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One of the most important things we can do for the health and safety of our families is create and maintain an emergency and disaster preparedness kit. These kits can be purchased online or in local stores – but you can also put them together on your own and save money in the process! Before putting a kits together, consider where you’ll store it all. Most people use waterproof 5-gallon buckets which can be sealed and stored in closets or basements spaces. You may also want to consider using a backpack since this can be easy to grab-and-go when needed, Read More

This is the third part of our three part guest blog series on the Elimination Diet.  Please visit here for tips on preparing for the Elimination Diet and here for an outline of rules, recipes and tips for successfully completing the first 12 days of the diet. After completing the first 12 days of the Elimination Diet, you are ready to continue into the re-introduction or “challenging” phase.  This is where you re-introduce the eliminated foods and monitor your symptoms to see which could be your potential trigger foods.  Continue with your written record of symptoms during this phase.  If Read More

This is the second part of our three part guest blog series on the Elimination Diet.  By now you may have tried out some of the suggestions in Part I, or are ready to jump right in and start!  Make sure you have a food diary handy, as this will be essential to tracking symptoms during the Elimination Diet. For TWO WEEKS, you will make some replacements in your current diet as follows.  All items should be organic, or as many items as you can. Food Group INCLUDE these foods: EXCLUDE these foods: Fruits Fresh and frozen fruit, fresh fruit Read More

Elimination diets are hard. This is why most people don’t bother with them. Deep down they know they don’t feel as well as they should and they likely question food as the culprit, but they get too overwhelmed by the thought of such an extreme diet and the idea just washes away. That’s how I was for a long time. Elimination diets are challenging, but so very worth it. It is how we finally determined most of my son’s eczema triggers and food allergies, which were causing head-to-toe severe eczema. Eliminating gluten, dairy, soy, corn, and some tree nuts finally Read More

If your child is on a limited diet due to allergies or finicky eating, you may be wondering if they are getting enough of the most important vitamins and minerals each and every day. Using a high end children’s multivitamin is one of the best and easiest ways to ensure that your child gets all of the nourishment they need – but which ones are best? Right now there are countless selections for you to choose from on the market from liquids and pills to vitamins shaped like teddy bears. The sheer selection can be confusing in and of itself- Read More