Nutrition
Train Your Child's Palate
Friday, 26 February 2010 00:14 Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 13:13
Before I had children, I knew a lot about parenting. I'm sure I had a superior expression on my face when I saw other people's children refusing to eat anything that wasn’t a hot dog or a chicken nugget. My own children would love vegetables and eat colorful meals.


Our taste for salt is not simply something we are born with – the same goes for our craving for sugar, tobacco and alcohol – it’s a learned habit that’s well worth retraining. While a sprinkling of salt is essential to our health, most of us consume far more than we need. Too much salt increases fluid retention and swelling causing high blood pressure and related problems such as heart disease, stroke and kidney problems.