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Battle of the Milks: Are plant-based milks appropriate for children?

16 Nov 2017

A recent CBC article reports on a new joint statement from the Dietitians of Canada and the Canadian Paediatric聽Society that says plant based milks are 鈥渋nappropriate alternatives to cow milk in...

Moving Kids is Not Good

22 May 2017

A huge study took place in Denmark from 1971 until 1997. It tracked all individuals born in this time period, and their moves across municipal boundaries, from birth until age 14, and gathered just...

Antibiotics Linked to Childhood Obesity

20 Mar 2017

A newly published study in JAMA Pediatrics indicates that children who had had four or more courses of antibiotics by age two were at a 10% higher risk of being obese by age five.聽聽Researchers from...

The Hippocrates Health Institute Dispenses Unhealthy Advice

20 Mar 2017

Do parents have a right to make a decision about how a minor鈥檚 cancer is to be treated? Or not treated? This is not just a hypothetical question, it is a very current one. Acute lymphoblastic...

Colourful thoughts

20 Mar 2017

I am聽no alarmist when it comes to "artificial chemicals" used in food or cosmetic production. But I do question the use of colourants because they have no function other than changing the...

Why are homeopathic teething 鈥渞emedies鈥 having adverse reactions in infants?

20 Feb 2017

The bizarre tenet of homeopathy is that a substance that causes symptoms in a health person can relieve those symptoms in a sick person as long as it is diluted to an extent that contains almost...

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