Healthy Alternatives for Breakfast and Lunch During the School Year
School lunches are notoriously unhealthy. French fries, pizza, chips–oh my! These foods are typically engineered with unnatural, inflammatory ingredients and additives such as seed oils, preservatives, and artificial colors. Plus they offer little nutrients. No thanks! Feeling full and satiated is so important to be able to feel good and stay focused while at school. […]
Is Being Sick the New Normal? Inflammation’s Role in Recurrent Illness
50% of American children suffer from chronic illnesses—more than at any other time in our history. Check out these shocking stats… I talk a lot about inflammation in my book, Healthy Kids, Happy Moms. There’s a reason I keep coming back to it… inflammation plays a key role in our overall health (including how frequently […]
The ABC’s of Probiotics: Your Gut is like a Garden
A diverse and robust microbiome is critical to our overall health and immune function. Since 70% of the immune system resides in the gut, eating a diet high in fiber (vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds) and adding the right probiotics helps support that gut diversity. In my book, Healthy Kids, Happy Moms, I use a […]
Fall Reset: How to Get Your Health On Track for Fall
With summer in the rearview mirror, school back in session, and schedules and routines starting to normalize again, the fall season is a great time to hit the reset button on our health. Maybe things got hectic over the summer with vacations and dynamic, inconsistent routines. Maybe you had some days (or weeks or months) […]
Brain Boosters: How to Enhance Cognitive Function
We all need a little boost sometimes. Especially when getting back into a routine with the start of the new school year. If your child struggles with concentration and focus in school or has been diagnosed with ADHD, it might be worth considering the addition of some brain-boosting supplements. Brain health starts with a healthy […]
When Your Child Really Needs an Antibiotic
Neither Mom nor I remember exactly what age I was when these fevers started, but we think it was first grade and that it happened about four or five times over a two-year period.
RSV: What Parents Need to Know
RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, is in the daily news. It is not a novel illness, but this year the RSV season began earlier and has struck harder than those in recent memory. RSV symptoms include: RSV is a common respiratory virus that causes symptoms similar to a cold. This doesn’t discount the gravity of contracting the […]
Inflammation and Recurrent Illness: A Parent’s Guide
Inflammation is an intricate, complex response by the whole body to what it perceives as a threat.
Recurrent Illness: Stress and Illness
When we adults live in a fight-or-flight state every day, this makes it more likely that our kids will also be in a fight-or-flight state, which can wreck havoc with their minds, bodies, and spirits.
Your Easter Candy Strategy Session
As I sat down to write this blog, I could feel the collective motherly stress rising, knowing kids will soon face all the yummy, colorful, and sugary candy that accompanies most holidays, especially Easter. The parents who worry the most during the sugar holidays are the ones whose children turn into a different child when they get their hands on the candy.
