Start Growing Healthy Children Before Getting Pregnant
By: Margaret Paul, Ph. D.
When I was in my early 20s, I read Adele Daviss book, Lets Eat
Right To Keep fit. I learned from her that you are what you eat. I
also learned that our babies are what we eat while we are pregnant,
and then are what they eat once they are born. If you nurse your
babies, then they continue to be what you eat as long as you are
nursing them. My bible during my first pregnancy over 38 years ago
was Lets Have Healthy Children, also by Adele Davis. I started to
follow her guidelines way before getting pregnant, knowing that my
health had a big effect on my babys health.
There is much more information about good nutrition available
today, and I want to encourage anyone who wants to have healthy
children to start early in learning about and implementing a
healthy way of eating. Educating yourself regarding good nutrition
is a major part of good parenting. However, a good rule of thumb
is, if they didnt eat it 200 years ago, dont eat it now! This means
no fast food, no packaged food - including sodas, cakes and candies
- no preservatives, no fruits and vegetables grown with pesticides
or artificial fertilizers, or animals grown with hormones and fed
food grown with pesticides. It also means no smoking or drinking.
It means no caffeine. If you want healthy children, you need to put
pure, clean organic food into your body before you get pregnant and
continue throughout your pregnancy. Of course, then you want to
continue to feed yourself and your family clean food once your
children are born.
If you are pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant, you have a
wonderful opportunity to lay a strong foundation of health for your
child. Why not start now feeding yourself well and learning all you
can about creating healthy children? You are going to be a parent
the whole rest of your life. You can do so much to make your
parenting experience a joyful one by taking responsibility for your
own physical and emotional health before getting pregnant. If you
have not been disciplined enough to eat well before getting
pregnant, perhaps the idea of eating well for your child will be
enough to motivate you.
Its not as hard as you might think. It really doesnt take much more
time to eat well than to eat junk. And the payoff is huge. Not only
were my three babies healthy, they were calm. They slept well and
were happy children, who learned easily and did well in school. The
only time they were hyperactive actually bouncing off walls! was
after returning from birthday parties where they had ice cream,
cake and sodas.
In my many years of counseling, Ive often worked with parents who
were struggling with their childrens behavior problems. Of course
not all behavior problems are nutritional, but you might be
surprised how many problems have their cause in poor nutrition. Ive
often wondered why so many people are careful to put the right
octane in their gas tank but put the wrong fuel into their bodies
and then wonder why there is so much illness, learning
disabilities, and so on.
I want to tell you a little story about the power of food. We had a
6 month old golden retriever puppy who was dying of irritable bowel
syndrome. He had constant diarrhea and was getting thinner and
thinner by the day. We had been giving him the very best quality
kibble and it wasnt working. Fortunately we learned about raw food
for dogs. Within two meals of raw food, he was completely healthy!
Here I had been studying nutrition for so many years and it had
never occurred to me that a dogs natural diet is raw food! Wow,
what a lesson!
Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is the best-selling author and co-author of eight books, including "Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By You?" She is the co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding healing process. Learn Inner Bonding now! Visit her web site for a FREE Inner Bonding course: www.innerbonding.com or mailto:margaret@innerbonding.com. Phone sessions available. margaret@innerbonding.com
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