Selecting Smart Supplements Let’s take a moment to talk about supplements. If we all lived in a perfect nutritional world—one where we grew our own food on our own farm, and ate only what we grew, fished, or hunted—we probably wouldn’t need nutrition in a pill. “Supplements” are just that. They fill in the nutritional […]
Vitamin D Supplements During Pregnancy
Supplements of Vitamin D During Pregnancy May Lead to Healthier Babies Vitamin D During Pregnancy and Baby’s Growth A lead article in the July issue of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics analyzed the results of 24 studies involving over 5,000 pregnant mothers. The study concluded that those who took supplements of vitamin […]
Fish Oil Supplements for Baby
“Before my baby can eat salmon herself would be it advisable for her to take fish oil supplement? Likewise, would you recommend that moms take such supplement?” After one year of age it is okay to start eating fish – wild salmon being one of the best. No need to start a fish oil supplement […]
Vitamin Supplements
Consider vitamin supplements a drug to be prescribed, incorrect doses, by your doctor. Megadoses of vitamins, touted as cure-alls for many adult diseases, should not be given to children. Unless their doctor determines otherwise, exclusively breastfed term infants do not need extra vitamins. Human milk contains all of the essential vitamins. As long as your […]
Free Health Webinar with Dr. Bill
Eat Smart – Feel Good! Join Dr. Bill in this free webinar in which he will be discussing the “Eat Smart – Feel Good!” section from his upcoming e-book titled “Feel Good!” Topics will include: Top Twelve Feel-Good Foods Seven Fish Facts “Vegucation” Begin the Day with a Supersmart Smoothie Graze More, Gorge Less, Heal […]
Can You Help Your Kids Grow Taller? – 5-Step Action Plan
Kids are often passionate, and sensitive, about how “tall” they are. I remember each of our kids getting excited with each incremental pencil mark up our kitchen wall. While it is true that a person’s height is primarily determined by genetics (i.e., the height of their parents), the new sciences of nutrigenetics and epigenetics reveal […]
Bottle Alternatives
Bottle Alternatives To Consider At times, it may be necessary to give breastfed baby supplements of expressed breastmilk or infant formula. However, using an artificial nipple (i.e., any nipple that’s not attached to mom) to feed a young breastfeeding infant is likely to lead to nipple confusion. The sucking technique that baby learns from the […]
Picky Eater
17 Tips to Feed Your Picky Eater When our first few children were toddlers, we dreaded dinnertime. We would prepare all kinds of sensible meals composed of what we thought were healthy, appealing foods. Most of these offerings would end up splattering the high-chair tray and carpeting the floor. To make matters worse, we took […]
Nipple Confusion
Understanding Nipple Confusion and How to Undo It There are some basic mechanical differences between how a baby gets milk from a bottle and how it gets milk out of the breast. Giving bottles or pacifiers to young, breastfeeding babies often leads to nipple confusion. Baby tries to use the bottle-feeding technique on the breast […]
Your Changing Body in the Sixth Month of Pregnancy
Sixth Month of Pregnancy Physical Changes Toward the end of the sixth month of pregnancy, most women continue to feel delighted in being big enough to look pregnant. They usually feel relatively well. Nevertheless, as you round the bend into the last trimester, you may begin to get a hint of the discomforts to come. […]
10 Common Annoyances in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
Physical Annoyances during the Third Trimester of Pregnancy Once you reach the third trimester of pregnancy, baby will be taking up quite a bit of space and will keep growing for almost three more months. This brings new physical annoyances that you haven’t yet experienced or haven’t dealt with since early pregnancy. See what kind […]
Feeding Vegan Children: The Best Sources of Protein
The Best Proteins for Vegan Children “My family is vegan, and I am struggling to find enough protein-rich foods that my 3-year-old will eat”. That is an important question! As a general guide to feeding small children a vegan diet, shoot for a gram of protein, per pound, per day. The top vegetable sources of […]