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Autism: A Quality Discussion

by Ms. S February 17, 2011
Autism

I was thrilled to discover that Dr. Oz had led a discussion on autism –  its possible causes and solutions. Several physicians on the show agreed that the quality of food that we feed our children (and ourselves!) is influential in many cases.  Other topics covered are the role of vaccines, environment, and mother’s age. [...]

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The Linguistic Genius of Babies

by Ms. S February 16, 2011
Baby Talk

With modern technology, research on brain development — especially with children — has become even more fascinating.  Below is an interesting video that provides better insight into how amazing babies are… Related Content: “The Creativity Crisis” “The Inverse Power of Praise” Sleep: “The Lost Hour” Fetal Origins: How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest [...]

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Olive Oil for Skin: Nature’s Best Moisturizer

by Ms. S February 14, 2011
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Olive oil as skin care is an ancient beauty secret that the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans have been using for thousands of years.  It wasn’t until this past weekend, however, that I actually experienced the true skin care powers of olive oil! My Weekend Skin Care Dilemma My family and I spent the past weekend [...]

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Banana Peels for Your Skin?

by Ms. S February 10, 2011
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My mother recently called, excited to share a new discovery: banana peels as skin care. She’s had patches of itchy, rough patches of skin on her face for years.  Her doctors had prescribed a cortisone-based cream that worked but that became harsh for her skin.  She recently tried applying a banana peel on the patches, and she [...]

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Faux Gras: A Delicious Vegan Foie Gras

by Ms. S February 8, 2011
Faux Gras

Ms. C at The S File ™ recently returned from an event very excited about “faux gras.” Below, she shares this discovery as well as her interview with the founder of The Regal Vegan, creator of Faux Gras. – Ms. S A few weeks ago, I attended a fascinating event on sustainable food systems and [...]

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Babies’ Dreams

by Ms. S February 7, 2011
Babies Dreams

I just saw this sweet YouTube video of a mom imagining her child’s dreams. Please check out this beautiful creation below. Related Content: Sleep: “The Lost Hour” Sleep Deprivation: How Do Parents Manage It?! Impact of Sleep: Interesting Things Didn’t Know Finally Liberated To Sleep! Tags: dreams, Videos

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Oprah Is Vegan-ish!

by Ms. S February 2, 2011
Oprah's Vegan Challenge

The online health community has been atwitter with Oprah’s recent show about her and her 378 staffers being vegan for one week.  NY Times best-selling author, Kathy Freston led the vegan challenge (she’s been vegan for +7 years; her husband is “vegan-ish”: eats vegan at home in his wife’s vegan kitchen, but eats animal protein [...]

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Natural Immunity Boosters

by Ms. S January 31, 2011
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Here at The S File ™, we prefer to avoid taking medicine whenever possible.  Instead, we first try natural remedies that are often ancient-old healers.   We’ve all heard that vitamin C- packed foods are great immunity boosters, but when you’ve had enough OJ and grapefruit, what else can you turn to?  Here is a list [...]

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Tiger Mom on Stephen Colbert

by Ms. S January 30, 2011
Amy Chua on Steve Colbert

I haven’t been able to keep up with all the controversy surrounding Amy Chua’s recent Wall Street Journal article, “Why Chinese Moms Are Superior,” and her new book, (though her book is in the mail to me from Amazon.com for an upcoming book club discussion!).  However, Ms. C of TheSFile ™ forwarded a video clip [...]

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Fantastic Interactive Kids Shows in NYC!

by Ms. S January 27, 2011
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Now that the holidays have come to an end and routines are settling in, are you looking for something to do with the kids in the City?  Below are two wonderful shows for families with young children. The Ohmies There are only a few more days to catch the fun, interactive musical The Ohmies.  Scheduled [...]

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