{"id":79,"date":"2015-06-04T16:47:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=79"},"modified":"2015-06-04T16:48:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:48:31","slug":"healthy-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2015\/06\/04\/healthy-snacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sibo<\/a>Feh! I was always under the impression that being a kid meant we could gobble up as much junk food as we like\u2026 chips, sweets and cakes.<\/p>\n

But I was reading the other day how easy it is to get addicted to junk food. And if you get addicted when you are a kid, it\u2019s harder to kick the habit when you get older.<\/p>\n

Worse \u2013 all the negative side effects were a bit shocking too. Who would have thought that eating too much junk food can cause tiredness and weakness? Seriously.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so easy to grab a packet of something junky when you are hungry and chomp it down \u2013 but the problem is, a short while later you are usually hungry again. And so you grab another packet of something\u2026 and another and another.<\/p>\n

So what could we eat for healthy snacks?<\/p>\n

Yoghurt is a good one. It\u2019s easy to pack in a lunch box and it\u2019s full of vitamins too.<\/p>\n

Another healthy snack is nuts \u2013 although preferably they should be unsalted.<\/p>\n

Stuff like celery or carrot sticks is also good \u2013 you know what mums always say\u2026 eat up your carrots \u2013 they are good for your eyesight!\u00a0 Raw slices of peppers \u2013 red, green or yellow are yummy too. Did you know that a pepper has more vitamin C (the stuff you need when it\u2019s winter and you don\u2019t want to get a cold or the flu) than an orange. Sjoe! I was quite surprised when I found that out.<\/p>\n

Of course oranges are good \u2013 although sometimes they are a bit sticky and messy to eat at school. All fruits are good snacks \u2013 but one fruit that is really easy to eat and full of goodness is a banana.\u00a0 They are also an instant energy boost because they are full of sugars like sucrose, fructose and glucose. They have lots of iron in them \u2013 which is great because many children in South Africa suffer from anaemia (iron shortage) and eating bananas is an excellent way of fixing this. Plus the potassium in bananas promotes healthy bones \u2013 which, as growing kids, we need.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t drink too many sodas either \u2013 water is better!<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n

Word for the week: Acne<\/p>\n

Meaning: a skin condition characterized by red pimples on the skin, especially on the face, due to inflamed or infected sebaceous glands.<\/p>\n

Example: She rubbed the peel (the inside bit) of a banana skin on her face each night to help improve her acne. (This is a true tip \u2013 try it out.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Feh! I was always under the impression that being a kid meant we could gobble up as much junk food as we like\u2026 chips, sweets and cakes. But I was reading the other day how easy it is to get addicted to junk food. And if you get addicted when you are a kid, it\u2019s … Continue reading “Healthy Snacks”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}