Pop quiz: How many teenagers in U.S. high schools are eating the minimum recommended daily amounts of fruits and vegetables? The answer is even less than you probably think. According to a report from the CDC, it’s less than 10 percent.
Current daily recommendations are at least three servings of veggies a day and two servings of fruit. Only 13 percent of high schools students are getting enough veggies and only 32 percent are eating enough fruit. The really bad news is that fewer than one in 10 are getting enough of both.
This is a disaster for young brains. The adolescent brain is still developing and poor nutrition may damage circuits that aren’t fully formed. The teenage years are a time of tremendous learning, and a lack of nutrients can impede the learning process. In fact, if a youngster misses that period of learning, he or she might miss it completely.
Because teens aren’t eating the minimum recommendation of fruits and vegetables, it is critical that they take a daily multi-vitamin. This can help bridge the nutritional gap for teens eating a diet filled with fast food burgers and fries. NeuroVite, available in our online store, is a pharmaceutical-grade multi-vitamin that provides the equivalent of 2-4 servings of healthy fruits and vegetables a day.
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I don’t understand. Why do educational reforms not treat initial causes, as well as help parents with with prevention understanding. This way WE will no longer need to blame the victoms. The disallutioned children. This I became aware of by simple deduction of the REAL problem; with a little help from the “dog wisperer” on ‘Animal Planet’ Television. Perhaps those in decision making positions can also learn by watching a little television. I still LOVE learning! Not because I’m afraid NOT to. Instead I see how it is RELAVENT to my life. And how it connects & inspires what I beleive NOW, according to MY age and abilities,not according to anyone else feeling compelled to teach me.