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Skip The Drugs…Change Your Food Sources

Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) I was doing some research for a fiend whose child had just been “diagnosed” Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by a school nurse who suggested drug therapy. My first thought was a Kindergarten version of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’…dazed and compliant preschoolers. In the past decade, ADHD, ”Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, [...]

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A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions

Are toxic plastics lurking in your kitchen? It’s a question many families are asking after reports last week that a chemical used to make baby bottles, water bottles and food containers is facing increasing scrutiny by health officials in Canada and the United States. The substance is bisphenol-a, or BPA, widely used in the making [...]

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New Information Concerning Precocious Puberty

Another Reason To Avoid Happy Meals… Early Puberty In Girls Due to Being Overweight As A Toddler US scientists have shown that being overweight as a toddler increases the chance that a girl will reach puberty early. The study from the University of Michigan’s Mott Children’s Hospital is published in the journal Pediatrics. Dr Joyce [...]

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Estrogen on Training Wheels

Mothers’ Exposure to Some Chemical Compounds Tied to %%%%%%Precocious Puberty%%%%%% For the daughters of women accidentally exposed to a fire retardant chemical nearly three decades ago, the biological clock seems to be speeding up . Precocious puberty is much more common among these young women, and a new study suggests that the change may be [...]

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