Healthcare

Too many years ago, as a student working in a health store in Toronto, I was asked by the storeowner to offer customers samples of a children’s multi-vitamin/mineral.

I did so, unaware at the time that the issue was so controversial! More than one parent indignantly declined, declaring that their pediatricians claimed children did not require nutritional supplementation.

So you got your period. Welcome to the wonderful world of choices! It can be tempting to opt for those brightly-coloured, overly fragranced, disposable pads and tampons in your local pharmacy because everything you see on TV makes it seem like they’re exactly what you need. But did you know there are some fab feminine products that are easy to use, super colourful and fun, AND easy on the environment? That’s right: these ain’t your mom’s boring pads! These babies are vibrant and super adorbs, won’t leach toxins into your body, and are eco-green (green is sooo hot right now!).

Constipation in kids is so common that it has become normal. But it’s not normal. It’s a sign of poor digestion, and it’s critical to relieve it.

Constipation burden’s your child in two ways: by blocking one of the body’s methods of flushing waste and allowing chemicals from that waste to be reabsorbed into the bloodstream, and by generating irritation as stool sits in the colon.

For a child to grow well and thrive, constipation must be relieved.