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6 • DURHAM Parent • MAY 1997 « mm DURHAM REGION REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM CHILD CARE SERVICES DIVISION WE CAN HELP YOU CHOOSE THE RIGHT CHILD CARE OPTION FOR YOUR CHILD. FEE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE C ii.-IU I.ll I lllumi.lt li ill I Ik' "21 -M 411 HI I -MM)- 'V-IIM; I \\ I ; v, Ajax Child Care Centre AJAX 683-4001 FAX 683-2521 Edna Thomson Child 623-6717 FAX 623-4449 Care Centre BQWMANVILLE Gibb Street Child Care Centre OSHAWA 404-8012 Fax 404-2291 Lakcwoods Child Care Centre 725-1425 FAX 725-7209 Centre OSHAWA Pickering Child Care Centre 839-5831 Fax 839-9418 Centre PICKERING Whitby Child Care Centre 668-4751 FAX 668-8458 WHITBY Brock Co-Operative Playschools (905)404-4792 Mobile Phone BeavettonAkannington/Sunderland Today's highly competitive society more often than not measures a person's worth by their intelligence. Parents continually enroll their children in countless classes and activities in hopes of not only increasing their mental capacity, bül in simply keeping up with the crowd. Unfortunately, many of these children are suffering serious emotional and physical stress, ready to burn-out at tender ages. Simple lifestyle changes, and supplementation in diets can be all that is necessary to boost not only the body, but also the mind. A well-developed brain helps to ensure that a child's entire body grows properly. Using 50% of the body's fuel, the brain is the most important organ in the body. When under stress or when following a nutritionally insufficient regime, the other organs will forfeit their needs in order for the brain to maintain a healthy balance. Although may parents adamantly insist that their children have well-balanced diets, there is often still a deficiency. The body is just not able to absorb the sufficient amounts of required nutrients through food. In these cases, supplementation is necessary in order to obtain the minimum essentials. Some of these vastly important nutrients supplied by supplemcnts arc: Amino acids--The building blocks of the body. They 'J\(aturaf & 'Preventive Therapeutics Suzanne % f%ohn Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine Clinical Nutrition/Herbal Medicine Homeopathy /Acupuncture Hair Mineral Analysis 304 Dundas St. N.. Whitby (905) 666-3153 18 Gibbons St., 86 Abitibi Ave., Oshawa, On. North York, On. 905-728-5512 416-250-9305 Covered by most extensive Health Insurance construct protein, which in turn creates the bones, hair, nails, muscles, and other tissues. Protein is responsible for the production of hormones, numerous antibodies," and for bringing oxygen to all of the cells. Lack of this nutrient greatly affects behavior, mood, and the ability to think and remember. Vitamins and minerals-They work with all the substances within the body. Together they strengthen immunity, increase 1 energy, and enhance bone and tissue growth; when the body is in sync, mental processes invariably sharpen. The B complex vitamins, popularly known as memory nutrients, arc especially relevant to the nerves and the brain. ***Vilamins and minerals must be precisely calculated because too much or too little may easily throw a child's system off track. Through hair analysis, the careful construction of what compounds an individual need are easily determined. A lifestyle change that can make an enormous impact on the physical and mental abilities of a. child is simply the addition of music, music can be the single Dr. Suzanne Rohn, NDMD Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine most important tool used to help your child become a more effective thinker. Several research studies, done not only in North America but also Europe, support the role of music as an effective learning aid, and thus helping to promote intelligence. 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