ANTIBIOTICS GREATLY INCREASE THE RISK OF DAYCARE PROBLEMS. The first evidence that bacteria may play a beneficial role in health was in 1904. Over a hundred years ago and allopathic medicine STILL has little recognition that the presence of normal bacteria is important. To date, I have never had a patient come in whose pediatrician […]
There are many causes of adult and childhood obesity, but some rise to the top. Today’s poor quality diets consisting of liquid calories (regardless of whether it’s milk, soda or Gatorade, we should NEVER drink our calories) and phytonutrient-poor food choices combined with the culling out of physical activity at home and school. Digging a […]
The side effects of diarrhea are pretty well played known. Diarrhea and antibiotic resistance top the chart. I have not exactly been silent about my position that the above two concerns are minor side effects and that the destruction of the normal, protective bacterial flora in the gut is of one of the most horrendous, […]
Antibiotics in early childhood increases risk of asthma/allergic disease This is yet another research study pointing to this association. It really is not a difficult concept to follow. Antibiotics destroy the normal, developing flora in the infant. These flora are instrumental in protecting the infant from the environment, and also play a key role in […]
Rapid Respiratory Viral Testing & Antibiotic Use in Children’s Hospital The overuse of antibiotics in the paediatric setting is still excessive, despite researchers practically screaming in the medical journals to curb use. It always concerns me that these articles appear in paediatric journals and yet the paediatricians never seem to get the message. What exactly […]
