Puberty At 6 Caused By Junk Food.

We have been seeing, over the years, children attaining Puberty early.

Experts warn that it would hit the Age of Six.

Reason -Junk Food

Junk Food.

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I have posted quite a number of blogs on the evils of Junk Food.

I have tried the Junk Food only once.

I was uncomfortable for a few Days.

To those who would attribute this to my age, I would like to state that I had it Abu Dhabi McDonald, when I was 38.

Read On.

The onset of puberty has fallen by more than five years in girls and experts believe junk food is to be blamed for this ‘ticking time-bomb‘.

Some girls are only six or seven when they have to cope with their first period and a recent US study has found that boys are also hitting physical maturity up to two years earlier than in the past, The Sun reported.

Scientists have also found that the average age for the onset of puberty in girls in 1860 was 16.6 years.

By 1920 it was 14.6, in 1950, 13.1, in 1980, 12.5 and in 2010 it had dropped to 10.5.

Experts fear this could lead to an increase in young girls getting pregnant.

Puberty is the process of body changes from the first signs of adolescence to full adult development.

It is brought about by a series of chemical signals, which are sent from the brain to the pituitary gland in the head, then from the pituitary to the sex glands, the ovaries in girls and the testicles in boys.

These in turn make the sex hormones – oestrogen in girls and testosterone in boys, which cause the physical changes of puberty.

Normal puberty takes from four to five years in both sexes but it starts earlier in girls than in boys.

Marcia Herman-Giddens, from the University of North Carolina where the latest research was carried out, claims obesity may well to be blame as it alters the body’s hormones- with some starting to show the first signs of maturity as young as six.

The average age for white and Hispanic boys is ten, while it is nine for black boys.

Tam Fry, honorary chairman of the UK’s Child Growth Foundation, has described this as a “ticking timebomb” for today’s society.

•  Source:The  The SUN UK

That’s woman for you!

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One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of the routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn’t too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the president’s secret service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner.

 

Following this conversation President Obama asked Michelle, why he was so interested in talking to her. She mentioned that in her teenage years, he had been madly in love with her.

President Obama then said, ”So if you had married him, you would now be the owner of this lovely restaurant” ,

Michelle responded, “No, darling, if I had married him, he would now be the President of America!”

Related:

Michelle Obama’s food police are for thee, not for me.

Isn’t this special … Barack Obama chowing down on a “shaved ice” snow cone while on vacation in Hawaii.  The very type of “junk food” that First Lady Michelle Obama tells the rest of American parents that is evil. So why is it ok for the President and the first family to eat their fairshare of junk food, yet they dictate to “We the People” quite a different story. Wait until Michelle finds out, oh what, the one on the left is for her.

The hypocrisy knows no limit.

Reading too much into a casual eating?

http://scaredmonkeys.com/2010/12/28/barack-obama-eats-junk-food-behind-first-lady-michelle-obamas-back/

 

 

 

 

Can psychology make them eat?

Bottom line is eat natural Food, avoid fast/junk food.

Food habits are to be regulated from childhood.This can be done by example by parents.

Children by nature do not develop likes and dislikes for food.it is a learned habit.It is determined by the parents,society and the culture in which they are placed.

Essential that parents do not show like or dislike for natural food while the child is observing.

Story:

Hide the chocolate milk behind the plain milk. Get those apples and oranges out of stainless steel bins and into pretty baskets. Cash only for desserts.

These subtle moves can entice kids to make healthier choices in school lunch lines, studies show. Food and restaurant marketers have long used similar tricks. Now the government wants in on the act.

The U.S. Department of Agricultureannounced what it called a major new initiative Tuesday, giving $2 million to food behavior scientists to find ways to use psychology to improve kids’ use of the federal school lunch program and fight childhood obesity.

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/food/diet-nutrition/2010-10-12-school-lunches_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+usatoday-NewsTopStories+(News+-+Top+Stories)

Related:

PUEBLO, Colo. — At 8:28 a.m., the cafeteria ladies of Centennial High School take up positions in the second-floor hallway, just outside closed classroom doors. Each woman is pushing a cart loaded with milk, juice, whole-wheat doughnuts and individual packages of Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms cereal.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-09-14-1Aschoolbreakfast14_CV_N.htm

Macrobiotic Diet for Health.

Very true.Note that non vegetarian food is excluded.
Indian Philosophical treatises stress the fact that natural food is to be consumed.
Human Nature is broadly divided into three categories.
Contented,self reliant and calm
Highly energetic,active and passionate .
Inactive,dull and depressed.
These three characteristics are present in every human being and the combination of these factors vary depending on predisposition, and habit.Also these characteristics vary from one moment to another.
The first mentioned is ideal when you become healthy, strong both physically and mentally.You shall be in control of your mind and emotions and you shall be self reliant and self contented.
This can be achieved by diet;for your thinking is determined by what you eat and you become what you think.
For instance if you take pungent, spicy food you become hyperactive , easily swayed by emotions.On the other hand if you take mainly dairy food and vegetables you not only become healthy but you can manage your emotions.
Therefore Diet is given pride of place in Indian Philosophy.
There are foods to avoid.
-Spicy,pungent,stale,food that is too hot or that is too cold;
that is not cleaned,that is over cooked/under cooked;non vegetarian food including egg.
Suggested food.
Grains, Vegetables,roots,Milk products
Also it is necessary that the food be prepared by people who love you.In fact Sanskrit texts say ‘That food is best that is prepared by self; next that is prepared by one’s Mother,Sister,Daughter and Wife in that order.Any thing other than this is equivalent to poison’
Mental vibrations do play an important part in preparing the food.
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http://www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/macrobiotic-diet.htm

Story:
Macrobiotics is an Oriental theory that lays down guidelines for promoting wellbeing and longevity through systematic diet consisting mainly of whole grains and beans. Macrobiotics is made up of two Greek words, Macro meaning the bigger picture and Bios meaning life. It is basically more a way of life than a specific diet that was followed in Japan.

The macrobiotic diet probably originated with the teachings of a nineteenth century Japanese natural healer, Sagen Ishizuka. It was introduced to the West by George Ohsawa, a teacher in Japan who studied the eating habits of ancestors, followed the dietary principles of Sagen Ishizuka and claimed to have been cured of a life threatening disease—tuberculosis.

Macrobiotic Diet

Chinese philosophy describes the Yin and the Yang as the two opposite, but complementary cosmic forces that operate in all areas of life. Macrobiotics extends the principles of the Yin and the Yang to the realm of food and cooking. The main tenets of the macrobiotic diet are Yin and Yang, meaning Expansive and Contractive forces that are inherent in any food we intake. Ohsawa said if we balance the contractive and expansive forces we will stay away from diseases and live a healthy, happy life. Ohsawa’s original macrobiotic diet was considered too restrictive by many dieticians and the Kushi diet popularized in North America by Michio Kushi in 1978 is seen as a popular alternative to Ohsawa’s macrobiotic diet.

The nutritional aspect of the macrobiotic diet holds to the principle that the body can exist in harmony with Nature and recover its natural good health. It is important to note here that the diet should be based on foods native to ones’ own climate, as this helps in achieving that “natural balance”. The diet should constitute of the following components:-

Reduce weight -No pills , no slimming course.

Follow the link to plan your diet.
It may be added that there is no conclusive evidence as to why some put on weight and how some never gain.
It is attributed to genes,ethnicity as well as diet.
Essential is that you do not go starving in the name of diet.This might result in your losing essential factors that constitute your health.
Suggested course is that you burn your energy by your accustomed activity.If you have sedentary habits, take a walk;walking should be at your normal pace, not jogging;walk till you think you can,no fixed distance is indicated.preferable walk in the early morning.
Most importantly,DO NOT GO TO CLINICS, which offer slimming courses, as it is not supported by hard science.
A relative of mine expired because of a dieting clinic.
Beware.
Preferable you avoid non vegetarian food.avoid junk food and snacks.
For more details read my blogs filed under ‘Health’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/interactives/diet/index.html