Happy 2nd Birthday to HealthTakenSeriously.com. My first post was two years ago today! Here are some of my favorite posts from the second year of this blog: Eden Foods and BPA-free cans Reading Aloud to your children EWG’s video about toxins and babies Nasal irrigation Community Supported Agriculture Lead in vitamins Western diet and cancer [...]
Archive for August, 2009
27 Aug
The longest living people in the world
I recently wrote a post about an article online discussing Blue Zones, or places in the world where people live the longest. This particular article covered a Greek island called Ikaria. I learned that a book about four other Blue Zones was written just last year. Since my 30th birthday was coming up, it seemed [...]
23 Aug
Silk soy milk no longer organic
This is a rough week for me–in the span of 48 hours, I have learned that two companies I trusted were dishonest with their consumers. First, I found out that SIGG water bottles used to be lined with BPA. Second, I found out that sometime in the spring of 2009, Silk soymilk stopped using organic [...]
22 Aug
You have got to be kidding me SIGG!!!
In April 2006, I was on the market for a sippy cup or water bottle not made from plastic. I was hoping to avoid some of the chemicals often used in plastics (i.e. BPA, phthalates). I opted for a SIGG water bottle and bought three for my son. Since then, I’ve acquired two more and [...]
17 Aug
Green Parenting outline
Tomorrow night, I am giving an hour long talk on “Green Parenting” for my neighborhood’s sustainability seminar series. Basically, I’m trying to sum up what I think is important for parents to do if they’re concerned about their children’s and the environment’s health. I’m sharing the outline for my talk below, if you’re interested.
13 Aug
Mediterranean stuffed eggplants
This is one of my favorite summer meals. You can make extra stuffing, put it in a baking dish, sprinkle with bread crumbs, and bake alongside the stuffed eggplants. My kids gobble it up! Ingredients: 3 medium eggplants 4 tsp olive oil, divided 1 1/2 cups chopped onion 2 cups chopped bell pepper (I prefer [...]
8 Aug
Shopping at a farm
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is take my family to an organic farm about 25 minutes from our house. They have strawberries and raspberries you can pick yourself, and a barn full of fresh, organic produce for purchase. They team up with other farmers in the area to provide meat, [...]
4 Aug
Food, Inc. the book
I recently wrote about seeing the film Food, Inc. I discovered shortly after seeing the movie that the producers of the film had also created a book to accompany it. The book is a collection of essays, many written by people that appear in the film (i.e. Michael Pollan). It’s a really great read, as [...]
1 Aug
Yummy produce!
We have now received our CSA shares for about 6 weeks. We love it! In addition to our weekly vegetables and fruits, we added a dozen organic, pastured eggs to our order. I met a woman that had visited the farm herself and she told me the chickens were in fact kept in a wonderfuly [...]
