From among thousands of contestants, Penny Bauder, Owner and Founder of the earth-friendly craft subscription service Green Kid Crafts, has been named a top finalist in StartupNation.com’s 2012 Leading Moms in Business competition. More than 350,000 votes were cast in support … [Read more...]
Some Call It Orthorexia Nervosa
Some call it ‘natural’ the way my family (and most of my close friends) live our life. Well, now there are others that call it ‘orthorexia nervosa’. And by others, I mean Dr. Steven Bratman. He’s the one who coined this term as a new disease. The label is to be given to … [Read more...]
Are You Eating Glue?
This is an article by Dr. Mercola that I found extremely interesting. I was going to write a post about it and tell you guys all about it, then I thought I would just copy it all here so you get the whole story instead of just my ramblings about it! :)Let me just say that … [Read more...]
Learn Anything??
Whew. Okay, I'm finished with the posts that explain why I avoid the 5 things in my Top 5 Ingredients post.I truly do hope you learned a little something about how to feed your family a little healthier. If you are new to reading labels, you may find yourself getting … [Read more...]
Why I Avoid Buying Foods With Glutamates
Today's post is the last in my series of posts that explain why I try not to consume the ingredients in my Top 5 Ingredients I Avoid When Shopping post. Today we talk about glutamate (or, more accurately, glutamic acid). Glutamic acid is the harmful component to Monosodium … [Read more...]
Why I Avoid Artificial Sweeteners Like The Plague
On to the next ingredient in my series explaining my Top 5 Ingredients I Avoid When Shopping post. (If you missed it, just click on the title in that last sentence and you can get caught up.) Today we talk about artificial sweeteners. This can include aspartame, sucralose, … [Read more...]
Why I Avoid Buying Foods With Sodium Benzoate
As promised in my post about the Top 5 Ingredients to Avoid, here is more information on Sodium Benzoate so that you will understand why it doesn’t enter my house. There have been some health concerns about the combination of sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid or vitamin C. … [Read more...]
Why I Avoid Buying Things With Hydrogenated Oils
Today's post will be my explanation of why our family avoids partially hydrogenated and hydrogenated oils as pointed out in my post about the 5 ingredients we avoid. Let me just start by saying that oils are not necessarily bad for you (at least some oils). However, when … [Read more...]
Why the new name????
I changed the name of my blog as most of you know. The old name was ‘Random Thoughts From Nicole’. I didn’t much like that. As I am living my life and wandering around the world, I have lots of thoughts that float through my head, as I’m sure others do as well. Being a … [Read more...]
Are you crunchy???
When reading something online or otherwise about all things 'crunchy' or 'granola'. I've always been in line with most of what they were talking about, so I thought I was probably crunchy. Today, I had the idea to look it up on the urban dictionary. The urban dictionary … [Read more...]