Molding Good Eating Habits For Your Little ones
You have until your children are 9 years old to mold their eating habits. If the average vegetable consumption is as low as 4-6 servings per week and that as families we are eating the same 11 meals recycled over and over again we can often find ourselves with a one way ticket to the same family diseases our parents had. It is like following a recipe. If your grandparents, or parents have diabetes, heart disease, cholesterol issues, thickening of arteries and you live the same way as they did, eat the same way as they did you will more than likely develop the same disease as they did.
Taking vitamin C?
Did you know that vitamin C in the form of ascorbic acid feeds tumors, causes atherosclerosis, and is not helpful for your cold symptoms. In fact, if you are taking 500mg and above of ascorbic acid (just read your vitamin C label) you can be causing yourself diarrhea, and unraveling of DNA in the brain. Think twice before you start thinking vitamin C is a wellness supplement.
Fluoride in our drinking water
Your metabolism could be altered by drinking fluoride in your water? Your thyroid hormones are unusable due to fluorides effect on iodine, a key mineral that allows your body to utilize Thyroid hormone. This by definition hypothyroidism. Fluoride disrupts certain proteins that are responsible for getting hormones into your cells this is by definition type II diabetes.
Are cereals the breakfast of champions?
A “healthy” meal of “whole-grain” cereal is NOT the breakfast of champions. It is the breakfast of diabetics. If you insist on eating wheat all the time, you will eventually (if not already) be relegated by a lifetime of diabetic drugs with all their problems and life-threatening side effects. You should just stop eating wheat altogether.
Statin Drugs
Are Cholesterol lowering drugs safe and a healthy way to reduce risk for heart attacks and strokes. Current data indicates that heart attacks and strokes are not down but by up. Since the introduction of statin drugs we have seen over a 30% rise in liver transplants, hypothyroidism, kidney disease and muscular diseases.
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a childhood disorder not an adult one. This does not mean that if you didn’t get enough calcium, vitamin D, and essential fatty acids growing up then you are doomed, it just means you have some catching up to do to maintain good bone health as you age. The more you build up these three key nutrients as you age to about 35 you will be laying the best possible foundation for great health, a great pH (mineral balance), and prevent osteoporosis from ever impacting your life.
Can vs Frozen Vegetables
Frozen vegetables are the next best to fresh vegetables. Never consume non organic vegetables out of a can as these have way to many preservatives and ruin any nutrition you may get from the food. Organic can soups and boxed soups tend to work well as does can tomatoes that are organic.
Should I Eat Organic
If you avoid processed foods, frozen dinners, prepackaged foods, fast foods, obvious sugars and mass amounts of grains you will preserve yourself of disease, and poor quality of life. Eat organic when you can because it does contain less pesticides than other non organic food, but don’t let that keep you from eating fresh produce in general so you can get life giving nutrition to your cells for growth and repair.
So what’s a parent to do?
If your kids are hooked on fast food, we offer these suggestions for steering them towards healthier eating:
- Serve a variety of healthy foods at home to prevent “picky eater” habits from forming. Taking them grocery shopping, teaching them to find and choose foods, and involving them in meal planning tells them you want to prepare meals they will enjoy.
- Set realistic goals. If the child bristles at eating a side portion of veggies, make a game to get him to take one bite of the new-tasting food.
- Make your own chicken snacks at home, using healthy dipping sauces like marinara sauce, or mustard. If you must bread the nuggets, dip them in an egg, roll them in gluten free flour and bake, don’t fry. If you fry then use coconut oil.
- If you’re eating out, cut out half of the trans and saturated fat by ordering a grilled chicken sandwich instead of nuggets. Order for your child from the adult menu, or share your sandwich with her, so the nuggets issue doesn’t come up.
- Be consistent and firm, but encourage and praise the child every time she tries a new, healthier food. And be a good role model—don’t expect children to eat healthy when one or both parents snack on salty chips or fatty, processed foods.
- Keep healthy foods in the meal, even when you give in and allow your child to order junk at a fast food place. Serve it with a side salad, or fruit.
Are you contributing to cancer, and infertility statistics?
“People are putting chemicals on and into our bodies every day, though use of shampoo, deodorant, face cream, hairspray and all of the other bottles, jars and cans that fill our bathrooms. Chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects do not belong in these products, period.”