One of my Healthy Living Club members posted a blog about her 9 year old daughter discovering what was really in her lollies. Children are very intuitive and with some education and guidance from their parents, they can discover so much about the foods we eat and...
In the absence of any objective medical tests to determine who has ADD or ADHD, doctors rely in part on standardised assessments and the impressions of teachers and guardians. It leaves little room for other causes or aggravating factors, such as diet, or environment....
Breakfast cereals, pasta, rice and other foods packed in cardboard boxes could be contaminated with toxic chemicals. The chemicals, known as mineral oil hydrocarbons (print on newspapers), appear to be leaching from the recycled paper used to make most cardboard...
Dr Gabor Maté M.D. is a physician and bestselling author whose books have been published in nearly twenty languages worldwide. Dr. Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, from addiction and attention deficit...
PRIMARY school children are risking serious heart damage by sculling caffeine-packed energy drinks for breakfast, doctors warn. The following is an article from the Sunday Mail. It is talking about the health affects these drinks have on not only children’s...
The following article points out that medications given to children are not as safe as you think. I am disturbed by the adverse reactions I have seen and heard of but what bothers me more than anything are the additives, such as saccharin, colours, flavours and...
