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...]
What Is Your Microwave Doing To Your Health?
When we moved last year we finally said goodbye and good riddance to one popular appliance... the microwave. The old one stayed with the house and I knew that we would not be purchasing another. It was time to say goodbye. We didn't use our old one very much but the very presence of it meant that we did use it occasionally... say for melting butter or to heat up leftovers quickly. I didn't want to use it, but it was hard to resist the convenience. It was just one of those things that required … [Read more...]
A Rawesome Update
Just an update on my rawesome journey with raw foods. I am really thinking of staring a separate blog to discuss all this on a naturemoms subdomain but for now here is my progress. I am feeling AMAZING! The other morning my family was eating breakfast with my parents and this is how the conversation went with my Dad: Dad: You look really great. Is it that raw foods thing? Me: Yes, I feel really good....lots of energy. Dad: You look it...you seem really alert and your skin looks really … [Read more...]
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