Diet helps child recover from Autism

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Mar 282013
 

Boy with Autism Recovers After Gluten-free Casein-free Diet

Many parents know that diet and environment can change children’s behaviour. In this video a mother and Dr Kenneth Bock discuss how a gluten and dairy free diet helped her son recover from autism.

Dr Bock recommends also that children and families avoid chemicals, pesticides and other possible contributors to autism such as phthalates in plastic.

‘Growing Greener Children’ is a great first step comprehensive resource for parents wanting to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

 

 

Children and common household chemicals

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Mar 102013
 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new report co-produced with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), titled: State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC’s). Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, EDC’s, include Bisphenol-A (BPA), PCB’s, phthalates and agricultural pesticides that are in everyday items such as plastic water bottles, shower curtains, beauty products (including nail polish, hair spray, shampoo, deodorants, and fragrances), vinyl floor coverings, and more. The joint study highlights a range of health problems associated with EDC’s including breast cancer in women; developmental effects on the nervous system in children and attention deficit hyperactivity in children. Theo read more…

Cosmetic testing

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Feb 082013
 
Cosmetic testing

… as things stand we’re all being used as guinea pigs in the great test of new product safety.” -Mark Bittman, The Cosmetics Wars, The New York Times, Feb. 6, 2013 Mark Bittman’s article on cosmetics testing in The New York Times highlights the fact that personal care product makers don’t have to prove that the ingredients in their shampoos, toothpastes or other cosmetics are safe before you use them. The Environmental Working Group (E.W.G.) offers a database of more than 79,000 personal care products, from soap to lip plumper ranked by level of hazard. The database is an excellent read more…

Seeds of knowledge

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Dec 052012
 
Seeds of knowledge

“For the child…it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow…. It is more important to pave the way for a child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts that he is not ready to assimilate.” Rachel Carson “First and foremost, our job as heart-centered educators must be to understand the potential of each ‘seed’ we are nurturing.  The great Spanish cellist read more…

Fluoride in drinking water lowers children’s IQ levels

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Sep 032012
 
Fluoride in drinking water lowers children’s IQ levels

  Harvard scientists have studied effects of fluoride in drinking water and found that high levels of fluoride lowers children’s IQ. They looked at 27 studies from across the world and found a direct link between IQ scores and the levels of fluoride in the public water supply.  The study’s aim was to investigate the effects of increased fluoride exposure and delayed neurobehavioral development. (1) Children in high-fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ scores than those who lived in low-fluoride areas. The children studied were up to 14 years of age, but the investigators speculate that any toxic effect on brain read more…

The Story of Change

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Aug 262012
 

  Can shopping save the world? The Story of Change urges viewers to put down their credit cards and start exercising their citizen muscles to build a more sustainable, just and fulfilling world.  From the makers of the Story of Stuff www.storyofstuff.org Being a citizen is about acting on our responsibility to stand up for the planet and our children. Eco parenting is currently developing an innovative, engaging and interactive 3D ‘look inside the human body’. This 3D pilot will demonstrate a child’s wellbeing and the links to diet, lifestyle and environment. If you would like to support this project and read more…

Sugar effects preschoolers’ behaviour

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Aug 212012
 
Sugar effects preschoolers’ behaviour

  A study investigating the effect of sugar consumption on the behaviour of preschool children found that following a sugary drink the children’s performance in a structured testing situation declined. The children also demonstrated more inappropriate behaviour during free play. The differences in behaviour were most pronounced approximately 45 to 60 minutes after the drinks. (1) One can of soft drink contains the equivalent of about 10 teaspoons of sugar according to the UK University of Bristol’s Community Based Medicine centre. (2) Their study asks how parents can become informed about the consequences and content of soft drinks. Obesity, diabetes, read more…

A Wake Up Story About Eco Parenting

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Aug 112012
 

  A powerful short animation from Healthy Child, Healthy World that shows why eco parenting is critically important. A Wake-Up Story from Healthy Child Healthy World on Vimeo. Eco parenting is currently developing an innovative, engaging and interactive 3D ‘look inside the human body’. This 3D pilot will demonstrate a child’s wellbeing and the links to diet, lifestyle and environment. If you would like to support this project and receive a one on one consultation with Jane Hanckel and a signed copy of her book then please click here.

Dalai Lama on environmental awareness

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Aug 032012
 

The Dalai Lama speaks about the importance of environmental awareness in this short 2 minute video. Environmental awareness …’it is the question of our survival’ says The Dalai Lama,’ not me, not a few hundred people, but nearly 7 billion human beings survival.’ ‘Eco parenting – growing greener children’ provides a comprehensive guide for parents wanting the latest up to date information about how to be environmentally aware parents.  Eco parenting is currently developing an innovative, engaging and interactive 3D ‘look inside the human body’. This 3D pilot will demonstrate a child’s wellbeing and the links to diet, lifestyle and environment. read more…

Benefits of children’s contact with nature

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Jul 302012
 
Benefits of children's contact with nature

How important is it to have time in nature? Children today are having less and less contact with nature and this is affecting their health and well being. ‘The children and nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is an endangered species, and the health of children and the health of the Earth are inseparable.’ – Richard Louv Richard Louv is author of ‘Last Child Left in the Woods, Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder’.  As a result of his book the Children and Nature Network was established (http://www.childrenandnature.org) to counter the adverse effects read more…

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