Our children are our future yet somehow the health of our future is slipping away from us. With an amazing increase in childhood obesity, allergies and behavior disorders we are watching entire generations lost to the new age of fast food, sugar, artificial sweeteners and crash diets. Researchers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), writing recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, conservatively estimated that if the current trend continued that one in every three boys and two in five girls born today will eventually develop diabetes. Currently about 8 percent of young children suffer from allergies. ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) is reported to affect from 5-20% of school-age children ... and over 2 million American children (mostly boys) take the drug Ritalin.

In the "Land of Plenty" American children are suffering from malnutrition. Our children are over fed and under nourished. Historically, malnutrition was a concern in times of famine, now we face a whole new phenomenon, malnutrition as a result of over abundance. It is up to us to educate and inspire the younger generations so that they can make choices that will help them thrive in this world of abundance and not slowly eat themselves into oblivion.

This month we celebrate Earth Day (April 22). Really in the big picture every day is Earth Day. As many of us commit to recycle, drive less and compost I would like to offer up another area for consideration; that is the nutrition of our children. Just getting them to eat isn't good enough anymore, our food chain has become so depleted and toxic that sound nutrition is not a simple matter any longer. And kids don't know this; all they know is fast food, boxed cereals and soda. Even if they have been brought up on fresh fruits and veggies, you can bet their tendency is towards the junk not the good stuff, given the choice the burger usually wins out. So what can we do, they won't listen, they don't care, they think they are invincible. Actually, a study done by the University of Minnesota found that the reasons behind the lack of child nutrition integrity in American teens are multifactorial. The most important factors being appeal (taste, appearance, smell), time and convenience (easy to make/ no clean-up involved).

A solution.
So maybe we can't stop them from eating the junk. And the nutritional status of the fresh foods we eat is unsure. But there is something we can offer. As adults we have at some time or currently do take a regular multivitamin and mineral supplement. Insurance for some and a necessity for others. Why is it then when it comes to children, who are using up their nutritional stores like there is no tomorrow, that we think they don't need their diets supplemented? The diets that are so bizarre sometimes that as adults we just turn and pray.
Some obstacles to supplements for kids:
· They will not swallow pills.
· The chewables are full of sugar and colorings.
· We can never remember.

But what if there was an option that not only overcame those obstacles but also addressed the major factors that were identified as reasons for poor teenage nutrition.

ALL ONE Supplement Powders
It's a shake, it's a smoothie…. Whatever you choose to call it, its pure nutrition for a young person's hungry body. Using ALL ONE Supplement powders mixed with your child's favorite shake or smoothie recipe could just possibly make all the difference to your child's nutritional world. Easy to prepare, great tasting, can be made vegan or dairy full, iron or not, greens or fruit, take your pick. And as your child grows and changes, the dosage and formula can change with them.
Some great recipes to try in the blender:

* Children 4-8 years add 1 level teaspoon. Children 9-15 years add 2 level teaspoons. Above 15 years use the adult dose of 4 level teaspoons.

It's a no brainer.
Give our kids a break. Rather then telling them what not to eat lets try giving them some 'cool', great tasting,easy options. Who knows they may just like it! This Earth Day bring ALL ONE to your family and feed the future.