Empowering Parents to Make Informed Choices
While I was in the middle of writing my recent blog post about fruit juice for kids, I had a wonderful conversation with my friend, Shelly. I could hear Nayelli, her 2 year-old daughter, in the background. “I want more juice!” I asked Shelly about the juice and she said she makes her own fresh [...]
Last fall the results of a Consumer Reports investigation showed there were disturbing levels of arsenic and lead in apple and grape juices. Inorganic arsenic is a human carcinogen and small amounts of lead can seriously effect physical and mental development. Many kids regularly drink juice, so it may be a big contributor to arsenic [...]
Kids seem to love artificial, processed food that comes in cleverly marketed, colorful packages. These “fake foods” contain refined or artificial sweeteners, preservatives, colorings, and other chemical compounds to make it taste better or to prolong shelf-life. When kids eat this processed food, their bodies have to deal with the synthetic additives, and it can [...]
This is a common question from new parents. Should you give your child dairy cow milk or soy milk? My answer is neither, since both can cause health problems. Toddlers and children do not need any type of milk after they are weaned from breast milk. “Drink milk; it’s nature’s most perfect food”. The dairy [...]
Most people are worried about the quality of their tap water, with good reason, and want to find the best home water filter system. Tap water is contaminated with chlorine and many other toxins. Because of this, the bottled water industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years. But bottled water is really no better [...]
Special Diets Have Indeed Helped Many Autistic Children Improve A recent article by the Associated Press contained this terribly misleading headline and incorrect reporting: Panel: Special diets don’t fight autism – A new report dismisses connections between the disorder and children’s digestion. This type of misleading headline and biased reporting can make us all crazy. [...]
The Shocking Truth about How Food is Produced I just watched the new documentary, Food, Inc. For me, it brought up strong emotion, but also a commitment to write about the positive side of the issue – what you can do to provide your family with healthy, safe, sustainable food and change the state of [...]
