If you love reading academic research and the science behind what you eat, this is the section for you. Join us as we try to understand how our bodies, earth, and food work and the causes of disease.
If you’re going to be outside enjoying the healthy sunshine, be sure to have a safe, mineral sunscreen on hand for longer days! My first baby learned over 100 “baby signs” by the time he was 15 months old. It’s probably a good thing social media wasn’t around back then or I might have caused […]
How to Stay Safe in the Sun to Get the Health Benefits of Sunshine Read More »
Not long ago, we had a conversation on the Kitchen Stewardship® Facebook page about whether food stamps (actually called SNAP benefits) should be used for non-essentials, specifically soda. The article I shared was about a statistic that soda is purchased more than any other category of food with SNAP benefits. I get the impression that
Potential or (Soda) Pop: What’s the Future of Food Pantries? Read More »
“Do-nut worry” read the cute little tags attached to the double doughnut hole treat our first graders presented to our fourth graders last year before their big, stressful standardized test. School counselors have told me that you can palpably feel the atmosphere change in the third and fourth grade wings of our local elementary schools
Power Brain Foods for Standardized Testing in Schools Read More »
Is your baby’s colon worth having pretty eyelashes? Would you trade your child’s ability to poop for a pretty smelling shampoo? Let’s make a deal: You get convenient spray sunscreen, your newborn gets bowel surgery. Sound like a plan? This is the trade-off pregnant women using conventional beauty products may be making every day because
The other day I was walking through the yogurt section at the local grocery store checking nutrition labels for sugar amounts. I was SHOCKED! And not in a good way. I did some really quick math in my head and realized that the average child probably consumes WAY more than the recommended daily amounts of
If you can’t view the video above, click Teaching Kids to Cook May Help Prevent Anxiety and Depression to see it directly on YouTube. Here’s the thing about food and mood – a lot of people don’t believe that what we eat can be the root cause of how we feel, especially when it comes
Sweeteners that have been around for centuries like sorghum syrup and maple syrup are a delicious way to satisfy your sweet tooth with a few health benefits too. But what about the new sweeteners we keep hearing about? I probably get more questions about this category of sweeteners than any other sweetener out there and
Xylitol, Erythritol, Sorbitol…What’s That "ol" About? Read More »
We’re going out on the town for Mexican food since we love home canned salsa, beans and rice, and smoky Mexican soup…just kidding. We’re actually sharing a recipe for the best ever homemade whole wheat tortillas with all the tips I’ve picked up over the years. Now my kids even know how to make them!
Homemade Whole Wheat SOFT Tortillas and Other Healthy Tortillas Read More »
As parents, we want to do what’s best for our kids. It’s important to find safe sunscreens for infants under 6 months. Here are the best organic and natural sunscreens for babies. Because of all my work finding the best natural sunscreens for you guys, I get asked a LOT about safe sunscreens for babies
You CAN Put Sunscreen on Babies Safely – Best Choices Here! Read More »
I get it. Consumer Reports is widely respected and well-known for really knowing how to do reviews and being very thorough. I’m just a mom who has spent the last nearly-decade testing over 100 natural sunscreens on her family in a mostly organized but sometimes haphazard way. I don’t have a testing lab. I don’t
Why I Won’t Listen to Consumer Reports on Sunscreen Read More »
“Why are we going there? Are we getting poor?” I could hear the concern in my daughter’s voice after I told them we were going to Buist Community Assistance Center, our amazing local food pantry, for a tour in a few days. Just as learning practical life skills like cooking is important to their development,
5 Myths You Probably Believe About Food Pantries (& the Poor) Read More »
Is gluten bad for everyone? Should allll of us go on an elimination diet meal plan that’s grain-free for good? Should everyone ditch whole wheat and switch to baking with einkorn, or just use only freshly ground, soaked whole wheat as long as you don’t have Celiac? Nope. Those aren’t even the right questions to
Gluten is Evil? Don’t Even Listen – Unless it’s to Your Body Read More »
Have you ever baked with Einkorn? As an ancient grain with a unique gluten structure, Einkorn is becoming more popular these days. But do you need to find special new recipes, or can you just translate your old favorite whole wheat recipes to Einkorn? Specific Einkorn recipes aren’t a bad idea, because it does act
Baking with Einkorn: an Interview with a Farmer & Tips for Use in Whole Wheat Recipes Read More »
Just because something is natural doesn’t mean it’s safe. In the case of essential oils, there are going to be fewer side effects than man-made medications or phthalate-laden fragrances, but if oils are effective, then they have to make actual changes which means there could be negative or even dangerous effects as well. Knowledge is
Are Essential Oils Effective? Free of All Side Effects? You Decide! Read More »
For years I understood that using aluminum in my cooking and personal products was going to increase my risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. I avoided it almost religiously with some exceptions and even made homemade deodorant even though I’m not normally a DIY personal products kind of girl. I have to tell you – I was
Why I STILL Don’t Use Aluminum Foil (even though it probably doesn’t cause Alzheimer’s) Read More »
Is pressure cooking healthy? Are Instant Pots safe? Set your mind at ease – here’s the research, logic, and a video to explain it all. If you finally got an Instant Pot but were hesitant because you heard that pressure cooking is unhealthy because of the high temps, high pressure, and the speed at which
Is Pressure Cooking Too Hot, Too Fast, or Too New to be Healthy and Safe? Read More »
Homemade granola has become a staple in the Kimball household. We just love healthy granola bars and I love making them. I’ll tell you why. 😉 I am an efficiency freak. If I can save time or combine a trip, even if it’s just around the corner four feet to the bathroom, I’ll load up
How Making MORE Healthy Snacks from Scratch Saves me Time {Homemade Granola Recipe} Read More »
Would there be an uproar if parents found out the school had passed around cigarettes – only one per kid, mind you – at the elementary school track-and-field day or the fundraiser run? Advertisement for run: “All children who finish get a T-shirt and a cigarette at the end of the race!!” Um. Seriously? Of
Chill, Mama. That karate chop I busted out on poor Uncle Charlie when he made an attempt to give my first baby a bite of dirt cake at 7 months old? May have been overkill, it turns out. When that little-baby-who-is-now-an-alarmingly-old-kid was born over a decade ago, the recommendation from our pediatrician on introducing first
Don’t Hold Back: Feed the Baby Earlier, Current Research Says Read More »
This post is from guest writer Alison Adair from the Pure Food Kids Foundation. Food marketers spend two billion dollars a year convincing kids to eat foods that are unhealthy – we don’t want our kids to fall for it. But how do we protect them from the cartoons, celebrity endorsement, flashy colors and games
3 Easy Ways to Make Sure Your Kids Aren’t Fooled by Food Labels {GUEST POST} Read More »
