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5 Healthy Holiday Gifts for Moms
After you purchase gifts for your kids and everyone else on your list, bake all the Christmas cookies and attend the obligatory office parties and school events, there’s no doubt that holiday stress will get the best of you. This year, instead of checking off all the...
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Gestational Diabetes Diet: 7 Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy
If you’ve been diagnosed with gestational diabetes, you might be wondering what foods you should eat, what foods you should avoid and what else you can do to have a healthy pregnancy.According to a 2014 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...
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5 Healthy Holiday Gifts for Kids
Whether it’s a gift they asked for or something you knew they’d love, there’s nothing better than the joy of watching kids open their presents. Along with the toys, electronics and clothes, why not add also buy a present that will make them healthy and happy too? Here...
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What is High-Fructose Corn Syrup?
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7 Ways Busy Moms Can Cope With Holiday Stress
As moms, our lives are hectic enough but when the holidays roll around, our stress levels get ramped up even more. According to a report by the American Psychological Association (APA), 44 percent of women (versus 31 percent of men) say they have more stress during...
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9 Healthy Holiday Tips for Your Family
With countless opportunities to enjoy sweet, savory and decadent dishes at family gatherings, holiday parties and special events, combined with treats tempting us at virtually every store (food or otherwise), it’s no wonder most people overindulge during the holidays....
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10 Ways To Deal With Picky Eaters When You’re Fed Up
Having a kid who is a picky eater is one of the most frustrating parts about being a parent—right up there with potty training, sleepless nights and meltdowns. Chances are, you’re already doing your best to offer plenty of healthy foods. But try as you might, you...
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7 Healthy Holiday Baking Tips
I love baking anytime of year, but during the holidays, it’s even more special. As a child, I have fond memories of making chocolate-coconut Christmas cookies and these Betty Crocker candy cane cookies with my own mom. Now that I have my own kids, I love holiday...
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10 Ways I’m Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain
Between all the family dinners, holiday parties and special events, the 5 or so weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day are prime time for holiday weight gain. Surprisingly, most people gain only about a pound during the holiday season, which doesn’t sound like...
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[VIDEO] 3 Things Volunteering To Feed The Hungry Teaches My Kids
My daughters are still young but before my husband and I ever planned to have children, it was important to us that we would raise kids who were grateful. Grateful for the food on their table. Grateful for the clothes on their backs. Grateful for the house over their...
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7 Healthy Kids’ Birthday Treats That Aren’t Cupcakes
In recent years, an increasing amount of schools in the U.S. have banned cake, cupcakes and other treats for kids’ birthday celebrations all in an effort to curb childhood obesity and keep kids with food allergies safe. If your child’s school allows you to bring in...
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8 Processed Foods I Feed My Kids
My kids eat a diet made up of mostly real, whole foods—the way food was meant to be consumed. Unlike processed foods that have artificial ingredients, additives, and preservatives, a ton of sodium, salt and saturated fat, are chemically engineered to appeal to kids’...
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6 Ways To Get Rid Of Leftover Halloween Candy
After all the Halloween parties, school celebrations and trick or treating are over, and your kids have been over-indulging for days, chances are, you’re ready to put an end to the sugar madness. In my house, we let our kids enjoy their treats and the candy, but the...
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How Not To Raise An Emotional Eater
I’ve been an emotional eater for as long as I can remember. It’s one of the reasons I started this blog. When you grow up in an Italian-American family like I did, it’s hard not to be an emotional eater and break many unhealthy eating habits. Food (and lots of it), is...
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10 Easy Ways To Slash Sugar From Your Kid’s Diet
Homemade cookies, your hometown ice cream shop and trick or treating on Halloween are what childhood memories are made of. But let’s face it: kids can get sweets almost anywhere whether it’s the school cafeteria, on the sports field, in your local bank or in your own...
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