Back-To-School Brain Foods for Kids

Just as athletes eat certain foods to maximize their performance and to win, back-to-school children can also eat certain foods to optimize energy and brain power. The right foods can make all the difference in your child's success as they head back-to-school this year.

The first food item to place in your child's brain power arsenal for back-to-school, is more of a group/meal than one item and it is breakfast. Breakfast is well and truly the most important meal of the day for anyone, but most of all for a back-to-school going child who needs the boost to feel good and fire up the brain. In choosing foods to offer your child for breakfast, skip the high sugar-laden snack type breakfast foods in favor of choices that are guaranteed to give the child's brain a boost that will not result in a mid-morning crash.

Powering up this back-to-school breakfast arsenal, there are several brain-power boosting options that can easily be made kid-friendly. Here are a few tips on breakfast foods that will empower your back-to-school child's brain:

Eggs- While some kids will eagerly go for an egg on a biscuit or english muffin combined with cheese and a meat such as sausage or bacon, others will opt for a pile of scrambled eggs. Those that are more reluctant when it comes to this brain-rich food choice, can be tempted by delicious french toast-a tasty way to get those eggs in there via a more kid-friendly food choice. Make this delectable option with whole wheat toast topped with delicious syrup and you may have a back to school winner that boosts brain power.

Oatmeal- A high-in-fiber whole grain, this back-to-school breakfast choice is slow to digest, therefore giving kids an uninterrupted flow of protein-rich energy. If possible, skip the pre-packaged versions of this brain-boosting food in favor of cooking the oatmeal yourself. This can be done relatively quickly atop the stove in the mornings or in a time-saving slow cooker fashion as well. Let the kids add brown sugar or maple syrup for sweetening and have such good options like raisins, cranberries, various other fruits and nuts available for stirring in.