| The staggering effects of fast food were recently | | | | Many of the sports drinks and flavored waters are |
| released in a National Health and Nutrition Examination | | | | laden with sugar or sugar-substitutes such as |
| Survey. More than 9 million children and teens are | | | | high-fructose corn syrup. |
| overweight. Childhood obesity is responsible for 50 % | | | | These too can pack on the pounds. School systems |
| of new cases of pediatric diabetes, sleep apnea, and | | | | around the country are removing these types of drinks |
| asthma. | | | | from their menus as they begin to come to grips with |
| While we are alarmed at the increasing rates of | | | | the effects of fast food on our children. In addition, |
| pediatric obesity there are few educational resources | | | | they are also removing soda machines in an effort to |
| aimed at young children. What resources do we have | | | | trim down the students. |
| to educate our young children about healthy food | | | | Bottled water is being targeted as mineral deficient due |
| choices? What about encouraging them to stay | | | | to the purification process. Signs of mineral deficiencies |
| active? | | | | are showing up in declining cognitive abilities, fatigue, |
| Fast food has taken over the American diet and | | | | heart function and immune response. Instead of deep, |
| invades our schools, threatening the health of our | | | | sweet, mineral-rich well water, we are drinking |
| children. There is a need for us to teach our kids early | | | | processed water. |
| about the effects of fast food. We have to fight off | | | | Some bottled water industry members are responding |
| the barrage of junk food commercials and sugary | | | | by adding sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium |
| cereals. Instead of those kinds of commercials we | | | | to their drinks. The problem is that the body utilizes |
| need to show them that it's fun to eat right and get to | | | | more than just those minerals. We eat a diet of foods |
| out and play, run and swim. | | | | that are mostly grown in mineral deficient soil due to |
| We must teach our children to distinguish fruits and | | | | modern farming methods. |
| vegetables from junk foods. They should be | | | | Parents have to stay on their toes and guide their |
| encouraged to pursue activities such as riding bikes, | | | | children away from the harmful effects of fast food. |
| swimming and even planting a garden. | | | | We are supposed to be raising a nation of healthy and |
| Not only are snack, fried and fast foods an ever | | | | strong men and women. Instead it appears as though |
| present danger to our children, but the consumption of | | | | we are raising a nation of sick kids. |
| sports drinks and soft drinks are taking a toll also. | | | | |