Why anyone listens to doctors when it comes to anything related to diet and environment is beyond me. They're always getting it wrong. They were wrong on fiber and diverticular disease for decades. They were wrong on the impact of pesticides and xenoestrogens released into the environment for ... Read More ›
Healthy Kids
Healthy Kids
With Dr. Amanda Levitt
UPDATED:February 9, 2016
February 9, 2016
Dog drug aimed at kids
Having trouble getting rid of your kid's head lice? Try giving him your dog's heartworm medicine! Yes, I know that sounds absurd. That's exactly what I thought when I read about a recent study showing that the drug ivermectin (a common heartworm med for dogs) is more effective in treating head ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Irrational fear deprives kids of the perfect snack
The peanut panic police have been out in full force, trying to make everyone believe that goobers are as deadly as stray bullets. But a new study tears the shell off their flawed logic... because peanut allergies are not nearly as common as these nuts want you to believe. British researchers ... Read More ›
February 8, 2016
Toxic Kids: Nourishing Our Children
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), children born today have a one in 600 chance of developing cancer by age ten. Cancer now kills more children under the age of 15 than any other disease. Astonishing as it may seem, we don't have to sit idly by and allow this horror to continue. ... Read More ›
UPDATED:August 1, 2019
Spanking Lowers IQ
If it wasn't for bratty kids and their exasperated parents, television shows like SuperNanny and Nanny 911 wouldn't be so incredibly popular. The child-rearing experts on those shows make it look like an effortless deal to turn kids who curse, bite, and throw spinach at the wall into civilized ... Read More ›
August 1, 2019
Obese Kids Taken From Parents
In at least five states, parents have had their children taken away by the government and placed into foster care, or they have completely lost custody, because the kids weighed too much. Ditto in Canada and in the United Kingdom. With two-thirds of all adults in the US now overweight and one ... Read More ›
August 1, 2019
TV and Hypertension in Kids
While many parents worry that the violence on TV will give their kids a thirst for blood, few worry about the effect of TV on their kids' blood pressure. After all, high blood pressure is an adult disease — or at least has been. But increasingly, those still in elementary school have proven to be at ... Read More ›
August 1, 2019
Mothers Beware – Toxic Mercury Found in Popular Kids Foods
What are we feeding our kids? It was bad enough to know that many popular children's foods are loaded with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), now we find out that the HFCS is contaminated with the toxic metal mercury. Two studies were in the news recently. The first described in the January ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
ADHD Drugs Causing Frightening Hallucinations in Kids
You know by now where I stand on drugs like Ritalin for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - if I could physically go into millions of American homes and remove these drugs from folks' medicine cabinets, I would. ADHD has become the "designer diagnosis" of the past decade, and up to 8 ... Read More ›
December 16, 2015
Is Vicks VapoRub Really Dangerous for Kids?
I'm not thoroughly convinced that the smelly stuff in the blue jar is dangerous, even though ferrets have trouble with it. In a recent small study, ferrets developed respiratory distress after Vicks VapoRub, which contains menthol, was rubbed under their nose. Does this translate to children? ... Read More ›
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