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Nutrition

The Myth of Loose Skin?

March 5, 2007

Have you noticed how when people who are overweight lose a bunch of weight in a short time period, they seem to have flaps of loose skin leftover that seems to sag and stay on forever?
I’m not really overweight but I did have twins in 2001. I’m very petite (4′11″, started out probably around [...]

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Knowledge is Progress

March 1, 2007

A Philadelphia Councilwoman proposes a measure requiring restaurants to provide nutrition information for menu items.

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Two All Natural Breakfast Ideas.

February 25, 2007

For a few years, my kids had almost the same breakfast every morning – cheerios in soy milk, occasionally with a piece of fruit on the side. We didn’t do dairy and I didn’t want them to have sugar, so this seemed the best option to me at the time. They loved this [...]

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Does your kid hate salads?

February 22, 2007

Today I thought I’d share something I’ve been making my 5 yr olds to get them interested in eating lots of leafy greens. Greens are the food highest in mineral (per calorie), and I want to make sure my kids are getting plenty of minerals, but some kids have a hard time with greens. [...]

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Healthy for Me, Unhealthy for Kids

February 20, 2007

As I often do, I’m reviewing expenses with my wife, and we’re considering cancelling our gym membership.
We got it because we not only wanted a good gym to exercise at, but we also wanted affordable child care. (Since we both exercise at the same time, we put our two children in the “Kid’s Club.”)
But there’s [...]

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