This document discusses reasons for improving the food options at a school store to include healthier choices. It provides several reasons why eating fruits and vegetables is important for health, such as reducing risks of cancer and heart disease. It also explains the negative health impacts of junk food, such as weight gain and poor cognitive performance. The document advocates for giving students healthier options to support their well-being now and in the future.

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GIANGASPRO/BOCKSEL
HEALTH CLASS
Improving Healthy Options
for
The Gersh Academy School Store
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2. Reasoning
It is important to eat healthy for several reasons,
such as…
 Eating healthier in school can influence children to
eat healthier food options at home
Fruits provide nutrients vital for health and
maintenance of your body.
Diets rich in foods containing fiber, such as some
vegetables and fruits, may reduce the risk of heart
disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
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3. Reasoning (Cont.)
 Healthy food will produce more energy than junk food and eating
junk food will make you lethargic and quite cranky.
 The high levels of sugar in junk food puts your metabolism
under stress; when you eat refined sugar, your pancreas secretes
high amounts of insulin to prevent a dangerous spike in blood
sugar levels.
 The new food options have the same shelf-life as many of our
current food options.
 The new food options will not cut into the profitability of The
Gersh Academy School Store.
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4. Reasons to eat fruits and vegetables
Some important reasons to eat fruits are…
 Eating a diet rich in some vegetables and fruits as part of
an overall healthy diet may protect against certain types of
cancers.
 Eating foods such as fruits that are lower in calories per cup
instead of some other higher-calorie food may be useful in
helping to lower calorie intake.
 Fruits are sources of many essential nutrients that are
under consumed, including potassium, dietary fiber,
vitamin C, and folate (folic acid).
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5. NO MORE JUNK FOOD!
 Junk food contains large amounts of fat, and as fat
accumulates in your body, you'll gain weight and could
become obese. The more weight you gain, the more you'll
be at risk for serious chronic illnesses such as diabetes,
heart disease and arthritis. You could even have a heart
attack.
 In the short term, high levels of dietary fat lead to poor
cognitive performance. You'll feel tired and have trouble
concentrating because your body might not be getting
enough oxygen. Not a good combination for students!
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6. Eat less calories!
 Calorie-restrictive diets may have some benefits
when it comes to slowing down the onset of age-
related diseases such as cancer, according to a
number of previous studies on animals. (Source: MensFitness.com)
 Whether or not calorie restriction without malnutrition will
extend lifespan in humans is not known yet, but
accumulating data indicates that moderate calorie
restriction with adequate nutrition has a powerful
protective effect against the development of obesity, type 2
diabetes, inflammation, hypertension and cardiovascular
disease.
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7. Medical and Nutritional problems for kids with ASD
 The most common GI symptoms include
chronic diarrhea, abdominal distention, discomfort
and bloating, gastroesophogeal reflux disease
(GERD), excessive gas, constipation, fecal impaction,
food regurgitation, and a leaky gut syndrome.
Children with autism are also at risk for many other
nutritional problems such as nutrient deficiencies,
food allergies, food intolerances, and feeding
problems.
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8.  According to the Autism Network, nearly one in five
children with autism are on a special diet. There is no
specific ASD diet, but removing certain proteins may
relieve symptoms. The gluten-free, casein-free (GFCF) diet
has the most research and is one of the most common
dietary interventions.
 In the GFCF theory, kids improve on the diet because
incomplete breakdown of these proteins create a substance
that can inflame the gut. Studies have shown improvement
and parents anecdotally report success when these two
proteins are removed from the diet.
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Diet & Autism

9. Diet and Autism (cont.)
 Autistic kids who also have a seizure disorder may
find relief from a high-fat, low-carbohydrate
ketogenic diet. This diet often leads to poor growth,
poor weight gain, and increased cholesterol levels, so
it is imperative to use this approach under the
supervision of a registered dietitian and physician.
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10. Nutrition and Autism (cont.)
 A healthy diet is essential for all kids, but even more
so with kids with ASDs because there is concern their
GI issues may lead to poor absorption of key
nutrients for growth and development. One of our
primary goals is to get kids eating a nutritionally
complete diet and to reestablish a healthy GI system.
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In Conclusion
We feel that Gersh Academy owes it to their student
body to give us the option of healthier food option in
the Gersh Academy School Store. We understand the
financial risk being that some of these healthy options
might not sell, but you can’t put a price tag on our
students health. Thank you very much for your time
and your consideration.

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