Children seem to be consuming caffeine at a younger age and more frequently than ever before. I have observed middle school students beginning their day with a cup of coffee, a caffeinated soft drink, or a large "special" coffee drink and elementary school kids regularly drinking caffeine filled energy drinks. Some kids also skip meals only to include a "special" energy, coffee, or soft drink to get them through the day when they should be getting energy from real food, not caffeine and sugar.

Are you a someone who either has children, is around children or just looking for ways to help promote healthy eating to youngsters? Here are tips to help you introduce healthy foods to children in a manner that may actually work!

A description of the various kinds of fat and their impact on you.

Sodium is an acquired taste and one that may take a while to get use to NOT using but it is something to that needs serious consideration! If you cut back cold turkey, it can be hard but eliminating some a little at a time is the answer. Before you know it you will be using less and less until you can easily eliminate it completely. Give yourself about 6 weeks without sodium and then try using it and you will die at the salty flavor that you use to once thrive off of! Make the changes where they’ll be noticed the least, such as using less salt in baked goods and buying salt-free canned tomatoes and legumes. Try low sodium products such as low sodium soy sauce, and other “low sodium” items.

OVER the course of a year, Alex Feintuch, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of South Carolina, spent more than $1,000 on fitness supplements. Mr. Feintuch wanted to add size and definition to his muscles, and to “see results as quickly as possible.” He did research and tried dozens of products, with mixed results. “Of the products that I have bought, I’ve found many that work well,” he said. “But some don’t and were a waste of money.”