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Reading Food Labels? 5 Ingredients To Avoid Giving Your Children

As mums, we are often doing the food shopping in a rush. So it can be easy to get sucked in by the claims written all over the food packaging. But reading food labels can help you to identify what is and isn’t good for your family. Food labels and ingredient lists can be confusing.…

The Health Effects Of Plastic Exposure On Children

Plastic is everywhere in our modern world. This has a massive impact on our environment, but there are also health effects of plastic – especially for our kids. Watch the video or continue reading below to find out more about the health effects of plastic for kids. The Health Effects Of Plastic Kids are much…

3 Ways To Reduce Indoor Air Pollution At Home

We know that pollution is bad for our health. But what many people don’t realise is that pollution in our homes is just as toxic as pollution outdoors. For a healthy, happy family, you want to reduce indoor air pollution. Today, I share 3 tips to help you do just that. The things that we…

The Dangers Of Cooking With Non-Stick Cookwares

Eating a nutritious diet is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. But one thing that is often overlooked is how we’re cooking and storing nutritious food. Many people use non-stick cookwares like Teflon to cook their food, but these products contain a toxic chemical. So I thought I’d share some of the dangers of…

Food Additives: Can They Affect Your Child’s Health?

Food additives are relatively new to our food supply. So it’s no surprise that we’re seeing more and more health issues arise with them. But are food additives to blame for your child’s symptoms? Watch the video or continue reading below to find out more about how food additives can affect your child’s wellbeing. What…

What you need to know about sensory processing disorder

Sensory processing challenges and sensory processing disorder are becoming more and more common in children. Sensory processing disorder is more common in children with Autism, A.D.H.D, Downs syndrome and other genetic conditions and in kids who were born prematurely but it can also be a stand-alone condition. Watch the video or continue reading below to…

The Truth About Food and Plastics

A guest post by Laura Trotta There’s no denying the convenience of plastics in the kitchen. We use them to carry, store and even prepare wholesome food for our families. But given plastics have been linked with obesity, early adolescence, infertility and even cancer, not to mention the fact that they take hundreds of years, if…

Top 10 additives to avoid in kids

It would be nice to think that the food we have access to on the supermarket shelves was safe but the truth is there are hundreds of food additives added to the everyday foods we eat! These food additives have been deemed safe by regulatory bodies in Australia but some of them are banned overseas,…