Healthy snacking tips by Santa Claus

 You can use Christmas to give your children the vitamins and nutrients they need. Oranges and tangerines embody the Christmas spirit while being sweet and good for us! The color orange also pairs beautifully with all the chocolate and biscuits on the table!

 

Quality is always more important than quantity, even moreso when it comes to nutrition. For example, always choose high-quality chocolates instead of filling your shopping cart to the brim with cheap candy. It's much better to go with a special, healthy piece of dark chocolate with real cocoa, or an artisanal Christmas biscuit.

 

Pay attention to what you buy. If you have two kinds of candy at home, that's usually enough. The more sugar there is available, the more you'll eat - naturally. That's a lot of empty calories with very little nutritional value.  

 

If you want something done right, do it yourself. You can find many recipes online for healthy treats for every occasion. Home cooking is a great way to keep track of what ingredients go into each dish and avoid unhealthy additives. Also, you control how much sugar and flavorings you put in, and if you don't like how sweet/caloric a recipe is, you can always change that.