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Health & Fitness

FOOD for THOUGHT: Worried About Losing Your Children Prematurely?

75% of children are at risk! Teach them well & instill in them good habits for when you can't be there to hold them tight & take care of them yourself.

(Dietary changes should be discussed with a health care provider.)

 

75% of American children 5 to 10 years of age ALREADY HAVE SIGNS of HEART DISEASE!  They are the first generation predicted to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.  An active lifestyle alone will not save them and neither will a “healthy” American diet.

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This statistic was obtained through a study of autopsies on children in accidental death cases.  A similar autopsy study of young military personnel reinforced that seemingly healthy on the outside does not necessarily translate to healthy on the inside.

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Assuming the world does not end today, check back in the new year for support keeping those get-healthy through & through resolutions.  We’ll start off January FIGHTING hard against CANCER.  In February we’ll look at the recipe to literally CURE HEART DISEASE for the young & old alike.

 

CHALLENGE #18 of 50:

 

Before the year is out, try eating something you’ve never tried before (get a kid to try it too).  It’s good practice for everyone and more fun with family & friends & fancy holiday presentation.

 

QUOTE of the WEEK:

 

Old age is like everything else.  To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.

Theodore Roosevelt

 

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