Jill Castle
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540 appearances
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first heard Apr 2017
last heard Nov 2022
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So we do supplement low zinc levels as well.
And a blood level of zinc can be difficult to get and it can be difficult to interpret.
That's why it's really important to have a nutrition professional on board who can really look at the child's diet and do an assessment
and see whether that child is getting enough zinc day in and day out in their diet.
For example, if a child's not having meat or beans in their diet, it could be challenging to get enough zinc.
A nutrition professional is going to be able to analyze that diet and see if there indeed is a high risk for a zinc deficiency.
We'll be right back after this quick break.
Magnesium is another one, and that is related to neurotransmission and nerve neuron regulation in the brain.
And so what we see with a deficiency is distractibility and hyperactivity.
And this is stuff that is outlined in the research.
With magnesium, we just want to make sure kids are getting great sources of magnesium in their diet day in and day out.
And magnesium can be found in a lot of different foods.
I actually have a list on one of the blog posts on my website that I'm happy to give you the link to that does go through all the different food sources of these nutrients to help parents sort of hone in on the types of foods that might provide these nutrients a little bit better.
And then the fatty acids, the essential fatty acids like eicosapentaenoic acid, we call that EPA for short, or docosahexaenoic acid, we call DHA.
Your listeners might be more familiar with EPA and DHA.
EPA is really involved with brain and blood circulation through the brain.
And so we see better attention and better reactive or less hyperactivity and less impulsiveness when children have good levels of EPA in their system.
And with DHA, we see
better literacy.
So there's great research, a lot of it, that is evolving and outlining these benefits or these associations, really, of how these specific nutrients play out in a child's behavior.
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