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A short but interesting note I hope on healthy living. Our youngest daughter has Down syndrome, and she is now 12 years old. Over the last 12 years I have tried to watch her diet and tried to give her good healthy food. This is not always the case as children have their own minds as to what they like to eat, and one of her problems is crisps.

I don’t want to go into a lot of details about her diet, but what I wanted to draw your attention to is  healthy eating . Children with down syndrome has an extra lot of free radical being produced, but we all have  free radical which can cause a lot of damage to our bodies.

Looking at Doctor Steve Nugent recent flyer he draws our attention to the fact how fruit and vegetables have declined dramatically over the years in nutrients.  Today we would need to eat 53 peaches to 2 peaches in 1951. Wow !   That is where  vitamins and mineral supplements come into being.

Please add you comments and we can have a chat about it in our call on Monday.

See you then Hazel (one of the team)

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Clara small 1A short but interesting note I hope on healthy living. Our youngest daughter has Down syndrome, and she is now 12 years old. Over the last 12 years I have tried to watch her diet and tried to give her good healthy food. This is not always the case as children have their own minds as to what they like to eat, and one of her problems is crisps.

I not wanting to go into a lot of details about her diet, but what I wanted to draw your attention to is  healthy eating . Children with down syndrome have an lot of free radical being produced, but we all have  free radical which can cause a lot of damage to our bodies.
Looking at Doctor Steve Nugent recent flyer he draws our attention to the fact how fruit and vegetables have declined dramatically over the years in nutrients.  Today we would need to eat 53 peaches to 2 peaches in 1951. Wow !   That is where  vitamins and mineral supplements come into being.
Please add you comments and we can have a chat about it in our call on Monday.
For more information about Down Syndrome and Nutrition click here

See you then Hazel (one of the team)

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