Healthy Food Chart

A few weeks ago we were on a field trip to the National Apple Harvest Festival in the heart of Pennsylvania Apple country. It is a mob scene but for good reason – it is a wonderful festival. Food, music, crafts, etc. Along the way we stopped at one of the terrific apple farms for [...]

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and with the number of adults and children with Type 2 Diabetes growing every year, I think we’ve all become more aware of this condition than we used to be. Nonetheless, myths and misunderstandings about…

Children in the US as young as six and seven are developing kidney stones. The New York Times reported that urologists are reporting a rise in the number of children diagnosed with the condition, which is often associated adult men in their 40s and 50s. So why are kids suffering from kidney stones? …

When you’re watching what you eat, don’t fall into the trap of cutting out every food which has a high calorie density. There are some calorie-rich foods which are packed with nutrients and, in smallish quantities, these can form part of any healthy diet. If you’re keeping an eye on your calorie intake, try the “swap” suggestions given for each…

The weather was CRAZY today! It was actually snowing and raining in NJ. So we stayed in to finally get over the bug. It was movies, arts and crafts projects, trains, puzzles, and knights and castles all morning long. And then there was my favorite rainy day activity, a great book called Babar’s Yoga for Elephants. Warning: this is not a quiet bedtime story. When we take this book out at our house, bodies are flying all over the floor making letters and animals like the elephants. It’s yoga in disguise. There are great pictures, step by step instructions on how to do a bunch of yoga poses/stretches and of course a cute story. This book is a blast for the kids and mom’s it’s a great way to sneak in some fitness time for you too. My kids were actually excited to “Play the Yoga Game” instead of Candy Land again today, and so was I.