Florence E. CallenderNutrition Archives - Florence E. Callender https://www.florencecallender.com/category/nutrition/ Beyond Academics...Retraining Brains...Transforming Lives Mon, 24 Feb 2025 06:11:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.florencecallender.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-542B4CC5-B38E-44A6-B15F-E338A75DF44A_1_201_a-32x32.jpeg Nutrition Archives - Florence E. Callender https://www.florencecallender.com/category/nutrition/ 32 32 184040649 Are the Toxins In Your Food And Environment Causing Your Child’s Learning Problems? https://www.florencecallender.com/are-the-toxins-in-your-food-and-environment-causing-your-childs-learning-problems%ef%bf%bc/ https://www.florencecallender.com/are-the-toxins-in-your-food-and-environment-causing-your-childs-learning-problems%ef%bf%bc/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2022 23:23:11 +0000 Florence Callender https://www.florencecallender.com/?p=1846 Do you ever feel like your child’s learning problems are a mystery? It might surprise you to learn that the source of the problem could be toxins in your food and environment. “There is growing evidence that the adverse effects of PCBs [toxic chemicals] on learning and memory are not reversible.” ~ Dr. David O. […]

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]]> Do you ever feel like your child’s learning problems are a mystery? It might surprise you to learn that the source of the problem could be toxins in your food and environment. “There is growing evidence that the adverse effects of PCBs [toxic chemicals] on learning and memory are not reversible.” ~ Dr. David O. […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/are-the-toxins-in-your-food-and-environment-causing-your-childs-learning-problems%ef%bf%bc/feed/ 4 1846 5 Solutions To Help Your Child With Dyslexia Who Is Always Tired https://www.florencecallender.com/5-solutions-to-help-your-child-with-dyslexia-who-is-always-tired/ https://www.florencecallender.com/5-solutions-to-help-your-child-with-dyslexia-who-is-always-tired/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2021 01:50:15 +0000 Florence Callender https://www.florencecallender.com/?p=1638 Literacy activities like reading, writing, and spelling, require more attention, brainpower, and focus for children with dyslexia. Usually, reading is difficult for them. Everything they have to do all day is profoundly challenging. By the end of the day, with all the concentration, frustration, and confusion that your child experiences while trying to decipher the […]

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]]> Literacy activities like reading, writing, and spelling, require more attention, brainpower, and focus for children with dyslexia. Usually, reading is difficult for them. Everything they have to do all day is profoundly challenging. By the end of the day, with all the concentration, frustration, and confusion that your child experiences while trying to decipher the […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/5-solutions-to-help-your-child-with-dyslexia-who-is-always-tired/feed/ 6 1638 How To Know Signs That Indicate Your Dyslexic Child Needs Help Before Learning Becomes A Problem https://www.florencecallender.com/how-to-know-signs-that-indicate-your-dyslexic-child-needs-help-before-learning-becomes-a-problem/ https://www.florencecallender.com/how-to-know-signs-that-indicate-your-dyslexic-child-needs-help-before-learning-becomes-a-problem/#comments Mon, 10 May 2021 01:48:33 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=1339 Children learn and develop at their own pace. “Most students are smart enough, care enough and want to succeed at learning.” – Gayle Moyers The language skills are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. As a child grows, these skills usually develop in the order listed. From before birth, the child is listening to his mother’s […]

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]]> Children learn and develop at their own pace. “Most students are smart enough, care enough and want to succeed at learning.” – Gayle Moyers The language skills are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. As a child grows, these skills usually develop in the order listed. From before birth, the child is listening to his mother’s […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/how-to-know-signs-that-indicate-your-dyslexic-child-needs-help-before-learning-becomes-a-problem/feed/ 4 1339 6 Simple Ways To Catapult Your Child Over Barriers To Learning Success https://www.florencecallender.com/6-simple-ways-to-catapult-your-child-over-barriers-to-learning-success/ https://www.florencecallender.com/6-simple-ways-to-catapult-your-child-over-barriers-to-learning-success/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:48:00 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=1289 To facilitate a child’s learning success, parents must look beyond academics. For the past twenty-eight days, I have been talking about some underlying skills that impact learning success. This article provides a recap of those skills and their relevance to excellent academic performance for any student, regardless of his learning or thinking difference. Vision During […]

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]]> To facilitate a child’s learning success, parents must look beyond academics. For the past twenty-eight days, I have been talking about some underlying skills that impact learning success. This article provides a recap of those skills and their relevance to excellent academic performance for any student, regardless of his learning or thinking difference. Vision During […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/6-simple-ways-to-catapult-your-child-over-barriers-to-learning-success/feed/ 6 1289 20 Ways To Build Your Child’s Attention Skills https://www.florencecallender.com/20-ways-to-build-attention-skills/ https://www.florencecallender.com/20-ways-to-build-attention-skills/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2021 03:29:40 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=1202 Attention is the starting point of learning and essential to the formation of memory. Children are naturally curious and energetic, but when they are expected to engage in activities that they do not consider to be fun, they get bored easily and turn their attention to what they consider more interesting. Play is children’s work, […]

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]]> Attention is the starting point of learning and essential to the formation of memory. Children are naturally curious and energetic, but when they are expected to engage in activities that they do not consider to be fun, they get bored easily and turn their attention to what they consider more interesting. Play is children’s work, […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/20-ways-to-build-attention-skills/feed/ 2 1202 5 Things You Should Know About Attention And Learning Success https://www.florencecallender.com/5-things-you-should-know-about-attention-and-learning-success/ https://www.florencecallender.com/5-things-you-should-know-about-attention-and-learning-success/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2021 01:44:57 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=1198 Attention is the most important factor in learning and intellectual progress. Paying attention is crucial to learning both in and out of school. Every day, as you go about your daily life, you have to make plans. For some time now, I have been practicing planning each day the night before. So, before I go […]

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]]> Attention is the most important factor in learning and intellectual progress. Paying attention is crucial to learning both in and out of school. Every day, as you go about your daily life, you have to make plans. For some time now, I have been practicing planning each day the night before. So, before I go […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/5-things-you-should-know-about-attention-and-learning-success/feed/ 5 1198 The Remarkable Ignored Vision-Health Thing https://www.florencecallender.com/the-remarkable-ignored-vision-health-thing/ https://www.florencecallender.com/the-remarkable-ignored-vision-health-thing/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:25:18 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=1102 Did you know that proper nutrition affects the health of children’s eyes? Proper nutrition is never more important than during childhood. The foundation of all the body systems used throughout your child’s lifetime is formed during his early years of life. Nutritional deficiencies will not only affect him in his young years but will also […]

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]]> Did you know that proper nutrition affects the health of children’s eyes? Proper nutrition is never more important than during childhood. The foundation of all the body systems used throughout your child’s lifetime is formed during his early years of life. Nutritional deficiencies will not only affect him in his young years but will also […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/the-remarkable-ignored-vision-health-thing/feed/ 4 1102 Warning: Childhood Obesity…A Health and Learning Risk (You Are What You Eat) https://www.florencecallender.com/warning-childhood-obesitya-health-and-learning-risk-you-are-what-you-eat/ https://www.florencecallender.com/warning-childhood-obesitya-health-and-learning-risk-you-are-what-you-eat/#comments Thu, 01 May 2014 03:50:39 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=755 In the past 30 years, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children, and quadrupled in adolescents. Today, nearly one-third of our children are obese…and that number is growing. Diseases formerly considered age-related and now recognized as lifestyle illnesses are showing up in children at younger and younger ages. Like Obesity. And with it come: […]

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]]> In the past 30 years, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children, and quadrupled in adolescents. Today, nearly one-third of our children are obese…and that number is growing. Diseases formerly considered age-related and now recognized as lifestyle illnesses are showing up in children at younger and younger ages. Like Obesity. And with it come: […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/warning-childhood-obesitya-health-and-learning-risk-you-are-what-you-eat/feed/ 4 755 A Conversation About Food (and Learning) https://www.florencecallender.com/a-conversation-about-food-and-learning/ https://www.florencecallender.com/a-conversation-about-food-and-learning/#respond Thu, 01 May 2014 03:00:36 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=749 “Within your student’s brain, a biochemical process of learning is occurring, that parallels the classroom experience. Making connections, finding meaning, and solving problems are learning tasks that require lightning-fast electrical impulses between areas of the brain.” ~ Philippa Norman MD, MPH In her article, Dr. Philippa Norman talks about how nutrition and hydration boost learning […]

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]]> “Within your student’s brain, a biochemical process of learning is occurring, that parallels the classroom experience. Making connections, finding meaning, and solving problems are learning tasks that require lightning-fast electrical impulses between areas of the brain.” ~ Philippa Norman MD, MPH In her article, Dr. Philippa Norman talks about how nutrition and hydration boost learning […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/a-conversation-about-food-and-learning/feed/ 0 749 I Don’t Need Breakfast to Learn (Or Do I?) https://www.florencecallender.com/i-dont-need-breakfast-to-learn-or-do-i/ https://www.florencecallender.com/i-dont-need-breakfast-to-learn-or-do-i/#comments Thu, 01 May 2014 02:54:50 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=746 While walking through the school cafeteria today, I stopped to chat with a second grader. Playfully, I pretended to take away her fruit bowl. “You can have it… I don’t like fruit,” she gladly told me. I wondered what conversations about food she has at home with her parents. In all my health and wellness […]

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]]> While walking through the school cafeteria today, I stopped to chat with a second grader. Playfully, I pretended to take away her fruit bowl. “You can have it… I don’t like fruit,” she gladly told me. I wondered what conversations about food she has at home with her parents. In all my health and wellness […]

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