Sugar addictive? Yes!

We have talked about it for years. Sugar meets the standard for an addictive substance. We eat it in the presence of knowledge that it causes us harm. We promise to eat less and cannot. We have sugar binges. We use it to “self medicate”, to avoid our...

Acetaminophen Use and Risk of Asthma

This is a good current research article looking into the relationship of the use of acetaminophen and the increase in asthma events in children. For those of us who have people with asthma in our lives, the feeling of helplessness is acute when we want to be of...

Low vitamin D levels linked to allergies in kids

Vitamin D is the new nutritional “darling”.  I have found, much to my surprise, that many people who are outside a great deal still show low Vitamin D on their lab tests.   We test it as part of our regular lab panel. This article discusses a relationship...