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Educating the Senate: Do Not Supress Organic and Small Farmers and Ranchers; Natural Food Products.   Farmers, Food and Freedom Under Attack.. 11/17/09 – UPDATE: the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee) will “mark-up” S.510, the Senate version of the (sic) “Food Safety” bill on Tuesday, November 18, 2009. This is the last [...]

WebMD reports on a new study in their article “TV Linked to More Child Aggression”, that shows that children who watch more television exhibit higher levels of aggression: Researchers examined data on 3,128 3-year-olds. Mothers of the tots answered questions about how much time their children spent watching television during a typical day, as well as [...]

Yesterday it was announced that Baby Einstein DVDs are recalled due to claims that the videos are "educational" and that they are marketed to babies and children alike, despite American Academy of Pediatrics policy that television in any form is not recommended for babies under age 2. Disney will refund up to 4 videos purchased between June 5, 2004 and September 4, 2009. You have several options with regard to the refund:

Written by Alice Shabecoff, co-author with her husband Philip of Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on our Children

The doctors who use the BAX 3000 Neurological Stress Reduction Therapy for these children are experiencing tremendous success, and families are noting big improvements in their affected child's response to these stresses. Overall behavior is improving, and the children who receive this therapy are feeling better in general. BAX 3000 has also shown success in reducing symptoms of eczema and other chronic skin conditions in children. Here are a few success stories!

Thimerosal is still a concern to me, especially as the H1N1 Vaccine becomes available in early October. I urge all parents to read more about this before they make a decision on whether to vaccinate their family for Swine Flu. Dr. Sears has some very useful information related to the H1N1 and flu vaccines on his website.

A recent study "Probiotic Effects on Cold and Influenza-like Symptom Incidence and Duration in Children" published in the Journal of Pediatrics found that probiotics reduce symptoms and duration of colds and flu. The study involved 326 children ages 3-5 treated with either a placebo, a single probiotic or a combination of probiotics twice daily for 6 months. The probiotics used were Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, or L acidophilus NCFM in combination with Bifidobacteriumanimalis subsp lactis. Results indicated that the probiotics reduced the duration and incidence of fever, coughing, runny nose.

In my humble opinion this is a big step forward and way overdue. The proposed study is to be an observational one, looking at the outcomes of children who were vaccinated according to the recommended immunization schedule, children who were not vaccinated and children who were alternatively vaccinated. And their reason for not looking at this sooner... for fear that a study of this kind may be unethical!

The USDA’s school nutrition standards were developed in the 1970’s and aren’t consistent with current nutritional science. USDA doesn’t even consider candy bars, snack cakes or french fries to be junk foods. The standards don’t even address calories, saturated and trans fats or sodium. I added my name to a petition calling for an update to [...]

While I don't want to add to the hype any more than necessary when it comes to the potentially pandemic swine flu, I still feel it's important to be informed on the issue to protect the health of your family. Treehugger recently posted an article that gives a unique point of view on this outbreak.