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
Valentine Veggie Parties
I often have parents who want my sessions to focus on helping kids learn to eat healthier foods, especially vegetables. On the journey to developing the oral motor skills necessary for biting, chewing and swallowing a variety of vegetables, simply interacting with these foods via food crafts and food play develops a positive relationships with Brussels sprouts, carrots and more. Holidays offer ideal opportunities for food play, especially Valentine’s Day.
From classroom parties to neighborhood get-togethers, Valentine’s Day is traditionally a sugar-fest of red, pink and white candy, frosting and sprinkles. Why n...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 2, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Melanie Potock MA Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
Five Resolutions to Share With Parents of Picky Eaters
With the New Year upon us, many parents of picky eaters reflect on what they can do to help their families lead a healthier lifestyle in 2016. If you treat a kiddo stuck in the chicken nugget rut, share these five resolutions with the parents, so they can better guide their child toward more adventurous eating in 2016:
Make the kitchen the heart of the home. One of the best ways to connect as a family is what I call “parenting in the kitchen.” Ask parents to encourage their kids to chop veggies, mix a dip or line up sweet potato fries on a pan. Suggest they make a meal as a family, but it’s not always possible with ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 31, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Melanie Potock MA Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
No folate fortification for the grain-free
Advocates of wheat and grain consumption claim that multiple nutritional deficiencies will develop if we eliminate them from our diet. Not true. Let’s explore this question.
Folates are a B vitamin necessary for multiple cell processes, including assembly of DNA and RNA. Folates are therefore especially necessary during pregnancy, as the fetus requires this nutrient to assemble and grow its own genetic code.
The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for folates and folic acid, which are lumped together as Dietary Folate Equivalents, is 400 mcg per day in adults (male and female), 600 mcg per day in pregnant females. (1 ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 22, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle folates gluten grains vitamins Source Type: blogs
Choose Real, Single-Ingredient Foods – Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox
An excerpt from the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox! Preorder now to take advantage of a free gift from Rodale Books plus enter for a chance to win a delicious bundle of food from the Wheat Free Market in my preorder sweepstakes.
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An avocado, intact in its skin, can be chosen with confidence, as no food manufacturer added grains to it. Eggs in their shell likewise. In other words, foods left more or less intact and unmodified by a food manufacturer should top your list of foods to choose from that are safe for your empowering grain-free lifestyle. Avocados and whole eggs are real—...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 27, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Wheat Belly: Quick & Dirty Wheat-Free Lifestyle Wheatlessness avocado eggs nuts vegetables Source Type: blogs
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Spinach, Mushrooms and Roasted Red Peppers
Here is a way to have a chicken dish that is nutritionally complete, including plenty of veggies. You might therefore find that just 1 of these stuffed chicken breasts is sufficient as a meal by itself. You can, of course, always add a side dish or salad to suit bigger appetites.
This recipe is from Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, on sale November 10th. Take advantage of our preorder specials!
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (approximately 2 pounds)
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 gloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, chopped
4 ounces portabello mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup roasted red peppers
4 cups fresh sp...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 24, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs
Cataracts, Wrinkles, and Dowager’s Humps: Wheat and the Aging Process
Discussion continued on page 135 of Wheat Belly.)
The post Cataracts, Wrinkles, and Dowager’s Humps: Wheat and the Aging Process appeared first on Dr. William Davis. (Source: Wheat Belly Blog)
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 26, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle aging anti-aging excerpt gluten grains youth Source Type: blogs
Foods that Nourish, Replenish and Repair
The food we eat serves many purposes. It satisfies a primal need to fuel our bodies and quell hunger. It connects us to family and friends in lovely ways, during the holidays, in social situations and at the nightly dinner table. It encourages us to be creative, to try new things, explore different cultures, and savor interesting tastes. And it comforts us, at least temporarily, when we are lonely, sad, anxious or otherwise spent.
Food has another very important purpose: it cleanses, repairs, replenishes our body at the most basic cellular level. In fact, the latest research from the field of nutrigenomics[1], reve...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - August 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Richard and Karen eat like royalty . . . and look what happens
Richard Lane is a regular around the Wheat Belly Facebook page, posting many photos of his beautiful wheat/grain-free meals. He is a champion at creating dishes consistent with this lifestyle, as well as drawing some recipes from the Wheat Belly Cookbooks and other sources.
“This is my wife Karen taken last summer at my sister’s birthday party. She put the same top on today. It’s awesome to see the difference in how she looks. I’m so proud of her and thankful to William Davis!”
As you can see from Richard’s photos, Karen is eating indulgently like a queen, thanks to hubbie’s enth...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 4, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gluten grains Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
The joke’s on the Whole Grains Council
If you’re in the mood for a good laugh, take a look at the newsletter from the Whole Grains Council:
Wheat Belly . . . Grain Brain . . . April Fool’s!
. . . in areas from climate change to nutrition, we see people swayed by pseudo-science every day. Twenty studies show the sky is blue. One study shows the sky is green – and before long, there’s someone who’s written a best-selling book claiming that everyone who ever told you the sky is blue was out to get you; new evidence shows the sky is definitely green.
Here are the claims that they say are among the “sky is green” fictions (with...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 2, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle grains Whole Grains Council Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly meals and flours for baking
So you kiss all things wheat and grains goodbye. And you’ve come to learn that gluten-free foods made with replacement flours like cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato flour, and rice starch are also very destructive, since they make visceral fat grow, send blood sugar through the roof, and contribute to diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and dementia. (If these gluten-free food manufacturers persist in pushing gluten-free foods made with these awful ingredients, I’m going to have to write a new book: “Gluten-Free . . . Fat, and Diabetic“!)
But perhaps you’d sure like a few muffins o...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle baking cakes cupcakes gluten grain-free baking grains muffins scones Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of January 2015
The third week of January is generally the coldest, most bitter time in the New England winter season. Temperatures dip to the single digits, snow/ice/winter mix cover the barnyard, and shoveling manure requires an ice chipper. Eggs laid overnight in the chicken or duck pen crack when they freeze solid. Every creature gets extra food to keep their internal furnaces stoked.The ground is frozen and all the outbuildings are below freezing inside. Even the plants in the hoop house are need to be protected by row cover blankets. Nothing will germinate at below freezing temperatures.Much of the w...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - January 15, 2015 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm Journal - Christmas at the Farm
It’s Christmas Day on Unity Farm and the every creature has had extra attention, special meals, and new toys.What better gift for our livestock guardian dogs (Great Pyrenees) than soft fluffy beds in the barn loft? As the pictures below illustrate, this was an ideal gift - the most fun they have had all year tearing each bed into a 1000 pieces. It seems strange, but we made them deliriously happy with their gifts.The ducks, chickens, and guinea fowl got fresh spinach greens from the hoop house, peas, mealworms, and oats. Below you’ll see them grazing in poultry heaven.The alpaca ...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - December 25, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of December 2014
On Sunday, December 21, 2014 astronomical winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere (and ends on March 19, 2015).All the animals and vegetables will be stressed for the next 100 days. It’s a cold and dark time that brings a struggle to survive. Here's a photo of a chilly morning along the railroad tracks at Unity Farm, taken by Gary Beach, a Sherborn resident and author of "The U.S.Technology Skills Gap".One of our ducks, Mulan (they are named by my daughter for Disney princesses) died of pneumonia yesterday. She aspirated water while mating (ducks are rough) and although we tr...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - December 18, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
