits. I said not to ask the child what they want, offer them something, and if they don't want it, then they can go hungry.
You don't cater to the child, you allow the child some latitude, nothing more.
When you say young children need carbs, your talking about fruit right, not grains? Correct?
Because human body was never meant to process multi grain, but rather meat, fats and fruits... Like the old hunter and gatherers.. People now a days are so dependent on carbs, including myself and it really isnt that healthy or helpful to the body.. I like the paleo way of thinking..
Because human body was never meant to process multi grain, but rather meat, fats and fruits... Like the old hunter and gatherers.. People now a days are so dependent on carbs, including myself and it really isnt that healthy or helpful to the body.. I like the paleo way of thinking..
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What part of my post did you overlook that said to offer fruit as a treat? To not keep junk in the house? But also to CHOOSE your food battles. I have a niece whose mother turned food into a war from a very, very young age (2 to 3 years old, in fact). The girl was a little chubby, guess what, she turned out to be a big framed 6' tall young woman. If she'd been left alone food wise (she was extremely athletic) she would have eventually grown into any extra flesh. As it was, the child was hiding food in her room by the time she was 9 and had gastric bypass at age 21, no lie. You turn food into a war with kids you end up giving them messed up eating habits. What a smart parent does is NOT keep garbage (soda, cookies, chips, candy, etc.) in the house, AT ALL, especially to not eat that stuff in front of the kids, and never use food, in general (but particularly junk) as a reward, ever.
Another little FYI, I happen to be one of the more ANTI-grain people you'll meet on these forums because I've been CELIAC since the late 1990s.
I'm not interested in debating nutrition with you. Frankly, I'd rather people give a kid cup of yogurt, a bowl of mac and cheese a slice of whole grain bread with a smear of ANPB on it than a cup of chocolate milk with protein powder
And BTW, did you even read the article you cited?
Incidentally, 16 ounces of 1% milk have about 17 grams of protein.
This is true. My mom just didn't buy that stuff, so I never got to eat it at home, and never really had a big craving for it later on in life. She literally never ever bought a sugary cereal so I never had it.
She made me eat super healthy which was fine by me. It tasted better anyway. Once when I was about three or four I whined and fussed to go to McDonalds, and when she finally gave in and took me I didn't like the way food tasted there and wouldn't eat it. LOL I still won't.
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