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10 Healthy Snacks for Healthy Teeth

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As any pediatric dentist specialist will surely tell you, preventative dental care and proper nutrition are the best way to fight kids tooth decay. But may parents lack the time to steer their children down the right road with food, and they end up gorging themselves on processed junk. Then a vicious cycle begins, because the artificial flavors and sweeteners in the processed food win over their taste buds – suddenly, normal, natural sweets don’t taste good at all. It spirals downward from there.
It requires additional time and energy on your part, but if you can get your kids eating reasonably — not over the top healthy — but reasonably healthy snacks, they will develop the opposite taste and see the processed flavors for what they are: chemicals not meant for eating. Here’s a handy list of 10 snack ideas that put the accent on natural, milder flavors rather than big bursts of chemical sweetness.
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  • In a tall glass, layer vanilla yogurt with mandarin oranges or blueberries, top with granola.
  • Spread mustard on a slice of turkey, wrap around a sesame bread stick or cracker.
  • Crumble graham crackers into low-fat chocolate pudding, add marshmallows.
  • Mini Pizzas: Drizzle tomato sauce on toasted English muffins, top with low-fat mozzarella and briefly broil.
  • Apply mustard to a soft tortilla, top with slice of ham or turkey, low-fat cheese and lettuce, then roll it up.
  • Make simple sandwiches on whole grain bread, then have fun with the kids using cookie cutters to make shapes.
  • Using low-fat vanilla and strawberry yogurts, top off a banana and then sprinkle with whole grain cereal.
  • Microwave a packet of oatmeal using low-fat milk, add in a quarter cup on applesauce (unsweetened) and sprinkle with cinnamon.
  • Mix cornflakes with some peanut butter in a bowl; shape into balls and roll through graham cracker crumble.
  • Sprinkle some grated Parmesan cheese on hot popcorn.
    Naturally, these are just suggestions. But they’ll make you and your child’s visit to the pediatric dentist specialist that much more relaxed, and it will instill better eating habits in them that can last a lifetime. The best pediatric dentist will probably have additional suggestions as to how you can help your child win the war against process foods and tooth decay in kids.
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