Is Your Kid a Picky Eater? Do This...

Can’t get your kid to eat their veggies? Here’s what you need to do.

Timestamps
0:00 Is your kid a picky eater? Do this!
0:25 Nutritional deficiencies and your child’s diet
0:52 The primary nutrient deficiencies
2:52 Keto foods and your child
3:27 Get your child to make the recipes
3:47 Supplements
4:15 Keto recipe channel promo

In this video, I’m going to give you some tips on what to do if your child is a picky eater.

If your child only consumes savory snacks, sugary cereals, french fries, mac and cheese, cheese sticks, frozen waffles, and packaged foods, and avoids vegetables, fish, and meats, then this video is for you!

Picky eating is most often due to nutritional deficiencies. The best situation is to start your kids out on healthy, nutritious foods from birth to ensure no nutritional deficiencies. However, at a certain age, it is often very difficult to get your child to consume the right foods.

A zinc deficiency is common among children. Zinc affects your child’s ability to smell and taste. Consuming refined carbs and sugars will create a zinc deficiency.

MSG and modified food starch affect your child’s appetite. If they are consuming any of the foods I mentioned earlier, then they are likely consuming a lot of MSG and modified food starch. In turn, this increases appetite and insulin. Always avoid MSG.

If your child is lacking DHA or vitamin B1, they are likely to have problems with their mood and behavior—especially anger.

If a child has enough B1, they are going to be calm—they won’t feel restless, and they’ll have more self-control.

Refined carbs and sugars can create vitamin B1 and DHA deficiency.

You should find healthy keto substitutes for high-carb and high-sugar foods. Make the transition from unhealthy junk foods to healthy keto foods. Instead of telling your child that they can’t have those foods, find a healthy substitute.

You can also get your child to make the recipes with you. My wife has done this with my children for many years, and this works great—they enjoy cooking healthy foods.

It can take some time to transition to healthier food options. While you’re doing the transition, it can help to take supplements for any nutrient deficiencies. This will help rebalance their body chemistry and make it easier to come off of junk foods.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 58, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

Disclaimer:
Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Thanks for watching. I hope this video helps you fix your kid’s picky eating problem.

[agnesstrzykowska]

From my experience, many moms are so scared of their kids being hungry, that the child never gets the chance to get hungry. Most parents ruin natural, physiological hunger and dis-regulate the whole cycle. Has anybody seen a picky eater in a family where food is scarce?...

[kgftw]

Teenager here, suffering the effects of picky eating and paying for it now.

From personal experience, I know it's hard to say no to kids who want fast food all the time, but please say no. Maybe once a month is acceptable as a reward.

Also I recommend like the video said to let your children help with cooking the meals. I learned how to cook much healthier meals and I have noticed my mood improving. I wish I had learned these skills a lot sooner.

[dailydoseofmedicinee]

If your toddler refuses a meal, avoid fussing over it. It’s good for children to learn to listen to their bodies and use hunger as a guide. If they ate a big breakfast or lunch, for example, they may not be interested in eating much the rest of the day. It's a parent's responsibility to provide food, and the child’s decision to eat it. Pressuring kids to eat, or punishing them if they don't, can make them actively dislike foods they may otherwise like.

[Lance]

When I stopped eating sugar, I expected to feel better, lose fat, etc. I had not expected real food to start tasting better. I never knew that broccoli and brussel sprouts have a bit of sweetness!
I'm thinking that sugar actually blocks our ability to enjoy real food to an extent, so that we are more interested in sugar.

[moniquew]

My daughter is 4 yo and I made it a point to always place veggies on her plate with almost every meal. We also do the same, so she views it as a norm. We dont force feed.She can walk away from her plate, because we dont believe in 'cleaning your plate' but she also understands she cannot ask for anything else if she has not eaten her fruits or veggies. We leave her plate covered at the table or in the fridge until she's ready to have more. She will have the occasional kiddie foods, but we typically make from scratch, or/and with a bowl of veg.

[abcdef-zfzn]

This didn’t work for me. I thought really hard and then I realise...

I need to have kids first.

[dr.nawalabdeltawabkayali]

You make useful videos for the benefit of people, and the petty people make rude videos to criticize you. You are the best and most importantly, Dr. Eric. Continue

[JanRay]

As someone who work with young children, I came to know for a while now that in order to get them to eat/drink food etc. that are good for their bodies you have to be creative. Make smoothies, blend, use as ingredients in food they love and will eat.

[zickafoose]

I don’t remember such a thing as worrying about “picky eaters” back in the day. You ate the food that was placed before you or you didn’t eat.

[iyas]

The best doctor of all time. Please make more videos for parents/kids. They are our future.

[bernienjenje]

Thank you Dr Eric Berg for sharing this vital information, you are saving lives everyday.

[stephaniepetion]

OMG! Thank thank you, Dr.Berg. My son just turn four as baby I made my own puree food( veggies)for him, he used to love it. As he become a young toddler he refused to eat anything cook except happy meal, corn dogs, donuts, cakes, lots of juice and tons of oreo cookies 😒🙄. Those foods aren't from my house ( at my mother in law's) she used to watched him. At home he would fight me wouldn't eat. I send him pre-school and the bad habits still stay while I am trying to break it off. He is already taking a multivitamin so I will give him a supplement with Zinc and B1. I am really trying to have him eat less sugary stuffs, I don't have lots of junk in the house but he eats tons of of it on the weekend visiting Grandma. I love my mother in law but we need to have a serious talk again seriously 😊.

[danielberry]

Make them watch Dr.Berg’s videos until they give in, or switch them over to the cooking account.

[m.v.pgaming]

I am a kid and I like eating vegetables 😁

[Boddah.]

It's the parents' fault for giving them crappy foods to being w/.

[pamelaw]

For 20 years I have been researching for parents of my students who DO NOT want to medicate their children but the behaviors are very real and need to be addressed(at home as well). These are GREAT short videos to educate parents! Thank you! Thought: can you make videos aimed at children to explain these concepts?

[goinggagaladygaga]

Already doing all of this and it’s working. My son and husband for that matter are fairly fussy eaters. It’s been a struggle to get him to eat healthy foods. He’s 16 now and I think what has really helped is that he is now taking responsibility for what he eats and how much. We haven’t got any of those foods in the house any more and if he is to have an occasional treat, it’s only once in a blue moon. I’ve substituted sugar for stevia and almond, coconut and other flour substitutes and make keto, pizza and ice cream and he’s happy enough with these substitutes.
The only problem we are having is that nuts are banned at our school due to allergies and a lot of the recipes contain almonds.

[lee]

My kids get really worried when we run out of vegetables😂 They absolutely love eating a variety of fruit and veggies. Luckily, they've never been picky at all. Thanks for sharing Doc.

[asta]

Thank you I have this exact problem with my 8 yr old. She used to tell me Grandma I love broccoli, but when she started school that changed. I will work on this ASAP. This really is very important I was really getting worried and you described her with mood as well. Thanks again Dr. 😊

[divyas]

OMG, never could guess vitamin deficiency would be reason behind my son eating issues, thanks a ton for this informative video