Every now and then, I get an interesting health question from people who are new to the world of health and nutrition. It goes something like this: “What are you going to do if you end up getting sick, even after you’ve doled out nutrition advice all this time?” In other words, they’re asking, a). If good nutrition advice can stand the test of time, and b). How do you account for those times when you or your family get sick anyway?

 

Good questions!

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Dear Readers,

 

September has always signaled the end of summer vacation and the beginning of a new school year. In Michigan, where I grew up, the school year always began the week after Labor Day. (It also corresponded with the new fall lineup of shows on TV, three channels, no such thing as cable). As a physician, I am aware of the seasonal trends of illness. Within a few weeks of the start of the new school year, I could always count on the increase in sore throats, coughs and colds. When you put a large group of people (children) in close contact with one another, a lot of germs get spread around. And that brings me to the topic I would like to discuss, the H1N1 virus more commonly known as the “swine flu virus.” This article was prompted by an evening web seminar that was presented by Dr. Sherri Tenpenny a few weeks ago. The information was startling. I decided that this information needed to be passed on.

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Although I have no statistics to prove this, if I were a betting man, I’d wager a handsome sum that Pediatric Allergists’ offices are deluged with patients in September each year. I’ve known many allergists throughout my career and, unlike other physicians, they really do try to locate “the cause” of their patients’ maladies. Even if I believe that implicating a simple plant like ragweed is erroneous….give them credit, they are trying. It is likely that every September, tens of thousands of parents rush their sniffling children into an allergist’s office. But why September, and why all of the sudden is this child allergic to ragweed?

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No one has any doubt that the healthcare system in America is broken. It works for a few wealthy medical entrepreneurs and leaves the rest of the country scrambling to pay bills or worried about insurance costs. I want to step away from the healthcare crisis and talk about the health crisis - something very few people seem to be discussing in the midst of this reform movement.

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This is a quick after school snack that your kids will love!  Enjoy…..

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