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6 Ways to Support Your Child’s Immune System and Help Prevent Nasty Infections

1. Make great immune supporting food choices as a family. Leafy green vegetables like kale, rapini, spinach, beet tops, swiss chard all have components that help the immune system. Oranges, red, yellow and orange peppers, berries, plums – all of these are chock-a-block full of vitamins and minerals that help the immune system. Lean meats,ContinueContinue reading “6 Ways to Support Your Child’s Immune System and Help Prevent Nasty Infections”

Sensitive Kids and Bug Bites

This post is about natural remedies to help with bug bites. Now, I’m sure you have noticed that bugs love to bite some people and just leave others alone. I don’t know the science or research behind it but I sure do know that having tons of bites stinks. I’m one they loooooove to bite.ContinueContinue reading “Sensitive Kids and Bug Bites”

Sunscreen for Sensitive Children

If your child is sensitive, you’ll need to get creative with sunscreen. I have 2 kids. My older daughter has very fair, sensitive skin and is incredibly sensitive to textures. The second daughter, not so much. When it came time to put sunscreen on my first bundle of joy, we encountered some resistance. To putContinueContinue reading “Sunscreen for Sensitive Children”

Kids’ Allergies and ADHD

Did you know that allergies could be the root cause of children’s trouble to make good behaviour choices? That is – tantrums and trouble listening… Over and over again I see children who are suffering with allergies misdiagnosed as having ADD or ADHD. Often kids who are dealing with allergies have fluid in their earsContinueContinue reading “Kids’ Allergies and ADHD”

Spring Cleansing for Kids

Cleansing with Kids Cleansing works for kids too! Just like grown-ups, children are exposed to toxins all over the place. Human bodies are designed to break down and clear out toxins but, sometimes the body becomes overloaded. Children benefit tremendously in the short term from detoxing – clearer thinking, smoother digestion, stronger immune system, again,ContinueContinue reading “Spring Cleansing for Kids”

Solar panels on TDSB schools! Yay!

According to the Globe and Mail yesterday, approximately 450 schools will have their roofs repaired and fitted with solar panels by AMP Solar Limited. At their peak the panels could produce up to 66 megawatts of green energy a year – enough to meet the needs of 6000 average Toronto households! After the company recoversContinueContinue reading “Solar panels on TDSB schools! Yay!”