|
Health,
well-being and modern living
This issue we have two
features of interest to parents concerned about the health and well
being of their children. Our healthy breads feature, The Good Loaf,
will help ensure your family is getting the grains we all need in a
healthy diet, while our allergy feature will be of great benefit to
parents of children suffering from a problem that seems to be
increasing at an alarming rate.
All sorts of theories have
been proposed as to why allergies seem to be on the increase, but most
of them point to our modern way of living, which has made life easier
but more complex and less healthy. Just a few thousand years ago
humans were hunter-gatherers that spent all day labouring for food and
shelter, lives were short and hard, and only the toughest survived.
Now we have thousands of
labour-saving devices to make life easier, food at out fingers tips
(lots of it lacking in any real nutrition) and all sorts of tricks to
keep germs and illness at bay. The consequences for weight, mental
health and our immune systems has been immense, in some cases
overwhelming. Needless to say, we need all the help we can get to stay
healthy, happy and well adjusted!
|
