Just in case anyone has any doubt that lifestyle plays a huge part in how healthy our children are! – A study just published in JAMA Pediatrics has found that children born in the U.S. are almost twice as likely to develop allergic diseases than children born in other countries. The study, which used health [...]
Fascinating article about a series of trials being done on children with multiple food allergies, gives great insight into why many of our children are being beset with more and more food allergies! – Kim realized that her daughter was born on the cusp of an epidemic. When milk first splashed on Tessa’s skin, Kim [...]
Atopic eczema (which is another type of immune disorder) is now also thought to be caused by the ‘hygiene hypothesis’ – our lives are too clean! Good reason for a good muck about outside in the nearest paddock… – BLAME for the increase of celiac disease sometimes falls on gluten-rich, modern wheat varietals; increased consumption [...]
Even more reason to get your little ones out of the house! – Spending more time outside could be just the trick to knocking off the sniffy nose, watery eyes, and irritated skin that allergy sufferers have to cope with. Researchers from the European Centre for Environment & Human Health and several Australian universities have [...]
More and more studies are suggesting that our children’s immune systems need to learn to cope with their environment! cialis pills online Wh generic cialis no prescription ich explains why overly-clean environments are also thought to be the leading reason for the growth in allergies – In 2008, Gideon Lack of King’s College London published [...]
The effects of antibiotics on the young, always a good idea to use probiotics which might help soften their effect – In the study, nine infants were treated with intravenous ampicillin/gentamicin within 48 hours of birth, and over the two month study period, their gastrointestinal flora were compared to that in nine control infants. At [...]
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