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Latest News from The Children’s Naturopath

16 Oct

Building healthy bones in childhood is extremely important. Minerals are incorporated into your child's bones during childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Once they are around 30 years of age, your child will have achieved peak bone mass. In this timeframe, If not enough bone mass is created or bone loss occurs later in life, your child may have an increased risk of developing fragile bones that break easily. Fortunately, there are many nutrition and lifestyle habits that can help build and maintain strong bones — and it’s never too early to start. How to build healthy bones for healthy children Eat...

08:50 / Children's General Health
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16 Oct

Fat-soluble vitamins dissolve in fats and oils.  They are abundant in high fat foods and are more easily absorbed into the bloodstream when they are eaten with fat.  Examples of healthy dietary fat includes cheese, eggs, fatty fish, nuts, avocados, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil and full-fat yoghurt. Health Benefits of Vitamin E for children's natural health A key vitamin for building a strong immune system to help fight infections.  Vitamin E also keeps the blood vessels wide open so that blood can freely deliver oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.  Vitamin E is essential for healthy skin and eyes, it’s a...

08:27 / Vitamins & Minerals
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16 Oct

Fat-soluble vitamins dissolve in fats and oils.  They are abundant in high fat foods and are more easily absorbed into the bloodstream when they are eaten with fat.  Examples of healthy dietary fat includes cheese, eggs, fatty fish, nuts, avocados, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil and full-fat yoghurt.   Health Benefits of Vitamin A for optimal children's health Vitamin A is required to build new bone during periods of growth and for strong healthy teeth.  It’s also necessary for skin health and wound healing; it stimulates the growth of healthy skin including healthy mucous membranes that line the nose, eyes, respiratory system...

08:18 / Vitamins & Minerals
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16 Oct

Fat-soluble vitamins dissolve in fats and oils.  They are abundant in high fat foods and are more easily absorbed into the bloodstream when they are eaten with fat.  Examples of healthy dietary fat includes cheese, eggs, fatty fish, nuts, avocados, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil and full-fat yoghurt. Health Benefits of Vitamin D For Healthy Children This vitamin has multiple roles in the body including supporting the health of the immune system to protect against illness and disease (especially auto-immune conditions).  Vitamin D maintains the health of growing bones and teeth by aiding the absorption of calcium and phosphorus.  It supports...

08:09 / Vitamins & Minerals
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16 Oct

Fat-soluble vitamins dissolve in fats and oils.  They are abundant in high fat foods and are more easily absorbed into the bloodstream when they are eaten with fat.  Examples of healthy dietary fat includes cheese, eggs, fatty fish, nuts, avocados, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil and full-fat yoghurt.   Health Benefits of Vitamin K for Optimal Children's Health Vitamin K plays an important role in blood clotting to prevent excessive bleeding after injury.  It is also helpful for bone health and helps to build stronger and denser bones to reduce the risk of fractures.  Vitamin K is required as an important adjunct...

08:02 / Vitamins & Minerals
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08 Oct

DHA during pregnancy enhancing infant neural development/cognitive function Aside from being a major structural lipid of the brain, studies have demonstrated that DHA enhances brain development. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial, pregnant women consumed 300 mg DHA 5 times a week (n=14) or placebo (n=15) from 24 weeks of gestation until delivery. Tests of problem solving and recognition memory were administered to infants at 9 months of age. Treatment had significant effects on the performance of problem-solving tasks   A double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effect of high potency DHA fish oil during pregnancy has found beneficial effects for cognitive development, particularly eye-hand...

10:33 / Brain Health
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08 Oct

Stress is a natural, evolutionary body response. You will instinctively react to stress in life with a fight, flight or freeze type reaction. It may be an acute stressful event such as an exam or public speaking, or it may be the ongoing challenge of raising kids, the daily commute, or financial pressures. Your body will still have a response, even if you do not feel like you’re stressed. You don’t have to be ripping your hair out to be suffering from the effects of stress.   Symptoms of Stress Stress can be an underlying factor behind a myriad of health conditions, and...

09:40 / Healthy Eating
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08 Oct

Do you want your child to love their veggies? Well, you need to start early. In fact, what a woman eats during pregnancy not only nourishes her baby in the womb, but may also shape the food preferences of her child later in life. At 21 weeks following conception, your growing baby begins to gulp down several millilitres of amniotic fluid daily. That fluid surrounding your baby is actually flavoured by the foods and beverages you have eaten in the previous few hours. Consequently, eating a variety of foods throughout the day will help you to get the nutrients you...

09:30 / Children's General Health / Gut Health / Healthy Eating
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07 Oct

Pyridoxine is required for the optimal functioning of the nervous system by helping the cells and the brain to communicate with each other.   It also maintains healthy blood vessels to support brain development and function. Vitamin B6 also plays an important role in converting food into energy and helping the body metabolize fats, carbohydrates and proteins. Pyridoxine supports healthy liver function and protects eye health.   Food sources of B6 for children's natural health Here is a list of foods high in vitamin B6. ✅ Chicken ✅ Beef ✅ Kidney ✅ Tuna ✅ Walnuts ✅ Salmon ✅ Trout ✅ Lentils ✅ Lima beans ✅ Buckwheat ✅ Black eyed peas ✅ Navy beans ✅ Brown rice ✅ Hazelnuts ✅ Garbanzos ✅ Pinto...

03:49 / Vitamins & Minerals
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07 Oct

Riboflavin supports good vision, healthy hair, skin and nails and is necessary for normal cell growth.  B2 helps boost energy levels by maintaining healthy red blood cells and is   instrumental in helping each cell utilise oxygen.   Vitamin B2 works around the clock to help all the other B vitamins undergo their chemical changes to extract their beneficial properties. Healthy children's food list for B2 This list includes the foods highest in vitamin B2. ✅ Liver✅ Brewer’s yeast✅ Whey powder✅ Fresh wheat germ✅ Almonds✅ Mushrooms✅ Egg yolk✅ Swiss and cheddar cheese✅ Millet✅ Soy bran✅ Parsley✅ Cashew nuts✅ Rice bran✅ Lentils✅ Sesame seeds✅ Sunflower seeds✅ Rye✅...

02:58 / Vitamins & Minerals
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