Are you a regular teen, tired of everyday nagging by your parents? Now you can give your parents and yourself a break by practicing some healthy and balanced eating habits so that you not only experience a fresh mood yourself but can also keep your parents from worrying about you.

Here are some tips that you can incorporate into your daily routine for a healthy body and mind.

Do not miss breakfast: Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. Though, at times, you may not get enough time to sit down and have your breakfast, at such times you may very well go in for a banana or similar fruit that you can have while on the go.

Try to have a homemade lunch: You can never be sure about the hygiene consideration in outside foods, that most teens prefer to have. Although, these may look hygienic on the outside, they may not actually be. Therefore, it is always advisable to have a homemade lunch that allows you to have better control over the foods you eat.

No soda: This might be extremely difficult to follow, especially for the teenagers. However, you may as well know that you drink most of your calories from soda, which itself gets its calories from sugar. A very good way of losing on your excess weight is by cutting soda out of your diet.

Make intelligent selection of restaurants: One of the favorite hangouts for most teenagers are the restaurants, but this is also the place where you put on maximum calories. You need to be really careful before entering a restaurant. Instead of going in for a restaurant that serves only fried foods or sugary desserts, try to opt for restaurants which serve salads or fresh fruits or any kind of low calorie dish.

Help with grocery shopping: One of the best ways to have a control on dishes that go on your lunch or dinner table is by helping your parents with the grocery or cooking. This way you can possibly choose your favorite veges and fruits.