Start Growing Healthy Children Before Getting Pregnant

Start Growing Healthy Children Before Getting Pregnant By Dr.

Margaret Paul

When I was in my early 20's, I read Adele Davis's book, "Let's

Eat Right To Keep fit." I learned from her that "you are what

you eat." I also learned that our babies are what we eat while

we are pregnant, and then are what they eat once they are born.

If you nurse your babies, then they continue to be what you eat

as long as you are nursing them. My bible during my first

pregnancy over 38 years ago was "Let's Have Healthy Children,"

also by Adele Davis. I started to follow her guidelines way

before getting pregnant, knowing that my health had a big effect

on my baby's health.

There is much more information about good nutrition available

today, and I want to encourage anyone who wants to have healthy

children to start early in learning about and implementing a

healthy way of eating. Educating yourself regarding good

nutrition is a major part of good parenting. However, a good

rule of thumb is, if they didn't eat it 200 years ago, don't eat

it now! This means no fast food, no packaged food - including

sodas, cakes and candies - no preservatives, no fruits and

vegetables grown with pesticides or artificial fertilizers, or

animals grown with hormones and fed food grown with pesticides.

It also means no smoking or drinking. It means no caffeine. If

you want healthy children, you need to put pure, clean organic

food into your body before you get pregnant and continue

throughout your pregnancy. Of course, then you want to continue

to feed yourself and your family clean food once your children

are born.

If you are pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant, you have

a wonderful opportunity to lay a strong foundation of health for

your child. Why not start now feeding yourself well and learning

all you can about creating healthy children? You are going to be

a parent the whole rest of your life. You can do so much to make

your parenting experience a joyful one by taking responsibility

for your own physical and emotional health before getting

pregnant. If you have not been disciplined enough to eat well

before getting pregnant, perhaps the idea of eating well for

your child will be enough to motivate you.

It's not as hard as you might think. It really doesn't take much

more time to eat well than to eat junk. And the payoff is huge.

Not only were my three babies healthy, they were calm. They

slept well and were happy children, who learned easily and did

well in school. The only time they were hyperactive - actually

bouncing off walls! - was after returning from birthday parties

where they had ice cream, cake and sodas.

In my many years of counseling, I've often worked with parents

who were struggling with their children's behavior problems. Of

course not all behavior problems are nutritional, but you might

be surprised how many problems have their cause in poor

nutrition. I've often wondered why so many people are careful to

put the right octane in their gas tank but put the wrong fuel

into their bodies - and then wonder why there is so much

illness, learning disabilities, and so on.

I want to tell you a little story about the power of food. We

had a 6 month old golden retriever puppy who was dying of

irritable bowel syndrome. He had constant diarrhea and was

getting thinner and thinner by the day. We had been giving him

the very best quality kibble and it wasn't working. Fortunately

we learned about raw food for dogs. Within two meals of raw

food, he was completely healthy! Here I had been studying

nutrition for so many years and it had never occurred to me that

a dog's natural diet is raw food! Wow, what a lesson!

About the author:

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is the best-selling author and co-author of

eight books, including "Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By

You?" She is the co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding

healing process. Learn Inner Bonding now! Visit her web site for

a FREE Inner Bonding course: http://www.innerbonding.com or

mailto:margaret@innerbonding.com. Phone sessions available.

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Start Growing Healthy Children Before Getting Pregnant

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