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 […]
Fluoride Supplements
The benefits of fluoride were discovered in one of nature’s own experiments — the incidence of dental carries proved to be fifty percent less in areas with naturally fluoridated water, while the incidence of major diseases in these areas was the same as in the general population. Studies of large numbers of people over many […]
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 […]
Bottle Alternatives
Bottle Alternatives To Consider At times, it may be necessary to give a 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 […]
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 […]
Ranking Seafood: Which Fish are Most Nutritious?
The Most Nutritious Fish When you’re deciding what kind of fish to buy, ask yourself, “What’s the main nutrient I’m trying to get from this food?” What nutrients can you get from this food that you can’t get as easily from others? For fish, the most valuable nutrient status would probably go to omega 3 […]