- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- August 8, 2007
- Cooked vs Raw
Whole fresh foods should be the basis of what we all eat, whether your metabolic type is protein type, carb type or mixed type. Whole foods, whether meat, vegetable or fruit, do two things: they provide all the nutrients that nature put into the food--not just as a sum of nutrients, but even more, as a synergy of nutrients that work together because they naturally interact within the living plant or animal. When we eat these foods, which have been connected with our whole existence as a species, the total health benefit to us is much greater than the sum of the parts. The second practical advantage of eating whole fresh foods is that they substitute, by their sheer bulk, the chemicals and denatured food derivatives that we might otherwise eat.
- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- July 5, 2007
- Junk Foods
Birthday parties, "The Holidays," Valentine's Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving. You can't get very far along in the year before someone you know either thrusts a piece of cake or a box of donuts in front of you.
- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- July 2, 2007
- Food Fight
A favorite mantra is "everything in moderation." On the surface it sounds quite reasonable, avoiding fanatical or extreme activities by the very definition of moderation. Reasonable people are moderate. Good parents and teachers are moderate, aren't they? So what could be the problem with it?
- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- July 2, 2007
- Food Fight
Even if you have an excellent fresh diet of whole organic food at home, that can all fall apart while you're traveling because relying on restaurants and markets away from home is often a disappointing experience.
- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- July 2, 2007
- Toxins
Chemicals are ubiquitous and increasingly present in our homes, cars and even our food. Through our lungs, skin and GI tract, we are soaking up chemicals that we'd be hard-pressed to spell or pronounce, if we could even find out what they were.
- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- June 27, 2007
- Fever
Supporting your child's fever instead of immediately going to the medicine cabinet for a fever-reducing acetaminophen is one of the best things you can do for your child's fever.
- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- June 27, 2007
- Organic Foods
Although organic food has a reputation for being outrageously expensive, there are many times when it is actually less expensive than commercially grown food if you just check labels and sales.
- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- June 27, 2007
- Food Fight
One of the biggest challenges to your family's healthy lifestyle is your child's perception that other people are privileged simply because they eat differently.
- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- June 27, 2007
- Food Fight
By now you have probably read enough to understand that sugar and sweets should be crossed off your grocery list. But actually kicking sugar and eliminating cravings is a difficult feat, as its many fans know all too well.
- Article
- By Colleen Huber
- June 27, 2007
By now you have probably read enough to understand that sugar and sweets should be crossed off your grocery list. But actually kicking sugar and eliminating cravings is a difficult feat, as its many fans know all too well.