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Old May 07, 2013, 03:11 PM
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just a thought for you all, i trained as a nanny, part of our training was specifically around diet, fussy/selective eating and nutrition, we were tought not to look at a childs intake over a day or even a week, but to look at it over a few months, you will see that over this time they will take in all the nutrients vitamines etc that their body requires even if they only ate scrambled egg on toast for a few weeks they probably will make up the other things the remaining weeks.
bodies are great at storing things for times of need, and they are excellent at demanding what they really need. you will be suprised to find that eggs have almost everything your body needs so having them only for a while is not a bad thing as far as nutrition goes. some kids only eat cerial with milk, again it is pretty well balanced nutritionally, especially the fortified ones.
everyone selectively eats, no one likes everything, the difference is some are more selective than others. if you are healthy and do not lack energy then you are probably selecting well enough for your body.
the difficulty is when you ignore your body telling you what to eat as thiscan easily turn into anorexia.