Take Your Vitamins, On Pain Of Pain

dacap writes "The American diet continues to deteriorate. In the news is the exacerbation of bone disease from a deficiency of vitamin D. Too little vitamin D also causes muscle pain and joint problems. How is it that we let something so easily remedied affect us? Details are in USA Today. The ultimate solution to this and many other health-related problems that techies suffer is a proper diet coupled with a multivitamin supplement and regular exercise. Too bad that these choices are so unpopular. A sound mind and sound body go together."

Comments

Ultraviolet

[pswnet]

How about sunbathing between 08.00-10.00 a.m. Exposure to sunlight is one of the main sources of vitamin D

Re:Milk

[Mr. Slippery]

Just drink about a litre of milk a day.

Milk - especially cow's milk - should be taken in moderation or not at all. Many adults have some degree of lactose intolerance; the concentrated protien of milk (and other animal products) is detrimental to proper calcium balance; milk is commonly contaminated with pus and with drug residues; it's high in fat and low in iron. The high milk consumption in the U.S. is a marketing triumph, not a healthy habit.

Re:It's not just the USA

[Eccles]

why people give kids stimulant packed drinks is beyond me

The thing being ignored is that kids want these things. They want sugar (yes, my kids want to eat straight sugar, and my daughter will eat butter straight), they want ice cream, they want sodas, and they want TV and video games. It's an eternal battle for a parent to get them to eat the healthy dinner, rather than nibble at it and then ask for a junk food snack later, especially since they generally dislike most spices and thus have a limited set of healthy food they will it. It's a constant battle to keep them from watching junk on TV, and unlike adults they're willing to watch the same thing over and over -- and if not, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are available 24 hours a day.

Add to that the schools are all pressured to get high test scores, so kids now get homework starting in kindergarten. All the neighbor's kids are just as busy, so the only way to get the kids exercising is via organized activities, which means 20 minutes or more of drive time.