My friend Chris’ last public words before succumbing to cancer
I have seen people, when they are educated by those who tell the truth, become really angry. Tina, whom I met at CHI, 44 years old, was livid to discover she has been educated by industry. By folks with a profit motive that is in conflict with the interests of public health. She said, “Everything [...]
25 Comments • Continue Reading →They might laugh, but then they change their tune….part 2 of 2
Second day of his tournament that Ten’s team won yesterday, we had this convo on the way home: Ten: “That wrap is soooooo good. All the guys on the team ask me if they can have some.” Me: “Yeah. You know how you always think if you have healthy food people will make fun of [...]
17 Comments • Continue Reading →What I DON’T do, every day, in my family
So I admit (on a regular basis, actually) that I’m not perfect. Anyone who knows me and sees the inside of my fridge, and what I do on vacation, knows that I “walk the talk.” I really do the stuff I teach, and I do it consistently. But I am also human. If I indulge, [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →Joe Mercola and GreenSmoothieGirl on agave
In the natural health space, Joe Mercola is very much a Goliath, and I’m very much a David. Today’s topic: my affinities and differences with his philosophies. Dr. Mercola responded to my blog posting and newsletter of a week ago, about agave. I stand firm that drawing fear-based parallels between raw, organic agave from a [...]
77 Comments • Continue Reading →wrap-up: Education Week may offer “education” you don’t value, part 5 of 5
In a class I attended on single parenting, the teacher repeatedly brought up the “McDonald’s Effect” (which you may remember from the documentary Supersize Me): McD’s is carefully, methodically creating its youngest generation to be its best customers ever. Play Places beckon with bright colors and all kinds of free fun. When [...]
9 Comments • Continue Reading →Happy Meals: how happy ARE they?
Both my daughters are playing AAA (state-level) soccer this year, and I’ve driven 45 minutes north of home 4 times in the past 24 hours, for a tournament they’re both playing in. Today as we watched a game, a team mom I’ve been friends with for many years walked up and started unloading a [...]
20 Comments • Continue Reading →The Essential GreenSmoothieGirl Library . . . part 8
More important books for parents to own: Denise Punger, M.D. is a GreenSmoothieGirl 12 Stepper and a brave new voice in modern medicine. She’s a board certified doctor married to another medical doctor, but she’s also a mother who has breastfed for 12 years and delivered her last baby via home birth. [...]
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