John Jacob Cannell MD Executive Director, Vitamin D Council In the last 3 years, an increasing amount of research suggests that some of the damage done by Vitamin D deficiency is done in-utero, while the fetus is developing. Much of that damage may be permanent, that is, it can not be fully reversed by taking…
How To Make A Healthy School Lunch For Kids by Jane Sheppard Let’s face it. We have to get more creative with our children’s school lunches. The junk foods in the fancy, colorful wrappers that come to school in many kids’ lunch boxes are way too tempting for our kids to resist. I used to…
Crib Death (SIDS) From Toxic Gases in Mattresses Factors That May Increase the Risk of Crib Death (SIDS) IMPORTANT: If you have not read the first part of this article, Has The Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?: Toxic Gases in Crib Mattresses, please read it first before continuing here. ————————– A baby’s immature…
Excerpt from FLU: Alternative Treatments and Prevention by Randall Neustaedter OMD, North Atlantic Books, 2005 Finding the right homeopathic medicine for the flu is usually straightforward because the symptoms tend to be dramatic and easily characterized. Most flu seasons and epidemics fit a common homeopathic picture, so that the majority of people with the flu…
Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc Treating children with homeopathy Homeopathic treatment for children can be separated into two categories: self-limiting, acute conditions such as colds, sore throats, and stomach flu, or persistent, chronic conditions such as allergies and eczema. Homeopathy is successful in both categories. Acute illness First, the acutes. For simple illnesses, parents can often…
Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc Excerpt from Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, North Atlantic Books, 2005 The role of conventional medical care Babies need medical check-ups, approximately every three months in the first year, then less frequently as children grow, once a year after two years old. A health care provider with an understanding…
Randall Neustaedter OMD Cow’s milk has been promoted as a perfect food for children, high in protein, calcium, and healthy calories. On the other hand, milk’s detractors, including knowledgeable physicians, have noted milk’s many problems. Cow’s milk ingestion has been associated with allergies, anemia, autism, diabetes, and cancer. What should parents do? Let’s try to…
Teen Girls’ Body Burden of Hormone-Altering Cosmetics Chemicals Adolescent exposures to cosmetic chemicals of concern Published September 24, 2008 by Environmental Working Group Laboratory tests reveal adolescent girls across America are contaminated with chemicals commonly used in cosmetics and body care products. Environmental Working Group (EWG) detected 16 chemicals from 4 chemical families – phthalates,…
Does Co-sleeping Lead to SIDS? What the AAP Doesn’t Tell YouBy Linda Folden Palmer, DC Does cosleeping really lead to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)? Are pacifiers really a smart way of preventing SIDS? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) would like you to think so, releasing this fall what other medical experts have called…
Guidelines for Co-Sleeping Safely With Your Baby Use a non-toxic, natural organic mattress to avoid toxic gas and chemical exposure from mattress. Use a large bed with a firm, clean mattress that fits snugly against the rail or is flush up against a wall. The mattress should tightly intersect the bed-frame. Take precautions to prevent baby…
A Self-Health Plan Of all the problems of modern life, few are more pervasive than stress. Stress and fatigue are signals that you are not giving enough to yourself. Stress can cause a wide variety of ailments and serious diseases, including headaches, gut issues, depression, pain and heart attacks. I teach stress relief, so I…
By Jane Sheppard Many parents are frustrated at times because our children won’t eat the foods we know to be healthy for them. Simply being informed about a healthy diet for children is not enough. If your child does not want to eat healthy foods, it does them no good at all. So what does…