Lifetime Bone Health is Determined by Children’s Diets
By, Margaret Donahue-Rippetue
Being the CEO of your family’s health organization is no easy task. Whether you are a working or stay-at-home mom, married, or single, one thing is certain: If you have children, you are working full-time in upper-level management!
To be honest, nobody has enough hours in a day, nor the ability to control every morsel of food their family devours on a daily basis. Even if you could control every bite, the conflict you would create would probably be as detrimental to your family’s well-being as the sugary snacks your kids prefer to consume. What is a mother to do?
Got Milk? is the answer, not the question! Milk DOES do a body GOOD! Whether you are trying to lose weight, or your children are trying to get in shape for the soccer fields or gain weight for the football team, dairy products can help all of you meet your goals.
American children over age eight are not getting enough calcium, and are dramatically increasing their chances of developing osteoporosis in adulthood, according to a recent report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Osteoporosis is a bone-thinning disease usually associated with aging, affecting 10 million Americans each year, and is responsible for more than 1.5 million bone fractures annually. Evidence suggests that fractures are on the rise in adolescents.
Chocolate milk is just as healthy to drink as white milk. Chocolate milk has the same calcium and nutrients as white milk, making it a great-tasting alternative to soda for growing strong and healthy bones. According to a study at Indiana University, at Bloomington “When chocolate milk was consumed, the amount of time athletes could exercise until they were exhausted was similar or longer to when they drank fluid-replacement drinks alone.”
Fortunately, the answer to bone health is simple and easy—drink milk!
* This article is an excerpt from the article, Children’s Calcium Reserves Determine Their Health in the Golden Years from www.Longmont Dairy.com
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