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Children may experience vertical growth but can be severely underweight and not producing muscle

by: Meredith Wood, CNN

(CNN NEWSOURCE) If youve ever spent time with young children, you know their food choices can sometimes be a bit interesting. But when it comes to their well-being, when is it just a phase and when is it more?

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) can sometimes mask itself as a child being a picky eater.

But when children start to experience significant weight loss or their physical growth is affected, medical professionals warn it can be much more.

Its very unique in that it seems to come up in younger childhood and really doesnt have anything to do with the child wanting to lose weight. Its just that they have a hyper-sensitivity often to textures and tastes and smells of food that causes them to not be interested in food. As a result, they are restricting their food intake, said Page Love, a registered dietitian.

Love treats kids with ARFID. She said almost every patient she sees eats the same limited diet.

Macaroni and cheese, cheese pizza, chicken nuggets and usually chicken nuggets from a particular place french fries, cheese quesadillas or a grilled cheese sandwich, Love said.

So children may experience vertical growth but can be severely underweight and not producing muscle.

Slowed reactions, anxiety disorders and fear of social situations a lot of times go hand-in-hand with an ARFID diagnosis.

If kids just arent having a normal progression of being open to trying other foods and it starts to impact their growth, those to me are the big red flags that parents should be aware of and be talking to their pediatricians about, Love said.

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THE narrative surrounding depression and mental health issues is steadily changing.More and more people are sharing their stories surrounding their mental health, which helps to break many of the myths surrounding depression and other mental health illnesses.

Age-old stereotypes have often surrounded mental health illnesses, particularly depression; that happy, successful people couldnt possibly be depressed; that only adverse life events like bereavement or money issues cause depression; that depression isnt a real illness; and that people who are depressed are mentally weak.

Jennifer Barry is best known for her role as Siobhn Walsh in The Young Offenders. The 19-year-old actress lives in Kilbrittain and has been involved in amateur dramatics since she was a little girl.

Aged 16, she began working on sitcom. To the outside world, her life seemed perfect. But Jennifer was battling with depression.

She said: People created in their heads a perfect life for me. But, thats not the case. I have a brilliant life and I am very happy now but, last year, it didnt feel like the perfect life. It was a really horrible way of living. It got so bad that I didnt want to live.

Last year, Jennifers mental health started to deteriorate. She started to lose weight. She didnt want to get out of bed in the morning and stopped going to school for a while.

It got to the point where I needed serious help. It was a proper illness.

Without getting help, she says, she wouldnt have survived.

She knew something wasnt right because she had a panic attack at school. She also didnt want to celebrate her 18th birthday and had no interest in marking this milestone with friends and family. After having a panic attack at school, her parents helped her find a counsellor to talk to.

I didnt take notice of the early signs. My advice to young people is that as soon as you notice that something isnt quite right, get it checked.

She started taking medication, as well as attending psychotherapy sessions. She also found that talking to others really helped in her recovery, as well as exercising regularly and eating a well-balanced diet and getting enough sleep.

As a result of her experiences, Jennifer is keen to become an advocate for mental health, in particular the mental health and wellbeing of teens.

This month she started a blog, called Jen Bs Journey, dealing with mental health and self-care topics with plans for a podcast in future. As well as that, she is taking part in Teen Talk; Gen Z.

Teen Talk; Gen Z are events coordinated by Cork County Council, dealing with issues affecting teenagers. The events aim to support teenagers, parents and teachers as they navigate the teenage years together, promoting effective communication between teenagers and adults, as well as providing information on resources available to teenagers to help them with challenging and troubling issues.

Guest speakers include Mindfulness Coach Graham McCormack; Winner of 2019 Special Forces Hell week, Grace ORourke; Performance Psychologist, Gerry Hussey, and it is hosted by Virgin TV broadcaster Elaine Crowley, from Cork.

Jennifer will share her personal health struggles at the events and explain how she overcame them. She said she wanted to become involved in Teen Talk because talking saves lives.

I struggled with depression. After going through that, I think that people who are going through it as well feel that the best way to open up about it is to hear other people talk about it.

I dont have depression anymore. But I do suffer from anxiety at the moment. I struggle with anxiety on a daily basis. That is something that I am learning to deal with. I am getting help for that. Its not something that goes away straight away. It takes a long time but if you keep believing that you will get better and work with it, then things will get better.

When someone feels they are struggling with low mood, depression or anxiety, picking the low hanging fruit, such as eating healthily, getting enough sleep, or going out for a walk, can be the first steps towards recovering. Jennifer said she made sure to do these things for herself, as well as getting professional help.

Getting off your phone and spending more time with friends also helps but its so important to seek help from a professional and talk through things if you can.

Thankfully, words like mindfulness, wellbeing and self-care are becoming regular in our societys vocabulary, a huge shift from years gone by when talking about ones mental health was a taboo subject.

The more people talk about it, the better, said Jennifer.

We have to take care of ourselves and our mental health. The world is changing and there is a lot of pressure on young people.

The more we talk about it, the less of a problem it will be because people will know how to get help and people will be able to help each other.

It is a great move forward that the dialogue surrounding mental illness and mental health issues has changed. More and more young people are willing to engage in an open and honest dialogue about mental health challenges and practical things they can do to ensure they look after their mental health and wellbeing.

Parents and adults can help young people deal with mental health issues by listening more. Jennifer thinks that adults should engage more in conversations with teenagers about the topic of mental health and really listen, not just say things like, get off your phone and youll be grand. They should open up more to us and we can then open up more to them.

She said: When you hear older people saying this was never a problem in my day, it almost makes you feel guilty. You start to wonder whats wrong with you and why you are thinking the way you do.

Visibility of young peoples lives via social media is a factor that requires discussion in relation to teenage mental health. This will be addressed during the Teen Talk; Gen Z seminars.

Jennifer said: Social media can be great. It is a great way to connect with people and a great way to learn new things but you have to make sure you are safe online. You have to be careful about what you say to others and what you say about yourself online. If you read a bad comment about yourself, it can knock you over. People would never say things to your face but they feel comfortable saying things online.

We cant just blame social media for this [mental health issues amongst teenagers] but it is a contributor.

Jennifer offers the following advice to teenagers who are worried about their mental health,

Talk to anyone, to your parents, your friends, your family, to your neighbour. Go to your GP straight away if you feel that somethings not right.

Open up. Dont let it bottle up inside you because the more you bottle things up, the worse its going to get.

As to what the future holds for Jennifer a third series of The Young Offenders is on the way; its already been filmed. Shes currently enjoying lots of auditions and planning on going to study at UCC next year.

Teen Talk places can be reserved free of charge through EventBrite (GenZ). Events take place on Thursday, March 26 in Charleville; Tuesday, March 31 in Little Island; and Thursday, April 2, in Bantry. All events are coordinated by Cork County Council and funded by Healthy Ireland through the Local Community Development Committees and Pobal.

If you have been affected by the issues raised in this article, call the Samaritans on their free confidential 24/7 helpline on 116-123. You can email j o @ s a m a r i t a n s . i e

Or contact Pieta House National Suicide Helpline on 1800 247 247 or text HELP to 51444.

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Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano threw the governors words about a debt diet back at him Wednesday.

Updated at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday with final vote on state bond package.

The Democrat-controlled legislature is expected to approve a two-year, $4.7 billion bond package Wednesday that shatters Gov. Ned Lamonts planned debt diet for state borrowing by more than $1.1 billion.

The House of Representatives approved the borrowing plan 126-20 following a one-hour, early-afternoon debate. The Senate approved it 31-5 at 6:40 p.m., following a two-hour debate.

And while Democrats insisted the bond package they negotiated with the governor would advance economic development, affordable housing, municipal aid, transportation and other priorities, Republicans countered Lamonts reversal would weaken Connecticuts standing on Wall Street.

More than half of the Republicans in both chambers voted for the bill. But Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R- North Haven, said that was because the package included three overdue state grants to cities and towns that are paid for using bonded dollars, adding that many legislators were worried that would face criticism back home if they voted no on Wednesday.

Governor Lamont has repeatedly told the public that he was committed to limiting bonding to the core functions of government, Fasano said. He has blasted his predecessors for overusing the states credit card. He told credit rating agencies, investors, businesses and taxpayers that he would be different. But today he is going back on that promise.

The governor and his fellow Democrats in the legislatures majority agreed on $2.3 billion in new borrowing for the current fiscal year, and $2.4 billion in 2020-21.

In addition, legislators already have approved $322 million in borrowing for this year and $351 million for next for capital projects at public colleges and universities and for the states bioscience and defense-related economic development programs.

Couple all of that with another $706 million in transportation-related borrowing approved previously for this fiscal year, and the total, potential hit to Connecticuts credit card exceeds $6 billion over the two fiscal years combined.

Lamont, who took office in January 2019, pledged to curb this borrowing, and particularly to clamp down on the single-largest category general obligation borrowing.

General obligation borrowing bonds that will be repaid over many years with resources from the budgets General Fund should be limited to just under $1 billion per year, Lamont said. Thats in addition to the G.O. bonding used for higher education and special economic development programs.

But the bond package adopted Wednesday includes $1.4 billion in general obligation bonds for this fiscal year, and $1.64 billion in 2020-21.

Fasano, who held a late morning press conference in the Legislative Office Building, stood before a poster board containing a series of quotes from Lamont and state Treasurer Shawn Wooden hailing the debt diet during his first months in office.

The credit rating agencies, investors, businesses around the globe and our taxpayers are watching what we do and have responded positively so far, Lamont said last July. As we move forward we cannot let them down by returning to old, bad habits and hoping for a different result.

Fasano noted the average annual borrowing in the latest bond packagenearly matches the heaviest level of borrowing during Gov. Dannel P. Malloys administration. Annual state bonding exploded dramatically under Malloy, who served from 2011 2018. Connecticut struggled during this period with a very sluggish recovery from the great recession and frequently used its credit card to ease pressure on the state budget.

Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, and Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, discuss the proposed bond package.

But Max Reiss, the governors communications director, countered that the debt diet is not over.

Thats because legislative approval is just the first stage in a multi-step borrowing process. The State Bond Commission must approve any legislative authorization before any borrowed funds can be spent.

As governor, Lamont chairs the 10-member bond commission and his budget office sets its agenda.

Reiss noted that under Lamonts leadership, the commission has allocated about half of what the prior administration averaged while simultaneously making the necessary and needed investments we were able to under existing authorizations.

Reiss added that this is not a time for baseless allegations and finger-pointing, but it is time for effective governance of this great state and its finances, which will always be measured and balanced with making appropriate investments in Connecticuts future.

And the top Democrat in the Senate said the package recognizes critical needs in education, transportation, social services, economic development and housing, and would have tremendous long-term benefits.

This is a capital bill that does meet the needs of the state of Connecticut in so many different respects, said Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, who called it a reasonable, responsible level of capital borrowing.

Wednesdays action ended a yearlong stalemate between the governor and his fellow Democrats in the legislature over borrowing and tolls.

Connecticut ranks among the most indebted states, per capita, in the nation, and debt service costs consume more than 10% of the annual budget, a problem that prompted Lamont to press for his debt diet immediately upon taking office.

But the governor also had been urging lawmakers to curb their borrowing as part of a larger plans that also involved tolls and the state budgets Special Transportation Fund.

Connecticut borrows just under $800 million per year for transportation work, pairing that with about $750 million in federal grants to support highway, bridge and rail upgrades. The STF covers the annual payments on that borrowing, buttransportation officials say the aging, overcrowded infrastructure is overdue for a major rebuild and more resources are needed.

Lamont wanted tolls first on cars and trucks and later on trucks only to bolster the STF and, in turn, enable more transportation borrowing. And he frequently warned lawmakers that he couldnt approve a bond package until tolls were resolved because absent toll receipts he would need to shift existing bonding away from non-transportation programs and into highway, bridge and rail work.

The governor finally conceded in February that lawmakers wouldnt approve tolls and the new bond package does add $200 million in annual borrowing to be repaid out of the budgets General Fund to complement the existing $780 million per year in bonding supported by the Special Transportation Fund.

The bonding bill not only ends the standoff between Lamont and legislators but also releases three non-education grants for cities and towns that had been held up by this process.

The state will borrow $166 million per year for communities, including:

Municipal advocates have argued for months that the delayed road grant is particularly problematic for local budgets.

Half of the $60 million TAR grant normally is given to communities shortly after the fiscal year begins on July 1 to help pay for summer road repaving and fall tree-clearing work. The second half goes out in early January to help fund snow plowing.

Both payments have been held up because there has been no bond package.

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Gov. Ned Lamont, center right, reached a deal on bonding with top Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney (right) and House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz.

But Lamont has said once a bond bill is sent to his desk, he will hold a bond commission meeting soon to expedite release of the local aid.

These are ways Connecticut is a partner for our municipality, Looney said. While most other states have counties that assist their municipalities, Connecticut lacks this third level of government, he noted, adding that makes state assistance even more critical.

The bonding deal includes many other components besides municipal aid.

More than $850 million over this fiscal year and next combined would be borrowed to support municipal school construction and renovation projects and another $84 million for improvements to municipal water treatment plants.

Lawmakers included $200 million for urban economic development initiatives statewide, $90 million for development of Connecticuts deep water ports, and $30 million in economic assistance grants for small towns.

The package also includes $45 million for a new transit-oriented, quasi-public development agency and$65 million to renovate the XL Center in Hartford.

More than $200 million over this fiscal year and next combined would be authorized for affordable housing program. The bulk of those funds, $175 million, would be dedicated for theFlexible Housing Program, which provides grants and loans for the development of affordable housing projects.

Community-based, nonprofit social service agencies were winners in the bond package, receiving $50 million in total across this fiscal year in next to help cover capital expenses.

Nonprofits, who provide the bulk of state-sponsored social services for the disabled, mentally ill, abused children, drug addicts and others, also have been seeking additional operating funds in the state budget. Leaders of these nonprofits say state funding has not kept pace with the cost of inflation for nearly two decades, forcing agencies to reduce or eliminate programs and cut staff.

Lamont has not supported that request for additional funds in the operating budget to date.

Legislators also included $5 million in bond package to support various efforts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus across Connecticut.

Other components of the package include:

Not all Republicans saw the bond package as negatively as Fasano did, and that town aid played a key role.

In the House, a little more than half of the GOP minority voted for the bond package. And while the same was true in the Senate, some House Republicans publicly praised the bill.

Rep. Livvy Floren of Greenwich, ranking House Republican on the legislatures bonding subcommittee, went so far as to say it adheres to the debt diet without imposing starvation.

Floren later modified her description, saying it might better be compared to intermittent fasting.

Both Rep. Chris Davis of Ellington, ranking House Republican on the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, and House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, said they voted for the deal to secure overdue aid for towns and additional funding for transportation work.

But Davis and Klarides both said the bond package was too large, and urged Lamont to use the bond commission to restrain actual borrowing.

We absolutely are 100% behind the municipal aid and the transportation funding, Klarides said. But youre forced to vote for things you dont like to get the things you do like.

Klarides noted her caucus offered an amendment to cut more than $380 million in proposed borrowing out of the bond package, but House Democrats rejected it with a party-line vote.

But House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, said the House Republican support shows Fasano is more concerned with partisan politics than with the education, economic development, transportation, and other priorities the bond package supports.

Ive been saying for months now we have to put an end to this political division thats ruling this state, the speaker said.

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If you havent noticed, were in the midst of a wellness craze, and it goes far beyond the latest fad diet. Type self care in a Google search and you will turn up 4.28 billion results in less than a second. Yes, thats billion with a B. The top meditation apps pulled in $195 million in 2019, up 52 percent from 2018. And even this very platform, Thrive Global, was founded on the basis of burnout in todays workforce and the need to improve overall well-being. (And its not the only media hub working wellness wonders Gwenyth Paltrows Goop is valued at $250 million.)

Yet, despite all of this wellness, more than 70% of Americans are overweight or obese, nearly 40% are clinically obese, and obesity has more than tripled in the last six decades. Whats up with that?

The body is a complex organism and what you put into it matters but thats not all. Its not so much about what you eat, but how your body consumes it. And while its not rocket science, we are learning that its more tricky than you think. More and more, science is pointing to the need for personalized nutrition. The idea that trendy diets are just that trends and what works for one persons weight loss, may not work for another; diets should be individualized based on a variety of unique health factors.

Back in November of 2018, I wrote a short blog about the need for entrepreneurs to fuel themselves with the right food, pointing out the lack of wearables that provide meaningful data on personal fuel levels. At the time, the venture capitalist in me predicted that there would be a host of startups popping up in the category in the near future. Well, that time is starting to slowly emerge.

Ive recently tried one on myself, testing NutriSense, a program that uses glucose sensors to provide data on how your body responds to different foods. The goal is to create a diet made specifically for your unique metabolism. The program pairs the user with trained dietitians for support and claims that eliminating only 10% of foods from your diet can make 90% of the difference.

So far, Ive enjoyed my experience with the wearable and have gleaned some valuable insights. For instance, Ive discovered foods that spike my blood sugar tortillas, for one as well as non-dietary triggers like stress. Stress, then, could be a major factor in contributing to weight gain for me. And based on past experience, it has been. During one of the most stressful periods of my life (recall, the airport collapse), I was also at my unhealthiest weight.

NutriSense is not the only company playing in the personalized nutrition space. Companies like Caura, Habit, Oviva, Viome, and Livongo are just a few of the many others popping up. And there wont be a slow down anytime soon the personalized nutrition industry is predicted to be a $64 billion market by 2040. Who wouldnt like a piece of that market share?!

Going back to that idea that entrepreneurs need to be fueling their bodies with the right stuff, based on the above, weve learned that the right stuff will look different for everyone. That said, I do believe there are some healthy practices that are beneficial to all. Here are some of my tried-and-true favorites.

While you may not be ready to jump on board with nutrition wearables, I do recommend that you start to pay attention to what you eat and how it fuels your body and mind (or fails to do so). This will ultimately allow you to optimize your diet and show up as your best self. You might be surprised at what you can accomplish when your body is performing optimally.

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SAN ANTONIO For many who develop type-2 diabetes, they become reliant on medicationand, in many cases, more than one type. But it is possible to roll back diabetes and get off the medications with diet and exercise.

"It was eight-point-something and now we are down to 5.7, which is borderline diabetic. Anything under six is where I want to stay," said Armida Oliver, a diabetes patient for the past 10 years, while discussing her A1C number. "That was about two or three years ago. I'm down to just one medication and my numbers have been great."

At one point she was taking three medications: Metformin, Januvia, and Invokana. But thanks to diet and exercise, she managed to drop two of them, along with 55 pounds.

"I join my sisters for senior water aerobics every morning. We try Monday through Friday, but we are happy if we go four times a week," Oliver said.

Some of the benefits of exercise for diabetes includes lowered blood sugar levels, improved insulin sensitivity, reduced body fat, a lowered risk of heart disease and an enhanced quality of life.

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"Miss Oliver is really a model patient. She's the perfect example of someone who, through lifestyle modifications, has been able to not only get her diabetes under control, but really throwing the diabetes into what we call remission," said Dr. Alberto Chavez, an endocrinologist with the Texas Diabetes Institute within the University Health System.

He added there has been some debate about what diabetes remission really means.

"The bottom line is that it is a reality that patients can get off of medications or many amounts of medications by making meaningful lifestyle changes," Chavez said.

That is exactly what Oliver did in cutting her medications from three to one.

"I take it faithfully and I know that I can't have two donuts in one sitting," she said. "I'm not depriving myself, but, by the same token, I just limit myself."

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Gal Gadot is without a doubt a true Wonder Woman. She juggles her role as a mother and wife with her work, which landed her a part in one of the most recent DC Comics productions, a role that needed her to do a fair bit of a work and be in outstanding shape. For her, none of this has been a problem since she was not only part of her country's defense forces as a combat instructor, but she is also an exercise fanatic and has a healthy diet that never fails to keep her in shape.

Contrary to what you might think, the celebrity does not deny herself any foods or follow strict diets, since the actress' secret lies in balanced nutrition. She is crazy about pasta and hamburgers, which she lets herself eat in moderation without going overboard, as she explained in an interview in Marie Claire. As far as her daily nutrition, she insisted that she cannot go without vegetables, fruits, and proteins like fish and chicken, which must always be either boiled or baked.

One of her social media habits is posting photos of her meals, showing that having a balanced, varied diet is what is best and healthiest for your body. Of course, she has to have traditional dishes from Israelher native countryas part of her diet. For example, Gadot describes shakshuka as an excellent choice for breakfast, which is a mix of tomatoes, poached eggs, peppers, cayenne pepper, and olive oil.

As a mother, she also tries to teach healthy habits to her daughters Alma and Maya. She and her husband, businessman Jaron Varsano, prepare green smoothies and natural juices every morning to eat healthy. The actress explained that they also try to replace soda with water at meals.

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Ketones are a family of chemicals made by your liver, usually out of the bodys fat, to provide energy when you need it. Right now, youve almost certainly got some ketones circulating in your blood. If you fast for the better part of a day, the level of ketones in your blood will rise, as your body turns to its stored fat to make up for the lack of carbohydrates (aka sugars) in your system.

The keto diet tries to hypercharge all this ketone production. The basic idea is that when people forgo almost all carbohydrates, shun excess proteins, and load up on fat, their bodies will respond by producing ketones.

But will all that ketone production do any good?

Lets start with weight loss. The keto diet is a cousin of several other popular weight loss approaches, things like the Atkins plan or the paleo diet. Compared to these other diet plans, the keto diet leads to more weight loss among people tracked for at least a year. But before you get too excited about that result, keep this in mind. Across all the studies analyzed, people on the keto diet lost only about a pound or two more than those on other diets. No sugars; almost no protein; and youll lose a couple extra pounds? Its up to you to decide if thats worth it.

What about diabetes control? When researchers combine data from all the randomized trials on the topic, they found that the keto diet is no better at lowering your blood sugar than any other diet.

How about controlling your cholesterol levels through a keto diet? Sorry, it wont help, and may even raise your lipid levels.

Alongside these meager to non-existent benefits, the keto diet carries some important risks, from the seemingly minor (fatigue, constipation, muscle cramps) to more serious problems (like kidney stones, pancreatitis, and bone fractures).

And of course, as Shivam Joshi from NYU recently wrote, when people follow the keto diet, they miss out on all the benefits of whole grains, fruits, and legumes.

The bottom line appears clear to me: if you want to get (or stay) healthy, stay clear of the keto diet.

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Milk has been a staple of dietary guidelines for decades. But, do kids actually need it?

Hana Kahleova, MD, PhDdirector of clinical research at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a nonprofit that counts more than 12,000 members of the medical communitytold LIVEKINDLY over the phone that you can raise healthy kids without dairy. In fact, they may be better off without it.

There are several health issues associated with milk and dairy consumption, Kahleova explained. The first one is lactose intolerance.

Around age five, it is physiological that many humans develop lactose intolerance, she explained. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), 95 percent of Asians, 60 to 80 percent of African Americans and Ashkenazi Jews, 80 to 100 percent of Native Americans, and 50 to 80 percent of Hispanics are affected by lactose intolerance.

So, were talking about large numbers of people who are lactose intolerant and for these affected individuals, milk can cause bloating, diarrhea, and gas. They are just not able to digest milk properly, Kahleova added.

Sugar is another issue. An eight-ounce serving of fat-free milk contains 11 grams of sugar. Too much sugar is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, tooth decay, weight gain, and poor nutrition, according to the Mayo Clinic. Kahleova explained, if milk is a key component of a childs diet, this is a significant source of added sugar thats not only unhealthy but may be associated with other problems.

Then, theres the potential of negatively affecting heart health. Milk is not only a source of lactose but also a source of cholesterol and fat, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, said Kahleova.

Diets heavy in milk may also raise ones risk of cancer. In human studies, milk consumption has been tied to prostate, ovarian, and breast cancer, she continued. Harvard University studies have confirmed this link.

There are more risks: Another association has been identified between milk and ovarian cancer, particularly in African American women. A recent study from Loma Linda University by Dr. Gary Fraser has also shown that milk consumption is strongly associated with breast cancer, Kahleova explained. According to the study, one cup of milk a day increases breast cancer risk by 50 percent. Two to three cups a day increases the risk by 70 to 80 percent. Even small amountslike a third of a cup dailyraises the risk by 30 percent.

What is causing the cancer risk? The protein content may be one explanation, said Kahleova: If we get such a huge amount of protein in our diets, this increases the Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) concentrations and drives up the risk of cancer.

Hormones may be another factor: dairy cows are forcibly impregnated to get them to produce milk and because of this, there are some traces of estrogen in milk. This has been associated with higher mortality in women with breast cancer and also lower sperm count in men.

Another reason not to drink cows milk? Human babies and baby cows have different nutritional needs.

Its interesting to note that human milk has a slightly higher percentage of fat compared to cows milk, said Kahleova. This is because infants need less protein and more fat as their source of energy. Fat is also needed to develop the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

While breast milk is higher in fat, theres a problem with the fat content in cows milk: its oxidized. When cows milk is processed, it comes into contact with oxygen, which oxidizes the cholesterol. Oxidized cholesterol is highly atherogenicit can contribute to the formation of fatty plaques in the arteries, which in turn increases the risk of heart disease.

Whole milk contains 3.3 grams of protein per 100 grams in contrast to 1.3 grams in the same amount of breast milk. The difference is due to nature.Babies need to double their birth weight in about 180 days while cows need to double their birth weight in about 40 days, so they have completely different physiological needs, Kahleova explained.

She added, In summary, milk and dairy consumption is associated with significant health risks and its definitely not something that humans need.

If kids dont really need milk, then why do we think they do? A lot of it is about marketing.

The dairy industry is regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which also oversees checkoff marketing agencies like Dairy Management Inc., whose job is to promote milk.

The Washington, D.C.-based National Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) plays a similar role. Its efforts include procuring Olympic athlete sponsorships, trying to convince athletes to perform at their best and recover with low-fat chocolate milk, and targetting children.

On Milk It!, a MilkPEP YouTube channel created to promote milk to kids, videos range from DIY ice cream to making a milk plastic replica of Neil Armstrongs footprint on the moon. It features a young Olympic skateboarding hopeful who fuels her awesome with dairy. There is also a dramatic series of commercials called The World Is Yours, which shows child athletes dominating their sport-of-choice, thanks to milk.

The YouTube channel isnt the MilkPEPs first attempt at courting younger consumers. In 1995, it licensed the California Milk Boards Got Milk? slogan to run a series of print ads featuring celebrities, athletes, and cartoon characters. Power up! said an ad featuring Nintendos Mario. Want to grow? The calcium in milk helps your bones grow.

Keeping in character, it added: Mamma mia!

What should kids drink, if not cows milk? The U.S. governments MyPlate Plan notes that fortified soy milk is fine. Not only is there no estrogen, like there is in cows milk, but there are also isoflavones, which are associated with a lower breast cancer risk.

My daughter loves all vegan milk but shes especially into Oatly oat milk, said Jill Ettinger, editor-in-chief at LIVEKINDLY.

Despite pushback from the dairy industry and media op-eds about kids missing out on necessary nutrition from milk, shes never received any pushback for raising her daughter vegan. Not from my daughters pediatrician or from other parents. Im often surprised at how many other families are no longer drinking cows milk. A lot of parents tell me theyre using almond or oat or other vegan milk at home, she said.

While milk alternatives are easy to sort out, people still have reservations about cheese.Parents (and kids!) can be doubtful, but then they try it and have a total change of heart. Miyokos has been a huge hit in our house and with friends, she added.

And for infants, breast milk is best. Children should be breastfed exclusively for at least six months and then should continue to be breastfed together with other food introduced to their diet until about a year, said Kahleova. The longer a child consumes breast milk, the better. There is no need for infants to consume cows milk.

At the age of five, most children in the cultures around the world develop lactose intolerance, she added. So to say that dairy is indispensable to their health, we would be ignoring the fact that most cultures dont consume dairy or milk on a regular basis.

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For three consecutive years,The Mediterranean diet has been awarded diet of the year by the U.S. News & World Report.

As far as overall health is concerned, the ancient regimen is hard to beat but there are plans that emphasize nutriments of more material to individuals living with chronic conditions.

The Dash Diet was conceived back in 1992 by the National Institute of Health in an effort to curb rising hypertension and CVD statistics in the United States. The intervention method, which called for a surplus of fresh ingredients and disallowed heavily processed foods, is inching back towards relevance in the midst of a global viral crisis.

Half of the first 170 patients who died of COVID-19 suffered from hypertension before contracting the novel infection.

From what I was told by other doctors and the data I can see myself, among all the underlying diseases, hypertension is a key dangerous factor, said Du, director of the intensive care unit at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in the Chinese capital of Beijing in a press statement.

The Dash Diet is designed to eliminate dietary agents that spike inflammation and clog arteries. Pending pandemic aside, heart disease remains the number one killer in the US by a sizeable margin.

In the last 50 years in the US, clinicians have seen a rise in diseases including hypertension (HTN), diabetes, obesity, and coronary artery disease (CAD). An estimated 2000 people die of heart disease every day in the US. Chronic diseases related to diet and obesity have become major causes of death in the US across all ethnicities. Obesity has been linked to the major etiological factor in diabetes, HTN, cancer, and CAD, write the team of researchers that established the regimen.

The diet allows 2,000 calories a day, primarily composed of whole-grain ingredients.

Five hundred-thousand Americans go bankrupt on behalf of medical debt a year, making diet science more pertinent than ever.

Heres what you can eat

And heres what you shouldnt

If youre dealing with elevated blood pressure or other cardiovascular risks, theres no question about it; but even if youre looking to lose weight before hitting the beach this summer, the DASH diet may be safer for you compared to the keto diet or Whole30, explains Stefani Sassos, MS, RDN, CSO, CDN, a registered dietitian within the Good Housekeeping Institute

All of the probative data on the COVID-19s development suggest we might be in the trench for longer than previously assumed. In the meantime, remember to sanitize and fortify your body against harmful agents.

The Dash Diet is a good place to start if you have a history of CVD, high blood pressure or hypertension.

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) currently affects approximately one in ten adults worldwide(Photo: Adobe. Do not use without permission)

Maintaining healthy kidneys is often overlooked in the fight against chronic diseases.

Yet, chronic kidney disease (CKD) currently affects approximately one in ten adults worldwide and its burden is increasing. By 2040, it is projected to become the fifth most common cause of years of life lost globally.

March 12 is World Kidney Day and this year this years theme is preventive interventions to avert the onset and progression of kidney disease.

As a nephrologist, I would argue there is nothing more powerful than optimal plant-based nutrition to help achieve these goals.

World Kidney Day 2020 will look atpreventive interventions to avert the onset and progression of kidney disease (Photo: World Kidney Day)

The two most common causes of CKD are diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension), which are together responsible for up to two-thirds of cases.

In fact, up to 30 percent of people with diabetes will develop CKD within 20 years of their diagnosis.

Fortunately, there is now established evidence that dietary change is a powerful strategy to treat both diabetes and hypertension, as it addresses their root cause: the highly processed, energy dense, nutrient-poor standard Western diet.

Research shows that shifting to a more whole food plant-based diet can not only prevent but even reverse these conditions.

However, it doesnt stop there. Plant-strong diets seem to be protective against the development of CKD and the initiation of dialysis even with statistical adjustment for people with diabetes, obesity and hypertension.

Diet is critical in the management of all CKD, even if the disease is caused by conditions such as auto-immune diseases, polycystic kidneys or malformations from birth.

In all cases, a standard Western diet contributes significantly to chronic kidney damage and therefore plays a major role in the progressive worsening of kidney function and the development of end-stage kidney failure.

This is good news for anyone with a diagnosis of CKD, as diet change can significantly slow the progression of the disease and enhance both quality and years of life.

A healthy plant-based diet can help in maintaining kidney health(Photo: Adobe. Do not use without permission)

One of the most important dietary factors for kidney health is protein intake, with both observational and controlled trials associating high protein consumption with kidney damage.

Healthy plant-based diets are naturally lower in protein, whilst remaining sufficient. Not only that, but protein from plants also appears to be better for kidney health than animal-based proteins.

Every piece of food we eat is made up of acid and base pre-cursors that affect the acid-base balance in our blood. Animal-derived and refined foods are generally net acid-producing, whilst fruits, vegetables and legumes are net alkali-producing.

Chronic acidosis is not only associated with a loss of bone mass, impaired heart function and increased risk of death, but also contributes to worsening kidney function. It is therefore unsurprising that high dietary acid load (i.e. high consumption of animal foods) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of kidney failure and markers of kidney disease progression.

Lastly, as well as slowing kidney function decline, a whole food plant-based diet addresses many complications seen in advanced kidney disease such as cardiovascular disease, high blood levels of phosphate, and buildup of uremic toxins.

Plant-based nutrition is not only an effective tool for primary prevention of kidney disease onset, but it can also play a powerful role slowing disease progression and averting severe complications.

This World Kidney Day, I encourage everyone to raise awareness of both kidney disease and this underutilized approach to reduce its increasing impact on society.

For a more detailed article by Dr Taeed on plant-based diets for kidney health, visit Doctors For Nutrition.

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