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Recipes

Hints for Busy Moms

• Add some whey protein powder to peanut butter for sandwiches to improve protein content.
• Add pureed vegetables to pasta sauce to increase veggie intake.
• Add powdered probiotics, flax oil, powdered glutamine and any other nutrients your child is taking to applesauce or to smoothies. Even chocolate milk (if appropriate) and/or a small dish of ice cream (or Rice Dream) is a good vehicle for taking supplements.

Why choose organic?

Organic food is grown without pesticides. It is significantly safer, healthier and more nutritious than non-organic food.

The use of pesticides in farming creates three major problems:

1. Many of today’s pesticides are "systemic". They are absorbed throughout the plant, rather than just in the peel, and cannot be washed off. Strawberries, grapes, and potatoes are among the most heavily treated with systemic pesticides.
2. Pesticides have a long “half-life” and stay in the soil for 15 years or more after application. Other pesticides accumulate over time, and eventually show up in groundwater, returning to our homes in the water we drink. This makes a good argument for installing a reverse osmosis water purifier or distiller at your kitchen sink and using water that you know is pesticide free. The initial expense is well worth the peace of mind that your family (including pets) is getting pure water rather than toxins in the water supply.
3. The creation of a “circle of poison” in which banned pesticides are shipped to Third World countries but return on the produce we buy from them. Beware of juice concentrates from Chile, Argentina, etc. (check the label-Walmart and Schwann’s are two companies that use all American-grown fruit in their juices.)

Organically grown vegetables are also significantly higher in nutrients. Consider the study from Rutgers University, in which commercially vs. organically grown vegetables were compared. Organically grown tomatoes had 1300% more magnesium, 500% more calcium and an amazing 193,000% more iron than non-organic. All vegetables showed similarly dramatic differences.

I suggest that you stick to organic grapes, raisins, peaches, strawberries and apples.

Use a non- toxic cleanser, such as Shaklee’s Basic H (no Clorox please!), to rinse your vegetables and other fruit, including the outside of squashes, melons, etc. Discard the outer leaves of greens and DO wash the whole head, even if it LOOKS clean!

Nuts and seeds, such as almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, are also best if organic. Buy organic as much as you can-it is well worth the effort in many ways!

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