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Feeding the Whole Family: Whole Foods Recipes for Babies, Young Children and Their Parents

Annemarie Colbin, Cynthia Lair

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Total reviews: 25 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Yummy for Your Lactobacilli 5 out of 5 stars.
40 of 47 people found this review helpful.

In the foreword by Annemarie Colbin, CHES, of The Natural Gourmet Cookery School in NYC, there is the suggestion that shifts in customs around eating have contributed to the breakdown of our society, "could it be that by our dietary customs- consumption of unnatural foods and large amounts of meat and milk from animals raised on antibiotics and hormones- we are building a new kind of human being, one that has little connection with the healthier ways of the past?" I'd have to say... No. I don't see that as being a simple cause and effect, but I'm with her in spirit. I'd see both our diets and our lifestyles as being downstream effects of animals living in a very different kind of environment than the one we spent the overwhelming majority of our species-span evolving in. It doesn't matter whether she overstates the case or not, the bottom-line is still correct, we are Paleolithic hominids with Paleolithic-tuned bodies stranded without our tribes, alone in our urban institutions. By finding ways to recreate customs that resonate with a deeper part of our evolutionary past, we stand to not only enrich our lives but also improve our physical and mental health.

What do you know, it does take a village. But the villages are gone (and the old ones had their down sides, they weren't as kind to ostracized outliers as the anonymous urban mesh). Still, we can recreate the best of The Village without holding on clumsily to the parts that don't fit just out of fretful superstition. So, live in co-ops, teach your children and your neighbor's children in co-ops schools, plant a garden with friends (oops, I've gone outside the scope of a review again, thanks for all your lovely email reminders. Don't worry, I'll get us back on track, watch.) And lovingly prepare homemade meals from whole foods for your whole family. (ah, nicely done)

That's where Cynthia Lair's wonderful recipes come in. While this book does do some educating on whole foods and some philosophizing on the importance of healthy eating, the strength of this book are great and simple recipes, conveyed with love and enthusiasm.

If I had to say how this book has changed my life in two words, I'd have to say "Quinoa" and "safflower oil." Oops, does that count as three words? I'm cooking with new ingredients, eating lower on the gylcemic index, and I've given up bacon. Okay, that last one is a lie. I can't seem to give up bacon. Our little secret. Don't tell my vegan friends and don't tell my rabbi. But I feel bad when I eat it, and that's a start.

Cynthia Lair includes a nice little chapter on reducing flatulence. Beans are high in Oligosaccharides that pass all the way to the colon undigested. They sit in your colon with your colonic flora and ferment, produce that famous vegetarian flatulence. Personally, I'm not sure why you would want to reduce that, that seems to me to be at least half the fun of being a vegetarian. My buddy, Greg, in college could release a deluge of potent raffinose and stachyose byproducts in such a forecful way that the couch would shake. And not just the couch he was sitting on, but our other couch, which had to be at least a yard away. He had another trick, too distasteful for this format but remind me to tell you later.

I do have a personal connection, I had the pleasure of taking a cooking class with Ms. Lair when I rotated through Bastyr University. She was great, taught me the proper way to chop cilantro. She coaches with all positive reinforcement, and has an infectious smile. You can see it on display in photos on the back cover. Bright countenance. Mild exopthalmous, but captivating. And the recipes are really inventive and very tasty. Buy this book.

Editorial Review:

Are you concerned about the freshness of commercial baby food? Are you frustrated with making separate meals for your picky eater? Would you like move toward a plant-based, whole foods diet? Families all over the country have found satisfying, delicious answers to these questions and more in Cynthia Lair's Feeding the Whole Family.

There are over 150 family-tested recipes using whole grains, beans, vegetables, and fruit. Each recipe contains suggestions on how to transform dishes parents will love into food for babies and young children. Plus the book contains valuable insights on breastfeeding, starting solids and how to attract children to healthy eating.

Feeding the Whole Family also features an extremely handy "Identifying, Shopping, & Storing Whole Foods" glossary, a complete index and delightful stories and illustrations. The book is bound with a special binding that lies flat.

This is the perfect gift for new parents.

Generation XL: Raising Healthy, Intelligent Kids in a High-Tech, Junk-Food World

Joseph Mercola, Ben Lerner

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Childhood is a pivotal time for good nutrition. Organs and blood streams nurtured with junk food cannot build a foundation for good health and longevity as an adult. Drs. Joseph Mercola and Ben Lerner believe profound inactivity, addiction to electronic media, and diets of super-sized fast food and sugar-laden beverages have created a national emergency. Generation XL is a clarion call and a detailed guide to giving your child a vibrant, successful future and a healthy, wholesome, invigorating youth.

As children riddled with pain, illness, learning disorders, and even depression begin to show up everywhere, rather than looking at brain development, nutrition, and lack of movement as the culprits, concerned parents are turning to more and more medications. Think about that. Is that how we were designed? To make medication a way of life and to be drugged early on a consistent basis?

What does the future hold for us when kids are overweight, out of shape, and taking medications for the effects? What kind of children are we creating?

This is not a diet book-far, far from it. Dropping another diet book into the same culture will do nothing but take up more room on your shelf. Generation XL shows you how kids were created to eat, breathe, sleep, run, and live. At the same time, Drs. Mercola and Lerner help you change your family culture and recognize where the culture around you isn't working so you can avoid it or help to change it.

Since prevention is always easier (and wiser) than cure, incorporating the lifestyle changes suggested in Generation XL gives your child a realistic way to reach and maintain a healthy weight; dramatically reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other health risks; and build a strong body and positive mental attitude, maximizing his or her IQ and giving the best chance for success.

Guide to Your Child's Symptoms by the American Academy of Pediatrics:: The Official, Complete Home Reference, Birth Through Adolescence (Guide to Your Child's Symptoms)

Donald Md Fa Schiff

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When an infant or small child is ill, it is often very difficult for a parent to understand or diagnose the nature of the problem. Since babies can't articulate what ails them, in most cases all a parent has to go on is the symptom that the child exhibits.

The American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Symptoms has been prepared by a team of the country's best pediatricians to enable a parent to quickly identify a symptom, learn its possible cause, and determine how best to proceed, whether it's taking action at home or calling the pediatrician immediately. The symptoms are listed alphabetically, and the text and illustrations that accompany each one are arranged in easy-to-follow charts. Unlike most child-care and parenting books, which are dense and text-heavy, this book lets a parent quickly assess the problem and decide what needs to be done for the child. The first of the book covers the 100 or so most common symptoms in A-Z format. The second part is an illustrated first-aid manual.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is the most respected authority on child health in America, and the Guide to Your Child's Symptoms is an essential family reference that belongs in every household.

"I'm, Like, SO Fat!": Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

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Hit the gym for a workout--but sit for hours at your computer. Supersize your value meals--but downsize your waistline. Today's media-saturated teenagers are bombarded with mixed messages that distort their self-image and lead many to overeat and others to starve themselves. When "I feel fat" becomes a teen's common refrain, how can worried parents respond constructively? With "I'm, Like, SO Fat!" Dr. Dianne Neumark-Sztainer shows parents how to strike the difficult balance between bolstering self-esteem and offering constructive advice. Drawing on her landmark study, Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), and her experience as a mother of four, Neumark-Sztainer offers a wealth of science-based, practical ideas for instilling healthy eating and exercise habits, educating teens about nutrition and portion size, and talking about body image. Here is a rock-solid foundation that parents everywhere can build on to help their teens stay fit, eat well, and feel good about their looks in a world where too-perfect bodies are used to sell everything from cosmetic surgery to fast food.

Baby Greens: A Live-Food Approach for Children of All Ages

Michaela Lynn

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The typical American diet is a major factor in the epidemic of obesity and poor health in the country’s children. Baby Greens helps parents establish healthy eating habits in their children—and themselves—through a diet rich in raw foods. A lively mix of education, philosophy, recipes, and activities, the book adapts the living foods approach for all ages and lifestyles. The first part of the book explains the principles of bioenergetic nutrition and shows how cutting-edge nutritional practices—including nutritional individuality, pH balance, terrain testing, and homeopathy—can dramatically improve a child’s health. In addition to recipes and resources, the second part offers insights into the holistic approach to pregnancy, breastfeeding, extended breastfeeding, weaning, food experimentation, play, and other daily activities. Written in reassuring, easy to understand language, Baby Greens empowers parents to step outside the fast food box and take a proactive approach to maintaining their family’s health and well-being.

Beyond a Peanut: Is This Safe?

Dina Clifford

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Beyond A Peanut - Food Allergy Awareness Flashcards teach children and those who provide care for them how to stay safe with peanut and tree nut allergies. These cards help train children, their extended families, friends, coaches, camp councilors , schools, and childcare providers on the safety principles necessary to manage food allergies. Parents of children with nut allergies will read a myriad of books, articles and participate in on line discussion boards. Individuals that are not living with the allergy can not be expected to do the same. Beyond a Peanut Food Allergy Awareness Cards incorporates comprehensive safety information, and delivers it in an easy to learn format. The flashcards introduce cross contamination, the importance of label reading and always carrying emergency medication. This education generates a greater understanding of the safety challenges around the allergy, and why vigilance is necessary to create a safe environment. While many of these flashcards are specific to nut allergies, they have proven to raise the awareness and understanding of all food allergies.

Healing Children Naturally

Michael A. Weiner, Kathleen Goss

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Excellent book; wealth of information not typically found in ONE book. 5 out of 5 stars.
21 of 22 people found this review helpful.

This is an excellent, well-written book by a person that is obviously very knowledgeable in natural healing. The book not only contains herbal recipes and children's diet recommendations to help heal many common childhood ailments but also diet recommendations to help PREVENT ailments as well. I was also pleasantly surprised to find good, nutritional recipes that my kids will actually eat. Thank you, Dr. Weiner/Savage!!!

Great book, Bad deal 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is a must read for every parent. It contains great remidies and nutritional information...I have had a copt for years. I wanted to get a copy for my brother as he is soon to be a father and I didn't want to give up my copy. I went to the Savage Nation webste because Michael Savage )formerly Michael Weiner PhD) is the the books author and has re-issued it (for $19) but he is back-ordered so I thought I'd check out Amazon for an original copy. Imagine my supprise when I saw it going for between $48 and $200. Good grief, I think I can wait the month or so of the back order and save the difference. But like I said, It's a great book!

Editorial Review:

This comprehensive manual for healing children naturally covers all common childhood ailments from infancy through the teenage years. It shows that food is the best medicine. It contains quick nutritional recipes that even the busiest of parents can use to improve a child's IQ lower cholesterol clear stubborn skin problems and help with other ailments. From milk intolerance to psoriasis, earache, flu hypertension bed-wetting acne, and overeating, the easy organization of this book makes it an indispensable guide.

Feeding The Brain

C. Keith Conners

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great alternative to meds! 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you have a child who is sensitive to different foods that may be affecting behavior, this is the book for you. Was very helpful in addressing behavior that can be caused by foods. I used it for my child and found good results. It is not the easiest thing to change your child's diet, but if the behavior difference becomes apparent even to the child, then you have won half the battle. A must try before you put your child on meds!!

Editorial Review:

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. C. Keith Conners, a world-renowned authority on children's mental health, reveals startling new evidence on the critical impact foods can have on a child's behavior and even I.Q.

What to Eat When You're Expecting

Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff, Sandee Hathaway

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You are what you eat, and your baby is too. Not surprisingly, a pregnant womanís chances of giving birth to a healthy infant are dramatically improved when she's on an excellent diet. From the authors of the bestselling What to Expect When Youíre Expecting and What to Expect the First Year, together with over 15 million copies in print, here is the definitive guide to nourishing both the unborn child and the mother-to-be.

What to East When You're Expecting suggests a "Daily Dozen" diet comprised of wholesome unprocessed foods. Allowing for a weight gain of 20 to 30 pounds, its easy-to-follow plan uses a simple system to monitor servings from 12 food groups that promote fetal development and maternal well-being.

In addition to 100 recipes, the book suggests the best foods to eat at home, in restaurants, even at the office or when traveling. It is sympathetic to the modern womanís particular concerns and time pressures, and offers special counsel to vegetarians, special warnings to those who drink, smoke, or fast, and special encouragement to all who plan to breastfeed. Over 823,000 copies in print.

Optimum Nutrition for Your Child's Mind: Maximize Your Child's Potential

Patrick Holford, Deborah Colson

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Optimum Nutrition 3 out of 5 stars.
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Child nutrition is a regular discussion topic in great need of sound information. Hearing one of the authors speak on the radio made me so excited I immediately sought the book. Here was a book that would give practial advice on what foods were best for the developing brain. With much anticipation I received the book in New Zealand. Along with recognising behaviour traits it is filled with much thought provoking knowledge that can readily be applied. It is as practial as expected. My disillusionment came with all the instruction on the chemical supplements the authors think essential for brain development. These expensive additives are mainly excreted so can be wasteful. It was a surprise to see these recommended when I have always understood a diet of fresh food, fruit and vegetables were the best source of vitamins and minerals. Maybe it was written for countries where the food is not as natural as it looks.

Editorial Review:

Drawing on scientific studies of children with problems ranging from short attention spans to aggressive behavior, nutrition authorities Patrick Holford and Deborah Colson explain the physiological ways certain nutrients affect the way kids think and act. Parents will learn how to prepare brain-boosting breakfasts, blood sugar-balanced snacks, amino acid-rich lunches, and smart-fat dinners that will help get their children off to the best start in life physically, mentally, and emotionally.