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Nutrition/Recipes/Food for Children

If you want to give your children a gift that will last throughout their lifetime, teach them to eat a healthy diet. Like adults, they too need information and guidance regarding what healthy food choices are and what they are not.

Sound Therapy - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Sound therapy refers to a range of therapies in which sound is used to treat physical and mental conditions. One of these therapies is music therapy, which can involve a person listening to music forn....

Tourette Syndrome - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Tourette syndrome (TS) is an inherited disease of the nervous system, first described more than a century ago by a pioneering French neurologist, George Gilles de la Tourette. Before they are 18 yearr....

Naturopathic Medicine and Children's Health

Naturopathic medicine can play a helpful role in your child’s health. Some of the factors that profoundly impact health begin at an early age, such as the habits we develop, the food we eat, and the environment we grow up in.

Amino Acids - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Amino acids are known as the building blocks of protein, and are defined as the group of nitrogen-containing organic compounds composing the structure of proteins. They are essential to human metabole....

Nutrition - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Good nutrition can help prevent disease and promote health. There are six categories of nutrients that the body needs to acquire from food: protein, carbohydrates, fat, fibers, vitamins and minerals,r....

Magnesium - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Magnesium is an element (Mg) with an atomic weight of 24.312 and the atomic number 12. In its elemental form, magnesium is a light, silver-white metal. It is a , which means that its ion has a positis....

Bipolar Disorder - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Bipolar, or manic-depressive disorder, is a mood disorder that causes radical emotional changes and mood swings, from manic highs to depressive lows. The majority of bipolar individuals experience aln....

Hypnotherapy - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Hypnotherapy is the treatment of a variety of health conditions by hypnotism or by inducing prolonged sleep.Hypnotherapy is thought to date back to the healing practices of ancient Greece and Egypt. n....

Chemical Poisoning - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Chemical poisoning is a major public health concern. Approximately 95% of all accidental or intentional poisonings are due to chemicals. Nearly 90% of these cases occur at home. The smallest childrenn....


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