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Dr. William Sears (pediatrician, author of over 36 books & health editor for "Parenting" & "Baby Talk" magazine) has a website (www.askdrsears.com) that is a great resource for parents to go to for advice & tips. My passion is educating families on the importance good nutrition has in preventing disease & keeping the body's immune system in balance. I have been to many seminars & listened to many doctors speak about this & Dr. Sears has been one of them. He says that it takes anywhere from 5-7 exposures to any food for a child to readily eat it, due to the development of their tastebuds. He also recommends a product that me & my family have taken for 7 yrs. called Juice Plus+ (17 vine-ripened fruits, veggies & whole grains). It is the most researched "whole food" nutritional product in the world today & has been published in 12 medical journals, so far. You can check the product, research & doctors recommending it at: www.juiceplus.com/+sc57599. The cells in your body have "memory", so if you feed it certain foods it will begin to "crave" those foods even more (example: eat sugar & the body wants more). So far, this product has helped many children & teenagers change their eating patterns (healthier). Just to let you know, I still believe that we should be eating "whole foods", but for the people who need to "bridge the gap" in their nutritional status (WHO now says we should eat 7-13 servings of fruits & veggies every day) this is a great product! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me ###-###-####. Good luck!
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