Why were children more resistant to COVID-19 compared to adults? New research offers an interesting answer: the common cold As we continue to answer countless questions forced upon us by COVID 19, this study offers an answer why children seemed more resistant to this troublesome new SARS CoV2 virus: the common cold. While medicine is…
Mother’s Gut Bacteria Influence Baby’s Brain Development Everyone wants to know how to optimize a baby’s brain health, but who would have thought that giving mom a probiotic was the answer? Researchers have searched through countless avenues of optimizing baby’s brains, having realized that the critical window of pregnancy and the first year or two…
Toxic Overload in Toddlers: Learn the Truth About Every Day Toxins Who wants to hear that their sweet little toddler is peeing out toxins and a lot of them? Likely no one is excited about that news unless the parent thinks “at least it is coming out”. Even with that mindset, if the toxin is…
The Effect of Teen Boy’s Weight on Future Generations The connection between our health and the future generations’ health was long assumed to be one of simple nurture in which children simply copied their parents’ health habits. The science of epigenetics, however, has opened up a much deeper understanding of these multi-generational patterns. In this…
Natural Focus: How Saffron Improves Concentration for ADHD Who would have thought that saffron, a culinary spice prominent in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, could be an effective therapy for ADHD? showed the benefits of a therapeutic dose of saffron in children and adolescents with ADHD compared to a pharmaceutical stimulant. In fact, the…
Food Dye Sleuths Nutrition, Pediatrics, Neurological Health Did you know that over 40% of foods marketed toward children in the U.S. contain artificial food dyes? Alarmingly, 94% of people over 2 years old consume Red 40 (De Oliveira, ZB, et. al, 2024). Multiple research studies have shown the harmful effects of artificial food dyes…
Mother’s Gut Bacteria Influence Baby’s Brain Development Everyone wants to know how to optimize a baby’s brain health, but who would have thought that giving mom a probiotic was the answer? Researchers have searched through countless avenues of optimizing baby’s brains, having realized that the critical window of pregnancy and the first year or two…
Surprised That Consistent Bedtime Means Calmer Kids No parent can deny that poor sleep makes for some grumpy children, bursting with irritability and sibling fights, but this research takes it a step further than just how many hours your child slept last night. In the study by Penn State, comparisons were made between children who…
Babies learn to talk by hearing parents talk. More talking leads to more learning. More phone time means less talking. Less talking likely leads to less learning. While I am not known for conciseness (I love filling in all the details when explaining health conditions to patients), these 4 short sentences sum up both common…
Mom. You have most likely have prepared and dreamed of this moment. Your baby is finally here! You might be very nervous and anxious about caring for this precious little one. That is normal! Humans have been giving birth and raising children for millennia. We know it can be overwhelming but with the Lord’s help,…