APT diet solutions by Apeksha Thakkar

  Ways to deal with FUSSY EATERS (AGE 3-5 Years) As a practicing dietitian for more than a decade, I encounter cases in my daily practice about mothers getting anxious about their children nutrition. Caregivers often request me to help them with some enchanted tonics, which can take care of little one’s immunity and weight; Bid on prescribing multivitamin tonics available over the counter on the prescription letter head has become quite rampant these days. The most common grumble I hear dealing with paediatric cases, ‘Ma’am I’m trying my level best to feed right nutrition to my little one, but he/she is refusing and not cooperating, I’m losing out on my patience’. As a healthcare professional, I find this extremely noteworthy to aid certain strategies, by providing required guidance to the mothers to handle fuss eating in compliant ways. Let’s discuss important pointers for the caregiver for smooth, efficient journey towards optimum nutrition. Prompt starter:  : Researches hav...

At birth, baby’s brain consists of 100 billion neurons (Nerve cells which are responsible to process information through biochemical and electrical signals, thus helping in reacting to the environment). Brain is the most important and the most complex organ of human body; it is marked with the existence of human species. Brain development starts right at the prenatal stage, nearly 4 weeks after the conception. Nutrition plays an integral part in the cognitive function; hence the right nutrition is a prime factor for better cognitive response. As mentioned above, Baby’s cognitive development is most active between the ages of 2 to 7 years, where the little developing brain is most adaptable, to absorb to its maximum capacity. Childrens’ physical growth and appetite continue in spurts. Mental capabilities and the expanding environment is gradually explored. Nutrition hence, plays a non-negotiable role in the mentioned age group to have optimum mental development and behavioural devel...