Establish Your Child's Palate Early In Life

It always fascinates me how many American parents offer garbage to their children at the meal table...luncheon meats full of synthetics and sodium,  mac n cheese that has nothing but fat and carbs and tastes like paste, hot dogs that are composed of byproducts you cannot pronounce, pizza that is nothing but dough, fat, sodium and heaven knows what else....the list goes on and on and on.  Many of these children have retarded culinary palates and few ever develop their taste buds.  The result?  They become fat children from what they are given to eat.  Childhood obesity leads to adult obesity.  These people become the adults who order the 2 slices of pizza for lunch, the donut or bagel for breakfast and the burger for dinner.  They develop diabetes, heart disease and other life threatening diseases.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day: Be a good parent and guard your child's health.  Help your child develop his or her culinary palate.  Serve fresh vegetables, fish, poultry, meats, legumes at the table.  Do not assume that because they are young they won't like 'adult' food...this is quite a silly and ignorant thought of most parents.  Offer fresh fruits for snacks and instead of pizza parties, cook a turkey breast and make fresh cranberry sauce and teach the kids how to make a turkey club...how sophisticated, healthy and tasty!

Financial Times Reports on Obesity

The Financial Times published an editorial commentary today that stated, "Healthcare growth is occurring across all societies, due to ageing populations and more effective, but more costly medicine, although the US suffers endemic waste due to its fragmented, market-led healthcare system..".  "The US will spend $344bn a year treating obesity - more than one health dollar out of 5".  The entire US pays the bill.  The system is already unsupportable to carry the present burden of healthcare and this added cost per year is crippling.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Like many of you out there, I pay for my own healthcare and the idea that I have to now pay for morbidly obese people who purposefully place an added economic burden on we tax payers is galling.  There is no magic bullet to weight loss.  It takes, diet, exercise, modification of lifestyle and the desire to be healthy...that's it.  Nothing more, nothing less.  If you are having a tough time with your weight, make an appointment today and sign yourself into my Wellness Program.  You'll be healthier, maybe a bit happier and look a lot better after the pounds start coming off your girth.  First it was the smokers who were charged more for healthcare, you'll be next if you don't do something about your weight now.  The taxpayers in America don't want to pay for the McDonald's Madness anymore.  So, get with the program and do something for yourself and your fellow taxpayer today.

Potato Chips and French Fries Could Be Hazardous To Your Health

French fries and potato chips contribute to obesity, diabetes, heart disease and acne.  But a recent study in Poland found that dangerous levels of acrylamide are found in these foods.  Acrylamide can be harmful tothe body's nervous and reproductive systems.  Acrylamide can cause developmental deficits in motor skills, mental development, language skills and overall school performance.  Just look at the level of mental and intelligence levels of many people you see as regulars at any McDonald's....5 minutes in a fast food restaurant tells paragraphs...

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  If you or your kids aren't the brightest bulbs in the light fixture, it could very well be the amount of potato chips and french fries you are all ingesting on a regular basis.  Acrylamide....doesn't sound nice and is worse for your health.

Loneliness Contributes To Obesity

Science Daily Sept 2011, recently published a finding that loneliness increases the risk of obesity.  A study on rats revealed that greater socialization promoted the conversion of energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Instead of texting, emailing and phoning a friend, why not meet them and go for a walk, have a coffee, schedule a fun activity or workout session?  If rats can lose more weight by being social, so can you!  And, if you have children, get them off the couch, turn their IPhones off and go play some ball or running games outside with them.  They need their exercise as well!

Making Exercising Fun With The Kids

Ok, so you want to exercise, but you also need to spend time with your children.  You can do both at the same time.  Did you know that American children are becoming more and more obese each year and suffer from diabetes because they are overweight and do not exercise?  This is the fault of the parents, not the child.  Children need to exercise and eat healthy, low fat meals.  So, instead of placing them in front of a computer, television or mp3 player, introduce them to better lifestyle habits while they are still young.  If your child is obese or has diabetes, it's YOUR fault...so do something about it today.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Make exercise an important part of your family's day.  Give your kids a chance to be healthy and fit while they are still young and haven't formed lazy habits.  Shaun T. (the creator of 'Insanity' exercise program) has created a wonderful dvd series for parents and children to work out together.  Make fitness a fun family activity.  Order your dvds today and get your kids off the couch!

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