Children’s
Health 101:
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
It’s been said, “The
only job that comes with no training manual is parenting”.
Unless we were old enough to help take care of our siblings, most
of us enter this new frontier with little or no experience. We don’t
want to take chances with our children’s health yet it seems
to be the very first thing we worry about. A child may get sick
sooner or later, but there are probably more ways to prevent illness
and fortify children’s health than you know.
Since our American health care
system is more geared to treating illness than preventing it, the
prevention part is up to us. We don’t have to fly into the
first health emergency by the seat of our pants! The trick is to
get plenty of children’s health information in calm times,
before a storm. This makes a huge difference in the continued good
health of our kids.
To get you started in preventive
wellness for children’s health, here are some simple tips.
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- Children and Medicine – Babies and
small children need time to develop their own Immune Systems.
We interfere with their developing immunities by making prescription
medicine such as steroids and antibiotics our first resource.
Their bodies can either become dependent on the medication or
reject it when really needed.
- Food Allergies – Children exhibit many
common food allergies early, including dairy, sugar, wheat,
peanuts, and food dye. Food allergy symptoms can mimic or contribute
to asthma, bronchitis, colic, infections, digestive disturbances
and ADD/ADHD-type behaviors.
- Daily Nutrition – Children simply must
learn good food-group inclusion habits and relaxed eating situations.
Besides not giving them that second glass of sugary chocolate
milk, adult food behavior and the family’s schedule can
deeply impact this area.
- Daily Supplementation - Children’s
health and immunities can be enhanced early with homeopathically
(not synthetically) formulated antioxidant vitamins and minerals,
preventive herbs, essential fatty acids, and probiotics.
- Common Infections – The most common
infections, like ear and sinus, can be dealt with naturally
in the absence of dire symptoms. Antibiotics are good for bacterial,
not viral, fungal or combination infections, and should be left
for certain circumstances. “Superbugs” which become
resistant to antibiotics endanger our children’s health.
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