While back to school is a common time to bolster your kids’ immune defenses, it’s clear right now that good immune defense is needed year ‘round!  After all, if they get sick, odds are you will too, which may lead to lost work time and higher health care costs. Thankfully, there is a lot parents […]

In this crazy COVID-19 world, where school and sports are all up in the air, it’s challenging to keep everyone in your family stress free. Let’s acknowledge that it is just tough right now…for everyone! The uncertainty and constantly changing messages can create anxiety in the calmest people…so image what it’s doing to our kids. […]

During cold & flu season, it seems like everyone gets sick. This season seems to be particularly challenging. To protect our bodies, we must go beyond a healthy diet, lifestyle, and exercise and be proactive in our approach to support optimum health and immunity.  Preventing a cold or the flu is actually easier than getting […]

Women who began using multivitamin supplements around the time of conception had a lower risk of giving birth prematurely, says a new study. Multivitamin use was associated with a 16% reduction in the risk of pre-term birth, and a 20% reduction in the risk of preterm labor in normal weight women, according to findings published in the […]

Women who take DHA fish oil supplements during pregnancy may boost their babies’ immune systems and help protect against colds during the first months of life, a new study shows. Infants whose mothers were given DHA, or docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil, got sick less often and for shorter periods of time […]

  The heat is on! It’s summer, and everyone is outside!  Soccer camps, picnics, swimming, whatever it is, most of us will have our kids outside during the summer months. But as a parent, there are things we have to be mindful of before we send our kids out for a day in the sun. […]