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Reflections of Our Parenting? By Bobbie Barbrey, RPh, CCN
behavioral or health issues of children that are being raised on artificial food-like substances. Processed foods can never nourish and support a healthy brain, or healthy organs, skin, and the skeletal structure of a growing body. We have a wonderful opportunity to begin to change the course of these childhood diseases and choose health for our children. The rewards will be found in your amazing child, teenager, and adult later in life. Many people don’t even know how to begin this journey back to health. Call us at Medicap. We can be your guide. It’s what we do. Your child’s health is worth it. h&h
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would like everyone to do an experiment for me: I want you to feed your dog and cat Cheetos, Cheerios, crackers, fries, and chicken nuggets exclusively for one month and see how they do. No? How about a week? Even a day? Does it feel wrong to even consider feeding your pet only junk food? What do you think the outcome would be if that’s all you fed them? How about your kids? How much thought do you give to the food they eat? Do your children deserve the same consideration? Like our pets, our children rely on us to make good decisions for them. But how do we know what’s best for them? Look at the diseases of adults in the 21st century and compare them to the diseases of our grandparents and greatgrandparents. The diseases are different now. Adults are dealing with epidemics of obesity, autoimmune disease, diabetes, anxiety, sleep issues, GI issues, and focus issues to name a few. But wait: what are we dealing with now with our children? The same health issues are showing up in children. Yes, children are being diagnosed with acid reflux and sleep issues! Look ahead 20 to 30 years from now. Where do you see the health of America going? The children of today are the future of tomorrow. We can and must prepare them better for this challenge!
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Let’s take this back to the gestational period. Children born today are exposed to more toxins in utero. The food that Mom is eating is less balanced, nutrient-weak, and often contains many chemicals, pesticides, and/or is genetically modified. Throw in our increasing exposure to electromagnetic frequencies—EMFs—emitted by so many devices (iPhones, computers, power lines) and now you have a child that has a high toxic burden before it’s even born. Their
immune system is poorly developed at this point, so everything you do as a parent to feed this child properly helps them to deal with these toxins. Let’s give recognition to those Moms who prepared properly for ONE year prior to conceiving by paying attention to lifestyle, diet, and proper supplementation. Remember, you are influencing your genes by your interaction with the environment. This gives you a great opportunity to provide your child with the right building blocks for life. After weaning and as they move through childhood, children’s brains are like sponges. They continue to need a healthy selection of nutrients to nourish their body. These are the leaders of tomorrow. Let’s prepare them for that role. What should we feed them? Living food. What is living food? It is the opposite of processed food. It is food as nature provided it. Children raised on whole foods seldom crave toxic foods, nor do they exhibit many of the
Pharmacist Bobbie Barbrey is the owner of Medicap Pharmacy in North Raleigh, a full service retail pharmacy, which also offers compounding and nutritional counseling. To better serve his clients, Mr. Barbrey enrolled in the rigorous training program offered by the International and American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists and became a Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN). “I work with a lot of people who have a sincere desire to be well and to stay healthy for their entire lives, and often what they need most of all is a plan—because they often underestimate what they can accomplish by themselves. And so, with great enthusiasm, I am honored to help them develop their unique path to good health.”
For more information, contact: Bobbie Barbrey, RPh Certified Clinical Nutritionist PCAB Accredited Compounding Lab MEDICAP PHARMACY 6675-101 Falls of Neuse Road Raleigh, NC 27615 Telephone: (919) 676-6161
[email protected] www.MedicapRaleigh.com
Originally published in Health & Healing in the Triangle, Vol. 17, No. 5, Health & Healing, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, publishers. Reprinted with permission.
