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WILLIAM SEARS, M.D.

"Shaping Children's Eating Habits"

1. Breast-feed your baby. This is the best nutritional start for a child.
2. Make a "nibble tray". Fill it with broccoli, carrots, egg slices, oranges, etc.
   Keep it in an e`sily accessible place.
3. Give children a "Brainy Breakfast".

Children's Brain Food Breakfast Recipe:

• 2 cups milk or soy beverage
• 1 Tbs.. flax oil or 2 T flaxseed meal
• 1/2 cup carrot juice
• 3 ounces Tofu
• 1 cup plain non-fat yogurt
• 1 servilg soy isolate powder
• 1 frozen banana
• 1 Tbs. peanut butter
• 1/2 cup each of your favorite fruit, frozen (organic strawberries, papaya, mango)
• A multi-vitamin/mineral supplement
• School Aid or Juice Plus Combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve immediately after blending while the mixture still has a bubbly milkshake-like consistency.
4. Keep kids moving. Exercise burns calories
5. Teach children the "bad" words on food labels: Hydrogenated, Dyes
6. Teach children the Top 12 Healthy Foods to Eat:
• Avocado
• Sweet Potatoes
• Chickpeas
• Tofu
• Eggs
• Fish
• Flax seeds & flax oil
• Tomatoes
• Kidney beans
• Whole grains
• Lentils
• Yogurt (plain, nonfat)

Dr. Sears is the author of THE FAMILY NUTRITION BOOK.