SUGAR AND CHRONIC DISEASES

“A growing body of research suggests that sugar and its nearly chemically identical cousin, HFCS, may very well cause diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of Americans every year, and that these chronic conditions would be far less prevalent if we significantly dialed back our consumption of added sugars.

Big Sugar used Big Tobacco-style tactics to ensure that government agencies would dismiss troubling health claims against their products.  This decades-long effort to stack the scientific deck is why, today, the USDA’s dietary guidelines only speak of sugar in vague generalities.”  Read more…

SOURCE:  Mother Jones

PRENATAL POLLEN EXPOSURE AND ASTHMA

Babies born to moms with high levels of pollen exposure during late pregnancy have a higher risk of asthma.  Read more…

SOURCE:  Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

RECOVERING MY SONS FROM SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER

Here’s Beth Wiles’ interview of me, in which I talk about how I had adrenal exhaustion about the time one of my sons was showing signs of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD, also known as Sensory Integration Disorder), which is now diagnosed in 1 out of 65 children.

LIVER FLUKES

Liver flukes, a parasite, may be a reason for poor liver function.  Read more…

SOURCE:  The Thinking Moms’ Revolution

EARLY-ONSET PUBERTY

It’s common these days for girls to enter puberty before discovering “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”.

“Over the second half of the 20th century, the average age for girls to begin breast development has dropped by a year or more in the industrialized world.

And the age of first menstruation, generally around 12, has advanced by a matter of months. Hispanic and black girls may be experiencing an age shift much more pronounced.”  Read more…

SOURCE:  ScienceNews

KIDNEY DEFECTS AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS

About 10% of kids born with kidney defects have large genetic links to neurodevelopmental delay and mental illness.

“If a physician sees a child with a kidney malformation, that is a warning sign that the child has a genomic disorder that should be looked at immediately because of the risk of neurodevelopmental delay or mental illness later in life.”  Read more…

SOURCE:  Science Daily

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AUTISM AND INFLAMMATION

The Connection Between Inflammation and AutismLearn about the connection between inflammation and autism in this audio interview of Maria Rickert Hong by Lynette Louise, host of “A New Spin on Autism”.

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION IN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA

“Two-thirds of children on corticosteroids may have hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction. In one-third, central function had recovered but adrenal suppression persisted.”  Read more…

SOURCE:  Pediatrics

EVEN ONE TREATMENT WITH ANTIBIOTICS CAN DISRUPT A BABY’S IMMUNE SYSTEM

The diversity of GI flora in infants remained diminished 8 weeks after antibiotic treatment.

This study demonstrates the negative effects of short-term antibiotic treatment on the beneficial gut bacteria populations in infants.  Read more…

SOURCE:  Science Daily

ANTIBIOTICS ARE OVERUSED

Overuse of antibiotics not only promotes the development of drug-resistant strains of bacteria but also lead to immune dysregulation.  Read more…

SOURCE:  Los Angeles Times