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Getting Kids Into Veggies

by Dawn Lorenz 1 Comment

Lips sealed, arms crossed, “I don’t like this.” Meanwhile, he’s never even tried it before. Sound familiar? All of my kids love fruit and they each have a few select vegetables that they will ask for, but none of them willingly eat a wide variety of vegetables. Being that I want them to get the nutrients…

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Filed Under: Food, Healthy Meals, Recipes, Veggie Tricks Tagged With: Family, food, Healthy Meals, Kids, Vegetables

Lead in Green Tea; Know Where Yours Comes From

by Dawn Lorenz 4 Comments

Green Tea  – so simple, yet so complex. Light in flavor and so full of health benefits; it should be a staple in every household. Because it’s full of antioxidants called catechin, green tea is beneficial for so many aspects of the human body. It’s great for detoxing, preventing cell damage, improving blood flow, lowering cholesterol and…

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Filed Under: Food, Recipes, recipes Tagged With: Family, green tea

It's Unacceptable, and Here's Why!

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“Over 80,000 chemicals flow through our system of commerce, and many are going straight into our bodies. Even our unborn children are affected. Due to this constant exposure, we have approximately 200 synthetic industrial chemicals interacting with our cells every single day. Until recently, modern science really didn’t understand what that could mean for all…

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Filed Under: Cleaning, organic, Toxic Chemicals Around Children, Toxins in and around the Home Tagged With: Family, unacceptable levels

Your Mattress Matters

by Dawn Lorenz 3 Comments

Know What You Are Sleeping On You spend many of your waking hours each day making sure that you keep your family safe from harmful chemicals in your immediate environment, be it in cleaning products, on food, or in the air that you breathe. Yet, many people never stop to think about the ones that…

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Filed Under: Flame Retardants, organic, sleep, Toxins in and around the Home Tagged With: Family, giveaway, sleep

Safer Pools and Water Toys

by Dawn Lorenz 19 Comments

After doing research for the post, Clean Toys, Green Toys and Toys Made Close to Home (highlighting chemicals in toys, what to watch for and what to avoid, and safe options), I have become so much more aware of what my kids are playing in/with/on. Now that it’s summer, I thought I’d revisit the safe option…

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Filed Under: Chemicals in Toys, Our Natural Kids, Toxins in and around the Home Tagged With: Family, pool, toys

How to Clean Your Oven Safely (and why not to use the self-clean option)

by Dawn Lorenz 48 Comments

I recently moved into a new house and was greeted by a mess of an oven – caked on grease everywhere! Not one into using anything with chemicals to clean, especially with my three little precious ones around, I needed an alternative. The easiest thing to do would have been to press the self-clean button,…

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Filed Under: Cleaning, Home Appliances, Toxic Chemicals Around Children Tagged With: cleaning, Family, natural, oven

Garden Hoses – A Potential Health Risk

by Dawn Lorenz 38 Comments

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Every summer, we use the garden hoses to fill up the water tables and kiddie pools, turn on the toy sprinkler and let the kids have some water fun out in the backyard, while my husband and I tend to our organic garden. What we didn’t know, until recently, was that we were exposing both…

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Filed Under: garden and grass chemicals, the environment around us, Toxic Chemicals Around Children Tagged With: children, Family, garden, health

Hypersensitivity, Mood Swings, Sleeplessness – The Ins and Outs of Food Dye Sensitivity

by Dawn Lorenz 12 Comments

Oftentimes, symptoms of food dye sensitivity and allergies get overlooked by both parents and doctors, as the symptoms seem to be brushed off as normal behavior for whatever age a child is at. Though all children will act out, not pay attention at times, and/or sometimes have trouble sleeping, consistency of this behavior is not…

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Filed Under: Food, Food Dyes, Toxic Chemicals in Food Tagged With: Family, food dyes, parenting

Wallet Friendly Tips for Raising a 'Natural' Family

by Dawn Lorenz 24 Comments

Many people have been asking for some advice about affording organic foods and natural products while on a tight budget. When it comes to my family, we often ‘skimp’ in some areas so that we can afford to widen our food budget a bit, since I believe that this is the most important key to…

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Filed Under: Money Saving Tips, organic, Where to Start Tagged With: Family, money savers, natural living, parenting

Remedies for Children Dealing with Emotional Issues

by Dawn Lorenz 1 Comment

Recently, both of my children were dealing with issues that were taking an emotional toll on them. My two year old daughter was being weaned from nursing, while my almost four year old son was having jealousy issues with his sister to the point where he would hurt her. Both children were having a hard…

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Filed Under: Bach Remedies Tagged With: children, Family, parenting

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