Balance Your Way To Health!

Written by Lena Sanchez


Balance Your Way To Health! © By Lena Sanchez

Some very wise people once maderepparttar statement, "We are a nation of impending BIG BELLIES." Those very same wise people also stated that;

"It is bad news to learn from our leading authorities that 99 percent ofrepparttar 115500 American people are deficient in minerals, and that a marked deficiency in any one ofrepparttar 115501 more important minerals actually results in DISEASE. Any upset ofrepparttar 115502 balance, any considerable lack of one or another element, however microscopicrepparttar 115503 body requirement may be, and we sicken, suffer, shorten our lives".

They go on to say "… each mineral element playing a definite role in nutrition. A characteristic set of symptoms, just as specific as any vitamin deficiency disease, follows a deficiency in any one of them. It is alarming, therefore, to facerepparttar 115504 fact that we are starving for these precious health-giving substances."

"Our soils which are seriously deficient in trace minerals, cannot produce plant life competent to maintain our needs, and withrepparttar 115505 continuous cropping and shipping away of those trace minerals and concentrates,repparttar 115506 condition becomes worse. We are a nation of impending fat bellies!"

These statements were made in 1936 byrepparttar 115507 United States Congress, following a study of our food nutrient values, and reported inrepparttar 115508 Readers Digest that year. Those facts have only worsened withrepparttar 115509 years of land abuses, chemicals and pesticides introduced into our foods byrepparttar 115510 farmers andrepparttar 115511 fat bellies are now bouncing on every street in this world.

When my four children were born inrepparttar 115512 late 50's and early 60'srepparttar 115513 pediatrician recommended giving them vitamins but not once did he tell me that mineral were required in order to absorbrepparttar 115514 vitamins. Inrepparttar 115515 years I worked in doctor's offices I did not once hear a doctor tell a patient how important it was to have sufficient minerals in order to absorb those vitamins.

Not until I readrepparttar 115516 Senate report eight years ago did I know that minerals arerepparttar 115517 catalyst to a healthy body and without them disease and obesity will rule. Then as I studied more into that premise I found that a requirement for ALL minerals is equally important. I see minerals sold all overrepparttar 115518 place with 24 or 36 minerals but notrepparttar 115519 whole 84 minerals and trace minerals our body was created with and need to stay healthy and balanced.

Children Get Constipated, Too

Written by Dr. Loretta Lanphier, ND, CCN, HHP


Children Get Constipated, Too! Dr. Loretta Lanphier, ND, CCN, HHP

Do you notice your child putting off going torepparttar bathroom because he/she is busy doing more important things? Do you notice avoidance ofrepparttar 115499 bathroom for fear of a painful bowel movement? Is your child not experiencing daily bowel movements? These actions may be signals of constipation. Parents often hope their worries about their children's bathroom habits will end withrepparttar 115500 final diaper. But successful toilet training doesn't prevent occasional troubles with bowel movements. Constipation is amongrepparttar 115501 most common but should never be considered normal. Unfortunately most ofrepparttar 115502 medical literature defines childhood constipation as notrepparttar 115503 frequency of bowel movements butrepparttar 115504 hardness ofrepparttar 115505 stool. According torepparttar 115506 Physicians’ Manual for Patients, “Daily bowel movements are not essential to health.” Parents are told that as long asrepparttar 115507 child is having three bowel movements a week AND they are soft that this is totally normal. Not so! Just as we eat three meals per day, a child should be experiencing between 1 to 3 bowel movements per day. Food should never be sitting inrepparttar 115508 digestive track longer than 24 hours. Ideally, everyone should have comfortable, unforced bowel movements 20-30 minutes after every meal.

Becauserepparttar 115509 discussion of bowel movements between child and parent usually brings out total dread in parents, it is often ignored and assumed thatrepparttar 115510 child is experiencing bowel movements each day. Many of us remember cringing when a grandparent asked us “Have you had a bowel movement today?” The cringe was not necessarily because ofrepparttar 115511 question but because it was usually asked very loudly atrepparttar 115512 dinner table! You see, in their generation this was considered a very important function for good health. Somewhere alongrepparttar 115513 line we have stopped looking at this as an important clue in overall health. Digestive track health is considered by many to berepparttar 115514 most important function in keepingrepparttar 115515 body healthy.

Causes Of Childhood Constipation Diet & Nutrition - Not eating enough foods with fiber; Dehydration; Consuming a lot of sugar and desserts; Milk and dairy products; Food Allergies; Acid forming foods (meat). Lack of Exercise – Withrepparttar 115516 popularity of computer games and TV many children are leading a very sedentary lifestyle. Emotion Upsets & Anxiety – Fear, grief, worry and frustration have all been known to affectrepparttar 115517 digestive tract. Holding stools – This meansrepparttar 115518 child hasrepparttar 115519 feeling of needing to have a bowel movement, but ignoresrepparttar 115520 urge. Reasons such as not wanting to takerepparttar 115521 time to go torepparttar 115522 bathroom, unfamiliar bathrooms or pain in passing a stool are very common. Prescription Drugs - Antihistamines, such as diphenhydramine (Temaril or Benadryl), found in nonprescription cold medications; Antidiarrheal medications; Antispasmodics, such as atropine and scopolamine; Narcotics, such as codeine and hydrocodone; Chemotherapy; Anticonvulsants, such as carbamazepine and valproic acid; Tricyclic antidepressants, such as amitriptyline hydrochloride or doxepin hydrochloride; Iron supplements. Other less common causes of constipation are depression, attention deficit disorders, and sexual abuse.

Constipation Symptoms Less than 1 bowel movement per day. Stools that are hard and difficult to pass. Headaches, fatigue and/or depression. Encopresis, or accidental fecal soiling. Often if a hard stool is present inrepparttar 115523 rectum, liquid feces can leak aroundrepparttar 115524 hard stool and pass outrepparttar 115525 anus withoutrepparttar 115526 child’s control. This can happen many times duringrepparttar 115527 day. The child cannot do anything to prevent or withhold it. Abdominal pain near or aroundrepparttar 115528 navel. Bed-wetting. Decreased appetite and nausea.

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