Can what we eat affect our kids?

Genetic information resides in our DNA. 

During conception, we pick up some DNA from our dad & some from our mom, and DNA was what makes us a unique individual. 

Environmental influences can affect our health personally, but did you ever dream that the effects of those environmental influences could be passed on to our kids?

But today we know that environental influences can actually modify our DNA and that those modifications can be passed on to our offspring - a process called epigenetics.

So can what we eat affect our kids?

According to two articles in FASEB Journal, the answer might be yes!

One study female rats were either on a standard rat chow or a "junk-food diet" high in fat and sugar during pregnancy and lactation.  When the weaning rats were then separated from their moms and exposed to a variety of foods, both the male and female offspring showed a marked preference for high fat foods.

The second study female mice were maintained on standard mice chow or a low-protein diet during pregnancy and lactation. 

Their offspring had a lower body weight and less fat surrounding their major organs throughout their life. 

This study not only shows that the diet of the moms influenced the eating behavior and body composition of their offspring, but that this chain in eating behavior was caused by a permanent modification of their DNA. 

Most prenatal nutrition advice is based on what it takes to have a healthy baby - not on what it might take for your child to experience better health through their life. 

My personal opinion is, yes your baby "gets what you get and twice as much".  So if you're thinking about having a baby, start a healthy diet now.  And adding high end supplements (ensuring there isn't any contaminants and they are whole food high end is best) will only increase the chances you will have a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby, now and in the future. 

Mary Beth

**Thank you Dr. Stephan Chaney for providing this information.

Hunters

Gun hunting season starts November 15th in Michigan.  Right now is bow hunting season.

With that said, are you a hunter or do you know a hunter?  If you do, are they looking for a scent eliminator that isn't toxic? 

If they are, Basic H2 has worked very successful for hunters.  It's just another use of this amazing product.

Here's Ron May's story:  As a user of Shaklee Basic H for nearly 30 years, I have found it to be effective for numerous tasks, not all of which involved cleaning or disinfecting.

On two occasions, my bird dogs were sprayed by skunks while in the field. Basic H is the ONLY solution I have ever found to be just about 100% effective in removing the odor.

Other uses I have found for Basic H include eliminating human odor while deer hunting. When hunting clothes are washed with it, then stored in a plastic bag, human odors are eliminated. It also works on equipment wiped with a mild solution on a sponge, but the most important property Basic H has for the deer hunter is that it completely eliminates human body scent!

As a former Product Specialist for Cabela's Retail, Inc., I have had the opportunity to use many of the so-called scent eliminators on the market today. While many of them do work to some degree, none of them, in my opinion, are as effective as Basic H. I simply use it full strength like a body wash when I shower each morning before going deer hunting. I wash my hair with it each day as well. Just make certain to keep it out of your eyes. In bathing with Basic H over the past 25 years, I have had deer come as close as three feet of me, downwind, without detecting me! My best buck was a magnificent 12-pointer, shot downwind of me at about 40 yards.

Basic H is an absolutely amazing product , and I am surprised that more hunters haven't discovered its many uses for the sportsman.

 

Basic H has been reformulated and is now Basic H2.  It is more concentrated (use half as much). 

 

To view this amazing product and to order, click here.  To view all products, go here.

Be safe and good luck hunting.

Mary Beth

Thyroid..Other options

I find more and more people with thyroid problems.  Why?  Well it all goes back to what we are putting into our bodies.  Super pesticides (which you can find on non-organic food) and fall into the Genetically Modified food category, fast food restaurants, the air we breathe (full of pollutants), and too much bottle water (the plastic bottles have harmful chemicals especially when left in a warm environment).

Iodine deficiency is associated with thyroid disease.  Here is a simple test you can do at home to check your iodine levels:  Take a Q-tip, dip it into a 2% tincture of iodine, and paint the area the size of a silver dollar on your thigh or belly. This will leave a yellowish stain that should disappear in about 24 hours if your iodine levels are normal. If the stain disappears in under 24 hours, it means your body is deficient in iodine and thirstily sucked it up.. If that's the case, keep applying the iodine to different sites, until the stain lasts a full 24 hours.  Not only will you have diagnosed your iodine deficiency, but you will have treated the deficiency and improved your thyroid function. If you're on thyroid medication and you use this treatment, you'll find that you can cut back on the dosage-- or possibly discontinue the drug altogether!  It is always best to communicate with your doctor.  (Thank you Sharon O'Donnell)

Dr. Brouse recommends, for hypothyroidism:  CorEnergy, Alfalfa, Soy Protein (Energizing or Cinch), Vitalizer and Vivix to stabilize.

Other Shaklee supplements that are recommended are Stress Relief Complex and B Complex.  Why these two?  Because they offset the affects of stress which harms our bodies and stress is something that is in our every day lives. 

Dr. Thelma Jones, MD states:  Iodine and Vitamin D Deficiency have been associated with thyroid, breast and ovarian cysts.  However, a word of caution that Iodine should not be used in Hashimoto's thryoiditis.

There is a product called Armour Thyroid (a natural alternative to synthroid), which I suggest communicating with a Holistic Doctor before taking. 

If you still have questions or would like a complimentary 30 minute consultation, email me at marybeth@mamabearproductions.net. 

I'm here to help.

Mary Beth