You want your child to be happy and healthy. Children learn how and what to eat from you, and forming healthy habits during their early years promotes lifelong health. Your child needs proper nutrition for optimal growth and development and healthy eating in childhood can prevent serious health problems down the road, such as obesity,… Read more:
Category Archives: Health
Are BPA Substitutes Just as Harmful?
When the Food and Drug Administration officially banned bisphenol A (BPA) from kid’s cups and baby bottles last summer, it seemed like a step in the right direction to make kids products are safe. BPA is an industrial chemical used in everything from food packaging to plastics. It mimics estrogen in the body, an overabundance… Read more:
Natural Remedies for Bad Breath
When it comes to getting rid of stinky breath, a majority of people adopt various temporary solutions rather than understanding the origin of the issue. In some cases, severe health conditions, lifestyle, habits, and dietary routine can make tremendous contributions to bad breath. A constant dry mouth also causes foul breath by gathering dead cells… Read more:
Energy Drinks: Caffeine Addiction Delivery Systems
I’ll begin by saying that I don’t drink ‘energy drinks’, and I don’t let my kids drink them either, just as I don’t let them drink coffee. So I’m a bit biased. I’d rather have my children drinking lots of water, or fresh juice or a smoothie, than I would have them drinking a flavored… Read more:
Tips for Getting Your Kids into a More Active Lifestyle
According to the government initiative for active lifestyles, Let’s Move, “you need to be active 60 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week, for 6 out of 8 weeks.” Are you and your family getting the exercise you need? If you have vowed to make 2013 a more active year for you and… Read more:
Your Doctor is In – Choosing a Physician for You and Your Family
The physician you entrust to yourself and your family should be someone who brings you complete peace of mind. Too often, patients feel that they’ve become “stuck” with a doctor, either for the whole family or for themselves as individuals, instead of weighing the options and understanding that other doctors are out there. It’s unnecessary… Read more:
Eat Your Foods the Healthy Way
Even if you eat highly nutritious food, it will not be assimilated into the body unless it is digested properly. When we eat something, the digestive enzymes in our alimentary canal break down the food into a form in which it can be easily absorbed into the body. If the food we consume is not… Read more:
How Antibiotics are Used for Gum Disease
Antibiotics are a widely used family of medications that are able to fight bacterial infections. They work by stopping the bacteria from multiplying, forcing the bacteria to die off. Some bacteria in your body are good, but there are also harmful bacteria that can cause infection. It is harmful bacteria that are responsible for causing… Read more:
Hank D and the Bee: Keeping Only non-GMO Candy
More on GMOs in candy From Amy Ziff on HuffPo: Top 5 List of the Best, Good-for-You Halloween Candy (Psst… GMOs Are Not Invited) From the Non-GMO Shopping Guide: Non-GMO Candy From Eat.Drink.Better: GMO’s and the Fruit Sticker: 8 is NOT Great! 9 is Fine! From ElephantJournal: 9 Tricks for a Green Halloween It should… Read more:
Tips for Cutting Sugar from the Diet
The links between sugar consumption and devastating health problems are widely publicized. Not only is it a major player in the realm of weight gain and obesity, as well as a potential component in the onset of diabetes, but it can also be attributed to cerebral problems like memory loss and Alzheimer’s. Simply cutting out… Read more:
Stress Triggers in Children
People often remember childhood as an idyllic and carefree time. But children don’t see their lives that way. Though they may not have jobs or finances to worry about, family matters and life changes can still cause a lot of stress for kids. And unlike adults, they haven’t developed a lot of the skills needed… Read more: