Nutrition for pregnant moms, babies, toddlers…..part 2 of 5
Breastfeeding versus formula is our topic today. First of all let’s talk about how long to nurse your baby. We’ve over-sexualized breasts in our culture. We’re squeamish about the use of breasts for feeding babies. Cover it up, don’t let anyone know you do it, get your boobs back as fast as you can for [...]
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Nutrition for pregnant moms, babies, toddlers…..part 1 of 5
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: My baby is breastfeeding, and doing great. But I know I have to make the transition. Besides blending cooked vegetables, what else should I do? Answer: Please share this blog series with anyone with a baby, or anyone thinking about starting a family. What I’m about to tell you is worth more than [...]
18 Comments • Continue Reading →Young vegetarians! Share this with your kids….part 1 of 2
My 16-year old daughter Emma has been a vegetarian since age 11, and she loves to evangelize. When there’s a debate in a school class (it always seems to revolve around “where do you get your protein?”), she comes to me and asks for verbal ammo. Right now she and I are both writing on [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →What can I use to replace MILK?
Newbies ask me this question all the time when they learn that milk, contrary to the $50 million advertising budget of the Dairy Council, isn’t a good food for humans. It’s not even a particularly useable form of calcium (unless you’re a baby cow). Plus it’s mucous forming, and when your body is battling mucous [...]
17 Comments • Continue Reading →Reversing osteoporosis
I got this from Jackie on my customer support team: “We’ve been getting a lot of people asking about whether you can reverse osteoporosis. Can you address this on the blog?” First of all, we have to stop believing, as a culture, that drinking cow’s milk is some kind of insurance against osteoporosis. The U.S. [...]
18 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation? . . . LAST ONE! part 13
You know that my primary motive on GSG.com is to improve the health of human beings through a plant-based diet. But today we look at figures regarding the treatment of animals raised for food in America before I officially retire this series: Number of pigs in U.S. raised in total confinement factories where [...]
3 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 3 of 12
More today on whether dairy products contribute to health: Calcium absorption rates according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Brussels sprouts 64% [...]
18 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 2 of 12
Today, great stats on whether dairy products contribute to health: Asians have little or no osteoporosis. They also (until recently) have been nonconsumers of dairy products. (Besides eating much less meat and almost no dairy products, they also drink few sodas, get lots of exercise, and eat more vegetables.) The huge [...]
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Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I come from a family with a strong link to genetic breast cancer . . . doctors have a way to scare the pants off of you . . . I was told during a mammogram that I have calcifications in my breast. Where does that come from and how do I [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →Parenting Skills for Young Children
My next week of blogging will be about one of my favorite topics, possibly the #1 question I am asked—and the one I care about most. How do I get my kids to eat right? That is, parenting skills for young children when it comes to food and nutrition. These blogs are [...]
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