Tuesday, August 7, 2012

[WATCH]: Send your kids back to school with 'brain food'

(KETK) By Rachel Rollar August 6, 2012 TYLER, TEXAS — The first day of school is just around the corner and you can give your kids the energy to make it through the day by packing them a healthful lunch. With today's fast-paced lifestyle parents often pack their kid's lunches with "convenience foods." This might be easier, but these products are loaded with fats, sugars, and sodium. Researchers at the University of Texas suggests that packing your kids a healthful lunch will better prepare them to study and learn. A Dietician from Trinity Mother Frances, Tami Lawrence, told KETK that, "its very important to get all of the food groups, so in order to do that you want to choose from carbohydrate, fat, and protein, and for optimal

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