We all do our best to make sure we raise healthy and happy kids. One of the most important places we look to do this is through the food we feed them and the supplements we may give them. As a student in a nutritional therapy consultant program through the Nutritional Therapy Association, I've learned a lot about basic nutritional foundations. And … [Read more...]
Chew Your Food! And Other Important Digestion Tips for Kids
We all know we're supposed to sit still, eat slowly and chew our food well. But that doesn't always play out at the dinner table when it comes to kids. (Heck, it doesn't always play out for me when I'm shoveling my kids' leftovers into my mouth while standing over the sink.) Aside from preventing a choking hazard, there is another really good … [Read more...]
MTHFR Kids Halloween Survival Guide
For kids on Halloween, nothing can be scarier than ghosts, witches, vampires and other things that go bump in the night. But for many parents of MTHFR Kids, there is something far more real and scary than any of those fictitious frights combined: Candy. Sugars, preservatives, food dyes, hydrogenated oils, MSG... these are a handful of the … [Read more...]
MTHFR Kids Multivitamin Without Folic Acid
This blog post contains affiliate links. Please read the full disclosure. If I had to pick one topic that comes up most on the MTHFR Kids Facebook Group it’s multivitamins. It can be incredibly frustrating trying to find the right supplements for these MTHFR kiddos, and manufacturers and the FDA don’t make it easy on us. Finding an MTHFR Kids … [Read more...]
MTHFR Kids and School Snacks – Easy Changes for Your Family
I have always had a pretty relaxed philosophy when it comes to what my MTHFR Kids eat when they are away from me. I have been lucky because we don't have too many restrictions, allergies or extreme symptoms from food. As long as it's vegetarian, we're good to go. And while I know they may not always get the best MTHFR Kids school snacks, and taboo i … [Read more...]