Many people have forgotten over the years how much of an affect food can have on the way they feel. For example, too many sweets can cause fatigue and lack of concentration in children. When they are in school trying to learn, this can be a problematic area. In addition, too much sugar can cause a child to appear to be hyperactive thus many are diagnosed with ADD or ADHD when the reality is that they are getting too much junk food and sweets.
Unhealthy eating habits also cause a breakdown in the immune system thus causing more loss of time from school or work. Only by eating the foods that are healthy for us will be able to create a body that is healthy and energetic. Even foods we once believed were healthy such as white rice, white bread, and pasta (without the sauce) have since been found to be unhealthy carbohydrates that turn into sugar once they enter the body. Nutritionists have found that healthy carbohydrates are those that come from whole grains such as whole wheat bread, brown rice, whole wheat pasta and other whole grain wheat products.
Even when the problem is obvious many people fail to see it. They have a compromised immune system and low energy but don’t connect it to the foods they eat. Whether it’s lack of knowledge or an attempt to run from the truth is difficult to assess, but there is little doubt among the experts that poor eating habits affect the health of everyone. If we look around we can see that overweight adults are not only less active but suffer from issues such as back problems, arthritis, heart problems, diabetes, and much more. Overweight people, adults and children, have more colds and viral infections than those who are of normal weight and eat healthy.
The problem of eating unhealthy foods has to be addressed with the entire populace if we are ever going to have children with healthy eating habits. Parents must learn to keep the junk food out of the house and limit the amount of sweets they allow children to have. If we remember the days when foods were prepared from scratch, there were very few children suffering for ADD and ADHD, so the key must lie in either the excess sugar or the preservatives in processed foods. Healthy Student Vending is making an effort to curb the problem by filling their vending machines in schools with healthy and organic snacks and natural juices instead of soft drinks. They are hopeful that in time children will learn to prefer natural and organic snacks over those loaded with sugar.