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Back to School Health For Your Kids

Sharper Brains, Stronger Immunity,

and Better Moods

Judith Cobb, MH, CI, NCP, CCII

Cobblestone Health Ltd

www.cobblestonehealth.com

Calgary, Alberta

Biography

• NSP user/practitioner since 1979

• Wife of 1, Mom of 7, Grandma of 7• Master Herbalist, Nutritional Consultant

Practitioner, Certified Comprehensive Iridology Instructor

• Author of: Health Kids, Naturally; Pregnancy, Naturally; The Herbal Birthkit

Handbook; Bio-Kinesiology & Colour Therapy Level 1 and 2

• Co-author of Master Your Energy with Chi Kung

• Special interest/clinical focus: infertility, high-risk pregnancy, menopause

• Special teaching interest: teaching holistic health practitioners how to

integrate iridology with nutrition and

herbology

My REAL Qualifications

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For Educational Use Only

I am not diagnosing or prescribing for you.

The information in this seminar is not a prescription for what any individual should do. It is simply suggestions, tools, and education that you may use and consider for your own personal health care.

Every individual is ultimately responsible for his or her own health decisions and may legally prevent, diagnose, treat, and cure himself or herself of any condition or ailment they choose.

A testimony from myself or others may not necessary apply to another’s similar issue.

Great Resources

Is Your Child’s Brain Starving by Dr Michael Lyon

Adrenal Fatigue by James L Wilson

The Impossible Child by Dr. Doris Rapp

What we’re going to cover

What average children’s nutrition looks like

Problems caused by average nutrition

What superior nutrition looks like

What superior supplementation looks like

And why all of this more important now than ever before

How NSP supplements can help

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Health and Fitness Includes

Your Brain

Mental Sharpness

Focus

Healthy Memory

Lucid Dreams

Healthy Cognitive Function

Healthy Energy

Clarity

The Brain is a Voracious Energy Consumer

A PET Scan showing energy

consumption—

Wikipedia: The Brain

Fascinating Facts

The average diet feeds the brain only 15% of its nutritional needs—but our brains require 85% of our nutrition!

While awake, your brain generates between 10 and 23 watts of power --

or enough energy to power a light bulb.

Nursing Assistant Central December 31, 2008

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S.A.D.

Average North American Diet is very high in:

- Sugar

- Starch

- Fat

- Health-compromising chemicals

http://www.nutritiondata.com/

S.A.D.

Average North American Diet is very

low in:

- Vitamins

- Minerals

- Trace elements

- Essential fatty acids

- Fibre

- Beneficial plant chemicals

Results of poor diet

Obesity

Diabetes

Heart disease

Poor brain function

Mental Health issues

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The Surgeon General

Surgeon General’s report states that 2 in 10 children now suffers from, will have or have had, a diagnosable psychiatric condition eg. ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, major depression, mood disorder, conduct disorder, dysthmia, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, eating disorder (MECA, 1996, the Surgeon General,

1999)

Better nutrition looks like:

Whole grains

Vegetables

Fruits

Good quality proteins

Better nutrition looks like:

Vitamins

Minerals

Trace elements

Essential fatty acids

Fibre

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Food specifics

Protein is a must

4 – 6 x ½ palm servings per

day, avoid processed meats

Ingredients in processed meats

Although a variety of compounds can be used in curing

meat, the

basic curing ingredients are salt, sugar or some other

sweetener, and nitrite and /or nitrate. In addition, phosphates

are commonly added to brine cures in commercial operations. A

number of other compounds are sometimes used in curing

mixtures, such as various spices, baking soda, sodium erythorbate,

hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, carrageenan and non-meat

proteins.

http://animalrange.montana.edu/courses/meat/Ingredients.pdf

Vegetables are a must

minimum 1 fist-sized serving

for every 25 lbs of body

weight…

French fries and ketchup don’t count

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Carbs

choose whole grains

Beverages

water is best – some

bottled water has additives

½ oz per lb of body

weight

avoid all artificial

sweeteners, carbonated beverages

Fruit

not as important as

vegetables

90%+ carb

all nutrients found in fruit are

also in veggies

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Fats & Oils

butter, olive oil, coconut oil

avoid margarine, canola, oils

that are re-used for deep-

frying

Brain Critical Nutrients

Focus ATN

Brain Critical Nutrients

Essential Fatty Acids

Omega 3

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Minerals

• Iron • www.thewayup.com/newsletters/081504.htm

• Calcium• http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1118.htm

• Magnesium• http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/magnesium_deficienc

y.htm

• Zinc• https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002416.htm

Recommended Mineral products

Healthy Gut Flora Promotes Health Brain Function—Core Nutrition

“New and exciting research is revealing a strong connection between our mood and the various bacteria that live within our intestines.

This is certainly a sobering notion.

Think of it: the bacteria living within the digestive system are, to some degree, involved in determining whether we are happy, sad or anxious.”• http://www.drperlmutter.com/probiotic-intervention-affects-mood/

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Other critical nutrients

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT

• 1989: Over 10 million prescriptions were written around the world for this standardized extract (Hart CD)

• A group of bioflavonoids:

• Healthy Antioxidant activity

• Healthy Platelet fluidity— may increase effectiveness of anticoagulants

• Healthy Brain Circulation, Energy

• Healthy Mental Function

• Healthy Short-term Memory

• Healthy Mood, Ear function

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Herbs & Supplements…for balancing blood sugar and supporting adrenal glands

For liver support

• Spring mix salad, beets

Ensure enough sleep!

Sleep Hygiene

– Be consistent with bedtime and waking time

– Avoid excess stimulation prior to going to bed

– No TVs, computers, tablets, phones in bedrooms after bedtime –bright light interrupts serotonin-melatonin conversion

https:/sleepfoundation.org/ask-the-expert/electronics-the-bedroom/page/0/1

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http://statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-625-x/20150

Ensure enough physical activity

AROMATHERAPY

Essential oils contact all cranial nerves when you apply them to the brainstem. This is the hollow region at the base of the skull. A few drops will do it.

Delivery Method 2: Inhalation (a few drops, cup your hands, inhale for5-6 minutes

Delivery Method 3: The soles of the feet

Spritzers: Fill with Nature’s Fresh, a few squirts of Distress Remedy, and 25 dropsOf your favorite oil. Adjust drops as desire. Breathe.

Roll On: Use 25-30 drops and carrier oil.

Peppermint

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Lavender

• Reduces anxiety and emotional stress

• Heals burns and wounds• Improves sleep

• Restores skin complexion and reduces acne

• Slows aging with powerful antioxidants

• Improves eczema and psoriasis

• Alleviates headaches

Room spray

2 oz spritz bottle

1 tsp witch hazel

6 – 10 drops essential oils

Purified Water to ‘top up’

Stress Management: Symptoms of Stress in Children & Youth

Stress Acting out

Eating problems

Sleep problems like nightmares

Irritability

Crying a lot

Showing that they’re scared to be alone, like clinging to loved

ones

Withdrawing from others (cont’d)

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Stress Management: Symptoms of Stress in Children & Youth

Feeling like they can’t trust others

Losing interest in things like school or friends

Physical signs like headaches or stomach aches

Signs of nervousness, like biting their nails or sucking their thumbs

Going back to old behaviours they outgrew, like wetting the bed (cont’d)

Stress Management: Symptoms of Stress in Children & Youth

Going against rules or expectations

Showing a lot of anger or distrust

Showing poor self-esteem, like putting themselves down or assuming that others won’t like them (cont’d)

What to do about Stress in Children & Youth?

As a parent, model healthy coping skills

Promote healthy eating, physical activity, sleep habits, supplements, outlets

Seek professional help if warranted

http://keltymentalhealth.ca/healthy-living/stress/stress-management#view-tabs-3

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What to do about Stress in

Children & Youth?

As a parent, model healthy coping skills

Promote healthy eating, physical activity, sleep habits, supplements, outlets

Seek professional help if warranted

http://keltymentalhealth.ca/healthy-living/stress/stress-management#view-tabs-3

REFUGE—Calming Blend

LEMONGRASS OIL

Analgesic, antidepressant, antimicrobial/antibacterial,

antipyretic, antiseptic, astringent, carminative,

deodorant, diuretic, febrifuge, fungicidal,

galactogogue, insecticide, nervine, sedative, tonic

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Back to School Health For Your KidsJudith Cobb, MH, CI, NCP

Cobblestone Health Ltd

www.cobblestonehealth.com

judith@cobblestonehealth.com

Calgary, Alberta

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