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Picky Eaters, No Time and a Limited Food Budget?! Me, too!

Friday, November 28th, 2008

In a perfect world, we’d all have time to grow our own organic vegetable garden. But if you’re like me, and you’ve got picky eaters, no time and a limited budget, here are a few suggestions that I recently discussed on Good Morning America. Feel free to click on www.drgreene.com and www.AllergyKids.com to learn more:
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The Price Tag of Sick Kids

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

As the population gets sicker, including our kids, the laundry list of chronic conditions grows - diabetes, asthma, allergies and ADHD. On top of that, the cost of health care continues to climb.
Since 2001, the health premiums for a family of four have doubled; health premiums are expected to surge another 6 percent in 2009; [...]

Canaries in the Coalmine

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Today, 1 in 3 American children has autism, allergies, ADHD or asthma.
What is driving these childhood epidemics? Ten years ago, we didn’t have this problem. Today, however, some pediatric specialists view our children as "canaries in the coalmine". So what has changed?
According to our brilliant friends at DrGreene.com, The Organic Center, Healthy Child Healthy World [...]

When Courage and Conscience Collide

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

I was raised on capitalism and the Wall Street Journal. And I trusted that the political values that my family had instilled in me would serve me well. I believed in the system.
And then one of my children got sick with a blood condition that no one could pronounce and a pediatric mandate requiring immediate [...]

Since when did it get so hard to be a mom?

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Since when did it get so hard to be a mom? Ten years ago, we didn’t worry about sending a peanut butter and jelly sandwich into school with our children; we didn’t medicate our eight year olds to get them through the school day; and the movie, Rain Man, was all we knew of autism. [...]