Healthy Notes » Childrens Health http://www.guaranteedtosleep.com/blog Helpful Hints For Living Well Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:58:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1
Best Tasting Children’s Vitamin http://www.guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2010/03/best-tasting-children%e2%80%99s-vitamin/ http://www.guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2010/03/best-tasting-children%e2%80%99s-vitamin/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:02:01 +0000 admin http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/?p=129 If you have picky kids that hate taking vitamins try Nordic Berries by Nordic Naturals. They are the on multi-vitamin that all kids and adults love. I have sampled this product to hundreds of children and they all want it immediately. It is not the cheapest vitamin in the world. It will cost you double the amount of Flintstones and the like, but it is an all natural product and is worth the price if your kids want to take their vitamins for a change. The trouble is the parents might eat them all.

]]> http://www.guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2010/03/best-tasting-children%e2%80%99s-vitamin/feed/ 0 Fish Oil Is Magic for Your Childs Brain http://www.guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2009/11/fish-oil-is-magic-for-your-childs-brain/ http://www.guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2009/11/fish-oil-is-magic-for-your-childs-brain/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:44:48 +0000 admin http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/?p=73 Fish Oil for kids is the correct answer to ensure your child’s mental development is at maximum potential from the start of pregnancy all the way into adulthood. Maybe you want to improve or prevent ADD/ADHD, bad moods, poor concentration, bad vision, and other disorders. Here is some explanation as to why low omega 3 fatty acids and children’s health are related, the new children's behaviors we can expect with an adequate fish oil supply, and why pregnant and lactating mothers should supplement with omega 3.

Omega 3 fatty acids and children’s mental health may offer an explanation as to why all these mental disorders are increasing at a fast pace in our society.  The human rain is about 60% fat by weight, DHA is one of the two essential fatty acids that form the fish oil omega 3 and is the most abundant fat in the brain.

Imagine a child learning at school. The process of learning requires the brain to form new neural connections. DHA is needed in this building process, especially for the delicate neural synapses which are composed entirely of DHA. This child, like the vast majority of U.S. children, eats almost no Omega-3 fatty acids. What does the brain do? Again, it struggles and finally uses other types of fats, which are the wrong type Trans Fats or omega 6.

DHA is particularly important for fetuses and infants; the DHA content of the infant's brain triples during the first three months of life. Optimal levels of DHA are therefore crucial for pregnant and lactating mothers. Unfortunately, the average DHA content of breast milk in the United States is the lowest in the world, most likely because Americans eat comparatively little fish.

The good news is that if you begin to supply adequate amounts of fish oil for kids, they will react quickly to this improved nutrition. Do your children a great favor and make sure they are getting a good omega 3 supplement in their daily diet.

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