Summertime and bug bites seem to go hand in hand. I noticed that some people attract more mosquitoes than others and some react to bites more strongly than others. So while researching on Wikipedia, I found that most mosquitoes prefer type O blood, heavy breathers, those with a lot of skin bacteria, people with a lot of body heat and pregnant women. And sometimes it’s just a matter of how sweet your sweat is!
Month: August 2017
Good Routine is Good for Your Health
Young children have an immense amount of information coming at them every day and as parents, we sometimes forget, have tuned out or have built up a tolerance for all that crazy fast-paced information. For little ones with immature and sensitive nervous systems, navigating a day of preschool, tagging along … Read More
Outgrowing a Food Allergy – Is it Possible?
The other day, I was talking to a friend who said she took her 5-year-old daughter in for her annual peanut allergy check-up. It had been decided by doctors early on that her daughter had a severe allergy to peanuts, so my friend was vigilant about making sure that her … Read More
Allergies: What you Need to Know
Allergies are the bane of life for so many of us. More than one in five people in the West are affected by allergies at some point in their life, with many different causes and severity ranging from mild and annoying to life threatening.
