I remember waking up one morning and thinking to myself, I just can’t do it…I can’t make it into work today. I proceeded to take the day off work to recouperate after having had a few months of ‘bali belly’ (more on that later) but as I sat and watched the morning news, trying not…
Live Well. Live Long. Live Happy.
![As mothers we all want the very BEST for our children. Good grades at school, a strong sense of self, excellent social and emotional wellbeing and let’s face it, as little visits to the doctor as possible right?! But what if we're sabotaging their health and don’t even realise it?
When I started to educate myself around holistic health and realised that not everything we've been told is true, I remember one stat that blew my mind and it was in relation to children’s health.
The next generation is predicted to die younger than us 🤯 What!? Well, that’s if we continue on the slippery slope we’re on.
Stats reveal 1 in 4 children are overweight and the WHO have recorded a 10 fold increase in that number in the last 40 years.
As Dr Mark Hyman, MD aptly states “By the time overweight children are in their twenties, they can expect to be diagnosed with diseases that normally affect people in their sixties and seventies”. So even if they do live long, they're quality of life is poor.
We are also seeing mood disorders, rates of autism, ADHD, mental health issues and diabetes on the rise.
As a mum I feel more responsibility now more than ever to take a stand for the kind of future I want for my babies. Change always starts from the ground up. That’s us. You and me.
Even if you’re not a parent, this should be on our agenda as adults. Our kids are our future.
For more info on the health crisis affecting our younger generation and what we can do, head over to my blog and checkout my interview with one of our leaders in the area of gut health, @kalesbroccoli. [LINK IN BIO] ☝🏼 He’s also airing a free short doco on the topic this Sunday 9th Dec at 7pm AEST on his YouTube channel so make sure you tune in to watch it! 💚
Tell me your thoughts in the comments below 👇🏼](http://scontent-sin6-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/877e5651562449834297d01d2ccbda19/5CAA5D84/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.135.1080.1080/s640x640/45580801_200230007466814_1196750850956678888_n.jpg "As mothers we all want the very BEST for our children. Good grades at school, a strong sense of self, excellent social and emotional wellbeing and let’s face it, as little visits to the doctor as possible right?! But what if we're sabotaging their health and don’t even realise it?
When I started to educate myself around holistic health and realised that not everything we've been told is true, I remember one stat that blew my mind and it was in relation to children’s health.
The next generation is predicted to die younger than us 🤯 What!? Well, that’s if we continue on the slippery slope we’re on.
Stats reveal 1 in 4 children are overweight and the WHO have recorded a 10 fold increase in that number in the last 40 years.
As Dr Mark Hyman, MD aptly states “By the time overweight children are in their twenties, they can expect to be diagnosed with diseases that normally affect people in their sixties and seventies”. So even if they do live long, they're quality of life is poor.
We are also seeing mood disorders, rates of autism, ADHD, mental health issues and diabetes on the rise.
As a mum I feel more responsibility now more than ever to take a stand for the kind of future I want for my babies. Change always starts from the ground up. That’s us. You and me.
Even if you’re not a parent, this should be on our agenda as adults. Our kids are our future.
For more info on the health crisis affecting our younger generation and what we can do, head over to my blog and checkout my interview with one of our leaders in the area of gut health, @kalesbroccoli. [LINK IN BIO] ☝🏼 He’s also airing a free short doco on the topic this Sunday 9th Dec at 7pm AEST on his YouTube channel so make sure you tune in to watch it! 💚
Tell me your thoughts in the comments below 👇🏼")
