We’re not really big on traditional “dessert” in our family… at least not on a regular basis. I grew up in a family that had something for dessert pretty much every night. Now, as a grown-up and as a parent, it just makes no sense to me. From a health perspective, not much good can [...]
As predicted, the article I posted the other day about the school field trip that ended with lunch at McDonald’s has raised some questions, issues and strong opinions!
Good. It should.
Ultimately, we get to feed our children the way we choose to. As parents, I firmly believe that we make the very best decisions we possibly [...]
Yesterday, my daughter’s class had a field trip. I went along for the adventure… remember? I’m an overbearing control freak!?! Nooo, silly!
Actually, I really enjoy spending time with our kids, I love the place they were visiting, I enjoy learning (or refreshing my memory) along with the kids, and… ok… I’m not thrilled with all [...]
The other day, one of the teachers at school sent home a copy of the USDA Food Pyramid and asked if I could teach the kids a nutrition lesson based on the pyramid.
I haven’t responded yet since I’m still trying to figure out how to delicately inform her that the inaccurate, genetically incongruent, bought-and-paid-for, and [...]
As some of you know, we made the decision to put our kids back in school for the remainder of the school year starting in January. Tough decision… because there is so much I loved about home schooling. Sure, I have more gray hair now, but I still think it’s a fabulous way to go [...]
Another little recently published article that I thought you might enjoy…
http://articlesmind.com/?id=66916
It’s not that I don’t believe that lunch, dinner and snacks are important… it’s just that we really seem to be blowing it with our breakfast habits! This might be a good starting point for making healthIER – not perfect – choices. If you can [...]
Here are some simple tips and strategies for successfully making the transition from toxic, sickness-promoting foods to healthier food choices and mindset.
No, it’s not about being perfect! HealthIER choices make a healthIER person!
(This article was written for a publication geared toward parenting… but you’ll quickly see that these principles apply for ALL of us!)
Click the [...]
Amidst all the fun and festivities of Halloween comes some stress. No, not the stress of finding Halloween costumes. Stress in the form of nutritional toxicity! Each year, we are inundated with Halloween candy and junk galore as our wee ones are given every Halloween “treat” imaginable.
Back in the day, I can remember receiving chocolate [...]
The answer to the last “mystery” food/beverage is Capri Sun.
At least in this neck-of-the-woods, this has become the drink of choice for many kids’ sporting events and parties. Makes me sad, since high fructose corn syrup is the second ingredient, after water.
I don’t mean to pick on Capri Sun, per say. There are certainly many [...]
You probably guessed today’s mystery “food” pretty easily – macaroni and cheese (the leading brand, who shall remain nameless).
Seems relatively harmless when you read the ingredients with two glaring exceptions, and a few not-so-glaring, sneaky ones.
First, the artificial colors are toxic.
Second, where IS the health-building property of this food? I don’t see the 4 Golden [...]
Here’s another recently published article I thought you might be interested in. Again, the topic is the increasingly common lack of nutrition in kids’ meals and snacks.
I somewhat jokingly call this trend the “Brown Food Diet”… or, more accurately the “White, Tan, Yellow, Beige and Brown Diet!”
Here’s the link to the article:
http://www.articlesengine.com/Article/Kids–Nutrition—Where-Has-All-The-Color-Gone-/407561/1
Let me know what [...]
Here’s a little article I recently wrote about school lunches and what we’re feeding our kids. Really, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a “school” lunch or lunch at the kitchen table. The point is, are we providing our kids with the basic building blocks for health?
Beware… I was somewhat “irked” when I wrote this! : [...]
Yesterday my daughter went to her first day of a home school “school” that meets once per week for a very interesting variety of classes. This semester she’s taking a nice combination of history, arts, science/physics and literature.
Just an interesting, fun day for her with kids OTHER than her little brother, and a nice [...]
Part of my focus with home schooling is to make sure I get the kids intentionally moving each and every day. Motion IS life, after all! And regular motion has been proven time and time again to build healthy brains. Kinda’ important in the whole educational process.
Plus, incorporating movement into the kids’ routine is my [...]
Fruit juice is not the “healthy” choice many of us were raised to believe it is. This is because the very process of juicing fruit concentrates its sweetness.
I encourage you to think twice before starting your kids’ day with juice, or packing juice for their lunch, or having them buy juice at school.
There’s as much [...]
If I know that the kids will be away from home for an extended period of time, I like to make sure that they’ve got an abundance of healthy foods packed to go with them in order to keep them on track.
This is also how I make sure that they “fill up with health FIRST”… [...]
Here’s a little video clip of our kids having a healthIER lunch. Certainly not the healthiest lunch they’ve had… but a good example of how to take conventional foods (hot dogs, ‘tater tots’, etc.) and make healthier choices.
The little potato thingy-ma-bobs are a big deal around here, by the way! They’ve only had them a [...]
Yesterday’s article re: kids, television and movement isn’t working properly when you click “Continue Reading” – nobody seems to be sure why just yet!
BUT, the same article seems to be working just fine on my Facebook page (that imports articles from this blog!)
So, if you’d like to read the entire article (it’s short), and see [...]
Here’s a sneak peek inside our crazy little world!
We have a big “rule” in our house about watching television and movies – NO sitting around like a blob… letting your brain turn to mush! If the kids are going watch something, they’ve got to move their bodies! We have an understanding that every time a [...]
My “just one thing” recommendation for today is actually something I often do, but rarely think to write about! I was reminded of it today as we ventured off to our favorite little Mexican restaurant with my visiting sister-in-law and my niece and nephew.
This is the recommendation: if you know you’re going somewhere to consume [...]
