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| They are beautiful, energetic, entertaining and they | | | | child’s health and never think you’re being |
| continually teach us as they grow and learn. Who are | | | | a difficult parent if you specify what you want your |
| they? Your children, and second to the gift of life, the | | | | child to eat or more importantly not eat. Find out what |
| next greatest gift you can give them is good health | | | | school dinners consist of and if you don’t agree |
| through nutrition. As they grow you will realise that, try | | | | with them, make packed lunches or request alternative |
| as you might, you won’t be able to protect | | | | meals be put on the menus (there’s no harm in |
| them from every bad influence in this world. You may | | | | asking). |
| have heard of first time parents who frantically sterilise | | | | Our parents had the excuse of little knowledge of |
| everyone and everything that comes within a 10 mile | | | | good health while we were younger, this information |
| radius of their baby, only to find their bundle of joy | | | | age should be seen as a legacy in this respect and a |
| trying to eat dirt in the garden. What is within the | | | | chance to link back to our ancestors ways of health |
| parents control is the nutrition of their children at home | | | | and living, 12yr old in ancient Tamare learnt degree |
| and the education on food which they will take with | | | | level information with ease, our food on it. |
| them to the outside world. | | | | Is lack of time stopping you? By teaching your child |
| A parent’s role in their child’s nutrition | | | | good nutritional habits and the benefits of good food, |
| begins much earlier than most think. First and foremost | | | | they can be involved in their health and older or |
| know that we are what we eat, so be mindful of who | | | | matured children can make their own pack lunches. If |
| you choose to have children with on all levels. Most of | | | | you can’t deciding what to make them, teach |
| us understand the effects of hereditary illness, but | | | | them enough and they can tell you what they want. |
| foods and pollutants that a parent carry can cause | | | | Let them make up weird and wonderful recipes |
| damage to their children. | | | | (details aren’t important) and help them make |
| Three months of preconception care should be | | | | them. This will make their food interesting to them and |
| observed by both parents, it has been said that the | | | | your life easier. If you can initially feed them good |
| soul of a child is here three months prior to conception. | | | | foods that taste good, they will remember enjoying |
| To help fertility and general well being, alcohol, tobacco, | | | | good foods and ask for them again. Most of our |
| pollutants and stress should be avoided and vitamins, | | | | childhood memories of good foods were as |
| minerals, essential fatty acids and exercise increased. If | | | | punishments and bad foods were treats, children can |
| these practises, as well as prayer, mediation, reading or | | | | be fluent in their own anatomy and the effects of |
| relaxation time (if you enjoy these things) can be | | | | reverse that mindset in our children, let them turn their |
| established before the child is born, they will become a | | | | noses up to fast foods and look forward to fresh fruit |
| part of your life and something you can always do as | | | | salad. Don’t allow the media to tell your children |
| a family. There are also herbs that can be taken by | | | | what to like, make them be proud of the ways you |
| the mother before during and after pregnancy to help | | | | teach them to eat and live. Four out of seven days |
| stabilise her hormones and therefore avoid pre natal | | | | healthy eating initially will give great results initially. |
| depression or severe mood swings. For example, | | | | Financial constraints are there because cheap foods |
| Raspberry leaf tea helps fertility in both parents and is | | | | are normally bad foods and high prices are put on |
| helpful to the mother throughout the pregnancy from | | | | health. However, once your children know what they |
| easing morning sickness to the waters breaking. | | | | like, find health food wholesalers, bulk prices are |
| (ALWAYS check that herbs and essential oils are | | | | surprisingly reasonable saving you weekly shopping |
| safe for use during pregnancy.) | | | | time and money. |
| In the first 3 months of pregnancy, all of the Childs | | | | Become your child health care practitioner. Pay |
| organs are formed, so the mother should very | | | | attention to their urine colour, dark strong odoured urine |
| carefully modify their diet to help this crucial stage and | | | | signals more water, to flush the system and improve |
| continue thereafter. Remember, 9 months of poor | | | | concentration and may indicate other more serious |
| eating could lead to years of suffering for your child. If | | | | problems. If skin rashes appear and you suspect a |
| you do decide to give up damaging foods, do so | | | | certain food, remove it from their diet and see if it |
| gradually to avoid illness or bad reactions. Meats are | | | | goes. If you notice your children get clingy or sluggish |
| now packed with chemicals and steroids, cigarettes | | | | after large meals, they may have an over worked |
| contain thousands of chemical, salt and sugar cause | | | | bowel, struggling to digest a back log of food. Let them |
| any health problems and the resulting self inflicted | | | | snack on fresh fruit and vegetables; this will give them |
| problems will reduce the nutrients passed to your child. | | | | fibre to help unblock their system, vitamins, minerals |
| These are definitely foods you should consider cutting | | | | and fresh water (especially if it’s organic). Sugar |
| out or reducing. Vegetarian or vegan diets are normally | | | | should always be avoided as it has no real use except |
| advisable, but as everyone is different, if this diet | | | | to cause damage. Refined carbohydrates (white |
| produces too many bad effects, change it accordingly. | | | | bread, flour, sugar, pasta etc) only give a quick burst of |
| Breastfeeding is recommended as it’s linked to | | | | energy but aren’t filling so our children are eating |
| intelligence due to high levels of essential fatty acids in | | | | too much. They have hardly any nutritional value and |
| the milk, which also contains antibodies, vitamins, | | | | no fibre which all lead to obesity. Whole foods |
| minerals and pure water. But it is effected by the | | | | (wholegrain rice, raw fruit and vegetable, lentils, beans, |
| mother’s nutrition so feed both of you well. | | | | nuts, seeds, seaweeds etc) provide longer lasting |
| There is a strong link to childhood diabetes resulting | | | | energy, fibres, protein and essential oils which all build |
| from allergies to the protein in cow’s milk and | | | | beautiful children with healthy organs and alert brains. |
| also beef, which affects the pancreas. Breastfeeding | | | | Consult nutrition consultants, homeopaths, herbalist and |
| mothers are advised by paediatricians to avoid drink | | | | allergy testing centres before making and appointment |
| cow’s milk and eating beef for this reason. Be | | | | with your GP, see the money as an investment for |
| cautious with soy milk also as it has been linked to | | | | you to learn about your child’s health, pay |
| cancer. | | | | attention and get them to explain everything. The more |
| Don’t think child minders, nursery and school | | | | you learn, the more you can teach your children. |
| teachers are qualified to make health decisions for | | | | |