Children and Chronic Disease? Worse Than You Might Think!

RVAchironeuro • October 17, 2022

10.17.2022               

                   

Hello again everyone:

I found this information particularly disturbing for many obvious reasons. Why on earth would a child have a chronic condition? Let’s dig in:

Over the last century, the primary burden of disease in children and young people has shifted from infectious diseases towards chronic conditions. 1 Improvements in neonatal and pediatric care for chronic conditions mean more children with previously lethal conditions are now surviving into adulthood.2 3  Depending on the definition used, 13–27% of children are affected by chronic conditions.4        

The most natural question is: where is this coming from??? The answer, at least it seems this way to me, is food. Did you know that the leading cause of death and disability is food, also known as ‘dietary risks’? Check out this graph from the link below:

Bottom Line: Investing in high quality foods is one of the best preventative medicine activities that you can practice for yourself and your family.  Sugar is not a treat, processed foods are not good for us, sodas are not health promoting, fried stuff is not health promoting, etc. Chronic conditions require multiple drivers of inflammation to persist and be perpetuated…food is the primary driver of many chronic health problems, and it is the easiest to fix as it is completely in your control!

Go to a natural, whole foods, organic diet and watch the miracles happen! What could it hurt? We all have a lot to gain from going back to a whole foods dietary plan, plus what foods are good for us turn out to be good for the planet in the long term.

Don’t know where to start? Simply drop all processed foods and go to the Mediterranean style plant-based food plans. For example, here are two links to 2 cookbooks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Mark Smith March 23, 2026
Health News Update: How To Fight Inflammation and Chronic Disease 3.23.26 Hello again everyone: You might wonder why I keep focusing on food…so here are some of the reasons: food choices are the leading cause of death in the U.S. and spreading around the world. Poor food choices lead to inflammation which slowly destroy health. It is that simple, plain, and clear and backed by research. The next question: how do we fight back? Introduction The positive impact of food on health was postulated by the ancient Hippocrates, father of modern medicine with his famous quote: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” [1]. In the 21st century, scientists have focused on the effect of nutritional habits in diseases. Nowadays, it is well documented that food plays a noteworthy role in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases namely cardiovascular diseases (CVD), metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, and cancer [2–5], as it correlates with others with the lipid pattern, the blood pressure, and the endothelial function. The scientists examine the effect of nutritional habits on disease emergence and progression in both individual nutrient intake and dietary patterns models. Worldwide, two dietary patterns are usually compared—the Mediterranean diet (MD) and the Western diet (WD) [3,6]. The Mediterranean diet reflects the food culture of most Mediterranean countries based on olive oil consumption, seasonal fresh vegetables, cereals, and plants in balance with low consumption of meat [7]. The Western diet, on the contrary, is dominated by high-fat dairy products processed and red meat [8]. However, discordance in the different MD patterns and consumed food doses had been recognized. Without any doubt, those discrepancies could confine and restrict our knowledge on the health benefit mechanisms of the MD [9]. Due to the above, the medical community along with nutritionists and dieticians take a keen interest in MD and its traits [7]. https://www.academia.edu/45378994/biomedicines_Mediterranean_Diet_as_a_Tool_to_Combat_Inflammation_and_Chronic_Diseases_An_Overview?email_work_card=view-paper food choices can fight inflammation and chronic disease Bottom Line: This is a 2020 paper and since then literally hundreds of papers on the MD have emerged showing how the food plan lowers inflammation and the risk for developing multiple chronic illnesses. Even still, lots of research needs to be done to elucidate the many mechanisms of how food impacts our system and how to optimally individualize dietary recommendations. At this point, our best strategy to prevent and/or recover from any chronic condition is to eat as clean and natural as possible. It has become rather obvious that the further away from a natural diet we get, the sicker we become. On top of that, I have yet to see a full recovery from any health issue without the foundation of a predominantly plant-based, unprocessed, whole foods approach…which is why I keep posting about this subject. All the best to you and yours!
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