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RHR: What Nutrients Do Kids Need to Thrive?
Category: Health
Duration: 00:23:29
Publish Date: 2017-05-04 19:53:48
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In this episode, we cover:
  • Do kids need different food from adults?
  • The nutrients kids need most
  • Ways to monitor your child’s nutrition
[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehealthyskeptic/RHR_What_Nutrients_Do_Kids_Need_to_Thrive.mp3" title="RHR: What Nutrients Do Kids Need to Thrive?" artist="Chris Kresser" ] Chris Kresser: Hey, everybody. It’s Chris Kresser here. Welcome to another episode of Revolution Health Radio. This week, we have a question from Terra. Let's give it a listen. Terra: Hello, Chris. My name is Terra and I've been following your work for several years now. Our family has pursued a functional medicine-type lifestyle for the last couple of years and we've overcome a great number of health issues as well as escaped a toxic mold situation that was wrecking our health. I do have a question for you specifically regarding children. We've had our kids on mostly the same dietary plan as we've had for the last couple of years. We are all gluten-free and most of the kids are also dairy-free except for the few that tolerate it in small portions. With that being said, our kids are on the very small side. All of them except for one are under the first percentile for height and they are very small in weight as well. I will say that my husband is Asian and he is five foot three, and I am only five foot six. So we're not the largest people on the planet. With that said, I will say that they are also smaller than most all of their peers. I'm just curious if I should be doing anything different in regards to their nutritional needs on a daily basis as children. I know people often will tell me that they need milk or that they need grains or that they need all these things to help them with their growth. But I also know the downfalls of those different things. So I'm just curious what your thoughts are regarding children specifically and any additional nutritional needs that they may need. Thank you so much for your time. We really appreciate it. Chris: Thanks so much for sending that question in, Terra. This is one of the most important topics for me as a father myself, and I just am so passionate about the health of future generations and making sure our kids are getting the nutrition they need and also just avoiding things in the environment that could worsen their health. It's a hugely important issue. I can't think of many topics in the whole health world that are more important than this.
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