6:05 minutes (1.4 MB)
Dealing with ear infections in your children is frustrating. Do you give antibiotics or opt against antibiotics? Dave Foreman offers natural approaches to avoid the use of antibiotics and ease the discomfort without that expensive trip to the doctor.

7:39 minutes (1.76 MB)

Phil dishes out this week's food news with topics such as: low-fat fried foods, anti-oxidants helping with the aging process, pediatricians claiming that apple juice is good for children, and much more.

A kid's version of the bestselling expose Fast Food Nation is aimed at educating pre-teens about what they eat, and how it gets to them.

Turns out there is such thing as a free lunch, but it's poorly packaged and not very nutritious.

11:27 minutes (2.63 MB)
Few kids beg for broccoli or polish off their peas without at least a little coaxing from Mom and Dad. In this podcast, Michael Feigin and Lawson Harris, a.k.a. The Fitness Guru, speak with author Missy Chase Lapine about her new best-selling book The Sneaky Chef. Missy gives wonderful advice on how to get your kids to eat healthier--without them even knowing it!

SpongeBob spinach is just one of the newly licensed cartoon characters to sell fresh fruit and vegetables to kids.

It makes me wonder why more healthy foods don't use modern-day marketing tactics.

"How can we get kids to eat better?" is a question we ask so often these days that it's in danger of becoming a mindless mantra. Schools all over the country are banning soda machines and overhauling their lunch menus; pre-sliced, pre-packaged apples and oranges are being marketed as the greatest thing since sliced bread, because the neat, easy-to-eat slices make fruits a more viable snack food for kids.