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Hyper Kids? Cut Out Preservatives
Posted on July 27, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsParents who suspect that artificial ingredients in food are affecting their children’s behavior can now point to some cold, hard proof. A carefully designed study released Thursday in The Lancet, a leading British medical journal, shows that a variety of common food dyes and the preservative sodium benzoate — an ingredient in many soft drinks, [...]
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Mission: Share Toxin Free Living with More
Posted on July 27, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsToday I have the opportunity to work with my chiropractor in his office and help patients become toxin free in their home and body care. It’s amazing to see people make the change from the 80,000 chemicals that were in their home (less than 20% tested for safety) to n0n-toxic home care that works! 1:12 [...]
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Shaklee Addresses Economic Crisis
Posted on July 10, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in UncategorizedWe are in economic crisis as a country, but you don’t have to be. If you care about living toxin free, want your child and family members to live as disease free as possible, consider joining our team. In this recent video below our team mentor, Mark Alan, is featured as a top earner in [...]
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Mission: Detox from Disney
Posted on June 24, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsAfter Restaurants for 9 Days, it’s Time for Some Home Cookin’ Vacation was a blast. I have many highlights from the trip that I’ll share in upcoming posts, but the most important thing on my mind right now is getting good food into the house. We cleaned out the pantry and fridge before we left, [...]
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Green Tweet: Kids Water Conservation
Posted on June 10, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsHey Moms & Dads, Now you can send your green tweets to me at www.twitter.com/missioncleankid We’ll be posting your favorite Green Tweets on how you are helping your children live healthier lives. Our first Green Tweets: @rooneycj Oh, & we use captured h2o from inside house (drops from faucet, pasta h2o, gray h2o) to water [...]
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Mission: Avoid the Neighbor's Snacks (Round Two)
Posted on June 6, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsHere we go again with the neighbor’s mainstream (toxic) snacks. If you read part one than you know that I educated my oldest daughter, Julianne (6), about her choice to come home and get a healthy snack versus the standard snacks at the neighbors. My neighbor had no idea that my daughter had never had [...]
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Mission: Get Clean from Classroom Pizza Party
Posted on June 3, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsThe last day of school pizza party, YUCK! I didn’t have to pack my kids lunch today. That was fine with me. I really don’t enjoy the task very much. However, the reason I didn’t need to pack the lunches is because the class is having a pizza party. The teachers are giving them a [...]
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Mission: Parents Tweet Green
Posted on June 2, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness Tips7 Reasons for Parents to Tweet Green Our newest generation is predicted to live shorter lives than their parents. This is against nature! We’ll all get more sleep when the children can sleep soundly instead of coughing through the night from chemical accumulation in the environment. Our children will thank us when we they reach [...]
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Mission: Lunch Without Bread
Posted on May 29, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsEver get to a Friday and need to pack a lunch and don’t have any bread? Happens here at least once a month. Today the solution was easy. Clif Kids bars, Honey Graham flavor Awesome Organic Strawberries Mini Red and Yellow Peppers from Trader Joes Water with a splash of Organic Juice in the kids’ [...]
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Mission: Avoid Childhood Obesity
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsChildhood obesity is a serious public health epidemic. During the past several decades, obesity rates have soared among all age groups, increasing 400% among children ages 6–11 since the 1970s.1 Today, nearly one-third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese—that’s more than 23 million kids and teenagers! Preventing obesity during childhood is absolutely critical [...]
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Mission: Get Clean to Avoid Childhood Asthma
Posted on May 25, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsI hope my daughters never experience Asthma like I did. It really stinks to feel limitations as a child due to asthma. Did you know that 1 in 13 children are now diagnosed with Asthma? Asthma rates in children under 5 have increased 160%! It’s said that Asthma is either environmental or genetic. I know [...]
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Mission: Create Dinner Without a Plan
Posted on May 24, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsPlanning dinner every night would be ideal. In reality, life just doesn’t work that way, at least not in our house. Tonight my husband asked “What’ for dinner?” My response? Uh, what do you want. As usual he had no opinion so I was left to think of what was in the back of the [...]
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Mission: Get Relief from ADHD Symptoms with DHA/Omega's
Posted on May 23, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common childhood disorders and it affects 5%–10% of school-age children, or 4.4 million youths ages 4–17. Symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention, difficulty controlling behavior, and a general inability to sit still or tendency to be hyperactive. The Centers for [...]
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Mission: Hear From Dr. Who Recommends Shaklee to Improve Brain Function
Posted on May 23, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness TipsParents are constant students. We always need to be learning about what is healthy for ourselves and our families. Here is an opportunity in Chicago to hear from a Dr. who regularly recommends Shaklee products to his patients. Sure, he recommends a variety of products, but his focus will be on Brain Function. I definitely [...]
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Daily Tip: 10 Snacks Approved to Be Chemical Free
Posted on May 23, 2009 by Catherine Whitcher M.Ed in Wellness Tips10 Quick and Healthful Snack Ideas 1. Peel a banana and dip it in yogurt. Roll in crushed cereal and freeze. 2. Spread celery sticks with peanut butter or cream cheese. Top with raisins. 3. Make snack kabobs. Put cubes of cheese and grapes on pretzel sticks. 4. Blend low-fat milk, a scoop of protein [...]
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