This is another article summarizing the risks of arsenic exposure with rice consumption. This includes baby formulas, putting infants at particular risk. Click here.
Children’s Health
BPA in contact with Your Food
Please be aware that the movement to ban BPA in plastics that are used in food packaging was defeated. Put simply, foods that are packaged in plastic are likely exposed to BPA. BPA then leaches into the food and then to the body. BPA exposure has been implicated in reproductive […]
Top Ten Worst Processed Foods
OK, so I hope you all know how important eating WHOLE foods is for your health and that processed foods are NOT beneficial to anything but your taste-buds (and the seller’s income statements). That being said, there is now a list of the 10 worst processed foods. If you find […]
Epigenetics for Optimizing Weight
Exciting research is indicating that exercise can turn off “obesity genes”! As important is that watching television can turn them on! So if you find yourself overweight, get exercising not only for improving your basal metabolic rate, but to turn off the tendency to become obese. Read more here.
Health Tips for Expecting Mothers
The attached article summarizes some simple steps to keep you healthy during your pregnancy. To your health–and to that of your baby!!! Click here.
Vitamin D is Associated with Reduced Stress Fracture Risk in Children
This research indicates that Vitamin D, not calcium, may be a greater factor in improving bone strength and reducing the risk of stress fractures in children. The Institute of Medicine has recently increased the recommended dietary allowance for vitamin D for teenagers to 600 international units (IU) daily. Good sources […]
ADHD and Child development
There are at least three studies now linking “immaturity” with diagnoses of ADHD. In other words, the younger children in a class are 30% (boys) to 70% (girls) more likely to get a diagnosis of ADHD when it may simply be a mature of normal childhood development and maturing. In […]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Treatment for Teens
A study conducted in the Netherlands has shown effectiveness of using a web-based treatment approach for teens who have been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Definitely worth checking into if you or a loved one is suffering from CFS. More info here.
Sleep and Immune Function
Yale researchers have discovered a gene that is important in identifying infections. It’s activity is related to our circadian rhythm–and when our sleep pattern is “off”, this gene doesn’t function as well. This finding shed more light on why sleep patterns are so important to our overall health! Read more […]
Salt in Foods
This is a long post so I’m starting with the good news and bottom line: eat whole foods from local farmers; avoid grains; eat LOTS of veggies; include fruits and nuts. Here’s the bad news: In a new CDC report, breads have been found to be a larger source of […]
