Can your kids eat their Vitamins?

I saw this info in Kiwi magazine today, on line. I think it is a great guide for childrens health. I support taking vitamins and supplements to fill in the gaps where your diets fall short. But if you can get the nutrients from foods, all the better.
I say build your house on a good foundation so start your day with a complete mutli vitamin/multi mineral.
A great one for kids is
http://moyragorski.myshaklee.com/us/en/category.php?main_cat=Nutrition&sub_cat=ChildrensHealth




Read on for some suggestions for foods and 'eating your vitamins".


Your family’s schedule is already packed, and once you add the holiday bustle to the mix, stress levels can go through the roof. This increased stress can weaken immune systems, making your clan more likely to get sick this winter, says nutritionist Keri Glassman, author of The O2 Diet. One way to stop illness in its tracks? Make sure you and your kids get enough of these essential immunity-boosting nutrients:




How much kids need


Where you’ll find it

Vitamin C


Age 4 and under: 40 mg, Age 5 and up: 60 mg


Kiwifruit, broccoli, red bell pepper, citrus fruits

Vitamin E


Age 4 and under: 10 IU, Age 5 and up: 30 IU


Whole grains, leafy green vegetables, nuts, seeds

Selenium


Age 3 and under: 20 micrograms, Age 4-8: 30 micrograms, Age 9-13: 40 micrograms, Age 14 and up: 55 micrograms


Brazil nuts, tuna, turkey, oatmeal

Zinc


Age 3 and under: 3 mg, Age 4-8: 5 mg, Age 9-13: 8 mg, Girls age 14 and up: 9 mg, Boys age 14 and up: 11 mg


Oysters, beef, poultry, beans, nuts

Holiday Stress!!!! Did it catch up with you?

Happy holidays to all of you. I feel like I am coming out of the fog of Christmas chaos. It was all good but the preparing really can take over,sometimes with out you even knowing.
This year it caught up with me. Me who is 'never' sick, caught a little something. It cramps your style when you get sick. And at this time of year it sure gets in the way.
A few things that happened.
Sore throat
SI joint and low back pain!!!
Fatigue.
Sore muscles.
Stuffy nose

What I did to help.
Increased my immune support. By that I mean I took more vitamin C, more vitamin D3, more probiotics and more Nutriferon, one of my favorite herbal supplements. http://tinyurl.com/2b8mj41 Clinically proven and patented by Shaklee, these four plant extract, when taken together, actually help your body produce more interferon, a component of your immune system (similar to the spark plugs of a car). It is safe to take 6 a day. And I did. I look enough Vitamin C until I felt like it was causing a mild diarrhea. That is when you know you have had enough. Vitamin C is water soluble so it will get rid of what you don't need. I needed a lot.

What else did I do?

Got a massage and an adjustment. I loved the massage as my chiropractor used essential oil during the massage. They helped to reduce the pain and relax my muscles. My favorites( as well as my chiropractor ) are PanAway, Valor and Peppermint. All from Young living oils. Wonderfully effective and smell great.

Hot Yoga: my local health club has a hot yoga class I just love. The past few weeks leading up to Christmas, the instructor has been leading in a practice of detox. 1 1/2 hours of 100 degree temps and twisting and Vinysa flow yoga, and you feel great. I highly recommend some type of yoga as a form of relaxation, stretching and quieting the mind. So essential at this time of year.

Cut down on my sugar intake.
Sugar impacts your immune system in a negative way. By decreasing your sweets and adding a pro biotic can help you combat the attack on your immunity. I often add B complex along with Optiflora to help reduce my cravings for sweets and increase my energy.

Rest, rest, rest. It was hard with so much to do but taking a little nap during the day and trying to get to bed a little earlier can make a difference. I tried but now that all the presents are opened and relatives gone home, I am not setting the alarm.

Holidays can catch up with you for sure. I don't think I was prepared as well as I should have been. Next time I will remember how I felt this Christmas and start boosting my immunity a few weeks before the holiday.

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A study that we never heard about.

This is an email I received from a friend Dr. Steven Chaney, PhD. Interesting stuff. Points towards taking vitamins as a really good insurance policy.


This is the last of my emails in a series about clinical studies that I learned about from a recent seminar by Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg from Tufts University.

I call this one "The Study You Never Heard About".

The negative studies always seem to make the headlines, but somehow we don't seem to hear about the positive ones.

This study was called "The Vitamins and Lifestyle Study" (Pocobelli et al, American Journal of Epidemiology, 170: 472-483, 2009).

The study surveyed 77,719 residents of Washington State, aged 50 to 76, for supplement usage and lifestyle differences.

With respect to supplement usage the study participants were separated into those who took multivitamins at least 6-7 times/week, those who took at least 215 mg of vitamin E/day, those who took at least 322 mg of vitamin C/day and those who took no supplements at all.

The groups were further stratified so that there were no lifestyle differences between the supplement and non-supplement groups.

The study then compared the supplement and non- supplement groups with respect to both cardiovascular mortality and total mortality over a 10-year period.

The results were not surprising to those of us who have been closely following this kind of research.

The multivitamin users had a 16% reduction in risk of cardiovascular mortality compared to those who were not using any supplements at all.

The people who took at least 215 mg of vitamin E/day had a 28% decrease in cardiovascular mortality and an 11% decrease in total mortality compared to the non- supplement users.

And the people who took at least 322 mg of vitamin C/day had a 25% decrease in cardiovascular mortality and 9% decrease in total mortality compared to non- supplement users.

Although this study focused on single supplements rather than the multiple supplements, the results are fully consistent with the results of the Landmark study of Shaklee supplement users.

The Landmark study showed that long term supplement users were healthier. This study shows that long term supplement use decreases the risk of dying.

Together these studies show that long term supplement use leads to a longer AND healthier life.

You would think that something this simple that everyone could do to decrease their risk of disease and death would be big news.

But somehow this study never made it to your local newspaper or Internet news service.

Do you suppose that's because only bad news sells?