Healthy Eating Tip

Here is a little discovery I made this past weekend. If food is within reach, (good or bad) it’s more likely to be eaten.

Let me explain further. My wife brought home a full pineapple on Saturday. I cut it up, put it in a bowl, and tried to put it in the fridge. Problem was there was no room. Instead, the bowl full of fresh cut up pineapple went on the Island in the middle of the kitchen.

That’s when I noticed that every time my 9 year old walked by it, he took a piece and ate it. Then my 5 year old, copied her older brother and did the same. It could have very well have been candy, or potato chips, but it wasn’t, and throughout the day they both ended up snacking on about two servings of fruit each.

Convenience is a huge factor in eating habits. If healthy snacks like fruit are packed away in the bottom drawer of the fridge, that’s likely where they will be when you lean out the fridge two weeks later. Conversely, bars, crackers, pop tarts, chips; etc will likely be in the cupboard right at eye level. When the urge hits, that’s where you will go first.

I am going to try to keep some fruit out on the counter, in a nice bowl, looking inviting and yummy. Hopefully they will get eaten on the way to the chip cupboard.

Try it and make it a habit.