I often get questions about how to transition kids to healthier REAL foods. Like many, my own parenting career started with me feeding my kids the Standard American Diet (SAD). My oldest child got his start on formula followed by hot dogs, mac and cheese, pizza, chicken nuggets, deli meats, and the like. Some of that carried over to my second child because it was already established as the "good" food to my oldest. It wasn't until I quit working to stay home with my kids that I spent a large … [Read more...]
Does Food Really Matter?
This morning I watched an incredible documentary called Food Matters. I was enthralled from the first few opening seconds and hooked until the credits. I even watched the credits because they had some background music lyrics that were interesting too. This film is all about the “you are what you eat” concept. Doctors today don’t receive very much training in nutrition and most patients believe there is a pill that cures everything. IMO and the opinion of the makers of this film…that is … [Read more...]
Celebrate Green!
Welcome to my first ever podcast!!! I am happy to bring you the Natural Family Living Podcast, a talk radio podcast for the natural mom and environmentally friendly parent. I hope to make this a semi-regular occurrence from now on and cover a variety of topics including green family values, environmental concerns, natural parenting, organic and sustainable living, and natural health and wellness. My guest this week is Lynn Colwell who is one half of the mother-daughter team whose passion is … [Read more...]
The Natural Marketing Institute Identifies Five Personal Care Consumer Segments
Contact: Nancy White The Natural Marketing Institute 215.513.7300 ext. 225 Nancy.White@NMIsolutions.com Harleysville, Pa. August 2, 2006 /Natural Newswire/ -- According to research from The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), in 2005 U.S. consumers spent $4.9 billion on natural/organic personal care products - a figure that shows growth of 22% over the previous year. Based on consumer usage patterns, future expected shopping and other NMI trended consumer data, that figure could rise to … [Read more...]
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