Is toxicity overwhelming our children? Make sure eat and are additions help, not hurt

Most Popular posts from other blogs...

This is my kitchen. Here, all toxins lurk?

In practice of my pediatric nutrition mothers often questions: the extra money on organic food it is worth and spend more expensive complements brands? My opinion is Yes. I testify often children react to different foods and supplements, cheaper brands versus brands of supplements with stricter standards of purity, to more whole foods-processed.

CNN reported on a study Pediatrics of children published in the journal with ADHD: they found that children with ADHD were twice as common in higher common pesticides than children have not ADHD.  In other words, pesticides can often be used on fruits and vegetables help ADHD prevalence in the United States. Are enough trigger ADHD in a child chronic, small pesticide exposure? Meanwhile, like all parents, the success with a diet seen Feingold has white food dyes, and preservatives of any kind have long has been suspected of triggering hyperactivity or other problems in children - see this list of 9 additives in particular, which were linked to ADHD.

This is one reason why I encourage families, organic foods if possible, to buy, although they more costs. Buying locally by one trusted breeder is even better - because you actually visit or talk to you, that breeders want to you to determine whether their methods with ecological guidelines are, can. Another reason is because - back in 1988, when I was in graduate school - I was wondering: organic foods have better nutrient profiles? It turns out that they often do. Grain crops raised organic may be better amino acid profiles which means that if they have less total protein as a conventional enhanced version, the protein is of quality and nahrhafter better. Fruit plants show more vitamin C and antioxidants when organically raised.

Next, which are on the list the much talked about toxins heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, or hexavalent chromium. They are ubiquitous in our environment. Many foods that we eat to the fish of high fructose corn syrup, point out mercury. A study found that a portion of high fructose corn syrup one half micrograms of mercury (0.5 microgram contained), and a possible daily intake of mercury from food about 28 micrograms for Americans an estimated. Children and teens can more than 7 tablespoons high fructose corn syrup every day, non-alcoholic beverages, spices, processed foods, candy and chewable supplement food. This can mean daily, syrup a mercury exposure of about 10 micrograms of high fructose corn.

A flu shot contains about 25 micrograms compared mercury; and we recommend the EPA guidelines exposure to mercury to 0.1 micrograms per kilogram body weight per day limit. For children 60 pounds the encounter with less than 3 micrograms mercury per day means. For a pregnant woman, this can mean not exceeding 5 micrograms of mercury exposure daily. We have not even source - talked about coal-burning power plants - an other mercury and it's easy to see how easy it is, exposure to mercury exceeding what we eat, limited depending.

The CDC have recently and had American Academy of Pediatrics renewed interest in lead screening for children. Over the years the level of lead in the blood as acceptable agencies always again dropped means that there is no safe level of exposure to this neurotoxin, second only to mercury on the list of heavy metals with potential for neurotoxic effects. Lead is a common contaminant in supplements. This is a huge concern for children, the poor of iron status, because these children will absorb more lead than children in healthy iron status. These metals compete for absorption and lead is readily taken by the body instead of iron, if iron is not properly in cells and tissues that need it. Claims can affect lead at an early stage permanently IQ and learning skills.

What is with arsenic? Of chickens and eggs to playground equipment, arsenic was found in places that are our children and food that they eat. It can also together with residues of pesticide and a form of chromium hexavalent chromium or CR-6 briefly called additions litter. Chromium in its "trivalent" form is essential for the people - without it, can we not blood glucose usually rules. But in hexavalent form, it is highly toxic and known carcinogen, has seen the movie Erin than who. A consumer Labs some supplements review hexavalent chromium impurities.

Just like the food industry, the supplement industry, a challenge for the FDA is so strictly as parents want to appropriate to monitor, and may be no purity guidelines. It often falls on the manufacturer, to strong standards for purity and effectiveness of product self impose. But you have the ultimate power in your wallet. You buy only what you feel is best for your family health and welfare. In addition, compare manufacturer purity standards. If you are not sure, questions for details of the manufacturer. If you are not satisfied, you move on. In special children must go Pharm free, I devote a chapter on "Knowledge, before you buy" families help to understand the differences in purity standards for additions. Now that I'm done giving the bad news, here on the good news what you can do:

1 Do know your farmers. Eat your budget if possible given organic and locally sourced meat, eggs, dairy products, fruit and vegetables. Check LocalHarvest.org for an organic grower in your area.

2 Grow a garden this year. With the you start planning now for your kitchen garden, whether it herbs on your window sill, cherry tomatoes in the patio crocks or more in a small patch on the Court. Simple pole are beans, peppers, carrots and herbs lettuce for beginners.  Know exactly what you eat!

3 For the purchase of additions, you demand the best. Compare purity standards, which vary based on one manufacturer's commitment to quality. For example, mercury should fish oils strictly free; Calcium supplements should be consistently investigated for lead and other contaminants; Probiotics should guarantee power; All supplements should be free of pesticides contamination and fillers with no function.

4 And, just because an is more expensive, there can be no better. Ask the vendor what toxins it their products for, and how screen. Transparency is the key - if this is you are proprietary said it recommended, choose another product.