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About 70 percent of U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, which puts them at higher risk for bone and heart disease.
“We expected the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency would be high, but the magnitude of the problem nationwide was shocking,” said Dr. Juhi Kumar of Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center. (Source)
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It’s that time of year… and I’ve been seeing commercials for flu shots — like this one:

But are flu shots safe? And are they even effective?
Watch the following videos.
Here’s Dr. Mercola on flu shots:

This one is from a guy who called a flu vaccine manufacturer and recorded the call — listen through to the very [...]

Dr. Oz was on Oprah a while back, saying that he believes cod liver oil is the number one nutritional supplement and that we should all be taking it. I heartily agree!
However, now there’s something even better than cod liver oil: fermented cod liver oil.
We’ve been using the fermented cod liver oil from Green Patures [...]

We normally have Shellfish Night on Saturday, since I almost always get oysters and/or mussels, scallops, or clams at the farmer’s market.
But last Friday I decided to mix it up and I got some shrimp and Dungeness crab (both wild caught) from Whole Foods Market.
For a highly nutritious dinner that has almost zero prep, this [...]

Kate and I are leaving tomorrow morning on a trip to Dallas to be with family and help out with the crisis that’s going on. While we are there, we will be spending some time in the pool, and going on walks.
So we’re going to get some sun. And lots of it! But we won’t [...]

Today was our lovely nanny Alla’s last day. We are so very sad to see her go. Kate whined and flailed and bucked in my arms when Alla was going out the front door.
Alla sat in Kate’s room this afternoon, watching her play in her crib when it was naptime. I said, “Alla, come out. [...]

This is fascinating…
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=399989
These mothers are talking about curing cavities with nutrition — how eating the WAPF (Weston A Price Foundation — http://www.westonaprice.org) diet has actually remineralized their teeth. In other words, it can reverse and heal cavities.
One of the really interesting things you will see if you read the thread is that two of the [...]