Superfoods for Babies and Children or The Volumetrics Weight Control Plan

Superfoods for Babies and Children

Author: Annabel Karmel

All parents want the best for their children, to give them the perfect start in life, and that includes the food they eat. However, choosing the freshest foods and preparing them in the most beneficial and appealing ways is not always an easy task. In SuperFoods, bestselling author Annabel Karmel shows you how to combine creativity with delicious ingredients in order to provide your child with a healthy foundation. You'll find recipes that not only taste great but also maximize the nutritional power of certain foods to boost your child's health and well-being. And Annabel, a mother of three who has written fourteen bestselling books on healthy food for children, knows better than anyone not only what children should eat but what children will eat. From advice on steaming carrots to detailed weekly menus for every stage of development, Annabel's unwavering expertise will teach parents how to provide the nutrition their children need.

SuperFoods is both a cookbook and a reference manual, helping parents recognize the varied nutritional value in even the simplest foods. Eating by color -- Annabel's advice for choosing produce -- encourages parents to use foods in tempting combinations. With a focus on the basic components of your child's diet -- carbohydrates, proteins, and fats -- Annabel provides easy instructions for crafting balanced meals.

SuperFoods will guide you through your child's first five years -- from first foods for your baby to tasty meals for fussy toddlers, from scrumptious lunch-box ideas for school-children to irresistible family suppers. Food is both nourishment and nutrition, and Annabel Karmel's SuperFoods puts funback in the equation.

In addition to a variety of delicious recipes and invaluable advice, SuperFoods also includes:

• More than 130 recipes suitable for children of all ages -- from the best first foods to tasty family meals.
• Menu charts to help you plan ahead -- most recipes are suitable for freezing.
• Information on how to avoid food allergies and common childhood complaints such as colic, constipation, and eczema. Suggestions for healthy convenience foods to keep in the pantry.
• Tasty recipes that harness the power of SuperFoods to promote growth and energy and boost immunity and brain power.

And much, much more!

Publishers Weekly

British bestseller Karmel (The Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner) has made a name for herself cooking meals for kids that any devoted parent could admire, packing each breakfast, lunch and dinner with healthy, nicely presented, delicious foods. Now she and nutritionist Sacher make baby and child fare even healthier by adding more of the brightly colored, antioxidant-rich, disease-fighting fruits and vegetables they call superfoods to every recipe. Broccoli, tomatoes, blueberries and carrots (among many others) find their way into tempting purees for little ones and into dishes like Tiny Pasta with Gruy re, Spinach and Sweetcorn for older children (the book is divided into sections by age group). Karmel grates vegetables into spaghetti sauce for Baby's Bolognese and apples into Finger-Picking Chicken Balls; she whirls several fruits at a time into smoothies and ice pops; and provides good ideas for age-appropriate snacks. She clearly explains nutritional information in the introduction and in sidebars on every page, and includes menu planners for each stage. Karmel's tone throughout is positive and, in urging kids to try new tastes, adventurous. And though some of the recipes require more than a dozen ingredients, most are worth it. (June 6) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan: Feel Full on Fewer Calories

Author: Barbara Rolls

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Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	VIII
Part 1	What Is Volumetrics?	1
	Introduction	2
	The Energy Density Breakthrough	9
Part 2	How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off	24
	Creating Your Own Weight Management Program	25
Part 3	What We Eat and Drink	39
	Fat	41
	Carbohydrates	56
	Protein	76
	Alcohol	84
	Water and Other Beverages	91
	Soup	99
Part 4	The Food Guide	105
	Volumetrics and the Food Guide Pyramid	110
	The Energy Density Spectrum: Single Foods	116
	The Energy Density Spectrum: Beverages and Mixed Foods	133
Part 5	The Menu Plan	149
	Menus	154
	Modular Food Lists	173
	Recipes	190
	Modifying Favorite Recipes	253
Part 6	An Active Life	257
	The Exercise Prescription	258
Part 7	The Satiety Lifestyle	268
	Are You Hungry?	269
	Variety	281
	Sizing Up Portions	291
	Meal Timing Myths: Questions and Answers	295
	Resources	300
	References	304
	Index	315