Reduce Sugars In Your Kid’s Diet Today, people eat one hundred and fifty pounds of sugar in a year. That’s two-and-a-half pounds of sugar each week! Eliminating (or at least drastically reducing) sugars from your picky child’s diet is essential. For the child who’s not eating a healthy variety of foods, this one adjustment will open [...]

Americans consume between 100 and 180 pounds of sugar each year. Only about 29 pounds is directly from the sugar bowl while the rest comes from foods and drinks. Sugar comes in many forms: refined white sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, HFCS (high fructose corn syrup), malt syrup, sucrose, fructose, dextrose, molasses, fruit juice concentrate [...]

Kids Love Candy We all know what October means for kids…Candy Overload. Kids (actually everyone) love candy, so what could be harmful about that? In the past, I’ve focused on how detrimental the artificial ingredients are in candy. Add to that the sugar content and you have a recipe for disaster. October is Non-GMO Month [...]

This is the busiest time of the year. It begins with Hanukkah, next Christmas and then New Year’s Eve celebrations, ending with January 1 football games and more partying. More people will be entertaining this month, than any other time of year. The challenge is how to eat healthy when sugar, white flour, altered fats, [...]

Thanksgiving is only days away. If you want to have a “Natural Thanksgiving” now is the time to think about it. A natural Thanksgiving sounds easy enough, but it takes some forethought. For the last 30 years, our Thanksgivings have been as natural (chemical free) as possible. Most Thanksgiving dinners are loaded with ingredients the Pilgrims [...]

Did You Know: The average North American consumes 153 pounds of sugar per year. One can of soda pop contains between 10 and 14 teaspoons of sugar. Six teaspoons of sugar lowers the immune system 25 percent for 12 hours. Fifteen teaspoons of sugar lowers the immune system 95 percent for 12 hours Sugar causes the pancreas to [...]

Infants, whose mothers consume excessive amounts of high-fat, high-sugar foods when pregnant or breastfeeding, are likely to have a greater preference for these foods later in life. This is according to a new study published in the FASEB Journal. The findings suggests the high-fat and high-sugar diet leads to changes in the fetal brain’s reward [...]

Most parents believe they’re offering their family wholesome foods, when in fact sugar is the main attraction. Britney’s family eats more whole foods than most. So, she didn’t think they ate a lot of sugar. It wasn’t until a health concern that Britney decided to eliminate all sugar from their family’s diet. Removing sugar isn’t [...]

I try not to make resolutions that I know I can’t keep. In fact, there have been years, where I didn’t make any resolutions at all. This coming year, I already know I want to spend more time in God’s Word. When I read scripture, it gives balance and perspective to all that I do. [...]

Just Like “Jumbo Shrimp”… “Healthy Candy” is an Oxymoron In America the annual per capita consumption of candy is about 24 pounds. Children eat between 1 and 4 pounds of candy just at Halloween. I have avoided writing about Halloween candy, because I feel that it is no longer safe for kids to trick-or-treat. Also, [...]