Super Fruit: Blueberries

A favorite in our house,and we are waiting to see if our two bushes produce any fruit on their own this year. I have been feeding them coffee like mad (sounds crazy but they love acidic soil, and unfortunately for my stomach, coffee is acidic. sigh) They are incredibly stubborn and hard to grow, so I [...]

What’s Wrong With Grilled Cheese for Breakfast?

I had a good laugh at myself the other day. When I was searching the term “super mom”, just to see what came up on websites, I found an article written by a mom about why she would never be a super mom. (see, that’s the attitude that bugs my butt lol) And at the end [...]

Parents risk kids’ health for height

This makes me sad….these poor children. And my guess is that most of these children are boys, I highly doubt that many people are worrying about their daughter being too short, anyone else agree? I would bet good money that there comparatively is a very high percentage of boys undergoing these shots. Maybe its a [...]

‘Feeding up’ of babies to be curbed

A great article, on a issue that irks me to no end. I have blogged before on how I think that kids are being fattened up right from the get -go as babies.Here’s my rant from my children’s blog about Ivy’s check-up in 2006…
Anyways, her new stats are 22.1 lbs and 28.5 inches tall and [...]

Depressed, anxious 1st graders at risk of being bullied later: study

Treating mental-health problems in children entering school may help prevent victimization from bullying, say researchers who tracked 400 Canadian children.
In the May/June issue of the journal Child Development, researchers said they found children who entered first grade with signs of depression and anxiety or excessive aggression were at risk of being chronically victimized by their [...]

Web children ‘living in prisons’

Many children are living in a “prison-like environment” surrounded by technology, the chairman of the Independent Schools Association warns.
John Gibson says such experience does not prepare children for adult life and schools should challenge this.
Playing conkers and mending bikes helped children in later life, he told the ISA’s annual conference.
Recent research suggests five to 16-year-olds [...]

Winning Breakfast: Fruit Salad

This is a winner for 3 main reasons,  1) it took me 3 minutes, 34 seconds to make, 2) it gives the kids 2-3 servings of fruit first thing in the morning, to alleviate any guilt I may have later on their eating choices for the day and 3) the cost is  as follows: $3 [...]

Super Fruit: Raspberries

From WHfoods.com :
- As an antioxidant food containing ellagic acid, raspberries help prevent unwanted damage to cell membranes and other structures in the body by neutralizing free radicals.
- Raspberries possess almost 50% higher antioxidant activity than strawberries, three times that of kiwis, and ten times the antioxidant activity of tomatoes, shows research conducted in the [...]

Flu Shot Mismatches

Original Article Here
It appears there may be a partial flu shot mismatch again this year, with early data from Canada, the United States and Britain suggesting the vaccine component meant to protect against influenza B is not a match for the B viruses causing the most disease.
Predicting which family of influenza B viruses will dominate [...]

Breastmilk Contains Stem Cells

The Perth scientist who made the world-first discovery that human breast milk contains stem cells is confident that within five years scientists will be harvesting them to research treatment for conditions as far-reaching as spinal injuries, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.
But what Dr Mark Cregan is excited about right now is the promise that his discovery [...]