Nestle is determined to promote some healthy eating habits Among the whole family. One of his latest innovations is revolutionize children's breakfast with their new cereals, in which you have included whole grains in its composition. In addition to the importance of breakfast every morning because it helps us maintain an adequate weight, it has a positive effect on cognitive faculties and improves performance and concentration, it also ensures a healthy, balanced diet in which more fruits and vegetables are consumed .
And the whole grain breakfast cereals They are a very healthy option for children because they provide vitamin B, calcium and iron, they are a slower and more sustained source of energy than other breakfast alternatives. One of the ways to provide energy to the body is the inclusion of sugar although health authorities recommend that the consumption of sugars from processed foods or beverages does not exceed 10% of the total calories in the diet. And is that a high consumption of added sugar It has been associated with tooth decay, its excess accumulates in the form of fat in the body and excess weight in the form of fat leads to overweight / obesity.
Nestlé contributes for breakfast fiber foods using low-sugar whole grains which favor a slow and sustained release of energy and allow less accumulation of fat.
All these references were presented to us recently Nadia Solana, nutritionist of Nestlé Spain, and Santi Castellanos, Brand Manager Kids & Teens of Nestlé Cereales in Cups and Cakes, a beautiful place to celebrate events, celebrate birthdays and have a good time with your family. The two explained to us what Nestlé's commitment is to reduce the sugar in the cereals that make up the children's range and add more whole grains. They explained that whole grains are those that take advantage of the whole grain for its elaboration, facilitate a slower digestion and provide energy for longer.
Nadia placed great emphasis on the need for a balanced breakfast that includes a piece of fruit, a dairy (yogurt or glass of milk) and a portion of cereals of approximately 30-40 grams although it can also be made using bread, better integral. And is that breakfast allows to cover 20% of daily energy needs Therefore, it should include about 400 Kcal in the case of adults and about 360 Kcal in the case of children.
He Nestlé nutritional commitment consisted in renewing all its brands main so that each bowl of cereals includes less than 9 grams of sugar, 135 milligrams or less of sodium (from salt) and whole grain cereal that is the first ingredient, which has the most presence of all. In addition cereals are a good contribution of calcium and vitamin D.
Then we leave a video, which we were taught in the workshop of the Nestlé nutritional revolution in which you can see and hear (in French) how is the manufacturing process of cereals that are part of the breakfast of many children throughout the world.
Between the cereals that are part of the nutritional revolution there are the Estrellitas, Cheerios, Chocapic, Nesquik, Golden Grahams, Lion and Crunch. Nestlé also has the commitment not to manufacture for white labels in any country in the world.
During the event, the fathers / mothers commented on how we made breakfast at the children's house. We were all very aligned in providing a good breakfast for our families although we also comment that they take a lunch for the morning, such as a piece of fruit or a small snack, in addition to lunch, snack and dinner. And it is that their wear of energy at the end of the day is incredible since they get up until they go to bed.
