Canada Pharmacies Educates Parents on Kids’ Packed Lunches

Aug 16
07:49

2011

Remcel Mae P. Canete

Remcel Mae P. Canete

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Several school lunches prepared & packed at home may become toxic by the time a kid eats due to temperature alterations, and that is a fact even when foods are stored in an insulated lunchbox with ice packs.

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Even with parents' finest intents,Canada Pharmacies Educates Parents on Kids’ Packed Lunches Articles several school lunches prepared and packed at home may become toxic by the time a kid eats due to temperature alterations, and that's a fact even when foods are stored in an insulated lunchbox with ice packs.  Hence, parents have to buy Canadian prescriptions for their children.

Most parents buy Domperidone without consulting the doctor.  "The main finding of our study is that more than 90 percent of perishable items were at an unacceptable temperature -- according to USDA guidelines -- an hour and a half before lunch," according to study author Fawaz Almansour, a doctoral candidate in the department of nutritional sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.

"This was an eye opener. As a parent, when my child comes home with a stomachache or vomiting, I usually think it's a virus. I don't think the food I serve is the problem," he added.

However, foodborne pathogens may in fact be the reason. When stored at incorrect temperatures, bacteria can grow hastily, which makes foodborne diseases more possible. And, the study authors highlighted that food-borne disease is a certain threat for kids below the age of 5 years.

"The vast majority of lunches were clearly out of a safe range, but it's hard to know what the true biological impact of that is. We don't truly know how often this results in a foodborne illness," Dr. Michael Green stated, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. "This paper raises a lot of questions, but isn't able to provide a lot of solutions."

He recommended that parents could pack lunches for their kids that aren't so reliant on being stored at a certain temperature, such as fruits or peanut butter sandwiches.

But, Almansour conveyed that children's health might degrade if parents keep away from fresh foods. One probable answer might be to place the food in a paper bag, and carry it to the school in an insulated cooler, then once at the day care the paper bag has to be removed from the cooler and place the food in the refrigerator.  Also, Canada pharmacy drugstores are always ready to serve patients whenever their products are needed.