In about 36 hours, I will have roughly 350 pounds of candy stashed throughout my house. The question is, what to do NOW to plan for all that (or for getting rid of some of it, or at least for slowing down its consumption.)
Beverly Rothstein is a nutritionist and child obesity expert. She’ll be a guest on my radio show on Sunday. In the meantime, here are her tips for “limiting the damage” tomorrow night (for both kids and parents). Enjoy - and thanks for stopping by!
The bane of everyone’s nightmares are those little Trick or Treating kids that gather “tons” of goodies each Halloween.
Although most Parents cannot keep ALL the candies way from their chubby or not so chubby kids, here are a few hints to help:
1) Prior to going out Trick or Treating feed your kids a good well balanced dinner. Make sure to give them the chance to skip dessert at dinner and promise them a few small goodies for dessert.
2) Don’t leave the candy in a dish out on the counter. I have been a victim of this trap. You walk by the dish, grab a handful of candy. You sit down at the table near the dish, you grab candy.
3)The better thing to do is to put the candy in the freezer. Frozen candy can help slow down the eating, because it is too hard to eat until it thaws. Eating frozen candy can break teeth!
4) Allow the kids 1 or 2 pieces per day, they can choose what they want and include them as a treat in the lunch box.
5) If you kids are in the money mode, buy the candy from them. Maybe a few dollars will be more appealing than a handful of chocolate.
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