While calcium certainly is an essential building block for teeth and bones in a growing body, there is some dispute among medical professionals as to how much calcium we really need.

There are two primary sources of protein, animals and plants. Plant source include legumes and grains.

Honey and maple syrup are natural foods, but children should restrict their consumption of all sugars.

In April, 1993 and in 1994, the drinking water in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was determined to be unfit for human consumption for a two-week period.

In many parts of the world, the largest meal is eaten at midday and followed by a siesta or nap.

It’s easier than you might think to send your child off to school with a lunchbox full of food he’ll eat. Start with cold pasta in fun shapes, like corkscrews or wagon wheels. 

The School Lunch Program is a national disgrace. Motivated by lobbying forces, it’s a dairy and meat oriented program which provides children with high-fat, low-fiber, high-sugar meals. Hot dogs, cheeseburgers, and French fries are common menu items. In some districts, the Program allows fast food restaurants to serve lunch in the schools, assuring that the children eat the worst possible food.

I often hear this complaint from parents. The first thing I do is take a diet history and, more often than not, I find these children are eating a lot of dairy foods and sugary desserts. This prevents the intestinal tract from working smoothly.

The last thing you want to do is start fights with other family members or to keep your children away from their grandparents. We have to realize that the nutritional guidelines have changed dramatically since the time our parents were young. The old rules stressed three glasses of milk every day, meat at every meal, and desserts used as bribes for eating all those “yucky” vegetables.

Every parent can identify with that problem. Even if you don’t pay as strict attention as I recommend to your children’s diet, you’ve got to be concerned around Halloween about the amount and quality of candy they eat.

I see most of the couples in my practice prior to their delivery. I like to do a prenatal discussion fairly early but most people come in during the last month or two of pregnancy. One reason I’d like to talk earlier is to discuss the best pregnancy diet. 

The following is a list of ingredient names that indicate the use of dairy in a food.