Daylight Savings Time (Spring Forward)

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Tips for Dealing with Daylight Savings Time—Spring Forward ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Spring is almost here!    And along with it is the change to daylight savings time!  DST 2013 starts on Mar 10 at 2 am.  Most people can’t wait for the long …

Buying & Storing Greens

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So you want to make green smoothies?    Here are some tips to help you choose the right kind of greens, wash them, and store them so they’ll last  through at least a weeks worth of smoothies!   For daily …

Poor Man’s Pate

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Liver is an incredibly nutrient dense food and should reclaim its prominent place at America’s dining table. Here is an easy recipe for pate that offers no excuse not to eat this amazing powerhouse of a food! You can find more involved recipes for “pate” but this is as easy as it gets and it’s delicious!

Healing (& easy!) Chicken Broth Recipe

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Broths made from whole meats including the bones, skin and fat create wholesome soups full of essential fat-soluble vitamins that are necessary for mitochondrial function. Without the adequate intake of these vitamins, our energy metabolism cannot function properly. Furthermore, animal foods provide essential B-vitamins, especially B-12, not found in a plant-based diet.

Navigating the Nap Transition

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Kids are funny. Just when you’ve started to pat yourself on the back for getting your child to sleep like a champ, he decides that naptime is no longer for him. Your once peaceful mornings and afternoons, those blissful hours when all was right again in the world had turned into a chaotic battle for naptime supremacy. If this sounds like your life with baby right now, welcome to the turbulent realm of the nap transition!

Elderberry: A Natural Way to Avoid the Flu

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Black Elderberry is a wild berry that has been cultivated for centuries as a curative. It can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, and was considered a “medicine chest” by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, for its ability to cure a variety of ailments.

Signature Healthy Beet Juice

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Signature Healthy Beet Juice A Little Beet Kids recipe   Juices are a great way to inject whole food doses of nutrients into your diet, especially for children or people suffering from digestive issues who might experience GI distress from …

Tips for Travelling With a Baby or Toddler

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For most parents the thought of travelling with a baby is overwhelming, and the idea of travelling with a toddler can evoke sheer dread! Until your children are old enough to sit for long periods of time entertained by a …

The Importance of Sleep for Infants and Children

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Most parents are aware of the importance of a nutritious diet and regular physical exercise for their children’s health, but surprisingly, another vital aspect of our physical and mental well-being is often overlooked by parents and health practitioners—sleep.

Tips for Dealing with Daylight Savings Time (Fall Back)

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Fall is here, the weather is cooling, the leaves are turning to brilliant browns and reds, and in some places the snow is already falling. This must mean one thing: summer is over and the dreaded end of daylight savings …