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Pregnancy/Lactation
Avoid empty calories such and soft drinks, fried foods, fatty meats. Avoid drinking alcohol. You must have a healthy maintained diet that include vitamins and minerals. You must take prenatal vitamin and mineral supplements every day in addition to eating a healthy diet. -
Infancy (birth to 12 months)
avoid honey, peanut butter,corn,citrus or acid friuts,grapes, and popcorn. they need carbohydrates, protien, fat vitamins and minerals, vitamin D and iron. -
Toddler (1 &2 year-olds)
A toddler should not eat 3 FULL meals they don’t need it. You should dive them balanced healthy snacks such as cheese or fruits. If your toddler does not get all nutrients at breakfast lunch and dinner you can always easily make it up at snack time. They need calcium, fruits and veggies, grains, and protein. Still don’t feed them foods like peanut butter. -
Preschool (3 &4 year-olds)
avoid sugary cereals, sports drinks, processed meats, and soda. they need calories, protiens, fruits, veggies, grains, and dairy -
School-aged (ages 5-12)
Once they get into school they start developing eating habits that will stick with them forever so don’t give your child the choice of what they can eat because they will go straight for the sugar. Instead give them healthy snacks to take to school and for lunch make tem a cheese sandwich that way they are getting calcium and grains and pack them a water bottle. They need vitamins and minerals, protein, iron and the normal food that is on the food pyramid. At this age you can go ahead -
Teen-aged (ages 13-17)
avoid junky foods, fizzy drinks, potato chips. they need protien, carbohydrates, diatary fat, vitamins and minerals, and calories. -
Adults (18+)
Adults need fruits and veggies, dairy, whole-grains, lean meats and protein. They need to avoid foods high in saturated fats and cholesterol. Reduce your salt and sodium intake that can be unhealthy. You also need carbohydrates in your diet. You need to stay active every day it will help maintain your body weight and balance out what you eat. -
Older Adults (50+)
avoid raw eggs, unpasterized milk, raw fish, oysters, clams and mussels, sushi, and soft cheese. they need vitamin B12, calcium, folate/folic acid, vitamin D, potassium and magnesium.
