Childhood obesity is out-of-control and it’s time to do something about it!  Little people grow into big people, and their  little weight “problems” will grow into bigger problems too.  There’s nothing “cute” about obesity, and there is no foundation that would lead us to believe that if a young child is obese, that they won’t carry that “problem” into adulthood along with a HOST of health problems as a result.  Although beauty, value and character can’t be measured in pounds, health and well-being sure can be!  Criticism about “healthy weight” has nothing to do with a person’s appearance, and everything to do with how their health will look down the road UNLESS they take control of it now.  With children as young as 3-years-old being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes; we’ve got super-sized problems in America that must be addressed!

A recent report by Harvard Medical School has this to say about our childhood obesity problem…

A full 41.5% of 16-to-19-year-olds were overweight in 2015–2016, a jump from 36.7% just two years before. The numbers were even worse for girls in that age group: 47.9% of them were overweight, up from 35.6% in 2013–2014.

That’s not a good trend.

There was another worrisome trend among 2 to 5-year-olds, among whom 26% were overweight. If you look at the percentage that was not just overweight but obese, between 2013–2014 and 2015–2016, the percentage went from 9.3% to 13.7%.

There are countless reasons for childhood obesity, and none of it can be directed at the child.  Barring some genetic disorder, or un-diagnosed medical condition that would cause a child to carry extra weight, the “problem” comes down to Mom and Dad.  It’s not “big bones” or “just the way we are” or “heavy people run in our family” that’s the problem.   Our DNA does not have to become our destiny, and our weight problems are not genetic.  Instead, we pass along poor eating habits (or over eating habits) along to the next generation, and we excuse away their obesity as “normal” in the family.

Here are just a few below-the-surface problems that every parent should evaluate (and consider making some changes to) IF they have a child that is inclined toward obesity:

• The majority of children in our society have two working parents, and fatigue often drives the food train.  What’s easy?  What’s quick?  What will “go down” without an argument?  What will keep “Johnny” quiet for a few minutes?  It takes time and attention to prepare balanced meals for our children, and it takes discipline to offer them the proper portions.
• Parents fall prey to good marketing and advertising without even realizing it!  McDonald’s became a leader in our world because they have always targeted our children through Happy Meals and the toys they market along with the food.  From breakfast cereals to yogurt, parents often buy foods based on good advertising and not on good nutritional value.
• Parents who associate food with happiness or contentment will be more inclined to over-indulge their own children.  Well meaning as they might be, they’re setting up their children for eating disorders later on.  If misery doesn’t want company, good eating habits should be a family affair.  Children always follow the lead of their parents…good and bad behavior is taught by example.  “Do as I say…not as I do” doesn’t fare well when it comes to healthy eating habits.

Limited amounts of activity is a close-second to over eating when it comes to obesity.  Technology has taken the place of the playground, and our schools have reduced (or eliminated) recess time.  Children need fresh air, exercise, a well-balanced diet and proper hydration in order to be healthy.  When all of these things are a routine part of a child’s day; obesity doesn’t stand a chance with a child OR an adult.

“Variety is the spice of life” and a healthy variety in diet makes for a healthy child.  Large quantities of one food is not the same as reasonable portions of a variety of foods; not when it comes to digestion OR nutrition. As a healthy (and friendly) reminder, here is the recommended food pyramid for children under the age of 5.  When it comes to portions, the recommended rule-of-thumb portion size is one tablespoon per year of age.

There isn’t much any of us can do to force an adult to adhere to well-balanced meals and reasonable portions, but there IS A LOT we can do to be sure that children do.  Our kids are tipping the scales and headed for disaster…physically and emotionally if we fail to do our part to introduce them to a healthy lifestyle.

A well-balanced diet…fresh air…plenty of exercise and LOTS of healthy water!  I’m doing my part!  How about you?

ADVOCATING FOR A HEALTHIER WORLD

ONE LIFE AT A TIME!

 

 

 

 

 

More and more people are waking up to the need to consume water that is higher in alkalinity than the average bottled water or the kitchen tap.  But there are a few stones being left unturned in the process of becoming more aware about water.  Somehow the focus is getting stuck on merely drinking water that has a higher pH; but that’s just part of the equation!    As awareness is raised about the need for alkalinity, many people are searching for a quick-fix (it’s the American way) and they’re spending a small fortune on disposable plastic bottles filled with water CLAIMING to be higher in alkalinity.   At the average rate of $10.00 a gallon, there isn’t enough money in the world to feed a habit like that IF they consume only high-priced alkaline water to the degree the body demands.  The average person simply doesn’t understand the difference between alkaline water and Electrolyzed Reduced Water and they’re making some pretty irresponsible decisions because of it.

If higher alkalinity is all you’re looking for, feel free to add some baking soda to your tap water (just like the bottled water companies do!) and you’ll be good-to-go…until your body begins fighting back because of baking soda “overload”, that is.  What most people don’t realize is that what separates the “men from the boys” in terms of alkaline water or Electrolyzed Reduced Water from a QUALITY water generator is ACTIVE HYDROGEN.  The “problem” isn’t nearly as simple as raising the pH of your drinking water, so IF you really want to understand what you’re drinking and what the differences are in all of this talk about “alkaline water”;  do some real research of your own.  Don’t rely on opinions posted online or fake consumer reports.  Go straight to the source instead.  Research the science behind Electrolyzed Reduced Water … water with ACTIVE HYDROGEN aka “Kangen Water®”.  “Kangen Water®” is a trademarked name for water produced by the highest quality water ionizer device on the planet, and there’s no adding minerals to get the results (unlike most ionizers that require a mineral filter to raise the pH).

Hydrogen therapy has been studied for years, and it is gaining a lot of traction as we learn more and more about the benefits of molecular hydrogen.  Drinking water with a higher alkaline is ONLY PART of the equation.  Drinking water with ACTIVE HYDROGEN is a game-changer for your entire body and one that you might just have to experience for yourself to believe.

Molecular Hydrogen and its Potential Application in Therapy of Brain Disorders was published in December 2014.  In Brain Disorders & Therapy, they state that

“Because of its low molecular weight, hydrogen can easily diffuse across the blood-brain barrier, which allows it protects cells against degeneration and improves brain function.”  furthermore, the protective effects of molecular hydrogen have been reported in many kinds of brain disorders.

If you care enough about your health to spend a small fortune or bottled “alkaline” water, then it’s time to get the entire scoop on water.  There is an affordable option for your family that will produce an endless supply of water with ACTIVE HYDROGEN and there is ONLY ONE company producing medical-grade quality equipment for hospitals for over 4 decades!  Everything else is child’s-play in comparison.  If you want serious health results, it’s going to take serious technology to perform the way you hope it will.

When it comes to the well-being of me and my family, there’s no such thing as cutting corners.  There is never a good enough reason for me to “go cheap” and there’s no room for knock-offs.  My family consumes only the best… I recommend only the best, I share only the best and I represent only the best. 

Want to see for yourself?

CHANGING THE WAY THE WORLD LOOKS AT WATER…

ONE DROP AT A TIME

About the Author:

“I’m an environmental advocate specializing in water…a mini “Erin Brockovich”… instead of fighting for justice; I offer solutions to businesses and families.  Families like the Erin Brockovich family, the Donald Trump family, the Bill Gates family, the Oprah Winfrey family, the Jillian Michaels family, families of the NY Yankees and the Seattle Seahawks and a whole lot more, and I HAVE A SOLUTION for your family too!”

Lynn Gardner ++ 202.241.1542 ++ h2orevival@gmail.com

 

 

Believe it or not, every tiny little straw leads to a much bigger problem for America, and it’s time to make a difference…one straw..one plastic bag…one plastic bottle and one K-cup at a time.  Kudos to California for leading the way in the battle against plastic pollution.  These days, if plastic straws are handed out in restaurants without a specific request for one; it could land the waiter/waitress in jail and/or cost them $1,000 fine!  You can buy a whole lot of straws for that!

Some people might be of the opinion that California is out-of-line, and that the measures to reduce the plastic overload are drastic.  But Americans use 500 million drinking straws every single day…that’s enough to fill over 125 school buses with straws every single day of the year.  Interestingly, Americans use these “disposable utensils” at the rate of 1.6 straws per person per day!  It’s time for drastic!

The Blaze – January 25, 2018

Ian Calderon, the Democratic majority leader in California’s lower house, has introduced a bill to stop sit-down restaurants from offering customers straws with their beverages unless they specifically request one. Under Calderon’s law, a waiter who serves a drink with an unrequested straw in it would face up to 6 months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

“We need to create awareness around the issue of one-time use plastic straws and its detrimental effects on our landfills, waterways, and oceans,” Calderon explained in a press release.

If you think those pretty blue recycling containers are the answer to our plastic problem and that our pollution problem can be blamed on irresponsibility or failure to use them; think again!  Most of the straws, the bags, the bottles and the K-cups NEVER make it to recycling despite the fact that responsible Americans place them in containers intended for just that!  Instead, as much as 80% of our plastics are being buried in our landfills while some of our plastics are routinely dumped into our oceans.   After all, if there’s no market to sell our used plastics to, they have to go somewhere and it’s that “somewhere” that is destroying our planet for the future generations. Since it is estimated to take up to 1,000 years for these materials to break down; so, they’ll be there long after we’re gone.

Being part of the problem is being part of the problem.  As long as you convince yourself that one little plastic straw or plastic bag or plastic bottle or K-cup is no big deal, we can’t begin to reverse this nightmare.  With 330,000,000 people singing the same tune; we’re on the point of environmental disaster that will take generations to reverse…that’s IF we ever get around to try to reverse it, that is.

What can you do? Invest in a long-term water solution and STOP buying water out of a plastic bottle!  Buy reusable straws and get used to carrying them with you!  Opt-out of plastic bags whether they’re officially banned in your jurisdiction or not, and if you’re too lazy to make a pot of coffee instead of using those convenient little K-cups (that are doing BIG damage), then you probably should stop drinking coffee altogether.

Advocating for a Greener World

One Home at a Time

About the writer:

I’m an environmental advocate specializing in water…a “mini Erin Brockovich”… but instead of seeking justice, I have solutions for families and businesses.  No matter the problem with your water…from parasites, to lead, to pharmaceuticals…you CAN take action of your own to assure that you and your family have safe & HEALTHY water 24/7 and I’m ready to help!

 

 

 

It’s flu season…and it’s a bad one.   Though officials want to see 70% of the U.S. population vaccinated for the flu each year, fewer than 1/2 actually do.  It’s shocking to think that the statistics are that high, especially when you consider that the flu shot only addresses the strands of flu known to be a problem in the recent past.  There is no defense again the flu that is raging across America right now; despite the scare tactics used to encourage Americans to vaccinate against the flu and the “I told you so” comments from a large part of the medical community.

“I.V.  bag shortages cause hospitals to get creative”

No doubt the young, the old and the ill are the most vulnerable when it comes to the flu.  Their immune systems are the weakest and they are prone to complications because of it.  But for all the rest of the flu sufferers, treating the flu isn’t nearly as scary as hospitals would lead you to believe as they report “I.V. shortages…hospitals struggling to treat flu”.  I.V. bags make it much easier to distribute medication and address dehydration, BUT THEY AREN’T THE ONLY way, and there’s no need to panic if we’re running short…at least when it comes to people outside of the “high risk” category, that is.

The Danger of Dehydration…flu or no flu!

Setting aside the young, the old and the ill, most people don’t die from the flu…they die from “complications” to the flu, and the majority of the time the “complications” can be blamed on dehydration.  Just as surely as I.V. fluids can hydrate efficiently without the risk of not being able to “keep fluids down”; drinking Electrolyzed Reduced Water can too.  When the molecular structure of water is altered (scientifically referred to as dissociation of water) it can be much more easily absorbed into the system and the body begins to hydrate LONG before it hits stomach where “keeping fluids down” is a problem.  Although consuming your own fluids may be a foreign concept these days; it still works IF you consume water that actually benefit the human body and its healing process.  That’s not true for tap OR bottled water….including those expensive “alkaline” or “infused” masterful-marketed and grossly expensive water products on the shelves right now.  If you want Electrolyzed Reduced Water you’ll have to produce it yourself in the comfort of your own home using water from your own faucet.

Take Control!

It’s time to take control of your own health and it’s time to make your own health decisions based on facts and not scare tactics.  Something as “simple” as dehydration can lead to a deadly end if it’s not addressed immediately, but you don’t always need an I.V. bag to accomplish the goal, and you don’t necessarily need to panic if you can’t get one.  Make hydration a priority (every day).  Make water a priority…in AND OUT of an I.V. bag.  If you see the value of having the absolute purest nutrient-enhanced water being fed to you through a tube at the rate of (average) $300 a bag; certainly you can understand the need to drink ONLY HEALTHY water too!

The flu is raging and it’s time to  exercise caution.  Don’t ignore symptoms and don’t hesitate to seek medical care if symptoms are severe.  Stay away from close quarters if possible.  Be sure to wash your hands…especially after touching surfaces in public places.  Since the flu is air-born, avoid being in crowds if possible throughout the peak flu season.  Lastly, make hydration a priority every single day and consider drinking Electrolyzed Reduced Water to sustain AND to regain your health.

Changing the way the world looks at water…

One drop at a time!

If you’d like to know more about Electrolyzed Reduced Water and the importance of daily hydration; reach out to me!

Lynn Gardner+++202.241.1542+++h2orevival@gmail.com

About the writer:

“I’m an environmental advocate, specializing in water.  A “mini Erin Brochovich”…but instead of fighting for justice; I offer solutions to businesses and families.  Families like the Bill Gates family, the Donald Trump family, the Oprah Winfrey family, the Jennifer Lopez family, the Chuck Norris family, the Seattle Seahawks families, the NY Yankees families and a host of others and I have a solution for YOUR FAMILY TOO!”

 

 

 

 

There seems to be no end to how we are fooled into accepting bad health accompanied by every kind of radical treatment recommended to us. We get a test result and almost immediately run for whatever pill or procedure is thrown our way and we do it out of fear.  Every once in a while a physician will come to his senses with a conscience that inspires him to speak out boldly,

Dr. Dwight Lundell, has this to say….5,000 open heart surgeries later. It should come as no surprise that his license to practice medicine was jeopardized as is the case with every outspoken medical professional:

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong.. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries,today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact.   

Simply stated, without inflammation being present in the body, there is no way that cholesterol would accumulate in the wall of the blood vessel and cause heart disease and strokes. Without inflammation, cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended. It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to become trapped.

Inflammation is not complicated — it is quite simply your body’s natural defense to a foreign invader such as a bacteria, toxin or virus. The cycle of inflammation is perfect in how it protects your body from these bacterial and viral invaders. However, if we chronically expose the body to injury by toxins or foods the human body was never designed to process,a condition occurs called chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation is just as harmful as acute inflammation is beneficial.

The “real” enemy in every health challenge in the world is INFLAMMATION.  How do you fight inflammation?  It’s pretty simple.

1.  Watch what you eat and don’t eat foods that have labels with words you can’t even pronounce or foods that would be better suited for a Sci-fi movie than a human body.  Foods in their natural form are not harmful to the human body.
2. Watch what you drink.  Many of our beverages-of-choice are acidic and the promote inflammation!  Is that soda, sports drink or alcoholic beverage really worth the ultimate price you pay?
3. Hydrate!  The blood is 90% water and your body needs LOTS of water to fight inflammation.  But not just any water will do.  Water laced with chemicals out of the tap just worsens your state of inflammation as the body fights hard to process what it isn’t equipped to handle.  On the other hand, most bottled waters not only have chemicals from the plastics but they are void of minerals that the body desperately needs.  For inflammation (and lots of other reasons) you’ll want to drink Electrolyzed Reduced Water.  

Whether you believe the findings of this heart specialist or not; I believe we can agree that there is something dramatically wrong with having heart disease, diabetes, MS, Alzheimer’s, Autism and cancer off-the-charts.  Just ask your doctor.  Everything will come down to inflammation.   It’s time to wake up.

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About the writer:

 

I’m an environmental advocate specializing in water.  A  mini “Erin Brockovich” …instead of fighting for justice, I have solutions for businesses and families.  Families like the Donald Trump family, the Bill Gates family, the Seattle Seahawks families, the NY Yankees families and familes like yours and mine.  If you’d like more information about the solutions that I have to offer, reach out to me.

Lynn Gardner,  lynn@liquid-assets-usa.com or call 202 241 1542.