Added March 30, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Diets, Health, Nutrition
Popcorn is a tasty snack that you can enjoy without the slightest feelings of guilt...on two conditions! Firstly, that the popcorn you eat is organic and secondly, that you take care how you pop it. This is because research scientists have recently discovered that popcorn is very high in healthy antixodants (polyphenols) and in fact, much higher even than fresh fruits and vegetables. The reason for this is that polyphenols are more concentrated in popcorn (with its average water content ...
Added March 29, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Drugs, Environment, Health
Spring has come earlier, and with warmer temperatures, in many parts of the Northern hemisphere this year but, along with spring and summer pleasures, hay fever is an affliction for many. Climate change has led to milder winters and longer pollen seasons so the numbers suffering could well rise.
I used to have hay fever rather badly and found that certain triggers were the culprit although not obviously pollen. The incense used at daily mass at my convent boarding school, the ...
Added March 25, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Diseases, Doctors, Drugs, Health, Nutrition
TB or tuberculosis is still a world wide health problem in spite of medical advances. But the biggest enemy of TB is fresh air. This airborne disease is spread in crowded places such as too many people living in one small home, travelling tightly packed together in public transport systems and even working in hospitals and clinics where the air supply is not constantly being changed or refreshed. So much better to be cold and draughty than warm, snug and ...
Added March 22, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Environment, Health, Skin Conditions
When we use, or are exposed to, many different substances every day, we can sometimes forget how dangerous many of them can be. Solvents and resins are two such items that are in common use in the work place or at home.
A solvent can generally be described as a liquid that is used to dissolve another substance. Although solvents can be used safely, health problems can result from skin contact with solvents or from inhalation of their vapors. In addition ...
Added March 21, 2012, Under: Babies, Children's Health, Diets, Drugs, New Moms, Parents
Eczema will often appear during the first year of a baby's life particularly in the skin folds of the arms, neck or legs but it can also occur first on a baby's forehead, cheeks and scalp before spreading to other parts of the body. This baby eczema can look like dry, thickened and scaly skin or be made up of tiny red bumps that can blister and ooze. The problem can be when it becomes itchy as infection can set ...
Added , Under: Children's Health, Diets, Environment, Health, Nutrition
As part of the change to eating wholesome, living food, there is a growing trend for people to keep a few chickens in their garden or back yard for truly free range eggs. Obviously the very best way to get eggs is to have your own hens. Fortunately, more and more cities in the USA are changing their laws to allow small back yard flocks - especially if you forgo the rooster which you do not need anyway. If you ...
Added March 19, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Diseases, Environment, Health
Vitamin D is not a vitamin at all but a feel good hormone that is probably the single most important factor in human health and, unfortunately, much of the world's population is deficient in this vital vitamin (hormone).
According to D*Action, every tissue in our bodies needs vitamin D and will not work correctly if we do not get enough. In its most extreme forms, vitamin D deficiency produces rickets in children and osteomalaccia (bone softening) in adults.
For some background ...
Added March 18, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Health, Skin Conditions
If you or your child has been diagnosed with molluscum, then it is a condition that you can safely treat at home while taking care to remember that it can be very contagious as its full name suggests - molluscum contagiosum. This skin condition, which is increasingly common in children and young adults, is characterized by lesions or bumps which are small, waxy, round growths – often with a tiny indentation in the middle making it easier to recognize as ...
Added March 17, 2012, Under: Books, Children's Health, Diseases, Parents
Anyone who was brought up on Beatrix Potter books will know about chamomile tea. In the story of Peter Bunny when he had a traumatic day escaping from Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden, and did not feel very well that evening, his mother put him to bed and made some chamomile tea. She gave a dose of it to Peter, saying: 'One table-spoonful to be taken at bed-time.' His sisters Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail had bread and milk and blackberries for ...
Added March 16, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Diets, Environment, Parents
It can be very distressing, both for the child and the parents, when nightmares or night terrors become a regular occurrence. But there is a difference between night terrors and nightmares and children can have both at different times in their young lives.
The average age for night terrors is between 3 and 12 years - with a bit of leeway at either end. In contrast, nightmares may occur for all of us from time to time, and sometimes children have ...
