Showing posts with label nutrition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nutrition. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Healthy Is in Vogue

These days, a lot is being said about the importance of children living a healthy lifestyle.  Parents want their children to grow up healthy and strong. Here are three no-nonsense tips mothers everywhere can use to help direct their children toward more healthy choices, now and in the future.

Lead by Example
Whenever you can show your children the importance you place on taking care of yourself and your body, seize the opportunity to do so. The more they see you striving to live a more balanced and healthy life, the more likely they will be to follow suit.

Know What Your Child Is Eating
Have you ever read the ingredients of some of the foods your children are eating? Not only are some of the ingredients difficult to pronounce, but it is also not always obvious what they are or why they are in the food. Now you can obtain a greater understanding with The Dictionary of Food Ingredients.  This book is full of information about ingredients such as algin, a substance used in ice cream, puddings, icings and “fabricated fruit.” That’s right, fake fruit. Use a resource such as this book to help you make healthy choices.

Be Honest
Children seek out honesty, even if it changes their perspective on the world they live in.  If your children look at you with those inquisitive eyes and ask why they can no longer have a certain snack, be honest. Tell them it’s because they contain unhealthy ingredients. Share with them the science behind food processing in words they can understand. And reassure them that you will always be there to make sure the foods they eat will be good for them.



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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

A Unique Valentine's Day Gift!

While Valentines Day gifts are great, a generic box of chocolates is dull.  A custom cereal from me & goji is a unique way to show someone you care.  me & goji is the first custom cereal & granola company where you can design your own cereal from 60+ all-natural ingredients, name your creation, and upload a picture right to the label!   Cereal then arrives in a Cereal Capsule, designed for portability and keeping your mix fresh!

They offer several unique gift options, from naming and placing a picture on your Cereal Capsule to personalized notes, perfect for your Valentine's Day gift guide!  In addition, they are offering a special Valentine's Day mix "diamonds aren't delicious" consisting of granola, chocolate covered goji berries and strawberries!  It is nutrition for their heart and chocolate from yours. 

About Me & Goji
[me] & goji is the dream of two friends. we took the healthiest and most flavor-bursting superfoods from around the world and created a place where people of all tastes and dietary needs can design the best cereal they have ever set tastebuds on. They are a mission-driven company that believes in using our resources in ways that benefit social and environmental needs. Visit them online to learn more, tell them a story, or design your own cereal or granola.

[your lifestyle] & goji 

Whether rising and shining, questing for vitality, or sucking that sweet-tasting wind after a competition, if you expect the best out of your body, you need to put the best in. At meandgoji.com, you design a functional cereal that satisfies your tastes, nutritional needs and modern lifestyle.

superfoods for super health
The only foods worthy of our unique cereal capsule are energy-packed, nutrient-dense whole foods straight from nature, not chemists. our pure and organic ingredients boast health-enhancing weapons, a bullying history of beating down free radicals and invigorating legends of age defying properties.

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Monday, January 31, 2011

Book Review: THE SUPER SPROWTZ: I AM BRIAN BROCCOLI AND I AM SUPER STRONG


Meet the Super Sprowtz! from Super Sprowtz on Vimeo.

Super Sprowtz gives moms an easy and effective way to teach their kids to enjoy eating vegetables.  Finally, there is a solution for the picky eater who won't eat broccoli or carrots or spinach -- Super Sprowtz!  And it doesn't involve hiding fresh veggies in other foods to trick kids into eating them.  I founded this company - with these fun and engaging veggie superhero characters - because I passionately believe moms need better tools to help their young children build honest and healthy relationships with healthy food.  My full bio is online, but a quick overview -- my background includes:  fitness instructor, organic restaurateur in New York City (I own 2 organic restaurants with my twin sister), film and TV producer for 10 years, and lifelong food enthusiast. 

My Take on the Book
This delightful book introduces the reader to vegetables as the main characters. The first page of the book gives the reader a short file of information about Brian Broccoli and the mission he and his vegetable comrades must accomplish.. Brian Broccoli must stop Greasy Grease Cart from destroying the fresh fruits and vegetables at the farmers' market.

As the story progresses, you meet not only Brian Broccoli , but also Oliver Onion, Grete Garlic, and Colby Carrot. They are living on a rooftop greenhouse and have befriended a little girl named Rayne who takes care of the greenhouse and the plants who live there.
Colby Carrot spies the Greasy Grease Cart heading towards the farmers' market with the intent of destroying the vegetables and fruits .
The vegetable friends are mobilized and speed in Suzy Sweetpea's peapod-cycle to intercept and destroy the cart.

The story of course has a happy ending.Our authors are educating the readers into seeing that fresh fruits and vegetables are healthier eating alternatives to greasy foods.

The authors include information about the value of ten fruits and vegetables in the glossary and include a delicious vegetable side dish that you and your child can prepare together.

I can see a family enjoying the book and then purchasing various fruits and vegetables for tasting and cooking together.

You can make a difference in what your child eats and this book is a good beginning to a healthier YOU.

Buon Appetito!

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Monday, January 24, 2011

The OrganWise Guys Website Empowers Kids to Take Charge of their Health



"How to be healthy and smart from the inside out" is what the interactive, engaging and ever-popular OrganWise Guys optimized website is all about. After sharing its effective and motivating message to tens of thousands of students in more than 5,000 schools across 20 states, the award winning OrganWise Guys (OWG) curriculum is now available to parents, children and educators through its digital community with a new interactive website focused on fun, nutrition and exercise.   
The new www.organwiseguys.com boasts innovative content and activities that encourage eating well and being physically active. Engaging characters who personify the major organs of the body: Hardy Heart, Peri Stolic (the large intestine), Sir Rebrum (the brain), Madame Muscle and others, are at the center of everything OrganWise.
The OrganWise Guys' sole purpose is to empower children (and their families) as young as three years old up through their elementary school years on how to be "healthy and smart from the inside out." "Everything we do, from our new interactive website to our school curriculum to our products, is designed to create healthy habits and shape a life long journey of good health, good nutrition and good living," said Dr. Michelle Lombardo, founder of The OrganWise Guys.
Today, one third of children in America are considered obese or overweight.The prevalence of obesity among children age six to 11 years increased from 6.5 percent in 1980 to 19.6 percent in 2008.
Features of www.organwiseguys.com include a new Kids Clubhouse, Adult Blog and Media Center, and has updated sections that include Teacher Tools, Shop Our Products on-line store, and About Us.
*    The New "Kids Clubhouse" page is brimming with fun and interactivity that will keep visitors coming back to nourish their appetite for good nutrition. Here the OWG characters write regular blogs and provide healthy lessons that correspond with activities and coloring sheets for download. Visitors can engage in OrganWise-ology CD-Rom games and watch new music videos each week. They can also learn about healthy food items with new Foods of the Month "Fun Facts" and every Friday new recipes will be posted from a celebrity guest chef!
*    Teacher Tools provides educators and parents with training videos, lesson plans, activity sheets, curriculum standards, play scripts, media resources and more.
*         The New Blog engages individuals, parents, educators and healthy living fans in ways to make health education fun, highlighting our partners who are making positive strides on childhood obesity prevention. The blog invites visitors to share their stories and creative ways they utilize OWG materials at home and in the classroom.
*         About Us shares the history of The OrganWise Guys including its partners in health across the country. Here you'll meet the OWG team, find product reviews and journal abstracts that feature OWG programs and important messages about nutrition.
*         Shop Our Products,  an on-line store, is home to dozens of clever videos, books, dolls, calendars, plush toys and more. All products will provide hours of educational fun for one or the whole family or classroom.
*         The New Media Page was created as a resource for journalists, bloggers, and educators to quickly find information about OWG Inc. and related studies, research and media coverage that showcase how OWG programs have improved weight, blood pressure and academic achievement with participating youth. Here you will find published reports from the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved and others.
"There's a healthy dialogue brewing about childhood obesity and how to best combat this grave public health issue, but we need to act more in addressing the "why's" of this extremely concerning condition of our American youth," added Lombardo. "We need to challenge children to change their behavior in regard to healthy lifestyle habits. Why? Because The OrganWise Guys "Love who we live in, so please take care of us!" The OrganWise Guys have been empowering children with this message in classroom settings and now we?re sharing the content with families at home by expanding our digital platform. Most importantly we hope our messages will resonate and be incorporated into some aspect of everyone's daily life. It's smart, fun and effective and will serve everyone well."
Fans and friends of The OrganWise Guys can follow its blogs, receive newsletters, and share their thoughts on Facebook and Twitter.

The OrganWise Guys, Inc.
Since 1993, The OrganWise Guys Inc. (OWG INC) has partnered with a variety of public and private entities to bring science-based nutrition, physical activity, and other lifestyle behavior messages to children and adults. Their specialty is combining a depth of knowledge of the research on nutrition and preventive health care practices with creative, attention-getting, curricula-linked resources that challenge learners to change their behavior. Through The OrganWise Guys Comprehensive School Program, OWG INC is working to improve children?s health, fitness, and academic performance while reducing childhood obesity rates. 


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