(NaturalNews) ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder) are similar conditions. ADD is now often known as ADD/WO, meaning “attention deficit without hyperactivity”). Fortunately, such conditions may be prevented or improved with diet and supplementation instead of risky mainstream drugs.
Though ADD and ADHD may in part be syndromes created to describe age-old problems and publicized in order to sell drugs, it is also likely that modern living conditions are resulting in an increase in childhood and adult behavior and attention problems.
The suspected culprits for increased behavior and attention problems are multiple: excessive sugar and high fructose corn syrup, lack of vital nutrients, increased environmental toxins, increased vaccinations, food additives such as MSG, GMO crops, and exposure to microwaves and other electro magnetic radiation. In addition, lack of proper nurturing and parenting likely plays a big role as well. Follow the link to read the rest of the article; Natural News
(NaturalNews) Organic foods can be considered to be better and healthier not only for the consumer but also for the environment. Organic foods are considered to be more nutrient dense than their counterparts produced via modern farming practices.
Dr. David Thomas, a physician and researcher, has studied and compared the United States government guidelines and tables for the nutritional content of various foods. These tables have been published by the government first in 1940 and again in 2002. Dr. Thomas has noticed a trend that supports the decline in the nutritional quality of fruits and vegetables produced via modern farming practices in recent decades. Because of his research Dr. Thomas has posed the following question, “Why is it that you have to eat four carrots to get the same amount of magnesium as you would have done in 1940?” Follow the link to Read Rest of the Article; Natural News
BabyEarth.com is one of the leader online store in the organic, eco-friendly baby products field. The Austin-based baby products retailer by husband and wife team of James and Heather Bendle launched its virtual store. It was a risky venture for the entrepreneurial duo, but based on their experiences as both parents and consumers, the Bendle’s were confident Baby-Wise filled a much-needed void in the industry by offering a mix of both tried-and-true classics and innovative breakthroughs.
Half a million products later, today Baby-Wise has matured into a thriving company. And just like baby, the company is celebrating new milestones. In 2008, the company rebranded itself as BabyEarth to reflect a growing interest in green living. “The new name, BabyEarth, reflects our commitment to making baby’s world as healthy, happy and safe as possible,” explains James. “Just like baby, a thriving company eventually outgrows everything too. The Baby-Wise years were rewarding, but it’s time to celebrate new milestones. ”
Check out their online store, there is something for every one and budget. Don’t miss their close out sale and other discounted green baby products.
Most people know what sugar is, what monosodium glutamates (MSG) are, and at least understand that they aren’t generally good for us. Most of us try to avoid sugar and MSGs as often as we can. The question? What if what we’re using to replace it is just as bad? Or worse, it’s the same thing with a different name?
That’s what is happening in the food industry now. The next time you’re in the store and you see products that are low in sugar, read the nutrition and ingredients labels. You’ll likely find ingredients with names like:
Evaporated cane juice – 99.5% sucrose
Sucrose (“raw sugar”) – unprocessed sugar
Turbinado (“processed raw sugar”) – 99% sucrose
These are new names for sugar. To compare, white “processed” sugar is 99.9% sucrose.
Evaporated Cane Juice
Evaporated cane juice is just sugar (usually sucrose or “raw sugar”) that’s been liquified and then evaporated away to create a sweet juice from the evaporating water. It costs about three times as much to make as processed white sugar, but it allows the manufacturer to put the new name on the label, avoiding the word “sugar” altogether.
Sucrose
Sucrose is sugar that hasn’t been processed. At first, this sounds good, but this sugar is not fit for consumption due to it being literally fresh from the cane fields. Sugar cane is harvested and ground up, with most of the fibrous content removed during the milling. The result is a milled product that is 98% sugar and 2% mold, bacteria, field dirt, and so forth. This is further refined into processed sugar or it is compressed and “juiced” to make molasses.
Turbinado
Turbinado is cleaned up sucrose. Most of the time, sucrose and turbinado on the label are literally the same thing. Turbinado doesn’t have “sugar” or anything close to it in its name, so it is often preferred. It’s sold in health food stores as “pure sugar,” though it is no different than processed sugar in nearly all respects. It does, however, retain some of the Vitamin A and other trace elements.
Amazingly, most of these sugars under a different name are often sold in health food stores and touted as being somehow “healthier” than standard sugar. The problem is, sugar is not good for you no matter its form. The only form of sugar that has nutritional value is molasses.
Molasses is the “milk” of the sugar cane. It’s dark, thick, and heavy and hard to cook with in today’s kitchen because we expect our cakes to be pure white, our ingredients to be easily measured, and our cooking to be clean and mess-free.
The only difference between the “organic” sugar and the non-organic varieties is whether it was grown using pesticides. Nutritionally, they are the same: empty. In the end, sugar is empty calories – about 400 calories in 100 grams.
It does nothing but increase blood sugar levels, raise blood pressure, increase your chances of becoming diabetic, and worse. It also robs your body of the ability to absorb many beneficial nutrients.
Sugar by any other name is still just sugar.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) did a poll in 2007 and found that 87% of American teenagers don’t eat the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables daily. That means that only 13% of our teens are getting proper nutrition!
If you are the parent of teenagers, then you know that most of this is probably due to their growing independence and general refusal to do most anything “healthy.” This is just how it is with teenagers, it seems. Our culture engenders the love of junk food, fast food, and worse.
Combating this trend is the job of every American parent. In fact, it probably starts with we adults since the same survey found that only 1/3 (33%) of us are eating properly.
The work begins with our home meal times. The meals we prepare and eat as a family are often the most important meals of the day for everyone in the family. In most busy households, this boils down to supper time. Breakfast is often on the run (if it happens at all) and for lunch, most of us aren’t at home. That leaves the evening meal.
Starting there, aim for nutrition and quality, not fanfare and popularity. Sure, frozen lasagna is easy, but it requires an hour and a half to cook. That same time could be used to cook a nutritious casserole, steaming vegetables on the stove top, and otherwise making better nutritional choices for our primary meal.
Have a couple of nights set aside as “vegetarian” nights. Make meatless or near-meatless meals. Have a fish night or a white meat night (especially chicken or turkey) too. Move away from red meats as the primary dinner food and aim to incorporate as many vegetables as possible. Use fruit as a dessert or side dish too.
The next step is to change what’s available to snack on in the house throughout the day. Fill the fridge with carrots, celery, salads, grapes, cherry tomatoes, and the like. Have fresh fruit like apples and oranges always on hand. Keep the salted crackers, the sweetened cereals, and the candy bars and so forth out of the house or at a bare minimum. Emphasize to your family how important proper nutrition is and show them how it’s done.
If you do these things, you’ll find that within a few days, everyone will feel healthier, happier, and stronger. Within weeks, junk food and sugar cravings are gone and your family will be much less likely to have other problems related to nutritional deficiencies.
Try it!
