As a health provider I work with many parents who are advised to cease their child's dairy intake for health reasons.  Naturally, a lot of parents are concerned that their child may be missing out on calcium and ultimately adversely affecting their health. 

Current implications for childhood illness suggests that diet and lifestyle factors play a significant role in the rise in certain conditions.  This is compounded by reduced exposure to helpful germs, reduced vitamin D levels and diets high in refined processed foods that are high in sugar and poor quality fats.

In Naturopathic medicine we always support the body's ability to self-heal. Fundamental to this is Primum non nocere - First do no harm.  When introducing solids to allergy and sensitive prone babies this concept is vital.

I treat a lot of children that seem to be knocked about, often for many months at a time with low grade viruses of one sort or another.

Now that Wintertime is upon us it is a good opportunity to enhance our family's immune systems using a couple of key foods….

The Hygiene hypothesis may help explain why being too clean makes eczema worse

The hygiene hypothesis refers to the idea that some illness is linked to living in an overly clean environment.

I see a great number of treatment approaches that fail to address the complete picture of baby eczema.

3 Things you need to know about Baby Eczema