The attached article summarizes some simple steps to keep you healthy during your pregnancy. To your health–and to that of your baby!!! Click here.
Healthy Home and Garden
Home Care Ideas for Allergies
This is a great article listing a number of helpful ideas for reducing allergy symptoms! Click here.
Organic Potato?
This video is great “food for though” (sorry, pun intended). Please, let your grocery purchases be the best you can make for your health, but also to let grocers, farmers, and politicians know where you want to spend your money.
Save our Bees
Here is a list of research articles summarizing the impact of pesticides on our bee population. Please read, consider voicing your opinion to the EPA to ban these, and stop using pesticides in your yard (which will also reduce your toxic burden!!). The articles are linked via Dr. Sharol Tilgner’s […]
Labelling Definitions
Read this article for great information regarding the restrictions (or NOT) on labels that manufacturers use. You will likely be surprised! Click here.
Homemade soup
Now is a GREAT time to create your own homemade soups with leftover broths from your Thanksgiving dinner. Make a large batch and freeze in glass containers (suitable for freezing, of course!) for future meals. I like to put mine in individually-sized containers for yummy and nutritious homemade lunches at […]
Safe baby products
The good news: Weleda baby products contain safe ingredients. Homemade versions of shampoos, creams, salves and powders are also great options–one of my favorite books for “recipes” is “Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair” by Dina Falconi. The bad news: Johnson & Johnson has been using chemicals, including 1,4-dioxane, in their […]
Preparing for a Healthy Thanksgiving meal!
Most of us look forward to a special Thanksgiving meal with family and friends. From roasted turkey, harvest vegetables, and maybe even some pecan pie–all while enjoying time with loved ones which, at my house, tends to be a combination of peacefulness as well as chaos 🙂 . While I […]
Please eat whole foods!
Just another reason to avoid packaged and processed foods. Choose whole foods instead–the way they are found in nature!! As examples, choose an apple over prepared applesauce; choose fresh herbs over seasoning packets; make homemade salad dressings, etc. Click here for recent article.
Avoid BPA–new research results on impact on children of pregnant mothers.
Research is showing yet another concern regarding exposure to BPA (bisphenol-A)–there is an increased incidence of anxiety and attention difficulties in girls born to women who had elevated levels of BPA in their urine. Bottom line: Avoid packaged foods and plastic containers. Stick to glass containers (stainless steel is a […]
