In a study titled Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998, some of the conclusions were: Home schooled students watch significantly less television than their traditionally schooled peers Home schooled students have access to significantly more computer use than their traditionally schooled peers Home schooled students scored significantly higher scores in all subject areas in all grades than either their public or private schooled peers MORE...
Archive for November, 2005
More than sixty years ago, a Cleveland dentist named Weston A. Price decided to embark on a series of unique investigations that would engage his attention and energies for the next ten years. Possessed of an inquiring mind and a spiritual nature, Price was disturbed by what he found when he looked into the mouths of his patients. Rarely did an examination of an adult client reveal anything but rampant decay, often accompanied by serious problems elsewhere in the body such as arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, intestinal complaints and chronic fatigue. (They called it neurasthenia in Price's day.) But it was the dentition of younger patients that gave him most cause for concern. He observed that crowded, crooked teeth were becoming more and more common, along with what Price called "facial deformities"--overbites, narrowed faces, underdevelopment of the nose, lack of well-defined cheekbones and pinched nostrils. MORE...
It seems that modern scientists are now discovering what Weston Price knew 50 odd years ago. A New Scientist article quotes studies on rats that show how specific supplements injected into pregnant rats alter the DNA expression of their children. So too does injection of specific supplements change their behavior. Most parents already get this one. MORE...
Adding to the long list of reasons to eat at home. The Organic Consumers Association (US) gives us another. A recently completed study states that America throws away approximately $100 million worth of perfectly good food every year.
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, written over 2 thousand years ago, is the guide to Chinese Medical practitioners world wide. Chinese Medicine traditionally uses food therapy as one of its 8 fields of influence. The following extract gives clear guidelines that every person can use to ensure good health. MORE...
If you're thinking of vaccinating your children because Aunty Edna has a clubbed foot from Polio, please read on. MORE...
Turn the Tide is an innovative program that Americans are using to make a difference for our environment. Turn the Tide, an initiative of The New American Dream offers nine simple actions almost anyone can take and then instantly shows the positive impact of each reported action. Sounds inspiring, let's join in. MORE...
Some families have the rule, "eat everything on your plate or you don't get dessert". In our family, if anyone doesn't like the dinner (as long as they actually taste it) there's no problem because dessert is just as nourishing as the meal. With whole raw eggs, raw cream and natural sweetening, our ice cream is a delicious, nutritionally dense wholefood. Since most ice cream is poisonous, I ask the kids to say no to all other forms of ice cream, and promise to feed them this recipe til the cows come home. MORE...
During his journeys mid 20th century, Weston Price discovered several similarites between the primitive cultures he studied. One such similarity is the use of fermented food. The reason for this was not just a lack of modern refrigeration. Fermented foods provide our bodies with a bounty of health promoting bacteria. Predigestion of the foodstuffs deliver higher nutritional value and disable any antinutrients present, saving our digestive aparatus further labour. MORE...