9. Tuna Fish
Fish can be a healthful food unless your kids only eat fish sticks or fried fish sandwiches. Sometimes overlooked, tuna fish is a healthful fish that many kids like. Parents seem to be serving tuna fish less often these days because of the concerns about mercury contamination,9 but it is important to keep in mind that like many things, tuna fish is OK in moderation. Even with the warnings, children are allowed up to two servings a week of canned light tuna or one serving of solid white albacore tuna.
10. Sunflower Seeds
Although eating sunflower seeds may seem like a bad habit of kids on little league baseball teams, they are actually a healthful food that all kids can enjoy—as long as they don’t throw the shells on the floor and are old enough so that the seeds aren’t a choking hazard. Although high in polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats, those are the “good” fats. Sunflower seeds are low in saturated or “bad” fats.
