Study Alert: Link Between Pesticide Exposure and ADHD
As a mom to two young children, recent findings published in Pediatric journal were of great interest to me. According to a study conducted by Harvard University and the University of Montreal, in which urine samples were studied for over 1,100 children aged 8 to 15, for traces of organophosphate pesticide. Children with the highest [...]
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Organic Foods Q & A
The craze over organic foods is growing, but what is it really about? There are plenty of questions regarding “green eating”, and I encourage you to look more into organic eating if this is something you are interested in learning about. 1.) What does it mean for a food to be organic? It is food [...]
8 Ways to Get Kids Involved in the Kitchen
Between Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, wonderful nutrition messages about getting our children involved and excited about real, nutritious food are starting to get out there. Seeing young kids who were unable to identify a potato, eggplant or even tomato was certainly an eye-opener for me! One of the first steps [...]
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Should You Buy Organic?
If you have been following the news over the past week you have likely heard that organic foods are no more nutritious than conventional foods. This is according to a recent review published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. I thought I would weigh in on this topic since nutritional superiority of organic vs [...]
