Recommended Probiotics for Kids
Promoting healthy, diverse gut bacteria appears able to make a big difference in keeping us healthy. That’s why I often recommend probiotics for the kids in my pediatric practice. This is especially true after a course of antibiotics.
Many parents are confused by the wide array of probiotics available and ask for my recommendations. There are several nice options. I suggest trying one and observing changes in y0ur child’s digestive health. If you don’t see the desired result (either stool that is too loose or continued constipation), try a different brand.
Brands of Recommended Probiotics for Kids
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Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - March 7, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Nutrition Probiotics Vitamins & Supplements Source Type: blogs
Ginger Chicken Stir Fry Over Shirataki Noodles for prebiotic fibers
The Wheat Belly Cookbook introduced several recipes that used non-grain shirataki noodles. While shirataki noodles are best suited to be used in Asian dishes, you can also use them in Italian or other dishes. Here, I stick with an Asian style.
Interestingly, shirataki noodles are rich in the fiber, glucomannan (a polymer of glucose and mannose), sourced from the root of the konjac plant. Several studies have demonstrated that glucomannan exerts prebiotic fiber effects, such as reduction in blood sugar, apoprotein B (a superior test compared to LDL cholesterol, but tracking roughly the same thing), and improved bowel heal...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora glucomannan gluten grains konjac prebiotic fiber resistant starch stir fry Source Type: blogs
Mom ’s Diet while Breastfeeding
Mom’s diet while breastfeeding can change the composition of her breast milk. It’s no wonder nursing mothers have questions about what they should and shouldn’t eat.
Here’s a quick overview of the most commonly asked questions about mom’s diet while breastfeeding.
How Many Calories Do Mom’s Need while Breastfeeding?
One rule of thumb is to take in about (15 x your current weight) + 500 calories a day. So for a woman who weighs 125 pounds, this would be about 2375 calories a day. But this is just a rule of thumb. Choosing healthy foods, following your appetite, and paying attention to you...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 20, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Uncategorized Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Tips Source Type: blogs
Cut your grass . . . then eat the clippings
You mow your lawn, then save the clippings to consume on top of your salad, right? Well, why not? It’s green, it’s a plant, just like spinach, kale, chard, and broccoli. Why can’t we eat the green leafy clippings, dowsed with your favorite Ranch dressing or mixed into a casserole and proudly served to your family?
You walk on it and the dog does its duty on it? Oh, and the neighborhood kids take a short cut traipsing through your back yard? Well, why not set aside an area, fenced off to keep it clean, and use those clippings?
Well, let’s say you did and you tossed all those cups and cups of fresh ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 22, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle barley corn grains grass millet oats rice seeds of grasses sorghum Source Type: blogs
Discover The Tips For Audio Diet Accomplishment
Building a healthy lifestyle through diet is now even more preferred. Correct nutrients is a crucial part of a healthier life-style. This informative article supplies tips about how you can get moving on having a far healthier diet regime. This idea requires sneaking nourishing food items in your existing food. It is a wonderful trick to utilize with little ones who won’t try to eat nearly anything but chicken breast nuggets, along with an individual as if you that is seeking to increase her or his nourishment. A few examples of Alexander Simring approach could be including dried up milk products into your mixed ref...
Source: aids-write.org - April 9, 2014 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: nutrition tips Source Type: blogs
Shame on the Chicago Tribune
A blatantly pro-wheat piece ran in the Chicago Tribune that bashes the anti-grain movement. Read it here.
Written by dietitian, Marsha McCullough, it is full of the oversimplifications and partial truths echoed by the wheat industry. (So it smells and looks like something either paid for by the wheat industry to be placed in the Tribune, or Ms. McCullough was paid to write. That’s how the big lobbies work. They generally cannot rely on “organic” commitment.)
“Those with an allergy to wheat or other grains must avoid them. And the one percent of the population with celiac disease and the six percen...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 4, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly counterattacks Source Type: blogs
Produce of the Day: Avocados
All this month I’m making it fun to eat better with my 30-Day Challenge “Half Plate Produce” in the spirit of National Nutrition Month’s theme “Enjoy the taste of eating right!”
Tweet, Post, Instagram or Pin your favorite pics and recipes that help make it fun for YOU to eat better. (Use #30DayChallenge and #NNM in your messages.)
Feature Produce of the Day: Avocados
Once upon a time, avocados graced the tables of only the wealthiest people – they were a delicacy that no one short of royalty could afford. And if you were lucky enough to be sitting at one of these historical tables yo...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - March 24, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food fruits nutrition recipes vegetables 30 day challenge avocado produce Source Type: blogs
A Bright Sunny South…
“Dad?” I asked over the phone. “Are you at home?” “I sure am,” my father replied cheerily over his cellphone. “I didn't have to work this morning.” Dad can still be kind of wary about what I will ask, though, and I could hear it in his voice. “Will you put out my Cokes, cigarettes, and my two Helen to-go plates?” I asked impetuously. “I will have them out on the porch in a few moments,” my father replied. I noted what a beautiful day it was south of the Mason Dixon line this morning as I drove to my parent’s house. The trees are literally about to burst open with new leaves any day now...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - March 8, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
Better Cornbread Means Bigger Smiles…
Today we had an interesting mish mash of things for supper. Helen’s cornbread gets better and better. It was a tad bit crumbly as you can see, but tasted delicious. We also had a cube pork cutlet, squash and onions, colored butterbeans, creamed potatoes, and the broccoli is underneath all that crumbly cornbread. Not pictured is a bowl of fruit salad. You know my father. He has to have a “salad” at every meal. This meal definitely wasn’t photogenic and I hesitated to upload it on the blog. (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues)
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - March 7, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
Healthy eating and the instant gratification generation
In today’s busy environment, home cooked meals and fresh produce have been replaced in many homes by take-aways, ready meals and frozen convenience food. This means that we are no longer eating as healthily as the population did a few decades ago and our bodies are lacking essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals which we would get from healthy eating.
As a generation which has been described as wanting instant gratification, we rely on snacks and meals that are ready in minutes and generally there seems to be a lack of concern about the additives, chemicals or composition of the food we are using to fuel our body.
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Source: Mental Nurse - March 6, 2014 Category: Nurses Authors: Author104 Tags: Health generation Healthy eating nutrients Source Type: blogs
Things that irritate me, part seventy gazillion and thirty-eight
If you're an instructor teaching nurses, please remember that we do "see one/do one/teach one." All you have to do is tell us what we need to know, once, and move on. Your (endless f.ing horrible irritating) anecdotes (that attempt to cast you in a good light but instead make you look like the arrogant asshole you are) are not necessary. Running out of booze.Patients who are reasonable, normal people while you're in the room, but turn into manipulative weirdos the minute you leave. The trouble with calling people like that on their behavior is that it's never satisfying.Staying late in class because of anecdotes.Peopl...
Source: Head Nurse - February 26, 2014 Category: Nurses Authors: Jo Source Type: blogs
I Had to Remind Myself - My Mom Was Deeply Forgetful
When dementia strikes the majority of us are overwhelmed by the stigma attached to Alzheimer's. Our brain tells us, there is no hope.Share this quote on Pinterest, Facebook, Google Plus,on message boards, and in support groups.Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room Let's face it, when Alzheimer's strikes we are immediately overwhelmed by the stigma attached to dementia.Do we feel compassion? Or, are we all encompassed by a feeling of hopelessness?Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail: How did you feel? Did you feel confused? Then frustrated? Then angry? Did you feel a sense of hopelessness?Did you?Like most, ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 20, 2014 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Google Search - Short Term Memory Problems
One of the first signs of dementia is short term memory loss. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia; and, a cause of short term memory problems.One night I was having an interesting conversation at the dinner table with my mother. She had just finished eating a small steak, mashed potatoes, and broccoli. The conversation turned to south Philadelphia the place where my mother was born (1916) and raised. I asked her, where did you go to first grade? She answered without hesitation, Saint Monica's. My mother attended Saint Monica's in the 1920s. Later in the conversation, and with her dinner plate sitting directly i...
Source: I am an Alzheimer's Caregiver - February 18, 2014 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Google Search - Short Term Memory Problems
One of the first signs of dementia is short term memory loss. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia; and, a cause of short term memory problems.One night I was having an interesting conversation at the dinner table with my mother. She had just finished eating a small steak, mashed potatoes, and broccoli. The conversation turned to south Philadelphia the place where my mother was born (1916) and raised.I asked her, where did you go to first grade? She answered without hesitation, Saint Monica's. My mother attended Saint Monica's in the 1920s.Later in the conversation, and with her dinner plate sitting directly in ...
Source: I am an Alzheimer's Caregiver - February 18, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Alzheimer's Reading Room Source Type: blogs
Meatless Monday Recipe: Broccoli Basil Mac and Cheese
Another Happy Meatless Monday!
Today I wanted to share an incredibly gorgeous and modern take on a family friendly comfort food classic: Broccoli Basil Mac and Cheese. This cozy, yet waistline friendly, casserole is the perfect winter meal for the adults and children in your home, loaded with creamy and melty cheese as well as nutrient packed fresh squash, basil, broccoli and tomatoes. Feel free to get creative with the vegetables and cheeses so suite your family’s preferences. Because there are a number of steps involved, this dish is best made during the weekend and served throughout your busy week (and there ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - February 17, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: food nutrition recipes cheese healthy food healthy recipe mac and cheese macaroni vegetables vegetarian Source Type: blogs
