Microblog: What School Lunches Looked Like in Each Decade
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR GOVERNMENT-RUN SCHOOL LUNCHES, IS IT A WONDER WHY T2D IS RAMPANT?
🚨The youngest child diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes is a 3-year-old who weighs 77 pounds and followed a nutrient-poor diet.
❓Do you know what happened with the child?
💉She was given toddler liquid metformin.
Yes, there is toddler metformin.
🍭So many people are cavalier about giving children sugar because they are young and healthy—c’mon Judy, let them live a little.
🥀Sorry, but there are many studies that show the decline of health, especially if the mother had diabetes and if diabetes is prevalent in the family history.
🧠Studies show mothers with gestational diabetes can risk baby’s brain development, cause increased risks of ADHD, and eye health outcomes.
‼️So no, giving sugar to children is nothing to be cavalier about.
📖In the TODAY2 study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, they tracked kids with Type II diabetes for 15 years.
🥩Remember, Type II is 100% reversible with diet.
The researchers found that over time:
⚠️67% developed high blood pressure
⚠️52% had seriously elevated triglycerides and high LDL cholesterol levels
⚠️55% had diabetes-related kidney disease
⚠️51% had eye disease
⚠️32% had nerve disease
🥩Remember, Type II is 100% reversible with diet.
After 10-12 years of the diabetes diagnosis, young adults (in their 20s) were suffering from:
⚠️strokes
⚠️kidney failure
⚠️heart attacks
⚠️amputations
👨🏼⚕️One recommendation said: “The next step is to put together a new cohort of younger children to understand who gets type 2 diabetes to develop targeted interventions. If we want to do any kind of prevention, we need to have a better idea of who is at risk.”
OR
💡STOP feeding sugar, processed foods, and seed/vegetable oils. (or as much as possible)
🥀Otherwise, welcome to the era of anti-depressants, anti-anxiety meds and metabolic disease.
⛑No, I will never be cavalier about daily doses of sugar (and processed junk) to kids (or adults).
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2100165
NUTRIENT DENSE LUNCH IDEAS: https://www.nutritionwithjudy.com/what-to-pack-your-child-for-lunch-nutrient-dense-school-lunchbox-ideas/
