Posts Tagged ‘chemical additives’

Ready to eat cereal isn’t breakfast food even though it is marketed as such. Have a hearty breakfast seems to mean open, pour, and down it in about 90 seconds.. Mainstream diets are loaded with calories striped of any measure of nutrition. Having a hearty breakfast means to some people means apple cinnamon, fruity, and sugary.

Consumers who enjoy these should be impressed with the variety. Many of these brands claim that it is proven that their cereals have health benefits. Many boast that they have 50% less sugar, are cholesterol free, low fat and a good source of vitamins

Ironically, artificial or chemical renditions of vitamins have been implicated in causing more harm than good. According to a story in The New Your Times July 23, sugary cereals are still being promoted on TV as a healthy breakfast food.

Another trend is what I call “thing” rather than food. It is promoted as a real egg product. The word product says it all. It is made from egg whites without the yolks to cut out the fat and cholesterol. Flavors and colorings are added to make the things look and taste more like the real deal.

The message is that you can mill, cut, shape it and come up with a totally innovative way to promote it, but it can never be quite like fresh food. However, it will create impressive profit margins. 

Nearly all processed food sabotages your health. Fruits and vegetables aren’t shelf stable. Produce doesn’t last even in the refrigerator for an extended period of time. Americans may be throwing out more than they consume. As processed food retailers and manufacturers sales increases; fruits and vegetables are not lined up for any growth in sales. Despite the baby-carrot $25 million advertising campaign and other initiatives we haven’t seen any real growth in mass market appeal.

Cereal isn’t a meal by any stretch of the imagination. It may be rich in sugar, sodium, calories, and the wrong fats, but it meets no ones dietary needs. What is relevant is these manufactured products replace the whole foods in your diet.

Fruits and vegetables are a breakfast, lunch, and dinner food. Just pair it with some good protein and fats and you are ready to go.

ADHD behaviors as seen in children seem to have very little meaning.

ADHD Diagnoses

An ADHD diagnosis seems to be arbitrary. Two published studies seem to say something is wrong with the way ADHD is diagnosed in young children. In the U.S. nearly one million kids may be misdiagnosed just because they are the youngest in their kindergarten class. The youngest in the class is twice as likely to be on stimulant medication.

What was found the youngest children were much more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD and be prescribed behavior modifying stimulants such as Ritalin.

Could it be the teacher was just having a bad hair day, and had no patience for an unruly 5 year old?  Since this is such a subjective diagnosis this can be a factor.

Hyperactivity

Hyperactivity in a five year old seems normal to a sedentary adult. This is a perception, not always a reality. It is estimated that the misdiagnosis rate is about 1 in 5, and that 900,000 of the 4.5 million children currently diagnosed with ADHD have been misdiagnosed.

Wow, 4.5 million children diagnosed with ADHD is correct. I don’t buy it. With our diet, and vaccine schedule it is possible that we have fostered a nation of unruly children. This number doesn’t add up. 

Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention deficit disorder is a relatively new term. It use to be called rambunctious, acting out, class clown, energetic, and irascible behavior. With a profit center build around Ritalin, a new term is just what the drug companies ordered.

Legal drugs vs. Street Drugs, the difference profit for big pharma:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6LfBbP0J6A&feature=fvw

ADHD-diet related what a surprise. A new study from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a “Western-Style” diet in adolescents. The research findings have been published online in the international Journal of Attention Disorders.

Western Diet

Research isn’t needed for this association. For many years western trained medical professionals claimed diet doesn’t influenced behavior or physical conditions. Now, we started to spend research dollars to see what was obvious, you are what you eat.

To assume that food doesn’t make a difference, when that is the fuel that runs the body, is preposterous. Your brain needs vitamins, minerals, and good omega 3 fatty acids. The high sugar content displaces and depletes the vitamin and minerals. 

Nutritional studies

What was found was a diet high in western type foods; the typical junk food diet doubled the risk of having an ADHD diagnosis. The appropriate title should be flying high, which is what happens on a high sugar diet.

An adolescent’s diet usually consists of fast food, and high sugar snacks. Plus the fact that they consume more calories than they can work off. They not only jeopardize their brains functions, but put their health on the line.

At this time of life emotional upheavals are also diet related. For an adolescent this is the time to develop balance and strength coordinating yesterday’s best with tomorrow’s promise. It is a time to pursuit passions and maturity.

ADHD

What ADHD is in plain terms is multiple dysfunctions and out of sync responses. It denotes scattered out of order responses from a person ill equipped to find the right mix of emotions, and control to express them with.

They miss everything and anything because of their scattered attention. What this says is that a possibly friendly and outgoing child resonates with a scattered presence. What can cause this is a diet high in processed foods, sugar, and high fructose corn syrup.  

Help

Knowing where to look for help means you must experiment with the diet to experience a difference. Health-conscious consumption will take the bite out of ADHD and enhance focus.

The food of today is the actions of tomorrow. It is as simple as that.