If there was something you can do today to prevent your children from Cancer tomorrow you would do it right? Here is where you can start.
Drinks: I would make sure they are drinking clean filtered water and lots of it. Most children and most adults are walking in a state of dehydration , which isn't good for general health. I admit I struggle with drinking my water quota (8glasses a day), but i try everyday . A reverse osmosis filter is best or stick with the water bottled in glass. Since the kids are drinking so much water they wont be drinking soda and sugary "teas". You can add things to water like lemon or organic juices. I was a coke drinker growing up, water? never touched the stuff unless i was playing soccer (we'll get to exercise later) . I'm not blaming coca-cola for all my problems but I was born with beautifully straight teeth and I jacked them up with cavities and root canals.
Food: Switch to organic meat and dairy and get the kids to eat more veggies We are pumping our children with hormones and chemicals for what? Ever notice how young girls are developing so early? The same hormones that they pump the cows with to produce all that milk is entering our children. We know breast cancer is linked to excess hormones in our bodies so lets reduce as much as we can, OK?OK. I often hear complaints about how expensive buying organic is. I would feel compassionate about that complaint if the excess of video games and name brand products weren't so damned prevalent on LI. Use your tax dollars to work and get the school system to stop serving nasty meat to your children. Moms, you have the power.!
Chemicals: I am passionate about all the changes one can do to improve their chance to prevent cancer but this is closest to my heart. For as long as i can remember I was happiest outside. I probably hung out on my chemlawn every sunny day of the summer for sixteen years. I played soccer for 7 years in parks that were sprayed with pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizers. When I moved back to New York I gardened in the most beautiful gardens in the Hamptons everyday. I felt so good that my boss was an organic gardener, then one day the lawn guy didn't see me and i smelt something.... He was spraying herbicides all around the lawn. I try not to look back too often and blame my cancer on anything in particular but I cant help but wonder why a 33 yr old vegetarian got breast cancer. I think about me working in sandals exposing myself lawn after lawn of chemicals directly on my skin. Think about the fun children and dogs have on the lawn and ask if they care if there is a dandelion present. So mothers PLEASE! get the fathers(you know there the ones that are obsessed with perfect lawns) to get over it! Demand that the schools and parks department keep the grounds pesticide free. The town i lived in Colorado even created a dandelion day , parade and all. Chemicals are everywhere, read the labels and use things with ingredients you can identify. There are synthetic hormones in all kinds of chemicals. Start with cleaning and laundry products I promise you wont smell.
Exercise: We need to encourage our children to exercise more. This generation is going to have a shorter life span than us. WTF! We need to oxygenate our body,regulate our hormones and control our stress. All these factors are directly related to cancer and they all can be regulated with a little movement.
Emotions: Its so simple its scary why we have so much trouble. Accepting your child for who they are regardless of whether it lives up to your expectations. Recognize their strengths and encourage and focus on what they are good at. Tell them you love them. Love yourself so that they can learn by example that no external factor creates happiness. It is within.
P.S: You know these all apply to y'all too right? Just Checking. PEACE. LOVE, Grace
