Teaching Your Little One About Hygiene
Little kids seem to have the knack of getting dirty in any given situation, even in their sleep! Sooner or later, the time will have to come, when parents have to teach their toddlers about cleanliness and personal hygiene so…
Cooking Light, Cooking Right
Every one aims to have a fit body, which enables them to enjoy all the good aspects of life. But the highest demand of a healthy body is eating nourishing foods, to benefit the whole body system. Now is the…
Is Your Home Air Quality Safe?
If you are a parent of an asthmatic child, you probably would have taken every relevant step known of to prevent flare-ups. Chances are too, that one of steps is to make an effort to keep the air quality of…
Your Pregnancy Health Plan
Pregnancy is actually an ideal time to make long-term changes to your diet. This is because you are embarking on the job of providing the best nutrition for your unborn baby via your body and beyond that, you are also…
Caring for an Episiotomy
An episiotomy is a surgery performed to prevent tearing of the vagina and perineum during childbirth. In this surgery, an incision is made in the perineum to increase its size. It is estimated that about 40% or more of women…
The Benefits of Milk
We were always told as kids that milk is good for us. While some of us took to milk easily, some of us defiantly refused to have anything to do with it, especially when we weaned off the bottle! Here,…
Painful Poo
Dealing with Constipation in Babies and Toddlers One of the many worrisome health issues for parents of babies or toddlers is dealing with constipation. No parent wants to see their little one in pain and discomfort, and it’s easy to…
Male Menopause: Are you at risk?
As men get older, there could be a drop in levels of certain male hormones called androgens, particularly testosterone, resulting in certain clinical symptoms and manifestations that are also sometimes referred to a condition called “male menopause” or “andropause”. Unlike…
The Role of Folic Acid
Folic Acid, also known as folate, is a B vitamin. It is essential to the body especially in the role of cell production and division. This includes the production of red blood cells. It’s found in fortified cereals and other…
Loving Your Liver
‘Ouch! Oh my liver’, said your body. Do you know how much your liver cares for you? Well, I would say A LOT. Let me briefly introduce our dearest liver, weighing about 4 pounds, liver is the largest gland in…
