Some basics with a short review of the book by Kelly Dorfman, 'What's Eating Your Child?'

1. Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Taylor Changing lives through food

2. What, Why, How, Who?

3. Our food should be our medicine Our medicine should be our food HIPPOCRATES

4. Physiology: the science that deals with living things and the ways in which their parts & organs work Chemistry: the science in which substances are examined to find out what they are made of, how they act under various conditions, and how they are combined or separated to form other substances. Diet: what you eat and drink Nutrition: how your body uses your ‘diet’ to live and grow Calorie: a unit for measuring the energy that food supplies terminology

5. Fat: 1 gram = 9 calories Protein: 1 gram = 4 calories Carbohydrates: 1 gram = 4 calories Calorie dense – Coke = 20 oz. 240 calories 65 grams of sugars = 16.25 tsp. of sugar! No vitamins, minerals, fiber, fats, or proteins are provided by sugar = empty calories Calories

6. Releases chemicals which mimic pain killers and stimulants leading to craving, binging, and withdrawal. Sugar’s hidden weapon

7. Excitotoxin Kills brain cells See handout for lists of names See handout for side effects THIS IS POISON – DO NOT USE! Aspartame / artificial sweeteners

8. Food fulfills three basic needs: Provide energy Support new tissue growth and repair Help regulate metabolism Nutrients: - components of foods Carbohydrates Fats Proteins Vitamins Minerals Water Nutrient-dense foods have a high nutrient/calorie ratio. Nutrient-dense foods are the opposite of empty-calorie foods Nutrition

9. Tools to get the job done: Robbing Peter topaypaul

10. What you feed your kids (and you) does matter. The function of the body depends on the tools you give it to do the job Prejudiced taste buds Cravings, wants, vs. needs Food affects the expression of health, healing, and behavior why

11. why

12. Carbohydrate intake – results Too much or Too little Resistance Fat storage Blood sugar ups and downs ----blood sugar drop => increased hunger => increased stress => increased adrenaline => hyperactive, impulsive, aggressive, or angry Insulin

13. why

15. A feel-good food

16. Fill-up food

18. Dr. Sears says: Breastfeed as often and for as long as possible Serve fresh or frozen baby and toddler food Graze on grow foods Avoid the “Terrible Threes” – HFCS, Trans fats, Dyes Serve nutrient-dense foods Model healthy eating habits Shape, don’t control [90/10] Surround your child with nutritious foods Expose your child to a variety of new foods Enjoy happy meals – NOT McDonald’s  why

19. Do healthy kids get sick? Here’s an important question

21. Use proteins and fats for energy Use fruits and vegetables for nutrition How

22. Keep it out of the house Monitor intake at other locations Know the pitfalls: Artificial sweeteners HFCS Trans fats Hydrogenated oils Processed Pesticides Genetically modified Color additives / dyes Serving size – does it give too much sugar or too little nutrition? how

23. Begin before pregnancy – fix yourself first Begin where you are now – fix your family’s bad habits Buy and eat organic, fresh, real Shun / banish fast food and the drive thru Make your own ‘fast foods’ Use color, shapes, taste tests (yes – you have to try new stuff too) Learn about superfoods, do your homework, be prepared Team up with a Health Advocate how

24. how www.foodnews.org List of the top 12 pesticide laden fruits and vegetables --- buy these organic List of the 15 lowest in pesticides fruits and vegetables ----- you can buy non-organic *********************************************** But it costs too much to eat healthy!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you really want me to go there? Tips: don’t buy empty calories, buy fill-up food, drop fast foods costs, stay healthier (save $$ on illnesses), etc.

25. A short review of the new book by Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND What’s Eating Your Child?

26. Food and Childhood Ailments

27. “Why treat your child with drugs when you can cure your child with food?” OTC Prozac Ritalin Antibiotics Laxatives Designerdrugs???

28. Anxiety Mood swings Ear Infections Allergies Stomach aches Picky eating Tantrums Rashes ADHD Speech delay Reflux Developmental Delays Constipation Growth Sensory Processing Insomnia and More topics

29. Presence of an irritant Something missing Gluten Casein Pesticide GMO / GE ************ Vitamin Mineral Fats Protein Water

31. Problems caused by gluten and casein intolerance

32. Sleep disorders and melatonin

33. Hyperactivity and magnesium

34. Anxiety and fish oilA must-read!!!!

35. Offering the tools -- to become nutrition detectives -- to recalibrate children’s diets through the E.A.T. program -- to get kids off drugs – antibiotics, laxatives, Prozac, Ritalin, etc. a guide to a natural state of well-being!

36. What’s Eating Your Child? – Kelly Dorfman The Healthiest Kid in the Neighborhood – Drs. Sears – includes meal plans and tips Deceptively Delicious – Jessica Seinfeld - cookbook Well Adjusted Babies – Dr. Jennifer Floreani If It’s Not Food Don’t Eat It – Kelly Hayford Superfoods – David Wolfe The Primal Blueprint – Mark Sisson Disclaimer…………………….. Recommended reading

38. THEY DESERVE IT AND THEY DON’T KNOW WHY, WHAT, HOW –BUT NOW YOU DO –NO EXCUSES!