Nutritional Healing
Pros And Cons of Antibiotics In Kids
The use of antibiotics in kids has become a commonplace practice in American culture. Our fast-paced, drive-through society loves the quick fix when our kids aren’t feeling well. “Doc, can you just give me an antibiotic?”
There are certainly those moments in motherhood when prescription antibiotics are needed and most welcome. (I had one of those moments myself recently.) However, these moments can and should be few and far between. The overuse and misuse of antibiotics in kids has been highly criticized in recent years…and for good reason. (more…)
Overweight Kids
The State Of Obesity In America, An Executive Brief
Background
Since 1980 obesity rates among adults, children, and adolescents have steadily risen to the point that the problem has now reached epidemic proportions. The ramifications of this epidemic are widespread and far-reaching. This executive brief summarizes the causes, trends, effects, implications, and possible solutions of obesity in America.
Nutritional Healing
Getting Your Kids Off Meds
How To Get Your Kids Off Meds Are you tired of your child’s constant medications?Would you like to leave aside the unwanted side effects?Or perhaps you simply want a more nutritional approach to healing? If so, you are not alone. Thousands of parents have gone before you, looking for those Read more…
Overweight Kids
Childhood Obesity: Importance of Asking the Right Questions
Co-Authored by Brian & Bonnie Hershey The Chicago Tribune recently published the results of a study that sought to identify potential risk factors contributing to childhood obesity. (See article here.) Andrew M. Seaman reports how researchers analyzed such factors as gender, school lunch programs, and screen time. The goal of Read more…
ADD/ADHD
Protected: Kids With ADD: Stories Of Healing And Hope
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Healthy Eating Tips
The Impact of Nutrition Tracking for Kids & Families
I recently had the privilege of interviewing fitness and nutrition tracking queen, Angela Manzanares. She is the founder of fitlosophy, inc. and creator of fitbook™, the revolutionary fitness + nutrition journal that is now being sold to hundreds of thousands worldwide. Her encounter with the life-changing impact of nutrition tracking Read more…
Nutritional Healing
How We Beat Strep Throat With Nutrition
So, last Friday night, our 6-year-old mentioned her throat was a little sore. I certainly was not thinking that she might be coming down with strep throat. She was still her normal bubbly self otherwise, so I think I forgot about it by the time she went to bed. (Easy Read more…
Nutritional Healing
Do I Need Vitamins? Does My Child Need Vitamins?
Many believe a healthy diet is all that’s needed for optimal health. Just the other day I heard a parent say, “Do I need vitamins? I don’t think so because we eat healthy.” Does that sound familiar? But do you realize that even those with healthy diets still struggle to Read more…
Candida
How Is Your Child’s Gut Health?
This is probably not a question that you’ve ever been asked before. However, the answer to that single question affects greater than 60% of your child’s immune response. That’s a crazy-big number, isn’t it? So, if you enjoy your child feeling great and healthy, then this is worth giving some Read more…