Nutrition

Anything but cold coffee

Ready-made coffee with milk and sugar from the chiller cabinet is very popular, especially among young people. However, its consumption is not harmless.

Coeliac disease - how your child can still enjoy it

Nutrition tips for children with coeliac disease. The wheat-free birthday cake may also contain gluten.

Beware of additives!

Which additives affect my child and how? Why should you eat as little sweets and ready-made pizza as possible? This article reveals the answer.

The sweet alternative to sugar

We eat too much sugar. There is a wide range of alternative sweeteners on the market. But how recommendable are they really?

Hay fever: immunotherapy and other treatment options

Many children are plagued by pollen in spring. Specific immunotherapy or other treatment methods help to get through the hay fever season.

Protein consumption and muscle mania

Boys in particular are often prescribed a high-protein diet to boost their muscles. When does the fitness craze become dangerous?

Why do children love sweets so much?

Interview with Janna Scharfenberg about Ayurvedic nutrition for children. Why they love sweets in the Kapha phase and how parents can deal with this.

Child, eat something healthy!

We know what a healthy diet for children looks like: There is no lack of recommendations and no lack of heartfelt desire to implement them. What else?

What to cook for four greedy boys?

Always just pasta? What to cook for four adolescent boys and their appetites? Claudia Landolt shares her menu plan.

On the plate instead of in the bin

How can you shop so that there are as few leftovers as possible and how can you utilise them? Sustainability in the kitchen.

What should I cook? Simple recipes from the green pot

A selection of quick-to-prepare, everyday vegetarian dishes from the Greentopf for fussy children's palates.

High quality of life despite allergies

Allergies are annoying and can restrict quality of life. Strategies against an unbalanced diet and stress when the child eats out...

Eating breakfast like an emperor? How important is breakfast?

There's often not enough time for a balanced breakfast. That's not a bad thing - if a few points are taken into account

Mrs Stöckli, how do you go vegan without pointing fingers?

Franziska Stöckli developed the cookbook "Greentopf" with her students - the vegetarian supplement to the cookery school classic "Tiptopf".

Lunch instead of canteen

More and more parents are cooking together with other families. Tips and tricks for a successful lunch with a neighbouring family.

Coke and crisps for a snack?

Banning your child from cola won't help. Betty Bossi gives tips on how to make healthy eating appealing to your child instead.

«Mum, why don't you buy this too?»

Children's products are sweet and greasy - because children love them. But they are advertised as healthy so that parents will buy them.

Problems and arguments at the dinner table?

Danish family therapist Jesper Juul on problems at the dinner table, what parents can do if their child "doesn't eat" and other questions.

Fast, faster - healthy

Even if the working day is long and the time for cooking is often short: with these tips and tricks, you'll always have something healthy on the table.

Everyone at one table!

«Help, our son wants to eat a vegan diet!»

The son suddenly wants to eat a vegan diet. Everyone in the family of five eats «normally». Does the family have to adapt to their son and cook vegan food?

Little chefs

Children in the kitchen: Involving children in menu planning and preparation is fun - if parents follow a few tips...

Shopping with children doesn't have to be a nightmare

Shopping with children can be an ordeal - but it doesn't have to be. Tips for shopping that's fun...

On your marks, get set - sport!

Children are constantly on the move. This requires energy - good nutrition is important. But what does that mean in concrete terms? What should and shouldn't be on the table?