Child Health

Giving children a healthy start will have a positive affect on the rest of their lives.

Home Made After-School Snacks and the Dirty Dozen

Life is happier when the kids are fed. If you think that’s easier said than done, try these build-your-own snack ideas to calm that ravenous after-school hunger. Plan the snacks using organic fruits and vegetables outlined by the Environmental Working Group.

Diet Plays Key Role in ADHD Symptoms in Children

Diet plays a key role in ADHD symptoms in children. This study finds more fruits and vegetables means less inattention.

The Effects Of Artificial Food Dyes

Rebecca Bevans, Ph.D., talks at TEDxCarsonCity about her family’s difficult and emotional journey to finding answers and living dye free.

On Becoming a Grandmother

Let's take a moment and be awed by the beauty of new life.

The Protective Power of Dietary Fat: Fatty Acids and Immune Function

When an infant is born, it comes from the relatively sterile environment of the womb into a world that is teeming with potentially harmful germs. At this stage of life the immune system is not fully developed and the infant is highly vulnerable to infection. Fortunately, infants are not born defenseless; mother’s milk contains several substances that protect infants from infections during this critical time. Some protection comes from the mother’s antibodies in her milk, but perhaps the greatest protection comes from its fat content. Adults also benefit in a similar manner from the antimicrobial properties of fatty acids through the consumption of healthy fats and oils.

ICIM 2019 Conference Summary: Healthy Parents, Healthy Children

This ICIM conference looked at integrative approaches to prenatal optimization, infertility and childhood disorders. The conference was designed to pinpoint specific types of intervention that presented new ideas and effective tools to help patients enjoy a lifetime of well-being and prevention of chronic conditions.

WeToo: Medical Assault and Battery

Sub-populations vulnerable to fluoride toxicity include pregnant women and their fetuses, bottle-fed babies and young children, ethic and low income groups, the elderly and those in fragile health. It is time for Schools of Public Health, Schools of Nutrition, and credentialed individuals to go on record with statements of opposition to water and food fluoridation schemes as public harm policies. It is time to abandon misguided good intentions and dated dental dogma. It is time to take action based on evidence of harm.

The Integrative Management of Depressed Mood in Pregnancy: What the Evidence Suggests

Depression during pregnancy and after delivery is quite common and can have a huge impact on the baby. Dr. Lake presents the pros and cons of many approaches from referenced research to help new moms.

Review of 19th Annual Weston A. Price Conference

The Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) is a source for accurate information on nutrition and health. Each year WAPF sponsors a conference to share cutting edge information. Following is a review of the 19th Annual WAPF conference in 2018 including articles on children's health, autism and learning disorders, and vaccines.

Dietary Modification and Natural Supplements for Treating ADHD: What the Evidence Suggests

Children and adolescents with ADHD should be checked for deficiencies in zinc, iron and omega-3s. There is emerging evidence that select botanicals may be effective against ADHD. For example, preliminary findings suggest that some compound herbal formulas used in Chinese medicine may reduce symptoms on ADHD.

The Evidence and Clinical Application of Using Tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in Schools

Research with high school students shows Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) increases student self-esteem and resilience, and decreases their fear of failure and emotional difficulties. If you have a family member, friend, or student who suffers from stress related anxiety EFT could help.

What is Autism, Really?

Most of what parents are told about autism is not accurate or, unfortunately, helpful. Sure, whoever diagnosed your child may have told you the symptoms of autism and how your child’s behaviors matched those symptoms, but I’m not talking about symptoms. I’m talking about the central aspect of what autism is.

The Answer to Autism

Autism is not a behavioral disorder; it is a social-relational disorder. Do our kids behave differently? Sure. But those behaviors are symptoms, not causes. Learn a new approach to help those with Autism, a real life success story that has lead to a treatment center and online training.

You Can Cure and Prevent Gestational Diabetes

Research confirms that gestational diabetes can be linked to autism in the newborn. So what is a mother to do who develops this? Gestational diabetes can be addressed with a simple vitamin supplement. If you know someone who suffers from this, read on.

Help for Flint Water Crisis: Chelation Therapy

The Flint Water crisis brought lead levels to the forefront but the problem goes beyond Flint. Unsafe levels of lead have been found in nearly 2,000 communities across the country and many of the most dangerous levels have been found in schools and day care centers. Toxicity can also occur long after exposure has ended. Read about what can be done.

A New Fighting Chance: Silver Solution

Dr. Gordon Pedersen has put together a chronicle on the cutting edge ability of structured silver solution's ability to safely destroy bacteria, viruses and yeast. Learn the application of silver for many chronic and acute illnesses.

Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAP Syndrome or GAPS)

In order to help patients with autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD/ADD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, epilepsy and other so-called mental and neurological conditions, GAP Syndrome, we have to concentrate on treating the patient’s digestive system: we need to re-establish normal gut flora and heal and seal the damaged gut lining.

Food Allergy

Food allergy or intolerance can produce any symptom under the sun: from migraines, fatigue, PMS, painful joints, itchy skin to depression, hyperactivity, hallucinations, obsessions and other psychiatric and neurological manifestations. However, the most immediate and common symptoms in the vast majority of patients are digestive problems: pain, diarrhea or constipation, urgency, bloating, or indigestion.

Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Engineered Foods

Why are thousands of physicians advising patients to avoid eating GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) and how did these high-risk foods get onto the market in the first place? The answers are disturbing, even shocking, but may help you get healthy and stay healthy.

Moms Across America educating the world about GMOs and dangerous chemicals on our food

Once upon a time, all food was organic. Then a war ended and the chemical companies that supplied toxic chemicals to the military no longer had a market. They declared war on bugs and weeds. “Let’s make farming EASIER for the farmers,” they said. “Let’s give them chemicals to spray on the land, the seeds, and the food crops.” They didn’t say “Let’s make the food more nutritious, or safer.” They didn’t test the combination of chemicals on human blood cells. They claimed that testing these chemicals on humans was unethical.

The Mystery of Autism Solved! Look to Coconut Oil!

Thanks to coconut oil, a diagnosis of autism is no longer a life sentence. A cure is possible. This new approach is proving to be highly effective at stopping the progression of the disease, significantly improving symptoms, and in many cases even bringing about complete recovery.

Is Raw Milk Safe for Babies?

The biggest concern parents have about making homemade formula is that it is based on raw milk which, according to medical orthodoxy, is a source of contamination and disease. The only possible way to protect our children, they say, is to be sure the milk is pasteurized. Sally Fallon Morell offers another perspective.

Colostrum: Nature's Perfect Food for Infants and Adults

Colostrum, the pre-milk substance that emerges from the mother's breast following the birth of a newborn, is nature's perfect first food. It is a mixture of immune and growth factors as well as important nutrients, all designed to activate newborn's immune system. Numerous studies show that colostrum and its components continue to exert important biological activities also when given to adults.

Folate vs. Folic Acid

Discover the stunning truth behind this essential "vitamin" – and the simple switch that's much, much better for you.

How to Grow a Healthy Baby with a Healthy Brain

By choosing a healthy well-balanced diet before you become pregnant, while you are pregnant, and while breastfeeding, you will greatly improve the chances of growing a healthy baby with a healthy brain.

Questioning WiFi Safety in Schools

Is WiFi hazardous to children's health? Eliminating wireless technology in schools is a growing trend in Canada and Europe.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the Crib

Research done over the last 22 years in Great Britain and New Zealand indicates that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is an environmental poisoning in the crib.

Aditi Shankardass: A second opinion on learning disorders

Developmental disorders in children are typically diagnosed by observing behavior, but Dr. Aditi Shankardass knew that we should be looking directly at their brains. She explains how a remarkable EEG device has revealed mistaken diagnoses and transformed children's lives.