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