Category Archives: Nutrition

Milk, Soy Protein Intolerance in Infants. It is NOT Colic!

In July I had my second child, a baby girl.  I choose to breastfeed my daughter just as I had my son.  My son nursed well so when my daughter started becoming very fussy (to put it lightly) while feeding I knew it was not normal.   At two weeks old, she began screaming (not crying) consistently.  She was showing symptoms of “silent acid reflux,” severe stomach pain, painful gas and foul-smelling stools (this is not normal in breastfed babies).   We
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Frozen Meal Taste Test Results

As promised I have spent part of the last month taste testing frozen meals individual frozen meals.  I started out the month very excited that I would find frozen meals that would make tasty, quick and easy meals. As the month went on, my excitement dwindled and I became less motivated to try the new frozen meals that I had purchased. I think I should have tried this taste testing experiment while I was pregnant . When I was pregnant all
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Weight Loss and the Holidays

Thanksgiving and Halloween are over.  I survived with out any weight gain and actually lost weight.  This is not the norm. The average weight gain between Halloween and New Years is about a pound or more.  That doesn't sound like much--but over the years--this really adds up!  Most people try to maintain their weight during this plentiful food time.  Parties, cookies, treats, abnormal hours and schedules.  These all work against us when we are trying to eat healthy.  What's a
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