Nido Growing Up Milk : Laking Amazing Kids

Nowadays, there are just so many choices available to us when it comes to the food we can serve to our families.  Whether you're a working or stay-at-home mom, the challenges are the same.  We all would like to give our kids healthy, nutritious and delicious meals that they can enjoy and surely love.

Sometimes it can get too overwhelming, especially for those whose children are just in their early childhood years, because while mothers want to keep them protected, they also want to make sure that their little ones experience an amazing childhood. They are only kids once, after all.

Thanks to Nido, they have invited some Mommies to discuss  our concerns, and at the same time offer help and suggestions on how we can be sure to give our kids the nutrients they need.

Bettina Carlos hosted the event.

There are a lot of ways to protect children, and one of the best ways to properly do so is to start from the inside. Yes, we’re talking about giving them proper nutrition.

Get kids to eat healthy

Fruits and vegetables are good sources of vitamins and minerals that benefit children in many ways. Aside from improved nutrition, these nutrient-dense foods also build up their immune system, prevent the risk of obesity, and promote healthy bowel patterns. However, most kids today are picky eaters. They constantly ask for sweets, eat fewer vegetables, and request for the same food over and over again.

Here are some tips to help increase their fruit and veggie consumption:

• Make meal times more colorful by mixing green, leafy vegetables with bright-colored ones like carrots and squash. You can also portion it in such a way that there are more fruits into the mix for that added sweetness.
• Keep children away from the TV during meal times and always have them eat on the table to limit distractions and promote good eating manners.
• Be a positive role model and eat healthy food together as a family as kids at a young age are still most likely to copy what they see others do.
• Teach kids healthy food choices by bringing them to the grocery and explaining the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables in a manner they will appreciate.
• Involve them in the kitchen and show them how to prepare quick healthy snacks, so they won’t turn to chips and sweets when they get hungry.

Protection for Laking Amazing kids

The ability of children to ward off sickness and disease is also very reliant on the health of their stomach where bacteria thrive. When people think of bacteria, they often think of it negatively. But the truth is, not all bacteria are bad. There are good bacteria and bad bacteria, and whenever there are too much bad bacteria in the tummy, the stomach system is thrown off balance, leaving children weak and vulnerable.  

Ensure that your kids are healthy and protected from within at all times with NIDO® 3+. Specially developed by the best of Nestlé Research, NIDO® 3+ is the only milk brand with Lactobacillus PROTECTUS®, millions and millions of live good bacteria that are constantly on guard to maintain stomach balance and help strengthen the immune system.

Aside from Lactobacillus PROTECTUS®, NIDO® 3+ also contains other essential nutrients such as Prebio® 3, DHA, ALA, LA, Folic Acid, Taurine, and high levels of vitamins A, B3, C, D, E and Zinc to support overall growth and development.

While waiting for the event to start, Photo Opp with Bettina, and mommy blogger 

Adae Ang, and yours truly Techie Mom on the right

For kids 5 and up, there is NIDO® 5+, enriched with CALCI-N® to help build healthy bones by providing better calcium absorption.

To know more about proper nutrition and protection for kids above 3 years of age, avail of the free consultations with NIDO® 3+ and NIDO® 5+ licensed nutritionists in select groceries and supermarkets nationwide starting February 2016. For more details, visit www.lakingamazing.ph

NIDO® 3+ and NIDO® 5+ are not suitable for infant feeding and are not breastmilk substitutes.

Get an exclusive Nestle Club ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Breakfast’ Cookbook for FREE

Would you like a copy of this I Can't Believe It's Breakfast Breakfast Cookbook, hurry, you only have until November 30, 2015 to avail of this!

Just follow the simple steps below, there are two options:

For those who are not yet an online member of the Nestlé Club, sign up HERE, and please don’t forget to verify your account after signing up.

And to those who are already an online member of the Nestlé Club, kindly update your profile HERE.  

-         Log-in your username and password details

-         Click on the Edit Profile (top right of the website)

Don’t forget to Save your updated profile so Nestle can check and verify that you have updated it.

Happy Cooking!

Nestle Celebrates Breakfast with a New Recipe Book

Our family are breakfast-eaters, we grew up looking forward to what my mother or father have prepared for us.  We believe that having breakfast everyday, before we leave for school, helped us alot in our concentration and performance.  I was so happy and excited to be able to attend the launch of this Breakfast Recipe Book.

In an initiative to encourage a good breakfast habit and make the first meal of the day exciting, Nestlé Philippines has launched I Can’t Believe It’s Breakfast! – a book of 30 easy-to-follow recipes that offer a variety of breakfast ideas to excite the palate and spice up the mornings, from the very “quick” when you don’t have much time to spare, to the “not-so-quick” for mornings when you can invest a little more time and effort for the most important meal to jumpstart your day!

The recipe book highlights the importance of breakfast as part of the Company’s long-term advocacy of helping consumers Choose Wellness through proper diet and physical activity.

Speaking at the launching of the cookbook, Nestlé Philippines Consumer Engagement Services Head Aurora Alipao cited the most common reasons why people skip breakfast. “Working parents like us are always pressed for time, so preparing a nutritious breakfast for our children early in the morning may prove to be a daunting task. Children themselves, especially adolescents, prefer to get more sleep than rise up early to have breakfast. And then of course, there are those who purposely miss breakfast in a misguided attempt to lose weight. Others simply are not aware of the benefits of eating breakfast.”

Studies show that those who skip breakfast become easily irritated, feel weak and uncoordinated, and tend to over-eat later in the day. Performance at work or in school also suffers, and weight management becomes difficult.

Nestlé Philippines Corporate Nutritionist Catherine Sarmiento highlighted the importance of eating breakfast in order to start the day right and make the most out of it.

“Breakfast not only gives you the right fuel to perform your day’s tasks, it also sets the pace for the types of food you choose to eat throughout the day, helping you better manage your weight,” Ms. Sarmiento said. “Aside from promoting bone, gut and heart health, breakfast also helps you focus and do well mentally and emotionally. When it becomes part of your daily routine, breakfast promotes a healthy lifestyle for you and your family.”

Recognizing the time constraints everyone faces in the morning, Ms. Sarmiento suggests for parents to have a weekly breakfast plan that allows for food variety (to avoid taste fatigue) and optimize nutrition, while sticking to the budget. “Planning ahead will save you time during the week, and will ensure that the breakfast you serve daily helps meet your family’s nutritional needs,” she said.

Ms. Alipao said parents play a big role in building the breakfast habit among their children. “Parents are regarded as role models by their children, so when they see their parents eat breakfast, they will be encouraged to eat breakfast too. Another way to encourage kids to eat breakfast is to involve them in breakfast planning, and to ask them to help you prepare breakfast on weekends and holidays when there is more time. This gives you an opportunity to bond and connect.”

 Nestlé Resident Chef Tess Sutilo, who developed all 30 recipes featured in the book. Shared here are recipes from I Can’t Believe It’s Breakfast!

A highlight of the recipe book launch was a cooking demonstration by Chef Tess Tusilo, Resident Chef of Nestlé,  shared and demonstrated to us- three recipes from the Cook Book,

They are so easy to prepare and all looked delicious.  By the way, it was Chef Tess who developed all 30 recipes in the Cookbook.

I Can’t Believe It’s Breakfast! is available exclusively to members of the Nestlé Club. For more information on the Nestlé Club and how to get a copy of the recipe book, visit https://www.nestleclub.com.ph/.