Health Blog — Children's Health

Fiber is found in those hard to digest parts of plants - namely fruits and vegetables, legumes and pulses, nuts and seeds and legumes.

The daily recommended intake of fiber is one and a half ounces a day - but are you managing to meet this amount?

It can go a long way to improving your blood pressure as well as helping to ensure your have regular bowel movements and preventing the appearance of hemorrhoids.

But there are many more benefits...

The first signs of arthritis in children might include limping or pain in a wrist, finger or knee. 

The joints could suddenly swell and remain enlarged or there could be stiffness in the neck, hips or other joints...

You might never have given a thought to whether your child gets enough zinc in his or her diet but a zinc deficiency is surprisingly common. 

When you have a plantar wart (also known as a verruca) on the sole of your foot, you can suffer from considerable pain and discomfort.

We share the signs and symptoms and what you can do to help with the pain and discomfort and to get rid of the plantar wart itself...

Many parents struggle to get their young child to sleep through night.  Are you one of them? Although it is completely normal for babies and young children to wake up during the night, most will fall back asleep without realising. However, if your child finds it difficult to settle again, then we hope these tips will help.

Lemons have so many uses from cooking and baking to cleaning and natural remedies and I have a slice of lemon every day in my mug of black tea...

Warts are commonly found skin conditions of small skin growths that can be painful and unsightly.

The good news is that warts are usually harmless and can be resolved quickly and without stinging or pain.

Of course young children have no idea about what they should be eating to ensure they grow up healthy and strong.  And parents often struggle to do the right thing...

In a study by the World Health Organization, one of the statistics that came out was that only twenty two percent of children eat vegetables every day.  Figures were a bit better for eating fruit daily - forty two percent of children.

We share information on how much fruit and vegetables your children be eating and how to achieve this?

Do you have a musty smell in your home?  If so, then it is more than likely that you have mold but if you see mold, then the problem becomes more acute. Most of the toxic mold that we may be breathing in is actually invisible and floating in the air. We all need lots of fresh air and we are not going to get that if we are holed up inside a musty home ninety percent of the time with no fresh air circulating...

Back to school for the cooler months of the year means that children are all moving indoors, making it much easier for infections to get to their noises, their throats and their tummies.

But what can you do to help them stay germ-free and healthy so they don't have to miss those vital school days and also don't spread any infections to others.