How To Prevent Common Illnesses Among Children Video

Children are very susceptible to common illnesses due to weak immune systems. Learn how to help prevent common illnesses in children with this parenting video.

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Avoid sugar, refined carbs, red meat
Wash hands
Keep home clean
Feed high antioxidant foods

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Charles K. Bens, Ph.D. | President of Healthy @ Work, Inc., author of Healthy at Work: Your Pocket Guide to Good Health and The Healthy Smoker: How To Quit Smoking By Becoming Healthier First . Educational specialties include nutrition, smoking cessation, wellness and mental challenges. He is also the team leader for wellness consulting assignments.

DR. CHARLES K. BENS: Hi. I'm Dr. Charles Bens, and I'm the president of Heathy @ Work. And I'm here today to talk to you about how to prevent common illnesses among children. Some of the things that are most important because children run into thousands of germs and bacteria everyday is that we have to make sure they have a strong immune system and a very clean environment. A strong immune system can really happen best by suppressing those foods that hurt the immune system like sugar, refined carbohydrates, red meats and processed foods. These foods have insufficient nutrients to really keep the immune system strong. It's also important to make sure the children wash their hands and that you keep surfaces around the home as clean as possible. They should also eat as many foods as possible that are high in antioxidants like melons and berries and apples and beets and all kinds of peppers of all different colors like carrots and broccoli. If they're not eating enough of those, you could try a green drink. This is a drink that has a lot of fruits and vegetables in it, and make sure you get one that's not sweetened with sugar but rather sweetened with peppermint. This gives them about six to eight helpings of fruits and vegetables everyday. Another thing you can do is try to get your child to take a multiple vitamin everyday, a good one, a quality one and a good omega-3 vitamin. When flus and colds occur, have a natural cold and flu formula on hand. Look for a mineral one and a vitamin one and an herb one, it's made in liquid form and there are lots out there that you can choose from. So, to just summarize, I think the main thing is to keep away from the immune-suppressing foods like sugars. Make sure they eat enough vegetables. Give them that multiple vitamin. Those are the things that are going to help that immune system to be as strong as possible. Thank you.

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