Featured Topics: Children’s Health
Exposure to ETS in Children & Adults
Written by Diana Abdi, BS. Those living or associating with smokers have a 20% greater risk of lung cancer. In the U.S. alone, tobacco smoking is one of the major causes of death and disease, responsible for an estimated 434,000 deaths annually (1). Environmental...
Review Finds Probiotics Help Shorten Episodes of Digestive Problems
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Several studies showed that probiotics help reduce the duration of diarrhea by 19%, 24%, and 43%. The World Health Organization defines diarrhea as “3 or more loose or watery stools in a 24-hour period”, with “acute” episodes lasting...
Zinc Found to Help Digestive Health in Children
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Zinc treatment, along with 3 months of zinc supplementation in children ages 6 to 24 months, significantly increased immunity during the first 2 weeks of infection. Bacteria were also eliminated at a 163% higher rate in the treated...
Vitamin E and Omega-3 Fats May Help with Speech
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Supplementation with vitamin E and omega-3 fats seem to show significant benefit in addition to traditional speech and occupational therapy for those children who have speech difficulties. Apraxia of speech is a speech disorder in...
Choline May Help Mental Health in Newborns
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In a study in mice in which Down Syndrome was created, those taking high levels of choline did 14% and 18% better than a control group on attention tasks. Down Syndrome is the most frequent genetic cause of mild to moderate...
Study Finds Childhood Obesity to Decrease Lifespan
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Children with the highest BMI had a 130% higher death rate as well as highest glucose intolerance and highest blood sugar compared to children in the lowest 25% BMI group. Since the first National Health and Nutrition Examination...
Can Vitamin D Supplementation Prevent the Flu in Children?
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. Vitamin D has been making headlines on various health topics, but can it prevent the flu in schoolchildren? Recent research indicates that supplementing vitamin D3 during the winter can prevent influenza A (1). Most vitamin D comes from...
Teenagers Still Not Getting Enough Whole Grains
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Fewer than 10% of Americans consume the recommended 3 servings of whole grains per day, and in a study of 2100 teens, only 11% of males and 13% of females consume more than one serving per day. Whole grains have been found to be...
Low Folic Acid During Pregnancy Affects Infant Mental Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Newborns from mothers with lowest folic acid blood levels had higher scores related to hyperactivity and peer problems. Folic acid fortification of our food supply has helped reduced neural tube defects by 23% in the 1990’s (1). The...
Antioxidants Low in Children with Celiac Disease
Written by Marcia J. Egles MD. Study shows that children with celiac disease might benefit from the addition of antioxidant rich foods and supplements such as vitamins A, C, and E to their diets. Results of a new study of antioxidants may help expand the treatment...
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