Children, Diabetes, Insomnia & Food Deprivation
Childhood diabetes, insomnia and food deprivation goes hand in hand. Show me a diabetic kid and I'll show you a food deprived kid. Yes that child is very probably over weight but still deprived of the foods that will keep him/her healthy!
You say, “How can he/she be food deprived if overweight?” That’s an easy question to answer but not so simple to solve. McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell, macaroni & cheese and the likes puts a mass of food into the body but it is devoid of nutrients necessary for health. The food deprivation comes
from lack of fruits and vegetables and an overload of fats and sugars thereby creating a very obese society of both adults and children!
The Journal Pediatrics revealed that more than 50 percent of all primary care pediatricians have written prescriptions for patent drugs for the treatment of
sleeplessness in children and more than 75 percent have recommended over-the-counter medicines for the same conditions!
Did you know that as many as one in four children currently suffers from sleep problems.
Doesn't this sound a bit excessive to you? I can tell you it wasn't anywhere near this high 30 or 40 years ago. Could it be because of all the sugar, fats and just plain fast (junk) food that’s crammed into the kids. How about all the time the latch-key kid spends in front of computer, Play Station and/or TV
screens instead of outside running, playing, burning fat, and getting pooped out enough to sleep at night?
And let's not forget SUNLIGHT DEPRIVATION caused from not getting outside! I’ll also wager that’s probably the most important reason of all for childhood
insomnia! Read http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/you_are_my_sunshine.htm Your Are My Sunshine to get the full impact of the necessity of sun on our health!
Obesity and diabetes, which by the way is in epidemic proportion in this millennium…
Overweight obese children face the risk of health problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure, gastrointestinal upsets, orthopedic problems, along with type 2 diabetes. They are also more likely to suffer from low self-esteem and depression as a result of their weight taking a huge emotional toll on them.
This brings with it another problem that exists and that is the prescribing of anti-depressants to children. These prescriptions carry even more serious affects, that of medication induced suicide.
As released July 1, 2003 WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last month that it is reviewing reports of a possible increased risk of suicidal thinking and suicide attempts in children and adolescents under the age of 18 treated with the drug paroxetine (sold under the brand name Paxil) for major depressive disorder.
2010 statistics found that suicides of children taking other antidepressants such as Xanax increased 500% from 2000!
Watch what your child is eating and doing and you may find out the problem… Supplements are an absolute necessity in this world today…
Keep them away from prepackaged, processed junk foods! Make sure they supplement balanced minerals and complete natural vitamins every day!
Hard to find but they do exist just not in your grocer’s or pharmacy!
Childhood nutrition is important to the brain Function and growth, that leads to good or bad choices in adult life!
About the Author:
Author Lena Sanchez, a retired Medical Office Nurse and Medical Office Consultant, took charge of her life in 1992 found healthy drug-free alternatives and pain relief from a multitude of health issues. Now committed to helping others do the same by educating on actually treating illness and disease rather than masking symptoms.
Writes and publishes http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/ask_lena_archives.htm Ask Lena Health Q & A
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