Mother's Diet Affects Newborn Allergy Risk

Posted by SoundHealth on Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Eating lots of vegetables and fruits during pregnancy is associated with lowering the chance of having a baby with certain allergies, study findings from Japan suggest. ...

Dust Mites Can Cause Allergies

Posted by SoundHealth on Saturday, January 10, 2009
Most homes have dust mites, but they often go unnoticed because they are so small they cannot be seen by the naked eye. However, when dust mites are left long enough, the ...

Probiotics: The Key to Better Health

Posted by SoundHealth on Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Growing research is finding that one of the keys to good health can be found in our guts - specifically, in the bacteria that live in the digestive tract. These bacteria ...

Junk Food Diet Increases Allergies in Children

Posted by SoundHealth on Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Children who have junk food diets are at greater risk of allergies as well as obesity, according to a new study. Scientists compared youngsters from a rural African v ...

Food Combining for Optimum Nutrition: The Basics

Posted by SoundHealth on Thursday, February 05, 2009
Food combining follows the simple idea that proteins and starches should not be combined in the same meal, because they are digested by the body in different ways. Protei ...

Household Molds Can Harm Respiratory Health

Posted by HealthyMuslim on Friday, December 12, 2008
Indoor mold exposure is consistently associated with poor respiratory health, asthma, chemical sensitivity, and allergies according to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...