Notes About Health

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends not applying any bug repellents on a baby who is not even 2 months old. Items created using DEET (N, N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) or picaridin are both endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for adults and young children 2 months of age and even older. (The CDC has also suggested oil of lemon eucalyptus, but not for kids younger than the age of 3.)

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Vitamin C has gotten a reputation as something of a cure all in recent years. According to various reports, everything from the common cold to cancer can be helped by taking vitamin C. The focus on taking antioxidants has recently brought the attention back to vitamin C as a way of fighting off the aging process.

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As a child spending lots of time at my grandmother’s house, I learned a ton about growing foods and preserving them. My grandmother had her own greenhouse and she taught me how to process food, though we used different methods from those utilized by many of the big food manufacturers.

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