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Additives in children’s food
Anyone who has ever witnessed the fall-out of a children’s birthday party will know the havoc food additives can wreak. However, those brightly coloured sweets and tasty sausage rolls might cause more harm than hyperactivity. We look at the controversy surrounding additives and ask how safe is your food? What are additives? Additives (both natural and artificial) are…
Posted in Allergies - food, Weaning
Tagged allergy, aspartame, Children, E102, E110, E122, E124, E129, E211, E621, E951, E954, Food additives, food allergy, Food Standards Agency, monosodium glutamate, quinoline, Saccharin, sodium benzoate, tartrazine, Weaning
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Vegetarian babies
Essential facts, information and nutritional advice If you’re bringing up your child as a vegetarian from birth, there are a few simple ways to ensure that he’s getting the right level of nutrients as well as a varied and interesting diet. The nutritional requirements of a baby are high – he needs more protein, calcium and other…
Sugar sense for families!
Children do not need to eat large amounts of sugar, yet we in the Western world are consuming ever-increasing amounts of the stuff. It’s not always obvious, however, how much we are eating and where it is hidden. In this piece, we look at the role sugar plays in children’s diets and how to control a potentially…
A green guide to pregnancy
As an expectant parent, you have more than a vested interest in the future of the planet so what better time to ‘go green’ than while you are pregnant. Read on to find out about pregnancy’s lurking dangers and what you can do to keep you and your baby on the road to health. Plenty of greens –…
Cooking food during pregnancy
Cooking food properly will help make sure that any harmful bacteria are killed. Eating food that isn’t properly cooked could give you food poisoning. Making sure food is hot enough To test if food has been properly cooked, check that it’s steaming hot all the way through. This means it’s hot enough for steam to come…
Posted in Diet and nutrition during pregnancy
Tagged Beef, Chicken, Cooking, food, Food Standards Agency, Kebab, Meat, Nutrition and pregnancy, Pork, Sausage, Steak, Temperature
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Common Preservative Wrecks Children’s DNA
Parents have been warned to limit the amount of soft drinks their children have after researchers found one of the preservatives can cause neurological damage. Professor Peter Piper, a molecular biology expert at Sheffield University, found that the preservative E211, or sodium benzoate, found in drinks like Fanta and Pepsi Max, has the ability to…
News: Birthweight linkws to folic acid
Expectant mothers who have low levels of folate during the early months of their pregnancy are more likely to give birth to smaller babies. It is estimated that around 7 per cent of all babies born in the UK are low birth weight – defined as less than 2.4kg (5.5lbs) which increases the risk of…
Posted in Baby, News
Tagged B vitamins, birth defects, Congenital disorders, deficiency, diabetes, Folic acid, Food Standards Agency, Health, Neural tube defect, neural tube defects, Nutrition, Pregnancy, respiratory disorders, Spina bifida, the British Journal of Nutrition, Vitamin, Vitamin B12
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News: Calls for ban on formula advertising
Charities are calling for baby milk to be treated like tobacco and be completely banned from advertising.The National Childbirth Trust, Save The Children and Unicef made their demands after SMA was reported to the Food Standards Agency over a magazine advertisement next to pictures of glamour model Jordan feeding her newborn baby with a bottle…
Toddlers are eating too much fruit and veg
14th April 2008 Dieticians are warning that too much fibre and too little fat can lead to vitamin deficiencies and stunt growth in the under-fives. Experts say this age group has different dietary requirements to school-age children and their developing bodies cannot cope with high quantities of fruit and vegetables. The advice follows a trading standards study of nursery menus…
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Tagged Brighton University, Crosse, Eating, food, Food Standards Agency, Health, Healthy diet, lecturer, Neil Leitch, Nutrition, nutritional deficiencies, paediatric dietician, Pre-School Learning Alliance, Sarah Almond, Saturated fat, School meal, vitamin D deficiency
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Favourite cartoon characters used to advertise unhealthy foods
Children’s favourite cartoon characters such as Bob the Builder and Bagpuss are being used to sell food products packed with sugar, salt and fat. The consumer body, Which? said Action Man and Shrek are also among the 18 cartoon characters used to promote foods targeted at youngsters. The report, “Shark Tales and Incredible Endorsements”, says…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, News
Tagged Bagpuss, Children, Food Standards Agency, Health, Nick Stace, Nutrition, Salt, Shrek, Which
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