Recent Posts Tagged With 'children's health'

• Going Down the Wrong Path to Fight Children's Obesity

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 10:16 in milk, healthy eating, children's health, omega-3 fatty acids, essential fatty acids

  The other day I was thumbing through a parenting magazine and came across some disturbing news: the medical community is rethinking its recommendation that children under two should drink whole milk and instead may decide to encourage parents to off...

• Organic Milk & Dairy Linked to Healthier Breast Milk

  Posted on Wednesday December 12th, 2007 at 14:01 in breastfeeding, healthy eating, children's health, essential fatty acids

  Nursing mothers may want to make sure they're eating organic meat and dairy now that a recent study has found such a diet improves the quality of breast milk.The research published in the British Journal of Nutrition compared mothers eating a convent...

• Guide to Help Parents Weed out Toxic Toys

  Posted on Wednesday December 5th, 2007 at 13:30 in toxins, children's health

  Recent headlines about toys contaminated with lead and other toxins have parents worried. But just in time for the holiday season, a safety group has released a list of more than 1200 toys that they tested for toxins at HealthyToys.org. The online ...

• Affinity for Green Veggies Starts in the Womb

  Posted on Monday December 3rd, 2007 at 12:58 in pregnancy, healthy eating, children's health

  If you're a mom who can't get your kids to eat broccoli, it may be because you didn't eat it while they were in the womb. A new study has found that children are more likely to eat nutritious, but unappetizing foods, such as Brussels sprouts and oth...

• The Troubling Rise of Precocious Puberty

  Posted on Tuesday October 16th, 2007 at 13:00 in Cancer, hormones, environmental health, children's health, early puberty

  The other night over dinner with girlfriends one of them asked me why I give my two-year-old daughter milk and meat free of hormones--usually organic. One of the reasons I mentioned was that it might help prevent the start of early puberty. Suddenly,...

• Major Study Links Food Additives to Hyperactivity

  Posted on Tuesday October 9th, 2007 at 13:49 in hyperactivity, children's health, preservatives

  Researchers at the University of Southampton in Great Britain have confirmed what many parents have already suspected: some food additives can cause significant behavior changes in children.Specifically, the recent study examined the effects of artif...

• Some Real Help for Autism

  Posted on Thursday September 13th, 2007 at 13:12 in autism, healthy eating, children's health

  If you or someone you know has a child with autism, I recently stumbled upon some information that can really help. In fact, I forwarded the information to someone I know who has two children with autism. She said that after 10 weeks of following th...

• Take Supplements to Save Big on Health Care

  Posted on Monday August 6th, 2007 at 14:13 in pregnancy, heart disease, supplements, children's health, macular degeneration, omega-3 fatty acids

  Americans could save $24 billion in health care costs while improving their health over the next five years by taking a few key dietary supplements, reports a study commissioned by the Dietary Supplement Education Alliance (DSEA).The study found that...

• Mother's Laughter Makes Breast Milk Healthier for Baby

  Posted on Tuesday July 10th, 2007 at 13:27 in breastfeeding, children's health

  Nursing mom's may want to watch the hilarious I Love Lucy sitcoms before feeding time. New research has found that a mother who laughs a couple of hours before breastfeeding her baby will pass on greater health benefits to her young.The study determi...