Archive for the ‘Children’s Health’ Category

Did you know that food and beverage companies spend at least two billion dollars a year to promote unhealthy junk food to children? According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, junk food ads are manipulating children’s food choices, which is an alarming fact because junk food is one of the biggest factors in the skyrocketing rates of [...]

Natural breast milk is the best food for an infant during his first years—but what if the mom cannot produce enough of it? In the United States, this issue has been addressed. Women who are producing abundant amounts of breast milk are now selling them to moms who cannot breastfeed. Nursing women now earn as [...]

Parents will always do their best to keep their children safe, but there are some who unwittingly sacrifice their children’s health by allowing them to eat potentially harmful junk food without thinking about the consequences. Dr. Joseph Mercola warns that children’s preferences for salt, sugar and fat in foods are a result of what they’re [...]

If you want your child to perform well in school, here’s some smart advice from Dr. Joseph Mercola: don’t let your child drink tap water. Research shows that exposure to fluoridated water can lower your child’s intelligence. A study was conducted on 500 children age 8 to 13 years old from two different Chinese villages [...]

If your doctor prescribes antibiotics for your child’s ear infection, watch out — Dr. Joseph Mercola warns that these drugs are harmful, ineffective, and unnecessary. A recent study showed that 80 out of 100 children with ear infection recovered after a few days–even without antibiotic treatment. When antibiotics were administered, only 12 more children recovered. [...]