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Food successes at my house

July 6, 2010

In the last post I told you about the food challenges at my house. However, we also do very well in some areas. For example… Organic and minimally processed – we buy most food in organic form and avoid junk like high fructose corn syrup and other additives in foods as much as possible. We [...]

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Food challenges at my house

July 6, 2010

In a previous post we looked at whether or not childhood obesity can be called child abuse. In that post I said we should look for some solutions to this whole childhood obesity issue that involve rewarding healthy behavior. I also noted that part of creating a healthy and green-food minded home involves taking responsibility, [...]

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Is childhood obesity child abuse?

July 5, 2010

In my opinion there’s a direct link between eco-friendly eating and a healthy fit body. If you truly eat green and healthy plus live green (i.e. get outside into nature and get moving) I think you and your whole family will be healthier. At my house: Today I was talking to my boyfriend Dave about [...]

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Is the obesity epidemic an environmental issue?

April 30, 2010

In a previous post about fast food toys being banned I said I’d be back with more on healthy eating and the obesity issue. First I thought I should point out some of the connections between obesity and green living… There are some pretty out-there reports that say things like, “People who are overweight are [...]

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Happy Meal Toys Banned – Just One Less Excuse for Poor Parenting

April 28, 2010

As you may have heard, Santa Clara County just decided to ban those little plastic junk toys that come in any kid-sized, kid-intended meal from fast food restaurants, if said meal doesn’t meet specific nutritional standards. The specific nutritional standards that meals must meet are based on federal standards and recommendations from the Institute of [...]

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The most depressing part of my day

March 1, 2010

Look at this! Really? This is the saddest thing I’ve seen in a good long while. I don’t watch much TV (we don’t have cable) but I’m pretty sure I’m going to try and catch this show online. I’ll be back to comment on what I think about this whole situation at some point soon.

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Are Scary Germs Creating Anti-Tree Huggers?

January 28, 2010

I’m what you might call fairly germ obsessive, but probably not in the way you think. My aunt probably is a little germ obsessive in the way you might think – she ALWAYS uses those paper toilet seat covers, never drinks off other people’s drinks, and loves her anti-bacterial hand wash and bleach cleaners. Actually [...]

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Wash your hands clean and green

December 27, 2009

Washing your hands seems simple enough – rinse, lather, hum happy birthday as you scrub, then rinse. Easy! However, there’s a green way and the not so green way to wash your hands. Below are some common barriers to greener hand washing – this by the way is a perfect first green step for little [...]