As a nation I believe we are now realizing our responsibility towards nutrition and our children. There are many more stories of obesity rising across all ages, but what is worrying is that it has risen sharply in children over the past decade.
With our children’s waistlines increasing, we are greatly increasing their risk of future diseases and ill health in adulthood, with health officials even saying that if this trend continues, the next generation will be is more likely. To die before your parents!
Therefore, as parents we need to develop a sensible healthy diet plan of good food for our kids, introduce new fresh foods regularly and make meals and meal times fun.
Fast food should really be kept aloof, and crisps, biscuits and carbonated drinks should also be kept to a minimum, as these are the foods that are causing the increase in overweight children. A baby’s liver function soon slows down with excessive fat build-up that can lead to liver damage.
If the liver is damaged by fatty degeneration – saturated fat – through cholesterol regulation, it fails to produce enough ‘good’ HDL leaving a higher risk of heart attack and stroke later in life. Allows the level of ‘bad’ LDL to rise.
We always say that ‘you are what you eat’ and that good health should be aimed at eating a varied diet of good food as well as moderate exercise and drinking plenty of fluids.
By doing so we are best supporting our bodies to obtain the full range of nutrients and vitamins they need to perform at their optimum.
Obviously other factors have to be included that can greatly affect our health and well-being including lack of sleep, living environment, geographic location, pollutants, genetic conditions, etc.
A diet of good nutritious food is important for people of all ages, but studies have shown that during childhood and especially the young years, a diet of good food can really make all the difference.
A study conducted at the University of Bristol showed that women with longer legs tend to have healthier livers, researchers said, and suggested that women with shorter legs are more prone to liver damage.
They say the key is childhood nutrition. Healthy eating in the early stages of life is beneficial, allows the body to grow steadily and evenly, and promotes good liver function and development.
There have also been a number of recent studies showing that the health of babies can be greatly enhanced by expectant mothers eating a well varied nutritious diet and cutting down on smoking and alcohol.
They found that the livers of tall people were generally larger and, being the body’s detoxifier, enabled the body to remove more harmful substances from the blood.
A build-up of ‘toxins’ in the liver can make it ‘lethargic’, and this can be detrimental to maintaining good health and well-being of the body.
A healthy liver is vital to good health and eating nutritious food helps build new liver cells and even repair some damaged cells.
Therefore, the performance of the liver is significantly increased or affected by the diet we eat.
It’s really easy to incorporate helpful detoxifying foods into your diet by eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables; If you’re getting your five-a-day then you’re on the right track. Include protein from lean meats, fish twice a week, grains and nuts — preferably not salted.
The way we cook our food is also important – over cooked and a lot of the goodness is lost, so lightly boiled, steamed, stir fried and grilled are the best to keep the vitamins and nutrients in the food to the maximum. Nice way.
We believe that our daily required amounts of vitamins and nutrients can be obtained by eating a healthy varied diet, but during or after illness when loss of appetite is frequent, taking a supplement may help. , But as always you should seek medical advice first.
So make our motto ‘Good food for good health’ your own, and eating a good varied diet of healthy food can only help in achieving good health and well-being for yourself and your children.
Sandra and Ted
Source by Sandra Wosko
