WIC woes

A common-sense study completed in New York showed that eating more healthy does indeed make children more healthy. Who’d of thunk? continue reading »

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I received an email from a mom on WIC a couple weeks ago asking for advice on how to stretch her food budget. She saw that I wrote awhile back that I could easy feed my family of five for less than $300, even without WIC. Here’s the reply I sent her. continue reading »

I received an email last week from Nimali Fernando MD, a pediatrician who blogs as Dr. Yum. She ran across my blog and wanted to let me know that she liked a certain post that I had written about juice, and directed me to a post that she wrote that may be useful to the readers of my blog. It was such good information that I thought about simply directing you to read her article (and you should!), but I’m sure you know that I’ve just got to add some of my experiences and thoughts :) continue reading »

Several month ago, Dr. Oz pointed out that Apple Juice contains arsenic. It stirred up enough attention that Consumer Reports had several juices tested and found both lead and arsenic in many of the juices they tested, and in amounts higher than what’s allowed in bottled water. continue reading »

I ran across an old article written by Sally Squires for the Washington Post titled, “How Far Can Your Dollar Stretch?” The article is from 2007, but it’s still as relevant today as it was then. continue reading »