Category Archives: General health

Nutritional needs The calorie, protein, mineral, and vitamin needs of the infant are very high in proportion to his body size. The infant under 6 months requires 115 kcal per kg (50 to 55 kcal per lb) and for the … Continue reading →

Infants vary widely in their growth patterns, and it is not wise to compare one infant with another; yet, there is some value in being familiar with typical patterns of development and growth. On the average, infants gain 140 to … Continue reading →

Many foods today, particularly all processed meats, are preserved with these toxic chemicals. They are used on fresh meats to enhance the color. Even baby foods contain nitrates. Also, nitrate fertilizers, commonly used today, contaminate the soil and pollute the … Continue reading →

Immunity means the being free from the effects of something and, as generally used in medicine, this is freedom from infection by disease. The methods, with which the body works to accomplish this, affect other situations. There is no doubt … Continue reading →

In the eighteenth century people deliberately caught smallpox from mild cases. It was a dangerous practice, for there was far from a certainty that a severe case would not result. Then Edward Jenner in the last years of the eighteenth … Continue reading →

Pain, rest, and inflammation, then, are protective devices, guarding our bodies against injuries. It seems certain that the greatest injuries sustained are the results of infection. Our chief infections are from bacteria, animal parasites, and viruses. Probably most of you … Continue reading →

When you first think about it, it looks hopeless: 50 million Americans snorting, popping, smoking, and injecting powerful mind- and mood-changing drugs. Many of them are your children. Many of them are hooked. Until recently and for more than two … Continue reading →

Do You Have a Hostile Heart? It takes a long, probing examination to determine whether you are a hostile person (people do hide such truths, from others and themselves), but Dr. Redford Williams of Duke University has three questions that … Continue reading →

The protective measures suggested so far in this section are for specific poisons and toxic or harmful substances in your environment. When you know that you are, or will be, subjected to these specific poisons or health-destroying influences, the suggested … Continue reading →

Dr. Williams says hostility has three stages, and he gives this example: You are in an express line at the supermarket checkout with a sign saying, “No more than 10 items.” Stage 1: You distrust others. You count the items … Continue reading →