Family Nutrition Packet 

To all the families, I wish you Love & Wellness! 

Deidre & Tom 530 748-9628 or Toll Free 800 321-5030  Munchkinsplacerville@yahoo.com 

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I sincerely hope that the information in this packet will be read and you will take it to heart.  When it comes to your health, it’s really your decision because ultimately you choose how you are going to live your life.  You will decide for the rest of your life how you are going to fuel your body.  Food is fuel and the plant kingdom is the only type of food that gives you the energy you need to sustain a long, healthy life.  The sun, soil and water give plants their energy.  When we eat plants, we get the energy we need to run, swim, play ball and think.  Empty calories like chips, sodas, hamburgers, cookies, etc, may fill you up, but they won’t give you the protection you need to fight off disease and give you the energy you need to live a long, healthy life.  Plant foods give your body the ability to fight off disease.  No other part of the food pyramid or Del Taco or McDonald’s can do that.

              Some scientists and doctors will say that upwards of 70% of disease is directly related to what we eat and drink.  I believe that now more than ever.  We are seeing an epidemic of disease in children and teens.  We are seeing diseases that we used to see in only adults.  Diseases like pediatric cancer, pediatric diabetes, pediatric arthritis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc. We are also seeing more and more children being diagnosed with ADD and ADHD.  Western Medicine’s solution to this problem is drugs. Many doctors don’t even look at nutrition as playing a role in a child’s behavior patterns or brain activity because they haven’t been taught about nutrition. It’s sad but true. 

              I’m happy that you came to hear the information presented and I want you to know that I am committed to helping you in this educational process.  This is a great starting point and the rest is up to you!

Important Statistics and Quotes

Leading causes of death in the United States:

• Heart Disease (heart attacks and stroke)
• Cancer
• Physician error, medication error, adverse events from drugs and surgery
• Diabetes

The US Surgeon General now ranks being overweight and obesity as the #1 public health concern. The disease consequences of obesity are greater than those of any infectious disease epidemic.

T. Colin Campbell PhD: “Both Diabetes and obesity are merely symptoms of poor health in general. They rarely exist in isolation of other diseases and often forecast deeper, more serious health problems, such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.  Two of the most frightening statistics show that diabetes among people in their thirties has increased 70% in less than 10 years and the percentage of obese people has nearly doubled in the past thirty years.”

Dr. William Sears: “We are eating factory processed nutrition which is genetically unknown food to our bodies.”

Experts say: Approximately 70% of disease is directly related to what we eat and drink.

Dr. David Katz: “This generation of kids growing up today will be the first generation to have a shorter life span than their parents.”

Dr. Lydia Hazan: “Childhood obesity is already the leading cause of sustained high blood pressure in children.”

• 1 out of 2 children will develop heart disease.
• Cancer kills more children than any other disease. Gale encyclopedia of Children & adolescents, 1998
• 1 in 3 children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes
• Children at the age of 3 have fatty deposits in their arteries. Bogalusa Heart Study
• By age 12, 70% of all American children have developed beginning stages of hardening of the arteries.

      Bogalusa Heart Study

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Quotes from “The China Study” By T. Colin Campbell, PhD

• Less than 7% of children and adolescents consume the recommended 2 servings of fruit and 3 servings of vegetables per day. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine 1996.
• Dietary change can enable diabetic patients to go off their medication
• Heart disease can be prevented and even reversed by a healthy diet.
• Breast cancer is related to levels of female hormones in the blood, which are determined by the food we eat.
• Antioxidants, found in fruits and vegetables, are linked to better mental performance in old age.
• Kidney stones can be prevented by a healthy diet.
• Type 1 diabetes is convincingly linked to infant feeding practices

Dr. David Katz: “Children today will experience more chronic degenerative disease as a result of their poor eating habits than from cigarettes, alcohol and drugs combined.”

Newsweek November 30th, 1998: “Laboratory researchers had started discovering dozens of new chemicals in common fruits and vegetables.  These compounds were showing a remarkable ability to disrupt the formation of tumors. Tumors don’t appear of out nowhere. They take years or even decades to produce discernable masses, and our bodies get many chances to eliminate them along the way… Fruits and vegetables can help to neutralize the free radicals that degrade cellular DNA. They even help protect each other.”

Ode Magazine: “Scientists suspect that many children with ADHD actually are displaying allergic reactions to one of many possible food products or chemicals.”

American Institute of Cancer Research:

• 150 scientists
• 4500 research studies on nutrition and cancer
• Conclusion: Fruits and vegetables and grains CAN prevent cancer
• 3 to 4 million cases of cancer could be prevented annually

Read your Labels and Avoid the Immune Suppressors

•Sugar - 4 Grams = 1 Tsp.                                                                           •Hydrogenated Fats (Trans Fats)

           Sucrose, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Brown Sugar,                           •Refined, Enriched and Fortified

Turbinado Sugar, Honey, Molasses, Fructose, Dextrose                                        •Nitrates and nitrites

•Aspartame - (NutraSweet, Equal, Splenda, etc.)                                                           •Foods with dyes or #’s

•Monosodium Glutamate - (MSG)

How Sugar Harms

(Excerpts taken from The Family Nutrition Book. William Sears, M.D.)

The complex carbohydrates found in vegetables, grains, and fruits are good for you; the simple sugars found in sodas, candies, frostings, and packaged treats can do harm.  It’s as simple as that.  Here’s why:

Sugar depresses immunity.  Studies have shown that downing 75 to 100 grams of simple sugar solution (about 20 teaspoons of sugar, or the amount that is contained in two average 12-ounce sodas) can suppress the body’s immune responses. The immune suppression is most noticeable two hours after ingestion, but the effect was still evident five hours after ingestion.

Sugar sours behavior, attention, and learning.  Studies of the effects of sugar on children’s behavior are wildly contradictory, but the general consensus is that some children and adults are sugar sensitive, meaning their behavior, attention span, and learning ability deteriorate in proportion to the amount of junk sugar they consume.

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Sugar promotes sugar highs.  Some persons are more sugar sensitive than others, and children may be more sensitive to sugar than adults are. A study comparing the sugar response in children and adults showed that the adrenaline levels in children remained ten times higher than normal for up to five hours after a test dose of sugar.  Studies have also shown that some children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D.) react to glucose-tolerance tests with a dip to low blood-sugar levels producing abnormal behavior.  High adrenaline levels or low blood-sugar levels produce abnormal behavior.

Sugar promotes cravings.  The more sugar you eat, the more sugar you want! A high-sugar meal raises the blood-glucose level, which triggers the outpouring of insulin.  This excess insulin lingers in the system, triggering a craving for more sugar, thus adding another hill to the roller coaster ride.

Soft Drinks. Many soft drinks provide a double-whammy of sugar and caffeine, a combination that sends most bodies (and minds) on an uncomfortable biochemical roller-coaster ride.  The junk sugars in soft drinks also take good things out of the body.  High doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners increase the urinary excretion of calcium, leading to weaker bones, or osteoporosis, and to deposits of calcium in the kidneys (i.e., kidney stones.).  The phosphoric acid present in many soft drinks further robs the body of calcium by increasing the loss of magnesium and calcium in the urine.

Packaged bakery goods. The combination of white sugar, white flour, and hydrogenated shortening makes packaged bakery goods a nutritionally empty package (i.e., crackers, chips, cookies, etc). Most sweet snacks, such as cupcakes and doughnuts, contain all three of these factory-made foods.  Look for baked goods that are made with whole grains, contain no hydrogenated oils, and are sweetened with fruit concentrates.                                                                                                                                 

* Note the importance of fiber in combination with carbohydrates.  A good rule of thumb is about 1 gram of fiber to every 4 to 5 grams of carbohydrates.

Why fiber is so important:

              Fiber curbs overeating                                                            Fiber reduces cancer risk

              Fiber steadies your blood-sugar level                                  Fiber increases peristalsis

              Fiber slows fat absorption                                                      Fiber binds carcinogens

              Fiber reduces cholesterol                                                        Fiber promotes healthy intestinal bacteria

              Fiber promotes regularity

So what’s so bad about Aspartame (blue death)?

Other man-made artificial sugar substitutes include: Equal (NutraSweet/aspartame),

Splenda (sucralose) and Sweet ‘N Low (saccharin based)

Reactions to Aspartame were disclosed in February of 1994 by the Department of Health and Human Services.  90 different documented symptoms include:

     slurred speech            rashes                       loss of hearing           loss of taste

nausea                               dizziness                          muscle spasms                 irritability

              insomnia                            depression                      anxiety attacks                 ringing in the ears

              visual disturbances        fatigue                               memory loss                     joint pain

              shortness of breath

Illnesses that may be triggered or worsened by ingesting aspartame:

           brain tumors                     Alzheimer’s                     Fibromyalgia                     Diabetes

multiple sclerosis            lymphoma                      chronic fatigue                   Parkinson’s

Epilepsy                            mental retardation           birth defects

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Hidden Forms of MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)

(Information taken from Excitotoxins-The Taste that Kills by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.)

MSG (an excitotoxin) causes damage to the neurons in your brain and has possible links to Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s disease and many others. Children are very susceptible to this type of effect on their sensitive and growing brains.  The damage may not be seen until many years later.

Additives that always contain MSG:

Hydrolyzed Protein                       Textured Protein              Plant Protein Extract       Sodium Caseinate

Hydrolyzed Plant Protein             Yeast Extract                    Autolyzed Yeast             Calcium Caseinate

Hydrolyzed Vegetable protein    Hydrolyzed Oat Flour 

Additives that frequently contain MSG:

Malt extract                                 Malt Stock                           Flavoring                          Spices

Seasoning                                   Bouillon                                Broth                                 Natural Flavoring

Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein:

Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein is a series of chemical processes; first boiling vegetables in sulfuric acid for several hours, then neutralizing the acid with a caustic soda (an alkalizing agent often used to make soap), and then drying the resulting brown sludge.  Additional MSG may be added to this fine brown powder.  Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein contains powerful brain cell toxins and it contains several known carcinogens (cancer causing substances).

The FDA does not regulate the amount of carcinogens allowed in hydrolyzed vegetable protein, or the amount of hydrolyzed vegetable protein allowed to be added to food products.  This substance poses an even greater danger than MSG itself.

Hydrogenated Fats/trans fats

Despite unsaturated oil’s origin, once you’ve zapped it with high-pressure hydrogen, heated it or treated it with chemical solvents it turns into a saturated fat and behaves that way in the body.  This hydrogenation process is how vegetable oil is turned into margarine. Hydrogenated fats contain another kind of fat that falls outside the saturated and unsaturated categories.  It’s called “trans fatty acid.”  It’s basically a molecule that has its head on backwards.  For your arteries, trans fats are as bad as (or worse) than saturated fats. Many studies have shown that trans fats raise cholesterol levels in the blood. Even if a label says it’s low in heart damaging saturated fat, it may still contain a large amount of trans fats. Trans fats raise the level of LDL (bad) cholesterol, while reducing the level of HDL (good) cholesterol. Trans fats have been shown to decrease the body’s ability to produce natural substances that regulate many of the body’s functions. Trans fats and hydrogenated fats may interfere with the ability of the cells of the body to metabolize the fats that are good for you. This may damage cell membranes of vital structures, such as the brain and nerve cells.

Hydrogenated fats are also widely used in restaurants for deep-fat frying, so the French fries so popular with children may be full of cholesterol-raising trans fats even if the establishment claims it uses “100% vegetable oil” for cooking.

Current label laws in the US do not require food manufacturers to include information about trans fats in nutrition labeling.

Nitrates/nitrites (Taken from The Family Nutrition Book by Dr. William Sears)

Nitrates and nitrites, which are preservatives added to food, especially processed meats, form carcinogenic compounds in the intestines.  It’s best to stay away from the deli meats and the prepackaged meats as almost all of them have some sort of nitrate as a preservative. Fortunately, many of the phytonutrients in fruits and vegetables can fight against these carcinogens.

Enriched is often a tip-off that something good was taken out of the food, requiring another process to put some of the good stuff back in. Enriched flour and anything that is made with it are not nourishing as their whole-wheat counterparts.

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Immune Builders

How to encourage your kids to eat more Fruits and vegetables:

a               Have fruit washed and easily available.  Cut up veggies and have them ready to eat.

a               Use fruit for a sweet snack.

a               Send fruits and vegetables as a snack in packed lunches.

a               Serve fruit and vegetables as a snack at home.

a               Serve salads first at dinnertime, when kids most hungry.

a               Try new fruits and vegetables – don’t assume your kids won’t like them.

(Sometimes a child needs to be exposed to a new food 14 times before they’ll eat it.)

a               Give your kids concentrated fruit and vegetable snack foods. (Juice Plus+ Gummies and Chewables.)

Why are raw fruits and vegetables so important?  Here are just a few reasons:

a               Raw fruits and vegetables are the building blocks for healthy bodies.  You are what you eat!

a               All people, including children, manufacture free radicals as a by-product of metabolism.  These free radicals cause destruction and aging of cells and body, including cancer.  The more active a child is the more free radicals are created! The antioxidants in raw fruits and vegetables neutralize free radicals.

a               The fiber in raw plant foods can lower cholesterol, scrub the intestinal walls, reduce the risk of diabetes by slowing carbohydrate absorption and reduce the risk of many types of cancer.

Phytochemicals found in raw fruits and vegetables fight disease and reduce the risk of many diseases.

a               Did you know that there are over 10,000 phytochemicals in a single tomato?

a           Minerals in plant food, like calcium, sodium, magnesium, and potassium are all vital for proper body function.

Why Juice Plus?

Medical Science reminds us every day that good nutrition and good health go hand in hand, especially when it comes to the healthy benefits of eating fresh, raw fruits and vegetables. Researchers continue to find phytonutrients in fruits and vegetables that support our immune system, impede the development of degenerative diseases, and contribute to good health in many ways. Many people find fruits and vegetables too inconvenient and too expensive and fail to get the recommended 7-13 servings every day.

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Juice Plus is the next best thing to fruits and vegetables. Certainly everyone should be encouraged to eat more fruits and vegetables, but we know that most people simply won’t do it.  Juice Plus provides a vital nutritional support system to complement an individual’s diet.

People take Juice Plus because  

·        It bridges the gap between the amount of produce they should be eating and the amount they actually eat

·        It provides them with 17 different fruits and vegetables every day

·        It is convenient

·        It is inexpensive

·        It is the most thoroughly researched whole food based supplement in the world

Juice Plus Orchard and Garden

Apples                               Pineapple                         Broccoli

Acerola Cherries              Beets                                Tomato

Oranges                             Carrots                             Spinach

Papayas                             Kale                                  Lactobacillus Acidophilus

Peaches                             Parsley                             Garlic, Oats & Rice

Cranberries                       Cabbage                          Enzyme Blend

Juice Plus Vineyard Blend

Blueberries                       Grape Juice Powder        Green Tea

Blackberries                     Ginger Root                      Bilberries

Grape Seed                       Raspberry                         Elderberries       

Cranberry                         Red Currant                      Black Currant

Artichoke                         Arginine                           L-carnitine                       

Coenzyme Q10                                                            Natural plant enzyme blend

The Importance of Nutrition for School-Aged Children

           Food is fuel.  We don't want our children “running on empty.” Our children require “good fuel” (nutrients) for their growing bodies and they are harmed by “bad fuel” (highly processed empty calories). 

              As parents and teachers, we want our children to have a successful school experience. Research shows children who have a healthy diet have better attention spans, academic success, athletic success and self-esteem than children who don't.  They miss less school, see the doctor less, and take fewer over the counter and prescription drugs.

We want our children well.

           If our children are sick, they either miss school, or come unable to give their best effort, infecting other children along the way.  Food can boost immunity or depress it.  For example, phytonutrients in fruits and vegetables enhance immune function (as measured by T-cells, cytokines, B cells and NK cells), while sugar actually depresses immune function. 

              Health risks for children who are undernourished (yet overfed) include more colds, flus, and higher risk for obesity, Type II Diabetes and juvenile cancer. 

We want our children to have high self-esteem.

           The better our children feel about themselves, the better they will do in school. The US Surgeon General has declared obesity the number one health problem in the country.  Dr. Sears reminds us that obesity is not only a grave health concern, but also social, academic, athletic and self-esteem issue.  We need to teach our children how to choose foods that will give them fuel without making them fat. 

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Doctors at Children's Hospital and Health Center in San Diego surveyed hundreds of children to measure the quality of their own lives, based on physical, social and academic criteria.  "Obese children overwhelmingly reported lower quality of life than their healthy peers - scoring just 67 points out of 100, to the healthy children's 83 - and ranked nearly equal with juvenile cancer patients.  Obese children also reported skipping school more than their healthy peers, opting to stay home rather than endure teasing and weight related ailments.  Partly because of this absence, the study revealed that obese children and teens are four times more likely to have academic trouble in school than are healthy students."  

Orange County Family, October, 2003, p. 20. 

              There may be times for desserts and junk food, but for the most part, it’s our job as parents and teachers to set a good example and help our kids develop good habits in childhood.                                                                        

Sandwich Ideas

Refried beans with red bell pepper slices & salsa in a tortilla wrap         Hummus, shredded carrots and celery inside a tortilla

Nut butters                                                                                                Hummus on whole wheat bread

(organic peanut butter, cashew butter, almond butter)                      Hummus or baba ghanouj instead of mayo

Nut butters and 100% fruit jam or jelly or honey                                     Hummus with tomatoes, cucumber and lettuce

Nut butter and strawberry, apple or banana slices                                   Hummus with sliced grapes

Nut butter and grated carrots                                                                    Hummus with grated carrot

Nut butter sandwiches on small crackers                                                  Leftover pasta or grain dishes in a wrap

Nut butter 100% fruit jam or jelly on a whole grain bagel                        Tofu mayo mixed with nut butters, celery and peppers

Nut butter with sliced bananas rolled up inside a tortilla                          Tofu egg salad in a pita pocket with lettuce or alfalfa sprouts

Hummus with sliced & sautéed mushrooms                                             Egg salad on whole wheat bread or pita pocket

Snacks and Sides Ideas

Fresh fruit with dip                                                                                   Broccoli dip

Fruit salad                                                                                                  Baked chips

Fruit cups                                                                                                  Banana

Dried fruit                                                                                                  Raisins

Fruit Leather (read ingredients)                                                                 Raw nuts

100% Applesauce                                                                                     Dry cereal

Apple, carrots, celery slices w/ nut butter to dip                                     Plain yogurt with fruit, nuts, granola, raisins, dried cranberries

Carrots, celery & pita bread triangles w/Hummus for dipping                 Granola bars (watch ingredients)

Baba ghanouj (roasted eggplant puree) for dipping veggies                      Nut butter spread on whole wheat crackers

Hard boiled eggs

Trader Joe’s Shopping List

*Snacks, Dried Fruit, Trail Mixes, Nuts

Organic Baked Blue Tortilla Chips                                             Lundberg Organic Whole Grain Rice Cakes

Organic Bananas                                                                          Organic Fruit Leathers

Organic Lightly Salted or Raw Nuts and Seeds                          Pirate’s Booty

Organic Mini Pretzels                                                                 Soy Nuts

Organic Corn Chips

*Fruits Sauces, Preserves and Nut Butters

Organic Almond or Peanut Butter                                              Organic Fruit Spreads

Organic Clover and Tropical Honey                                           Organic Tahini

*Breads and Crackers

Barbara’s Organic Go Go Grahams                                            TJ’s Rich Golden Rounds (like Ritz)

Organic Flourless Sprouted Seven Grain Bread                          TJ’s Woven Wheats Wafers (like Triscuits)

Organic Italian Bread                                                                   TJ’s Brand crackers, similar to Wheat Thins

Organic Whole Wheat Tortillas                                                   Whole Wheat Hamburger and Hotdog Buns

Organic Wafer Thin Crackers                                                      Sprouted Bagels

Organic Whole Wheat French Bread                                           Sprouted breads

TJ’s Brand Whole Wheat Honey Bread                                     Corn Tortillas