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Acupuncture Weight Loss - Fact or Fantasy?
I remember back in my senior year of high school - my best friend since 5th grade was living in France. He wrote that they didn't like Americans much. "They think we're all fat," he said. With his own skinny frame, of course, he confounded their...
Elliptical Exercise Machines Provide Low Impact, Total Body Workouts While Improving Cardiovascular Health
Ever since their introduction on the fitness scene several years ago, elliptical exercise machines have become increasing more popular and sophisticated. Estimates indicate that over six million people now prefer elliptical machines as their choice...
Live Longer By Exercising - Part 1
The goal of this article is answer the question "why do we
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Is Technology Robbing our Kids of Good Health?
Is Technology Robbing our Kids of Good Health? Today's kids are technologically smarter than we were at their age, but in some homes technology seems to have taken control of our children's lives. Many parents don't realize the underlying effect it's having on their children's health.
Hardly a day goes by that we don't hear a news report on childhood obesity. With our children coming home from school, sitting in front of the computer or spending time playing video games it's no wonder obesity is on the rise. This being said, there is another problem that many parents may be overlooking.
Each year, reports pertaining to the number of bone fractures in children are made public. Each year, those numbers rise. Some reports attribute the increase in broken bones to an overload of sugar from too much soda. This may indeed be a contributing factor, but I believe improper calcium balance may be the real cause.
Calcium balance is particularly important in our childhood years when we are growing. Over 98% of the calcium is found in our bones and teeth. Our bodies rely on vitamin D and weight bearing exercise to help keep calcium levels intact. Weight bearing exercise includes any activity in which your feet and legs carry your own weight. Some good examples include:
* Walking * Running * Jumping Rope * Dancing * Climbing Stairs * Jogging * Aerobic Dancing * Hiking * Inline Skating/ice skating * Racquet sports * Team Sports such as soccer, Basketball, field hockey, volleyball and softball or baseball. These are a few of the exercises that can help to build strong bones. Staying in the house and playing video baseball, instead of hitting a real Little League home run, is robbing our children of sunlight.
Remember that vitamin D is manufactured in the body as a result of sunlight on the skin. It is the messenger molecule that is responsible for getting calcium to the parts of the body where it is most needed. Without proper weight bearing exercise and Vitamin D, the calcium
balance is seriously disrupted. You may think that your children get plenty of vitamin D and calcium from the milk they drink, but did you know that the human body absorbs only 20-30% of the calcium in cow's milk. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that the body absorbs calcium from kale easier than the calcium in cow's milk.
In addition, many studies have linked the consumption of cow's milk to multiple health problems, but that's a story for a later time.
Should you feed your child kale instead of milk? Maybe, but it's time for us as parents to insist that our kids get outside and play again. There simply is no better way to get the proper amount of vitamin D than to be in sunlight.
If you are afraid to pull the video game plug and are considering giving Junior a vitamin D supplement instead, you should know that of all vitamins, vitamin D has the highest level of potential toxicity. Some of the better D supplement choices would be Cholecalciferol (Animal origin) and Ergocalciferol (yeast origin.)
I'm not saying the kids should never be on the computer, but I am strongly suggesting you consider limiting their time.
When children spend time outside, they get the chance to soak up the sunlight thus enabling the skin to produce vitamin D - naturally. More than likely, their outdoor activities will include some good weight bearing exercise, which will allow even more vitamin D to be produced. The increased activity may also lead to weight loss and better overall health.
Vitamin-D:
Helpers- Sufficient exposure to sunlight
Robbers- Lack of sunshine and Fried foods.
Larry M. Glicken
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Larry Glicken is a Nutritional Consultant and owner of Complete Life Nutrition.com. Dedicated to helping people stay healthy. Visit www.completelifenutrition.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
About the Author
Larry M. Glicken Is a Nutritional Consultant and the owner of Complete Life Nutrition.com.
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