| Why are we as sick as we are? | | | | vegetables. You may think you feed your kids well |
| There is no simple straight forward answer but one | | | | and I've no doubt you do but there's no way she's |
| thing you must know to put it simply; | | | | getting what she should be to keep bones strong |
| A diet low in essential vitamins, minerals and | | | | while going through the growing teenage years. |
| antioxidants | | | | You've heard the term 'RDA's'? It means |
| + Free Radical Damage to our Cells | | | | Recommended Daily Allowances? They came about |
| = Serious Disease that Degenerates and Ages Us | | | | over 50 years ago. Even back then, they were |
| Quickly. | | | | considered the absolute minimum that the human |
| OK, so what does that mean in every day speak?? | | | | body needed to prevent diseases like Ricketts and |
| What do I mean by Degenerative Disease? Disease | | | | Scurvy. These RDA's have not been updated all this |
| that degenerates (or literally breaks down the body) | | | | time. We now live in an age where the toxic |
| are the modern day illnesses that everyone of us are | | | | overload is greater than it's ever been while at the |
| touched by in one form or another such as cancer, | | | | same time the nutrient level in our soils have all but |
| heart disease, alzheimers, parkinsons disease, | | | | been harvested and sprayed out completely. |
| diabetes, stroke, hypertension, arthritis, osteoporosis, | | | | No other generation but this one, throughout all of |
| endometriosis, mononucleosis, irritable bowel and the | | | | history, has ever had to deal with more toxins, |
| list goes on are typical examples of Degenerative | | | | pesticides, depleted soils, contamination, processed |
| Disease. This means the body is "not at ease, it's | | | | foods, transfats, stress and other environmental |
| dis-eased" and it's organs are suffering damage and | | | | pollutants. There's little wonder that free radical |
| breaking down. | | | | damage is out there creating the havoc that it is. We |
| And before you go thinking they're just 'old age' | | | | need to start thinking now about our health and our |
| diseases, think again. | | | | kids health. |
| Medical evidence sourced from the journals listed | | | | So couldn't I just go take a pill? |
| above is rife that many of these illnesses are | | | | Drugs treat the symptom. They have one direction |
| creeping into our younger generations. Cancer and | | | | to treat one thing. They do not cure. Most have side |
| Diabetes are now evidenced as childrens diseases. | | | | effects. The next step would be to take another pill |
| Osteoporosis is a teenage disease. No longer 'looked | | | | to treat the side effect. And before you know it, |
| forward to' as an 'old lady' condition. There are 20 | | | | you're taking a cocktail of pills that are making you |
| year olds with Osteoporosis. | | | | feel worse. One of the major causes of death in the |
| In young teenage girls the body must have high | | | | United States is death by prescription drugs. There's |
| doses of calcium and magnesiumfor bone and muscle | | | | a fabulously informative (albeit a little depressing) |
| formation. With the takeaway junk foods that most | | | | book by Dr Ray Strand that's well worth reading. It's |
| of the kids are eating today, there's little chance that | | | | entitled 'Death By Prescription' and is readily available. |
| the average 16 year old is getting her appropriate | | | | It's so well worth knowing what our drug cocktails |
| levels of calcium. And NO, a McDonalds thickshake is | | | | are doing to us and to take your health into your |
| SO not a source of calcium nor is the milk poured on | | | | own hands. This is where our future must be - to |
| her sugar filled breakfast cereal. If the muscles aren't | | | | take our health into our hands and not leave it |
| getting the right doses of calcium, they literally 'steal' | | | | completely up to drugs and doctors. I love Dr |
| from the bones - hence Osteoporosis is becoming | | | | Strands books as he lets us know what alternatives |
| very evident in teenage girls. Typical sources of | | | | are available to us. |
| calcium are yogurts, dairy products and green leafy | | | | |