Modern, scientific theory says that a virus causes the common cold, not exposure to cold air. However, when it's cold, kids spend more time indoors, both at home and school, and that creates a breeding ground for viruses that can cause respiratory illnesses. Children must eat their vegetables. Vitamin deficiencies are extremely rare, and it's unlikely that children will harm themselves by not eating vegetables. It is important to serve well-rounded meals, but you don't have to fight daily battles about eating all your vegetables.
Fresh vegetables are more nutritious than frozen or canned.
Today, foods are frozen so quickly that there's little time for nutrients to be lost. Even the FDA now allows frozen-foods manufacturers to advertise them as nutritional equals of fresh foods. Mothers who are breast-feeding should not eat garlic, onions. It used to be believed that eating highly flavored foods while breast feeding made an infant more fussy and caused gas and upset stomach. In fact, a study that monitored the eating habits of nursing mothers showed babies seemed to prefer milk when their mothers ate garlic and they even nursed for longer periods of time and actually gained more weight.