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Excessive sugar is a serious health threat for Randburg children. Do you know how much sugar your Johannesburg son or daughter is really consuming? I am children’s nutrition advocate Pam Thomson.

Here are some popular Johannesburg kid’s snacks with more sugar than I realized:

Yogurt covered raisins
Fruit Roll-ups, Gushers, and Fruit By The Foot
Quaker Rice Cakes
Yoplait yogurt
Gogurt
Juice drinks: Capri Sun, Minute Maid
Flavored milk

The next time you and your kids are shopping for snacks at your Randburg grocery store, Johannesburg convenience store,  or Sandton ball park snack bar, read the labels. Sugar content varies among brands.

Limiting the amount of sugar in your Randburg child’s diet is an important step toward better lifelong eating and oral health. To hear about another great way to improve your child’s nutrition in Gauteng, call me today!

Pam Thomson +2711828207807 pam.thomson@tiscali.co.za

Do your children catch every cold that goes around Johannesburg, South Africa? Do they regularly have earaches, coughs, or runny noses? Including more green vegetables in their diets could boost kids’ immune systems and help them stay healthy, according to a study in the journal Cell.¹

The study found that green vegetables help produce a chemical that is important for a strong immune system. The chemical provides signals to the immune cells in the gut and skin, helping them to function properly.

If your Johannesburg, South Africa kids are like mine, convincing them to eat more green vegetables is as hard as getting them to clean their rooms. However, Johannesburg parents can find sneaky ways to add more green vegetables to their children’s diets.

My kids love pasta and sauce so I puree spinach into the pasta sauce, disguising the leafy green immune booster. Adding kale to protein smoothies is another way to sneak green vegetables into their tummies.

My name is Pam Thomson and I want to improve children’s health in Johannesburg, South Africa and around Gauteng. I also promote Xocai Nuggets. If you would like more information about Xocai Nuggets or children’s health issues contact me today!

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¹Ying Li, Silvia Innocentin, David Rl Withers, Natalie A. Roberts, Alec R. Gallagher, Elena F. Grigorieva, Christoph Wilhelm, Marc Veldhoen, ‘Exogenous Stimuli Maintain Intraepithelial Lymphocytes via Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation,’ Cell, October 28, 2011, http://www.cell.com/searchresults?searchText=green+vegetables+immune+system&submit_search=Search&searchBy=fulltext, accessed on December 2, 2011

Although Randburg pediatricians generally recommend starting infants on solid foods when they are around six months of age, there are important developmental milestones that must be reached before your baby can take this step.

Even if an infant’s digestive system is ready for solid food, the baby must be able to safely swallow it. A baby should be able to sit with assistance but hold his or head up on their own. Without head and neck control, eating solids is difficult and dangerous. Many Randburg pediatricians also advise parents to wait until an infant shows interest in what other family members are eating.

If you are unsure if your infant is ready for solid food, check with your Randburg pediatrician. Remember that for the first year your baby’s nutrition will still come primarily from breast milk or formula.

My name is Pam Thomson. I am an advocate for children’s health and nutrition in Randburg. I also sell Mega Squares, a nutritional powerhouse. For more information on Mega Squares, call me today at +2711828207807.

Welcome to the Healthy Randburg Children blog. This site is for Randburg parents who are concerned about the health of Gauteng children. Today’s article looks at fitness video games.

If your child would rather exercise their thumb on a gaming console than shoot some hoops or kick a soccer ball, they might enjoy Wii, Playstation, and Xbox games that require them to move their body to play the game. If players enjoy the game, they will probably not mind (or notice) sweating a little bit.

Of course, you will need the necessary accessories to play these fitness games. Your nearest Randburg Target, Wal-Mart or Best Buy probably has everything you need for your gaming system.

I perused the internet to see which games came up on game review sites. The following are bestsellers:

EA Sports Active
Punch-Out!
Dance Dance Revolution
Gold’s Gym Cardio and Dance Workout
Kinect Sports Review
Nickelodeon Fit
Wii Fit

By providing a variety of exercise choices for our Randburg children, we can encourage them to get some exercise every day. (You may also enjoy playing them with your child, but be prepared to lose.)

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Hello Sandton! Welcome to today’s Sandton children’s nutrition post. I am Pam Thomson, and I promote children’s health in Sandton and the 2194 zip code area.

Today’s post discusses children’s vitamins. Many Sandton parents give their kids a chewable or liquid multivitamin. We all know that it is essential for Sandton kids to get sufficient amounts of vitamins and minerals and we often give them a pill to fill in nutritional gaps, just in case. Are multivitamins necessary for Sandton kids?

I have found that Sandton pediatricians have varying opinions about this issue. Some Johannesburg children’s doctors recommend parents give their children vitamins in pill form or at least don’t discourage it.

More importantly, Sandton pediatricians urge parents to feed their children a variety of nutritious foods, presumably because vitamins and minerals in foods are better absorbed.

The Mayo Clinic website offers the following advice for Sandton parents who give their children a multivitamin:¹

Make sure the multivitamin is designed for your child’s age group.
Choose one that provides 100 percent of the daily value (DV) for all vitamins and minerals.
Store multivitamins out of your child’s reach and make it clear that they are not candy.
Don’t use multivitamins as a replacement for proper nutrition.¹

I sell a great-tasting healthy snack packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other good stuff for kids. To order, contact me today.

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¹Jay L. Hoecker, M.D., ‘Should I Give Multivitamins to My Preschooler Who’s A Picky Eater?,’ The Mayo Clinic, August 3, 2010, http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/multivitamins/AN01406, accessed on December 8, 2011

Randburg parents know that sleep is important for their child’s health. If your Johannesburg, South Africa child has a hard time falling asleep, you may want to try a bedtime snack. Well-chosen evening snacks can help ease the transition to sleep.

Eating too much before bedtime is never a good idea for anyone, but a small snack may be just the ticket to dreamland for little ones in Randburg. Foods containing the amino acid tryptophan are a natural sleep aid, especially if they are coupled with carbohydrates, which help make tryptophan more available to the brain.

Bedtime foods you can purchase at your local Johannesburg, South Africa grocer include soy milk, dairy products, nuts, seeds, and legumes, such as lentils or chick peas. These foods coupled with a healthy carbohydrate make the perfect bedtime snack. Your Johannesburg, South Africa kiddos will be visiting the sandman before you know it.

Try a glass of soy milk with a few whole grain crackers or string cheese and apple slices. Low-fat cottage cheese with pineapple helps my munchkins fall asleep.

I am a local Mega Squares representative and a children’s health advocate. If you live in Johannesburg, Randburg, or Sandton and would like to learn more about children’s health contact me today!

Pam Thomson
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pam.thomson@tiscali.co.za
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