Environmental allergies are an immune response to allergens (triggers) in our surroundings. Unlike food allergies, they are not a reaction to something we have ingested. Common environmental allergens are pollen, dust mites, pet dander, mold, and cigarette smoke. (1) When an allergen comes in contact with your cells they produce antibodies called immunoglobulin E (IgE). These antibodies trigger the release of histamine, which quickly travels through the body to fight off what it senses as ...
Eye-opening “Eat the Rainbow” Challenge
Did you know food is your best medicine?There are many things in fruits and vegetables (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals…) that have enormous healing powers. All you have to do is eat them often! Approximately one in three U.S. children live with chronic health conditions and this number is on the rise. These chronic conditions often affect their daily lives and normal activities, contribute greatly to missing school, and require continual medical attention. These ...
6 ways to protect your family from EMF
EMF’s impact on the brain can not be ignored as one of the root cause of digital dementia. Digital dementia is the result of overuse of technologies that are addictive and detrimental to brain development. (1) EMF stands for electromagnetic fields or frequencies. EMF are invisible, they include emission of different types of radiation like standard electricity, WiFi, cell phones, cell phone towers, bluetooth, microwaves… these new types of radiations were barely seen 20 years ago. ...
Four things about your mind you really need to know
Did you know that according to NASA only about 5 percent of the universe can be observed? (1) There is a very simple way to make it obvious how little we really know about the world we live in. For a moment, close your eyes and cover your ears; pretend you are blind and deaf. If you were born this way, your mind would think there is no light or sound in the world. Can you remember the last time you had a stuffy nose and everyone could smell and taste food but you? 1 - Our mind ...
The continuum of life
There are about 37.2 trillion cells in an adult body, the building blocks for our tissues and organs. On top of that, there are an estimated 10 times more microbial cells (bacteria, yeast, viruses) colonizing the human body (gut, mouth, skin and other mucosal surfaces) weighing as much as 5 pounds. All of these ever-changing cells in and on us influence our health and well-being and need the right nutrients and building blocks in order to function properly. The microbiome Some ...
What’s with dairy?
Cows milk is designed to turn a 65 pound calf into a several hundred pound adult cow within a year. (1) Human breast milk is designed to make a baby grow physically slowly but generate rapid brain development. The human species is the only one to drink milk from another species, and we are also the only species to drink milk after weaning age. Milk is meant for babies. After weaning most humans (3/4 of the world population = 5 billion people!) loose the ability to digest milk ...
How to be a food sensitivity detective
Putting the wrong foods in our digestive tract can result in inflammation of the gut resulting in increased permeability of the gut wall, allowing toxic substances to enter the bloodstream. (See The continuum of life). From there they can spread throughout our body and cause many symptoms. Many people nowadays suffer from food sensitivities, many of our kids as well. What is the difference between a food allergy and a food sensitivity (or food intolerance)? A food allergy is an ...
Four food categories parents need to know…
The body knows the composition of natural foods that Mother Nature provides, not of processed foods. Processed foods do not nourish nor cleanse us, they pollute and intoxicate us. They detract from the nutrients the body needs for growth, development, detoxification and immunity. Our children need nourishing foods. Non-nutritious “foods” are: all processed foods, anything made from white flour, white sugar, refined white salt, cereals, soda and store bought juices, non-organic, ...
How to avoid the fall… Halloween and flu season always fall together
Fall has arrived, kids are back in school and Halloween is coming soon... a combination that leads to runny and stuffy noses, cough and sore throats, fever and fatigue... So what can we do to help our kids? There are a few things we need to know... Kids are not born with sugar cravings, we are conditioning them that way. So, we also have the power to chose differently. In a study done in rats, sugar has been shown to be more addictive than cocaine (1). Ingesting excessive ...
Plant food or animal food? – that is the question…
Food provides us with energy. We need energy to live. The only new energy on this planet comes from the sun. Plants capture this energy and convert it into matter in a process called photosynthesis. It makes sense, that by eating natural veggies and fruits, we can obtain some of this energy. Mother Nature took a long time to make our bodies, and in parallel the foods for our bodies. She provided us with two types of foods. Animal products like meat, fish, eggs or dairy that are ...