Posts Tagged ‘children’s health’

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:

Health Claims Running Rampant

The advancement of technology has given impetus to the marketing machine of major food manufactures. Their health claims are running rampant.

False Health Claims

Following a second action in 12 months by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for making false claims about a product, the leading cereal maker Kellogg has agreed to new advertising restriction.

They said the company has agreed to expand a settlement order reached after the Commission alleged that the cereal maker has falsely claimed there was clinical evidence that its Frosted Mini-Wheat Cereal improved children’s attentiveness by nearly 20 per cent.

Could it be the trans fats, sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, or sodium, that provides such a boost. Wow, all the kids in American should be real attentive.

Trans Fats

Food manufactures use trans fats in products to optimize taste, appearance, texture and shelf life. These fats are formed when liquid oils are made into solid fats like shortening and margarine during a process known as hydrogenation.

Kellogg defends their use of trans fats by saying trans fat is similar to saturated fat because it has also been found to raise low-density lipoprotein, or “bad” cholesterol, which can increase your risk of coronary heart disease.

What they left out is crucial: The trans fat molecule is different from the saturated fat molecule.

(1) Saturated fatty acids raise HDL cholesterol, the so-called good cholesterol, whereas the trans fatty acids lower HDL cholesterol;

(2) Saturated fatty acids lower the blood levels of the atherogenic lipoprotein [a], whereas trans fatty acids raise the blood levels of lipoprotein [a];

(3) Saturated fatty acids conserve the good omega-3 fatty acids, whereas trans fatty acids cause the tissues to lose these omega-3 fatty acids;

(4) Saturated fatty acids do not inhibit insulin binding, whereas trans fatty acids do inhibit insulin binding;

(5) Saturated fatty acids do not increase C-reactive protein, but trans fatty acids do increase C-reactive protein causing arterial inflammation;

(6) saturated fatty acids are the normal fatty acids made by the body, and they do not interfere with enzyme functions such as the delta-6-desaturase, whereas trans fatty acids are not made by the body, and they interfere with many enzyme functions such as delta-6-desaturase; and

(7) Some saturated fatty acids are used by the body to fight viruses, bacteria, and protozoa, and they support the immune system, whereas trans fatty acids interfere with the function of the immune system.

This is from the Ban Trans Fats website.

Another Problem

Food manufactures can list no trans fats on their label and still use it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in this case the fake disappearing agenda; guidelines specify that percentages should be rounded up if over 0.5 grams per serving or down if under. If the amount of tras fats is less than half a gram(0.5) per serving, FDA labeling guidelines state that the Nutrition Facts label must show the total amount of trans fats per serving as zero grams (0 grams).

This amounts to 1/20 of a teaspoon of trans fat per serving. What’s the problem with this? One serving is stated to be a cup, how many kids snack on sweet cereals and go over a cup. If you have a diet of packaged foods and they all claim no trans fat, you can be ingesting a good amount.

Now for kids the issue is this will be for a lifetime, add it up, and they will be consuming too much trans fats.

Last But Not Least

 The label ingredients from the strawberry Mini-Frosted Wheats

WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SUGAR, STRAWBERRY FLAVORED CRUNCHLETS (SUGAR, CORN CEREAL, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL, CITRIC ACID, GLYCERIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, RED #40, BLUE #2), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL STRAWBERRY AND CREME FLAVOR, SORBITOL, GELATIN, REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE, RED #40, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), FOLIC ACID, BLUE #1, AND VITAMIN B12. TO MAINTAIN QUALITY, BHT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PACKAGING.

Make better decisions, these are empty claims, and a marketing campaign that seems like pure baloney.

Chefsters creates happy and healthy children. It is a show with style and substance.

Creating  Healthy Children

Creating healthy children makes life simple. It is a challenge to raise content, healthy, and happy children. All parents are optimistic about that prospect, until they stall. It is a tough job that begins in the home and then is shared by the schools.

The values we teach our children must include solid nutritional principles. This is both informational and transformative, and will guide your child in the future.

You can provide them with a disease-free future.

Their emotional state will also depend on their nutritional status. How many parents are tearing out their hair trying to get their children to behave? Most don’t realize that their child’s nutritional status affects their behavior.

Parents Partner

Chefsters is a parents partner in providing the information that this coming generation needs more than ever. Parents have for generations tried to get children to eat healthy.

Chefsters offers hands on experience for children of all ages. The Chefsters tapes and CD’s gives learning tips on how to improve diet and lifestyle is for youngsters, parents, future parents, teachers, and social workers.

Rather than medicating your child, it important to realize that asthma, ear infections, allergies, learning, attention and hyperactivity are food related.

Chefsters is your perfect partner in helping your children recognize healthy food. Chefsters will dramatically capture their attention, and teach them to be smart consumers.

New Developments

The new developments in the last few decades, has presented a challenge to America. We live in a world of faux food that offer sensory pleasures. Biologically most of the innovative food supply doesn’t support our tissues, organs, or glands.

There isn’t a hands on experience when preparing any of the packaged foods. Of course, if you considering opening a package and eating the contents a culinary experience than you are nutritionally challenged and health deprived. 

Great taste and great health aren’t a formulation away. Yet, our children recognize a cereal box before they know the names of fruits and vegetables.

Their future will change dramatically, when they recognize, understand, and know how to prepare what will appear on their dinner plate. Thanks, to the Chefsters team, this can be in their future.