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According to 2 studies published in the journal “Pediatrics”, Americans don’t get enough vitamin D; and that deficiency could cause cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers. One study looked at federal health statistics for children 1 to 21 and found nearly 8 million children deficient and 50.8 million insufficient in vitamin D, increasing their risk of osteoporosis. The second study found teenagers with the lowest levels of vitamin D had 2 times the risk of high blood pressure and hypoglycemia and 4 times the risk of cardiovascular disease. Doctors recommend children eat vitamin-D-fortified cereals, milk and orange juice because there’s and even higher risk they won’t eat vitamin-D-rich sardines.

According to dentists, however, we shouldn’t drink citric fruit juices – including orange juice –or sports drinks, carbonated beverages and teas because they erode teeth. The acid in these drinks strips teeth of enamel, causing hypersensitivity, discoloration and cracks. Sports drinks are the worst, especially if citric acid has been added. Soft drinks are second worst because of carbonation and fruit juices are third. Teas cause the least erosion. Teeth soaked in black tea didn’t completely erode for 16 weeks. It’s true saliva reduces acid’s effects, but it is not the spitting image of a cure.

According to a Swedish study, girls in more educated families are at higher risk for eating disorders. The study followed more than 13,000 females born between 1952 and 1989, tracking their hospitalizations for eating disorders through 2002. Overall, girls whose parents went to college had about twice the risk as those whose parents had elementary-school educations. The risk was 6 times greater if the maternal grandmother went to college. Similarly, girls with the highest grades at age 15 had twice the risk as girls with the lowest grades. It seems anorexia and bulimia are educated mistakes.

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, tanning beds have a high risk for cancer. Most tanning bed lights primarily give off ultraviolet radiation – causing both skin and eye cancer. A new analysis of approximately 20 studies concludes that the risk of skin cancer jumps 75% when used by people under age 30. When younger people use tanning beds regularly, they are 8 times more likely to develop melanoma, which is the deadliest skin cancer. In Britain melanoma is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in their twenties. When will we learn beauty isn’t just skin deep?

About the Author:

Knight Pierce Hirst has written for television, newspapers and greeting cards. Now she writes a 400-word blog three times a week. KNIGHT WATCH, a second look at what makes life interesting, takes only seconds to read at http://knightwatch.typepad.com

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Is Health Wasted On The Young?

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