Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) recall leaves food consumers wondering: What is this stuff? by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor NaturalNews.com (NaturalNews) Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) is one of most common soy-based food “fillers” used to make literally thousands of processed food products. It’s found in veggie burgers, gravy mixes, soups and many other…
Children with Delays in Language Randall Neustaedter OMD Holistic Pediatric Association Position Paper Parents whose children talk late are justifiably concerned. They may worry when their children’s language development does not conform to expected timetables of language skills (e.g. 4-6 words by 16 months and multiple word statements by 24 months). Their children’s health care…
Is Your Child Eating Magnesium-Rich Foods? by Jane Sheppard Children who are not eating plenty of magnesium-rich foods – nuts, green vegetables, beans, peas, and whole grains – may have a mild magnesium deficiency. The typical American processed diet doesn’t provide enough magnesium. Magnesium deficiency can show up as irritability, agitation, anxiety, decreased attention span,…
How To Add Leafy Green Vegetables to Your Diet By Judy Braley Many of us already know how good green vegetables are for our health, but sometimes it’s hard to incorporate them into our daily diet except in the form of a green salad, and often that’s made of iceberg lettuce which is hardly green…
Special Diets Have Indeed Helped Many Autistic Children Improve A recent article by the Associated Press contained this terribly misleading headline and incorrect reporting: Panel: Special diets don’t fight autism – A new report dismisses connections between the disorder and children’s digestion. This type of misleading headline and biased reporting can make us all crazy….
Vitamin D Levels Vitamin D is critically important for brain development and for preventing disease. Many children have low vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency may be a factor in many health issues children are experiencing these days. There is a lot a parent should know about supplementation to provide adequate vitamin D levels. Here…
By Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc, CCH Excerpt from Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, North Atlantic Books, 2005 Most pediatricians will insist on treating strep throat with antibiotics. The specific organism is Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus. The effectiveness of antibiotics for recovery from strep throat has been controversial, with early studies showing no effect…
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…
The Shocking Truth about How Food is Produced I just watched the new documentary, Food, Inc. For me, it brought up strong emotion, but also a commitment to write about the positive side of the issue – what you can do to provide your family with healthy, safe, sustainable food and change the state of…
It may be quite astonishing to learn what’s currently going on in the bisphenol A (BPA) industry. BPA is a chemical that disrupts the development of the reproductive system and the brain, among other health problems. Babies and fetuses, of course, are the most vulnerable. There’s so much evidence about the harmful effects of BPA…
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…