Note: February 14th, 2011, 3 days after I wrote this blog, there was a study published in the AAP Journal Pediatrics ‘Health Effects of Energy Drinks on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults’ which stated: “energy drinks are consumed by 30% to 50% of adolescents and young adults…and “known and unknown pharmacology of agents included in…
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You Are (as smart as) What You Eat
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children finds eating healthy can slightly raise a child’s IQ Research is finding that a healthy diet will lead to a higher IQ. On the flip side, eating poorly can lower a child’s IQ. The findings were based on a number of studies including the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents…
Hide and Seek Toxic Lead, It’s Not Child’s Play
“No blood lead level has been found to be safe for a child,”~ Dr. Mary Jean Brown, chief of the lead poisoning prevention branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention We’ve known about the dangers of lead, a neurotoxin, for years now. We know that even low levels of lead exposure can lower…
Taco Bell; Eat First, Ask Questions Later
Or is it eat first, sue later? Since when have we become a nation of individuals who doesn’t question almost any of the foods we consume even though we live with technology at our fingertips? Are we somehow comforted by the site of a fast food wrapper due to sheep mentality knowing so many others…
Can You Have Whey If GFCF? In Support Of Dairy In the Autism Community
“Early evidence suggests that whey protein might also help prevent milk allergies in formula-fed infants. When compared to cow’s milk protein, whey may help prevent the development of atopic dermatitis or eczema in young children.” ~WebMD A famous milk poem from 1805 Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; Along…
The Blind Men and the Elephant
The Blind Men and the Elephant American poet John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) based this poem, on a fable that was told in India many years ago. It is a good warning about how our sensory perceptions can lead to some serious misinterpretations; especially when the investigations of the component parts of a whole, and their…
Pregnant Women Cry Over New Studies “Toxins and Drugs and Poor Diets….Oh My!”
Hold the cigarettes and alcohol while pregnant. We all know that, but what about exposing a fetus to a virtual cocktail of toxins including PCBs, together with pharmaceuticals including nitroglycerin, together with limiting what essential nutrients that growing fetus needs to develop? Have researchers today become like the blind men with the elephant as they…
Words of Hope and Help For Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords
Update about a year and a half after the traumatic shooting – Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords leads the Democratic National Convention in the Pledge of Allegiance. Update 10 months later- an amazing recovery for a very incredible woman! The following video is a clip from the 20/20 Diane Sawyer interview for 20/20 which aired on November…
A Tale Of Dead Birds and Black Ooze in NJ
June 18, 2013 Update Harvard study: autism doubles in dirty air. US kids born in polluted areas more likely to have autism. Boston, MA — Women in the U.S. exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in…
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism and Other Disorders, Can Diet Help?
Update May 8, 2014 as published in the journal Pediatrics May, 2014, study led by Cecilia Giulivi, PhD. confirms mitochondrial deficits in children with autism 19 Someone in our nonprofit group just asked “My Aunt sent me an article about research that found children with autism have mitochondrial problems. I know people in this group know…