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Happy Monday! It’s that time again for school, although some haven’t started yet other schools have already. It’s important to know some steps you can take this school year to help keep your family healthy the natural way.
Tips:
- Pack your own school lunches if possible. Children should eat less than 24 grams of sugar daily, mainly from fruit, while the average child consumes around 21 teaspoons of sugar per day! Sugar is a huge inflammatory food, so while your child is growing, feed your children good foods that help build new brain pathways. Stick to organic fruits, veggies, proteins and fats, and stay away from sugary snacks if possible. Read labels, you’ll be shocked the amount of sugar just in typical juice drinks.
- Make sure your child is getting regular adjustments. When their nervous system is working at it’s best, then their immune system and brain function is enhanced. Get regular maintenance care to make sure they can take on all the activities. It’s also important if any injuries happen to get it checked right away to prevent future problems.
- Proper back pack usage. I’m attaching a picture at the end for proper backpack guidelines.
- Make periods of no screen time. Although technology has helped us in many ways, it has also made it very hard for concentration especially for children. Every time your child or you get distracted by a phone, TV, labtop, ect. it takes approximately 23 minutes for your brain to reconnect with what you were doing. That makes it hard for them to succeed in their school work when their brain is being pulled many different directions. The EMF’s also aren’t good for our bodies, so get a Hedron device to help decrease the EMF’s if possible. Doing one thing at a time is really helpful, and consistency is key. Don’t allow screen use while sleeping, which leads to the next point.
- Get adequate sleep. Sleep is crucial for brain development and healing. It is through deep sleep that we actually recover. Our brains can’t relax when it is being stimulated by screens, so turn them off at least 1 hour before bed time. Also turning off the wifi helps. Make getting adequate sleep consistent, as kids need more sleep.
- Be active. Making sure kids get exercise is also very important. However, be mindful there is overdoing it as well. Kids in multiple sports and in multiple classes and clubs can get overwhelmed with too much pressure. However, kids also need play time to stimulate their brains in different ways, so make homework time more fun maybe doing it in different positions while stretching, on a ball, outside, ect. And allow them to take breaks during the day, getting outside, not just going on their phones or TVs for a break. This will help keep their lymphatic (immune) system, and brain health.
- Essential oils and supplements. These are amazing additions to help keep your family healthy. We just don’t get enough nutrients in our diets, so by supplementing whole food vitamins and some omegas, can have huge effects on your children’s function. This quality only comes through certain companies, so don’t go and try to get multivitamins at your local grocery or vitamin stores, they are mostly all toxic with fillers. Essential oils are also amazing at preventing cold and flu season, as well as certain oils being able to actually make your kids focus! Who couldn’t use more of that? I wish all my patients could have use of these amazing plant based oils to be able to have safe alternatives to use on your families, so I encourage if you haven’t got on board, please do! Flu vaccines do NOT protect you, and are toxic, so stay away from those as much as you can.
- CBT protocol. Craniobiotic technique which I use in my office can also help TREMENDOUSLY when you do come down with something, so don’t suffer, or don’t make your children and family suffer. Getting sick is actually good for kids it helps boost their immune systems, but sometimes if they get pretty sick having these natural options is really helpful, and CBT is amazing at helping tell the body what is going on.
- Vision problems? If you suspect your child has vision problems in school, please let me know as I have an awesome functional ophthalmologist who can actually help your child fix their vision deficiencies through vision therapy. It can also help tremendously with ADHD related disorders.
- Keep your family toxic load down. While also keeping your family healthy you have to decrease toxins as best as you can. Meaning, try switching their soap, shampoos, toothpaste ( non fluoride), food sources, cleaning products to all organic. Make smoothies in the morning if you can before school to engage their brain. Use essential oils instead for other options to products.
I’m sure their are more tips I will think of later, but this is quite a few for now. I hope this helps, and gives you more natural options this school year.
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