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Calcium & Protein for Kids and Teens
To be healthy, children and teenagers need adequate amounts of essential nutrients like calcium and protein. With Mountain High Yoghurt, calcium and protein can ride to the rescue, helping build healthy bodies.
Calcium: It takes calcium to build strong, sturdy kids. Calcium, an essential mineral for bone growth and development, also builds teeth, and supports nerve, muscle, and blood-clotting functions. Parents need to make sure their kids get enough calcium on a daily basis.
Mountain High Yoghurt can help! Each 8-oz. serving provides at least 30% of the recommended daily allowance of calcium. To maximize calcium absorption, offer calcium-rich foods like yoghurt at each meal in a variety of ways. Don’t forget milk, cheese, and fortified cereals also contain significant amounts of calcium.
It's also important to make sure kids get enough calcium every day, over the course of their entire childhood. That means, yep, until they are 18 and then for the rest of their lives.
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Teenagers and Calcium: For proper bone development, kids age 9 to 18 need about 1,000 mg of calcium each day. The teenage years are the peak period for building bone. Calcium deficiencies in their teen years leave kids at risk for broken bones and, eventually, osteoporosis (brittle bones). Unfortunately, most American teenage girls don’t get enough calcium in their daily diet. And teens often consume other beverages besides milk which can displace essential nutrients like calcium and protein.
Mountain High Yoghurt can help your teen get enough calcium every day! Each 8-ounce serving contains 300 to 400 mg of calcium, making it a great source for this vital nutrient. Teach your kids that “calcium is cool” and that they need 3 servings a day of dairy foods.
- They can make their own drinkable or frozen yoghurt, pour yoghurt on cereal, or dip favorite snacks in it.
- Calcium-rich snacks like yoghurt, milk, cheese, almonds, dried figs, calcium-enriched energy bars, pudding, and calcium-fortified orange juice are great during sports or after-school activities.
- For dinner, include beans, tofu, Chinese cabbage, canned salmon, or frozen yoghurt.
- Don’t forget the Vitamin D—it increases calcium absorption and your body makes it with sun exposure. Ask your doctor about how much is enough.
- Remind kids that daily weight-bearing exercise (e.g., running, jumping, climbing, walking, soccer) also builds bone mass!
Protein: Protein is another essential nutrient for growing bodies. It helps build and repair muscle and along with calcium and vitamin D support healthy bones. Again, Mountain High Yoghurt can help ensure your child gets enough of the good stuff. A single 8-oz. serving provides 14-21% of the Daily Value of protein. Protein-rich foods also help satisfy hunger. So keep plenty of yoghurt on hand, especially during growth spurts. Remember meat, fish, eggs, and nuts are other great sources of protein.
Mountain High Yoghurt’s versatility is also pretty heroic. Not even oatmeal can resist its charms! You can entice a picky eater with a smoothie or drinkable yoghurt. And what kid doesn’t like mixing their favorite toppings into a bowl of smooth and creamy Mountain High Yoghurt? Serve yoghurt often and you may just find a superhero zooming around your kitchen.
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Kids & Yoghurt 
