My passion: health and nutrition
Food, defined by the oxford dictionary, “any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.” Food is fuel for our bodies and the types of food we consume have our bodies and mind jumping for joy or...
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We have all been there, sitting in the bathroom with our toddlers, wishing it would be easy to go to the bathroom! But sometimes kids get constipated, it happens to everyone. For a child, constipation can be more than just uncomfortable—it is scary! Just when you...
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Like many parents, feeding my children consumes my thoughts. Even as I sit here writing this article, I am also planning what I will make for dinner tonight. Looking back I am thankful I was able to exclusively breastfeed my children and for the first 6 months I...
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You've just had a baby and you are overwhelmed and exhausted. You may have been lucky enough to get some sleep in those first few days or weeks but then your precious little one starts to spit up constantly or seems to be having tummy troubles. If your little one...
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"Lettuce Turnip The Beet" - Unknown What is it about the color green that makes kids instantly turn up their nose? My favourite vegetables are green—the darker the better. But for my little ones it has been a struggle to get them to eat anything green. Green...
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Growing up in a health food family we never had any of the common toothpaste brands in our house. We were the kids who had the big words in red marker on our dental files NO FLOURIDE. So when my own kids starting going to the dentist I was surprised that not much had...
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Protein Muffins are Kid Approved Some days it feels like all we do as parents is prepare food, clean up and then move on to prepare the next. On days like this, I am happy to have two staple ingredients in our house, bananas and eggs. These two ingredients can make...
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Are you daunted by the supplement aisle at your grocery store? If you are like me you probably pick up a few items for yourself like a multivitamin or vitamin D3. And you have most likely asked yourself if your children really need nutritional supplements? I am...
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I love raw honey because I like to be able to have something sweet and have zero guilt. I also like that I never have to say no to my kids when they ask, “can I have honey on that?” I am ‘that mom’ - the mom at birthday parties that watches each cupcake, juice box,...
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This simple check can help you figure out if your child has low iron. Gently pull down their lower eyelid and check the colour of the inside of the eyelid. If the colour is pale pink or whitish looking your child could be low in iron. The image attached is after 90...
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