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Back to School Prep For Your Kids
Judith Cobb, MH, CI, NCPCobblestone Health Ltd
www.cobblestonehealth.com
Calgary, Alberta
Back to School Prep For Your Kids
AKA
How to Super Charge Your Kids’ Brains
and Give Them Killer Immune Systems!
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Disclaimer
This information is not meant to diagnose or prescribe. It is for your
education.
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Books to refer parents to:
Is Your Child’s Brain Starving by Dr Michael Lyon
Adrenal Fatigue by James L Wilson
The Impossible Child by Dr. Doris Rapp
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What we’re going to cover
What average children’s nutrition looks like
Problems caused by average nutrition
What superior nutrition looks like
What superior supplementation looks like
And why all of this more important now than ever before
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Average North American Diet is very high in:
- Sugar
- Starch
- Fat
- Health-compromising chemicals
http://www.nutritiondata.com/
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Average North AmericanDiet is very low in:
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Trace elements
- Essential fatty acids
- Fibre
- Beneficial plant chemicals
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Results of poor diet
Obesity
Diabetes
Heart disease
Poor brain function
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Surgeon General’s report states that 1 in 10 children now suffers from a diagnosable psychiatric condition eg. ADHD, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, depression
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Whole grains
Vegetables
Fruits
Good quality proteins
Better nutrition looks like:
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Vitamins
Minerals
Trace elements
Essential fatty acids
Fibre
Better nutrition looks like:
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Food specifics
Protein is a must
4 – 6 x ½ palm servings per day, avoid processed meats
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Food specifics
Ingredients in processed meats Although a variety of compounds can be used in curing meat, the
basic curing ingredients are salt, sugar or some other
sweetener, and nitrite and /or nitrate. In addition, phosphates
are commonly added to brine cures in commercial operations. A
number of other compounds are sometimes used in curing
mixtures, such as various spices, baking soda, sodium erythorbate,
hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, carrageenan and non-meat
proteins.
http://animalrange.montana.edu/courses/meat/Ingredients.pdf
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Food specifics
Vegetables are a must
minimum 1 fist-sized serving for every
25 lbs of body weight…
French fries and ketchup don’t count
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Carbs
choose whole grains
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Beverages
water is best – some bottled water has additives
½ oz per lb of body weight
avoid all artificial sweeteners, carbonated beverages
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Fruit
not as important as vegetables
90%+ carb
all nutrients found in fruit are also in veggies
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Fats & Oils
butter, olive oil, coconut oil
avoid margarine, canola, oils that are re-used for deep-frying
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Appropriate Supplements
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Brain Critical Nutrients
• DMAE
• Essential Fatty Acids
• Omega 3
• Omega 6
Super Oil
Focus ATN
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Minerals
• Iron • www.thewayup.com/newsletters/081504.htm
• Calcium • http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1118.htm
• Magnesium• http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/magnesium_deficiency.htm
• Zinc • https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002416.htm
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Recommended Mineral products
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Other minerals
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Herbs & Supplements…
for balancing blood sugar and supporting adrenal glands
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For liver support
• Spring mix salad, beets
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Essential Oils for mental clarity
Peppermint
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Room spray 2 oz spritz bottle
1 tsp witch hazel
6 – 10 drops essential oils
Purified Water to ‘top up’
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Ensure enough sleep! Take all electronics away at night
https://sleepfoundation.org/ask-the-expert/electronics-the-bedroom/page/0/1
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Ensure enough physical activity
http://statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-625-x/20150
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Stress Management: Symptoms of Stress Stress Acting out
Eating problems
Sleep problems like nightmares
Irritability
Crying a lot
Showing that they’re scared to be alone, like clinging to loved ones
Withdrawing from others (cont’d)
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Stress Management: Symptoms of Stress Feeling like they can’t trust others
Losing interest in things like school or friends
Physical signs like headaches or stomach aches
Signs of nervousness, like biting their nails or sucking
their thumbs
Going back to old behaviours they outgrew, like wetting
the bed (cont’d)
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Stress Management: Symptoms of Stress in Pre-teens and Teens Going against rules or expectations
Showing a lot of anger or distrust
Showing poor self-esteem, like putting themselves down or assuming that others won’t like them (cont’d)
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What to do about Stress in Children & Youth?
As a parent, model healthy coping skills
Promote healthy eating, physical activity, sleep habits,
supplements, outlets
Seek professional help if warranted
http://keltymentalhealth.ca/healthy-living/stress/stress-
management#view-tabs-3
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Kids
What to do about Stress in Children & Youth?
As a parent, model healthy coping skills
Promote healthy eating, physical activity, sleep habits,
supplements, outlets
Seek professional help if warranted
http://keltymentalhealth.ca/healthy-living/stress/stress-
management#view-tabs-3
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Judith Cobb, MH, CI, NCPCobblestone Health Ltd
www.cobblestonehealth.com
[email protected], Alberta