Proper nutrition is not so terrible as compulsion to it and a strict ban on everything "harmful".
1. Prioritize benefits over taste
How not necessary: we change sausages for boiled chicken fillet, desserts for apples, and pasta for buckwheat without butter. And we are trying to convince the family that the main thing is benefit. And the taste can be tolerated.
How to do it: People love harmful food because it is tasty, not because it is harmful. Therefore, healthy food must be made tasty first of all. Try new recipes, unusual combinations, spices, homemade sauces.
2. Read the notation
How not to do it: we reprimand each family member for the desire to eat Olivier with mayonnaise and drink tea with candy, we regularly read lectures "Sugar - white death", "Salt We are killed "," Carbohydrates are our enemies ", we do not give the children pocket money so that they, God forbid, do not buy anything, we sniff family members, does anyone smell sausage.
The right way: bet on the positive. Talk about the good properties of the proposed products, how they have a positive effect on health, stock up on interesting facts and insert them into place. But you need to scold harmful products less - "the forbidden fruit is sweet."
3. Make it absurd
How not: we make a fanatical idea out of proper nutrition. We don't visit people who eat sausage and drink packaged juices. We teach a healthy lifestyle to all friends and acquaintances. We throw out the pie brought by the grandmother - there is also flour and sugar! We forbid the child to eat everything sweet and harmful at the children's party, we give him a banana with us.
How it should be: the stricter the restrictions, the higher the risk of breaking loose and the tenser the atmosphere in the family Let the right food be a voluntary choice and with some indulgence during the holidays.4. Be inconsistent
How not necessary: every Monday we put the family on a diet, every Tuesday - we ourselves break off from it. We forbid the child to chocolate, and we ourselves eat under cover of night. We give a lecture on the dangers of sugar, and on the weekend we go home with a cake.
The Right Way: Act calmly and consistently. If you decide not to buy store-bought sweets, then never do it: neither for a bad mood, nor for a holiday. Let, for example, homemade sweets be allowed. In them, you have complete control over how much of what you add, how much sugar or fruit there is. They can be cooked with the whole family and have a good time.
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