Boost Your Child's Immune System: A Program and Recipes for Raising Strong, Healthy Kids »

Ideal for all parents, whatever their children's age—how to help kids be fit and strong for life, from a top nutrition specialist.Making the most of superfoods and nutrients, this powerful guide gives parents the building blocks and a clear plan to raise kids who are fit and strong for life and capable of fighting off bugs and infections. Top nutrition specialist Lucy Burney walks parents through how the immune system works and then addresses in a straightforward, easy-to-read manner:

• What foods to eat—and avoid—at each stage of your child's life, including an A-Z of superfoods for the immune system and the top 10 nutrients for building super-resistance and what foods contain them
• More than 160 recipes for super-healthy, easy-to-prepare meals—from what to eat during pregnancy to baby's first purees to tasty snacks for teenagers
• What foods can be used to combat common childhood ailments naturally—frequent colds and ear infections; dry skin or eczema; asthma; poor sleep habits
• Tips on everything from how to get your child to drink more water, to how food preparation and cooking methods can enhance or detract from a food's nutritional value
• What parents need to know about the use (and overuse) of antibiotics to fight childhood infections
• The latest research on how kids develop and can avoid food allergies and asthma

Filled with accessible charts and easy-to-reference information, this down-to-earth, commonsense guide is a must for every parent who wants their children to be full of energy and bursting with good health. Index, glossary, resources.

Author Biography: Lucy Burney is also the author of Optimum Nutrition for Babies and Young Children and writes a regular column for Natural Parent Magazine. A qualified nutrition consultant and children's health specialist, she was trained at the renowned Institute for Optimum Nutrition and went on to practice at the Hale Clinic in London. The mother of four children, she lives in Oxfordshire, England.

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This is the third book by Lucy Burney, a qualified Nutrition Consultant and children's health specialist. Burney gives parents realistic advice on children's nutrition and health for all ages. Stating some common symptoms and the possible ways to increase a child's immune system, her proven techniques are offered so that adults and children's immune systems may improve. For example, someone who has frequent colds and infections may possibly have an antioxidant deficiency (lacking vitamins A, C, or E, or, possibly, zinc or selenium). Burney then offers an explanation of what specific foods should be increased and decreased and recipes that can help are included. The recipes are simple and easy to follow, such as Chicken in a Pot, smoothies, and Family Macaroni Cheese. The book is divided into sections: "The First Six Months," "Six to Nine Months," through "Thirteen to Eighteen Years." The professional advice and information is not just for children, but is suitable for adults as well. Burney explains how the immune system works, allergies, antibiotics, and vaccinations. The book offers sound advice for adults and children. 2005, Newmarket Press, Ages 16 up.