How a Low Carb Lifestyle Can Help Your Overweight Kids
The National Intututes of Health says that one in five children in the US is overweight. Many times, their paretns are also overweight. Henri Schauffler recommends that the entire household adopt a low carb lifestyle by adopting the “The Five Keys to Low Carb Success.”
(PRWEB) May 25, 2004 -
– (PRWEB) May 21, 2004 – You can help your overweight kids by building a low carb lifestyle right in your family home, says leading low carb success coach Henri Schauffler. The latest challenging fact to be learned about the great American obesity problem is that among children, the number of clinically obese children has doubled in the last two decades, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In fact, by 2002, NIH says that one in five children in the US is overweight.
Obese children are also developing diseases like Type 2 Diabetes that used to only occur in adults. And overweight kids tend to become overweight adults, continuing to put them at greater risk for heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke. Perhaps potentially more devastating is that children who are teased a lot can develop low self-esteem and depression.
What’s a concerned parent to do? Schauffler, founder of LowCarb-Lifestyles. Com, a website that helps people build successful low carb lifestyles, says he has some answers. We’ve found that diets and “14 day induction plans” don’t work – we need a permanent lifestyle change.” Schauffler and his wife, Loretta, founded the website earlier this year in response to what they saw as “low carb becoming just another fad diet.”
There are many households in which not only one or more children are obese, says Schauffler, but frequently one or both parents are also obese. Furthermore, many parents are also at risk for Type 2 Diabetes. Even members of a household who do not have these problems will benefit from a low carb lifestyle, says Schauffler, because all Americans are far too dependent on processed sugar and carbohydrates, putting all of us at risk for obesity and myriad other health problems.
He recommends that the entire household adopt a low carb lifestyle by adopting what he calls “The Five Keys to Low Carb Success.” The first is “Information.” Schauffler recommends that the whole family learn the principles of health according to low carb, including members of the household who may not be obese. In any case, he continues, those needing a lifestyle change should learn as much as they can about low carb - on the Internet or in books such as Atkins Diet Revolution or The South Beach Diet. One way or another, everyone should understand the basics, and why the household should change.
The Second Key is “Motivation.” LowCarb-Lifestyles. Com advises its members to find ways to motivate themselves when the going gets tough. Says Schauffler, “Motivation helps us answer important internal questions for ourselves, such as, ‘Why am I really doing this – what’s the payoff?’ ‘Why do I need to stay the course?’ ‘Who benefits from my being healthy, trim and peaceful besides me – do I have a
Responsibility to anyone else?’” In a household setting, he says, parents can go through this process and then show their children how to do the same. Then the whole family can pledge their goals to each other at a special family meeting.
The Third Key is, “Nutrition.” While seemingly simple, keeping a varied menu that the whole family looks forward to eating every day is not easy. Many low carb recipe books are turning up these days; Schauffler reports that LowCarb. Lifestyels. Com has literally hundreds of recipes for members to choose from.
For the remaining “Five Keys,” and more in depth on these concepts, Schauffler invites people to visit http://www. lowcarb-lifestyles. com (http://www. lowcarb-lifestyles. com).
Schauffler, a success coach and management consultant, says, “I have concluded that the low carb approach is absolutely the best system for both individuals and even whole families, but we must follow certain principles to get success. That’s why I encourage parents with obese children to strongly consider a low carb lifestyle for the whole household.”
Contact Information:
Henri Schauffler
LowCarb-Lifestyles. Com
301-806-0510
Http://www. lowcarb-lifestyles. com (http://www. lowcarb-lifestyles. com)
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