“I want to go on a diet while breastfeeding my baby. Is this safe? I don’t want to deprive my baby of nutrients.” It is generally felt that going on a major diet during breastfeeding can decrease the amount of much-needed fats in your breast milk. Babies’ brains need a lot of good, healthy fats […]
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Winterizing Your Child’s Skin
Tips On Winterizing Your Child’s Skin Dry air and sensitive skin is a recipe for a rashy winter. Once you turn the heat on, expect skin irritations to go up. Here’s what happens: the low humidity of central heating dries the skin, dry skin gets flaky and itches and the child scratches the itchy skin, […]
Cuts, Scrapes and Stitches
Dr. Sears Guide to Cuts, Scrapes and Stitches You hear a loud thud and then screaming from the next room. You run in to find your three-year-old sitting on the floor, holding her forehead, while blood streams down her face. You look at the cut and blood seems to be pouring out. By the time […]
Breastfeeding and Brain Development
The Link between Breastfeeding and Brain Development We can’t promise that breastfeeding will make your child a Nobel Prize winner, but research shows a very positive relationship between breastfeeding and brain development. Children who were breastfed have I.Q. scores averaging seven to ten points higher than formula-fed infants. It’s important to remember that these numbers […]
Nutritional Benefits
“Got milk?” ask the ads. “Do you really need milk?” ask parents. There is a place for milk and dairy products in the American diet, as long as you choose the right kinds. Here are some questions you may have about milk for kids and grown-ups. QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT MILK NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS Why […]
Fat Content
Does milk contain a lot of fat? Yes and no, depending on whether you use whole, lowfat, or skim milk. Since milk is an animal product, most of the fat in milk is saturated. So you can scratch whole milk from a heart-healthy diet. A glass of whole milk contains five grams of saturated fat, […]
How You Get Fat
Some of the reasons people are over-fat are under their control, and some aren’t. Some reasons are obvious, and some are not so apparent. Here are the facts you should know about your body’s fat-storing habits. Heredity. Do fat parents usually produce fat children? Statistics say yes. Lean parents have only a seven percent chance […]
10 Ways to Reduce Your Dietary Fat
Ways to Reduce Your Dietary Fat The less fat goes into your mouth, the less fat is deposited in your body. The healthiest diet not only has less total fat, but also has more of the right kind of fats. Eat the right amount and right kinds of fat. How much fat is the right […]
Getting Enough to Eat
How to Tell if Your Child is Getting Enough to Eat Most mothers and all grandmothers worry that children aren’t getting enough to eat. While few infants and children pack in enough food to satisfy their parents, the more important question is whether your child is eating enough of the right kind of foods to […]
How Formulas Are Made
Using human milk as the nutritional standard, formula manufacturers follow a basic recipe that includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water. They combine various ingredients so that the nutrients in artificial baby milks follow the same rough proportions as human milk. The big difference between formulas is the different sources of these elements – […]
Comparision of Formulas and Breastmilk
To be fair, formula companies have produced milk for babies which, at least on paper, seems to resemble the real thing. Formula is definitely better than it used to be. But on close inspection, what the factories make doesn’t quite measure up to what mom makes. It is nearly impossible for artificial baby milk manufacturers […]
Choosing Formula
Be sure to choose a DHA-enriched formula. Most, if not all of the US formula companies will offer AA/DHA-enriched formulas. For information about the brain-building benefits of DHA, try Dr. Sears’ Go Fish DHA soft gels. When it comes to infant formula, parents need to know a few simple facts: There are some subtle differences […]