“The Subconscious Diet” Can Help Protect Your Child From Type 2 Diabetes

Until obesity became epidemic, type 2 diabetes was virtually unheard of in children and teens. It was originally called “adult-onset” because it was mainly seen after middle age. At least 9 million American children are seriously overweight and another 9 million are heavy enough to be at risk, yet studies show that many parents are in denial about their children’s obesity. 16% of U.S. children have weight problems but doctors make weight reduction suggestions to parents about their children in only 1% of visits. There are a number of reasons for this denial and lack of concern: Obese mothers nearly always recognize that they are overweight but only 1 in 5 correctly identified their overweight children. Many doctors are just too busy to become involved in problems not directly related to symptoms child was brought in for. 78% of population of U.S. does not see being overweight as a health problem. Many cultures equate thinness with poverty and starvation; to them a fat child is a strong and healthy child. Many parents believe that child will grow into their weight. A child that is overweight will very likely become an obese adult. Studies show at least 15 conditions causally related to obesity. They include diabetes, heart disease, sleep apnea, hip fractures, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, end-stage renal disease, liver disease, urinary incontinence and several forms of cancer. For many overweight children possibilities of disease in future is not a concern. There is a far more pressing cause of pain for these obese children on a daily basis. This pain is caused by discrimination by their classmates. Other children are much more direct and cruel then most adults when it comes to ridiculing “fat kids” they associate with. A first grader is likely to believe that thinner is better and young children will put these thoughts in to action by excluding their heaver classmate from their team or by calling them names. This ridicule may cause a child to retreat from social interaction or to become a bully, using their weight to intimidate their tormentors. Either course of action only causes child more grief and frustration in long run. Most children are not receptive to traditional restrictive diets. When they are told that they can no longer have foods they crave, such as: white bread, candy, cookies, and ice cream they feel that they are being punished. It makes little difference how much time parent spends trying to convince child it is for their own good. Children will often find access to foods that are being denied to them at home with friends, relatives who don’t believe in diets or by spending their own money to purchase sweets. If child doesn’t have money they may begin to steal foods they crave. Many times when child gains access to forbidden items they will binge. 30% of girls and 16% of boys who were on a diet admitted to binging on foods that had been forbidden to them when they got chance. Now child not only feels punished by parent, they have added guild to emotional mix by defying their parents’ orders or breaking law. This guilt causes stress that may cause child to act out in other more serious ways.

Why do Japanese live so long?

Studies have shown that Japanese men and women have longest life expectancy than any other race in world. We now know why!

Have you ever heard expression “You are what you eat.”? It turns out there is more truth to this statement than was once thought. The reason for people of Japans long life is exactly that, their diet.

There are three staples of Japanese diet which can be linked to their long healthy lives.

1.Fish – Seafood is a well known staple of Japanese diet. It is also a well known fact that seafood is very healthy. The average Japanese diet includes at least one piece of seafood every day. Seafood is naturally low in fat and cholesterol, high in protein and omega 3 fatty acids. It is arguably one of healthiest meats available today.

2.Rice – The most well known food in Japan has to be rice. It is eaten every day often multiple times a day in Japan. Whether by itself as a meal or in a multitude of other dishes, rice is foundation of Japanese food. Rice itself is low in fat, a great source of energy, filling, and nutritious. Japan has perfected rice growing and cooking. I have never met a Japanese person who did not own a rice cooker. In Japan there have even been developed vitamin infused rice, or hybrid rice’s. These provide even more nutrition than normal white rice.