🎧 Introducing the Naranja Amarga podcast (Juan Llorca and Nutrikids), supported by Feroz 👣

In this episode of Naranja Amarga 🍊 we sit down with Silvia Abril 🎭 to talk about what brings us together most: food and everything it stirs in us 💭❤️.

Amid laughter 😂 and memories 🧠, Silvia shares what mealtimes were like at home when she was a girl, the place food had in her family 👨👩👧👦 and how that legacy has shaped the way she raises and feeds her daughter 👩👧. We talk about dishes that leave a mark and bring comfort 🥘 and what it really means to educate the palate (and the heart) ❤️. An episode recorded with a live audience at Ferozland that turned out fun 😄, honest ✨ and full of stories that will make you laugh 🤣.

In this episode, Silvia Abril and the team talk openly about how children’s eating habits are built and put to the test. The main idea is that the foundation is laid at home through example: eating the same as the little ones, cooking when you can and making healthy food appealing, paying attention to flavours, textures and cooking times. Eating healthily doesn’t have to be boring or a punishment.

They also stress the importance of realistic planning. Checking the school menu and balancing things out at home without obsessing, prioritising a variety of vegetables and good-quality protein, helps keep a balance without constant battles. Getting children involved in the kitchen from an early age comes up as a key tool for improving their relationship with food and encouraging independence.

When adolescence arrives, everything gets more complicated: peer pressure, comparisons and family “battles” are part of the process. Here the message is clear: giving a good foundation and judgement works better than banning things. The more a food is demonised, the more appealing it becomes. The aim is not to control, but to accompany.

The conversation also opens up important topics such as teenagers’ use of social media (arguing for delaying access to protect their emotional health) and the relationship between food and mental health. Silvia shares her personal experience of an eating disorder and how therapy and sport were key to rebuilding a healthier relationship with food and with her own body.

And now, practical tips from the conversation:

• Example teaches more than any rule: if you eat vegetables, they see them as normal.
• Cooking at home is an act of love, even if it’s simple and the recipes aren’t perfect.
• You don’t have to get everything right; a little planning and consistency is enough.
• Balance things out without obsessing: if school meals aren’t balanced, calmly make up for it at home.
• Make food appealing: sauces, dressings and good textures make all the difference.
• Get them involved in the kitchen from an early age, even if they make a mess or get things wrong.
• Don’t demonise foods: banning too much usually makes them more desirable.
• In adolescence, pick your battles: judgement matters more than control.
• Delaying social media and phones is protection, not punishment.

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Recorded at Ferozland