| Our society has become obsessed with being thin | | | | Both of these diseases cause severe trauma to |
| and our children are no exception. They're | | | | the body. Besides the obvious skeletal |
| tempted everywhere they go with unhealthy | | | | appearance, they can cause the hair and nails to |
| food choices and an even unhealthier lifestyle. | | | | become thin and brittle, the skin to become dry, |
| Eating food that is filled with fat and empty | | | | menstruation to stop, fatigue to set in, the organs |
| calories and days spent sitting in front of a | | | | can be effected, tooth decay can occur, and |
| computer playing video games. They hardly stand | | | | blood pressure can become low. If left untreated, |
| a chance. We feed them everything that makes | | | | both conditions could eventually lead to death. |
| them fat, then tell them they should be thin. | | | | There's no known cause for these diseases. Low |
| Instead, we should be giving them healthy | | | | self-esteem and the desire to be accepted by |
| balanced foods and daily exercise. In addition, a | | | | their peers may be a contributing factor. A child |
| natural herbal formula of moringa seed extract | | | | with an obsessive-compulsive personality could be |
| which provides vitamins, minerals, B-complex, | | | | willing to go for days or weeks eating next to |
| protein, and essential fatty acids should be a daily | | | | nothing to reach the unrealistic weight goal |
| routine. | | | | they've set for themselves and still not be |
| The two major eating disorders that affect our | | | | satisfied they're thin enough. Our society has |
| children today are anorexia and bulimia. A child | | | | made it impossible for young girls to be able to |
| with anorexia will become so obsessed with | | | | accept themselves. How can they, when every |
| becoming thin that they'll starve themselves or | | | | magazine they open yields images of skinny |
| binge and purge and exercise to excess. Even | | | | models and actresses for them to envy. |
| after getting below a weight that is normal for | | | | We need to provide our children with healthy |
| their height, they still see themselves as too big. | | | | choices in both food and lifestyle. Teach them |
| Anorexia most commonly begins affecting | | | | how to exercise on a regular basis so it becomes |
| teenage girls, although boys can also suffer from | | | | a way of life. Build there self esteem. Don't |
| the disease. | | | | constantly refer to their weight, talk more about |
| Young people with bulimia, as with anorexia, are | | | | their health. Explain to them that the models they |
| totally pre-occupied with their weight. They never | | | | see in the magazines and on TV aren't necessarily |
| see themselves as thin enough. People who suffer | | | | healthy. Get them on a regime of natural vitamins |
| from bulimia will eat large quantities of food and | | | | and mineral which will build their immune system |
| then purge, or vomit, so they don't consume the | | | | and help restore healthy hair, teeth and bones. |
| calories from the food. Except when they're | | | | The 100% natural blend of herbs such as rose hip |
| binging and purging, bulimics tend to eat very little. | | | | seed, hibiscus flower, elderberry, grapeseed, |
| They, too, have a tendency to exercise | | | | orange peel, lemon peel, and goji berry will help |
| excessively and never see themselves thin | | | | build red blood cells, too. |
| enough. | | | | |