"...keeping you great" Ten Minutes with the Growth Guy
HEADLINES: (Theme -- parenting, children health's, autism) 16 Quarterly Themes Posted -- if you're looking for ideas for Quarterly Themes, sixteen examples have been posted since we launched the wiki last week -- thank you for everyone that posted. And if you have examples, please post -- let's get the database up to 50 themes! Perfect Parenting -- my wife Julie and I just completed an email-based and complimentary "3 Weeks to Perfect Parenting" course -- it was very insightful and helpful. The creation of Rabbi Steven Baars, he's also the creator of "Bliss" a fantastic marriage program which we just hosted for the members of my DC Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) chapter -- it was also very well received. I encourage you, if you're parents, to sign-up for Baars free-parenting course. You receive a single email each day that provides a learning point and some actions you can take. We're actually going to go through the course again for review. TOPGRADE YOUR KIDS? That's right! Topgrading founder Brad Smart has teamed up with his daughter, family therapist Dr. Kate Smart Mursau, to publish such a book ... though the title was changed to Smart Parenting: How to Raise Happy, Can-Do Kids. I love the book and think you will too. Kate surveyed 3,000 high achieving business managers, who reported that the most important life skill is (just as Brad suggests in his books) resourcefulness, yet they complain that their kids lack it. The book explains why, but more importantly offers dozens of fun activities parents have successfully used to re-stimulate kids, to make them can-do kids who become more energized, focused, responsible...can-do kids. Actors Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy wrote the most thoughtful and insightful article on autism I've read as the world focuses on this dreaded affliction. In essence, their 5-year old son has recovered from autism to the point that professionals now doubt he ever had autism! And they achieved these results through vitamins and alternative methods that cleansed his body of the effects of vaccines and other toxins. My wife and I are fans of homeopathy where it's understood that minute amounts of a substance can have immediate impact on a person's health. Whether it's the 36 vaccines before age 2 (used to be 10 before age 5) or the host of other toxins that pour into our systems, there are proven protocols that cleanse the body of these toxins, regenerate the healthy bacteria we need, and significantly boost the immune system (including cancer). Center for Human Functioning -- my apologies upfront, but I receive lots of requests to donate to this health cause or another. In every case, I send a donation on the person's behalf to the Center for Human Functioning. I believe that most of the organizations looking at solving this or that human disease have headed down dead-end traditional paths, wasting billions of dollars. In turn, these well-meaning organizations ignore simple, yet effective approaches. I blame our FDA which reinforces our multi-billion dollar pharma industry and does everything it can to block alternative approaches. The FDA's recent ruling to make illegal bio-identical hormone treatment for women in favor of Wyeth's artificial chemicals has me (and my wife) livid!! Anyway, whenever a family member or friend experiences a serious ailment I contact the Center to find out their proposed protocol. FYI, it's their Vitamin C IV protocol that is now being used worldwide and the one we use in our family. How Vitamin C IVs Kill Cancer -- and here is the latest update on science's understanding of how/why high dose Vitamin C (given intravenously) kills cancer -- more progress is being made every day. I've shared how my parents, both in their 70's have had miraculous recoveries from various health issues following the Center for Human Functioning protocols and receiving regular Vitamin C IVs. My mom used to be on a bag full of meds prescribed by her traditional doctor that created a "death spiral." We intervened and today she takes half of a blood pressure pill each day -- that's it. My father is back dancing regularly as he turns 73 in a couple months. Food Dyes and Preservatives Lead to Toddler Tantrums -- and this from a major study in Great Britain. In essence, most food dyes and preservatives are made from petroleum products -- not good for children's developing brains and bodies -- and they found a direct link to hyperactivity in children. Here's an excellent website that summarizes the impacts. Under DETAILS below I list details of the study as well. DETAILS: Toddler tantrums When 3-year-olds in Great Britain were given food dyes and a preservative, something unexpected happened. The researchers found that a modest amount of food additives had a profound effect on the children's behavior. The 277 preschool age children on the Isle of Wight who participated in the study were youngsters from the general population. Screened for hyperactivity and given a skin-prick test for atopy (allergy), they were divided into four groups based on whether or not they had one, none, or both of these conditions. They were all put on a diet that excluded food colorings and the preservative sodium benzoate. (BHT/BHA/TBHQ preservatives which are so prevalent in the American diet are not allowed in children's food in the UK.) For two of the weeks the children drank fruit juice that did not contain additives, and then during the other two weeks their juice looked the same, but contained a blend of four food dyes and the preservative sodium benzoate. The parents were not aware of when the children received the plain juice and when their juice was laced with additives. During the "challenge period" (when the children consumed the chemicals) parents reported these reactions: disturbing others, difficulty settling down to sleep, poor concentration and temper tantrums. The amount of dye used, 20 milligrams, is very small, considering the number of brightly colored foods children typically consume today, particularly in the United States. To give you an idea of what 20 mg of dye equals, it is less than the amount you would find in one half teaspoon of bright colored frosting, not nearly enough to cover a cupcake. If such a small dose could trigger problems for one fourth of the children, what would be the effect of using a more typical dose? Ten times the amount used in the British study would be more representative of what an American child ingests in a day. And the child attending a birthday party, consuming dyes in the cake, ice cream, drink and candy can easily reach 600 milligrams. Even when a family limits the sweets, children are exposed to growing amounts of petroleum-based dyes in their toothpaste, vitamins, cereals, "fruit" juices, and medicines. The study suggests that the more a child consumes, the greater his chance of being affected. This study demonstrates what parents have been reporting for decades: As a result of this study, the British Food Commission, an independent watchdog, is demanding that those additives be removed from food and drinks designed for children. They estimate that the elimination of the troublesome additives would significantly reduce the number of children who are diagnosed as hyperactive. There's an ugly side to those pretty colors. Most of the food dyes found in products marketed to children are made from petroleum (crude oil), just like gasoline. Food additives, including dyes, are not required to be tested to determine if they can affect behavior. But studies have shown that they are responsible both for behavior problems and for an assortment of serious health problems. Red dyes were found to cause DNA damage, physical toxicity, possible breast cancer and damage to the reproductive systems of test animals. Yellow dyes led to migraine headaches, suppression of the immune system, abdominal pain, asthma, eczema and cancer. When the American Academy of Pediatrics studied the damaging effects of "inactive" ingredients - the dyes used in drugs and thought to have no effect - they found that the additives are far from inactive. Most of them triggered various respiratory problems. Considering the epidemic of childhood asthma, that health professionals are at a loss to explain, a good place to look for clues would be right under our noses or more specifically, under the noses of the children who routinely ingest phony fruit drinks, green ketchup, blue applesauce, purple vitamins, pink antibiotics and fluorescent cereals. For more information on dyes and their effects, see: Research on Dyes, Information on Coloring, and Adverse Effects of Inactive Ingredients (based on Pediatrics 1985)
their children behave badly after they eat certain foods. Now it has been documented that food additives affect the behavior of children who have no history of behavior problems. See the abstract of the study.