The health of our kids has changed dramatically in recent years. We have solutions that target good, even great, health. And yet we have higher rates of overweight, obesity, asthma, and other health challenges than ever before. Scientists have discovered that kids fish oil can make a difference. It can play a beneficial role in brain and eye development, learning, moods and behavior, and in specific areas like with asthma, and issues associated with heart disease and high cholesterol from being overweight or obese.
Did you know that today 30% of our kids are either overweight, obese, or at risk of becoming overweight? There are issues that go along with these, and kids fish oil can play a role in helping young children. That’s important because overweight teens have an 80% risk of being overweight as an adult as well. Children who are overweight or obese suffer greatly from low self esteem, and those feelings can impact them throughout their lives. The risk for having heart disease, cancer, hypertension, and arthritis in adulthood is greater when overweight and obesity are part of childhood.
Research tells us that good health is not only essential for physical growth and development but to a child’s ability to learn as well. As parents, we have choices that we can make to have a positive impact on our child’s daily diet and overall health and well being. Parents are responsible for introducing their kids to healthy foods, and having good eating habits demonstrated in the family. It starts during infancy and early childhood, when vitamins and minerals are key to growth.
These choices we have can help our children in many areas: brain development, learning skills, and even behavior. Studies are showing that kids fish oil improves learning and concentration, and calms behavior in children who need it. Since children do not like fishy tastes, and most do not get fish in their diet on a regular basis, science tells us that kids fish oil supplements can fill the gap and insure that fish oil is consistently present in the child’s body.
Food has been linked to behavior for a long time, mostly focused on being able to recognize foods to avoid if they cause an unfavorable reaction. Kids fish oil can be a nutrient that we want to add to our children’s daily diets in order to give them the healthy benefits associated with it.
Does your child get sick often or struggle in school? Nutrient deficiences affect growth and the ability to learn, and increase risk of frequent illnesses. They also set the stage for developing more serious illnesses later in life.
Health challenges like high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels, and immune challenges are being diagnosed in young children today. This is very sad when you think how it can be a life-long health struggle for many, and it is frustrating because these illnesses in young children are almost completely avoidable.
With the high numbers of children with asthma, I was excited to learn that researchers discovered children who used kids fish oil from the time they were weaned from breastfeeding, until age three, were 10 percent less likely to have chronic coughs—a good predictor of asthma—than those who didn’t. The reason can be that fish oil contains anti-inflammatory fatty acids, reducing inflammation in children’s airways. It’s always good to hear these things confirmed, even though we have had many children benefit from kids fish oil and they know it works without having to read about a clinical study because they can ‘feel’ it working.
As I dig deeper for information about kids fish oil, I find some very interesting stats. In a study with ADHD kids from Australia, there was a 40-50 percent improvement in behavior for two groups of children using kids fish oil for 30-weeks, and a 30-40 percent improvement for ADHD kids using fish oil for 15-weeks. If you compare that with results of studies of Ritalin and Concerta, drugs that are prescribed for ADHD, fish oils were more effective.
When measured in blood tests, the levels of omega-3s in children who have ADHD are lower than in kids who don’t have it. Some pediatricians have been recommending kids fish oil supplements for these children for quite a while because they get such great results. You have to wonder why a natural supplement, that has no side effects AND can produce measurable results, is not more widely known about and suggested.
(To see the buzz about resveratrol.. watch the videos on the Healthy Audios and Videos link above.)
Golfers face a variety of health challenges, including golf-related injuries such as golfers elbow, lower back pain and ACL knee issues, that can keep them from enjoying the game.Joint pain, arthritis, and inflammation can have golfers looking for help so that they can play every day or even once per week.
Pain of any kind can be life changing.It keeps us from doing the things we like, or at least from enjoying them the best that we can.People have different levels of pain tolerance, and most of us search for ways to get rid of any pain that we have.It slows us down, and wears us down.
When you have pain, there is something wrong in the body.Inflammation is like a swelling at the site of the pain, and results naturally because your body is protecting itself from whatever is wrong.Inflammation is what actually causes the pain that we feel, and it is present to help you recognize that something is wrong and help prevent further damage.
Not only do we get inflammation from injuries, there are many illnesses associated with inflammation.In fact, many scientists believe that it is inflammation that slowly kills us.Many factors in our lives can cause a build-up of inflammation including:pain and injuries that do not heal, chemicals and toxins in our environment, stress, allergy conditions, poor nutrition through our daily diets, viral and bacterial infections, and how are bodies respond to prescription meds.
What happens is that inflammation affects our body’s tissues and organs which in turncauses disease and illness, in some people at a much younger age than others.Arthritis, joint pain, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, Alzheimers, chronic fatigue, and cancer, are all ailments that we face as we age.
Doctors prescribe pain relievers for ongoing pain and inflammation, and many people rely on over-the-counter pain relief such as ibuprofen in the form of Advil, or Aleve, aspirin, etc.The problem with these is that there are side effects like bleeding ulcers and other stomach conditions because the meds can eat away your stomach lining.
Science and research have brought new solutions for relief from the pain and inflammation of arthritis and aging.Doctors have been recommending fish oil for some time now, and people that take a good quality, pharmaceutical-grade fish oil brand seem to get the best results.Recently, the discovery of another natural food supplement, resveratrol, that in some ways works in the body the same as fish oil, has provided a powerful addition to naturally fight pain and inflammation
Dr. David Maroon, distinguished surgeon, and noted professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center wrote a book that I am currently reading called, The Longevity Factor. It gives a thorough background of the science and research behind resveratrol and the benefits of fish oil.He states in the book that some resveratrol products contain polyphenols from the muscadine grape to further enhance resveratrol to help with inflammation.Dr. Maroon recommends the combination of pharmaceutical grade fish oil and resveratrol almost exclusively to his patients with pain and inflammation.
Pharmaceutical grade fish oil and resveratrol can help golfers move easier, have less joint pain, and feel healthier because, together, they reduce inflammation, and natural resveratrol can trigger the gene in our body associated with our aging.Golfers do have healthy choices to help pain and inflammation so that they can enjoy more time on the course.
This post will address both how omega 3 fatty acids can help with dementia and why you want to do your homework when you choose a fish oil brand.
When Alzheimer’s disease hits a family member, it is quite devastating. When your brain is shutting down it destroys your life.
While we have known that omega-3 fatty acids are important for brain development in the very young, it has only been recently that studies are verifying that omega-3 fatty acids can help keep our minds sharp as we get older.
Just this morning I read an article that reported how “two studies published in the November 2007 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition show that diets high in omega-3 fatty acids such as EPA and DHA reduce the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, as we get older”.
One study involved people who ate at least 6 ounces of fish twice a week or more. Those folks had significantly higher scores in all cognitive function tests.
The other study measured blood levels of omega 3 fatty acids which is a good indicator when consumed from both diet and supplements. The group with the highest blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids produced the best results.
An important consideration is to evaluate the source of the omega 3 fatty acids that will be most beneficial to us. What is important is that long chain fatty acids like EPA and DHA, found in fish oil, provide the cognitive benefits for people, and what is found in our diets is mostly the shorter chain fatty acid ALA.
The key here is that our bodies must convert ALA to EPA and DHA, and we have to consume alot of the former to result in enough of the latter to get the benefits. This makes it very hard to get what we need from most food sources, and confirms the importance of getting the EPA and DHA that benefits our bodies so much from cold water fish or fish oil supplements.
In regard to eating fish as part of our diets, the concern with consuming enough to get the benefits we need is that we do not have toxin-free farm raised fish available. Plus many people simply do not eat fish (or enough of it) consistently each week.
There are many benefits of fish oil supplements in the areas of heart disease and conditions involving inflammation such as arthritis and even asthma. With the new research regarding Alzsheimer’s disease it is even more desirable to supplement our diets with fish oil.
Now we come to brand choice, and the importance of purity and potency. The video below will share the benefits of the brand we represent here and what sets it apart from other choices:
Welcome! Living healthy so that you live longer and have the best quality of life your whole life long starts at birth and continues throughout your life.
We hope that you find information here that is useful to you and can make a difference in your life. Contact us anytime.. we would love to talk with you!
SHAKLEE INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTOR AND BUSINESS LEADER
Meet Us Online
If you see an 'Online' button here, we are in the web conference room. Come on in! Just click the ONLINE button and enter your name (no password required).
Here's your chance to ask a question about a health challenge you have OR how a natural nutrition supplement can help you get the results you want.
vicki@yourhealthwebsite.net
