This video presents an alarming testament as to the preservatives in fast food, as exemplified by a 4-year old cheeseburger. Check it out. [youtube 4IGtDPG4UfI Petrified McDonald’s Happy Meal]
Category: Kids
Plastic bottles and BPA
I’ve been trying to stick my head in the sand and not think about the dangers posed by plastic drinking vessels. Here’s the problem: polycarbonate plastic, the kind used in baby bottles, sippy cups, sports bottles, etc., leaches a chemical called bisphenol A into liquids. In mice, the effects of BPA include increased body weight, […]
Shaping lifelong eating habits
The single most common food mistake I see parents make is not exposing kids, preschoolers especially, to a wide range of foods and flavors. Too often I see parents giving their kids the same old “kiddie food” repetoire without ever even offering something different, say, from the adult’s plate. Last summer I was appalled during […]
Ear ache
My children’s preschool teacher’s 9-year old daughter had an earache the other day. Since pediatricians are known to over-prescribe antibiotics for ear aches, I suggested she try to battle the virus first, then head to the doctor if there was no improvement. After all, antibiotics won’t kick a virus, only a bacteria. And most ear […]
Food Additives and ADD/ADHD
Think your kids are out of control? Check the labels on their food products. Likely as not, if your children are eating a lot of packaged, processed foods they’re ingesting a fair amount of toxins that could be affecting their central nervous system and general health. A new study conducted by Southampton University in England […]
