Andrew Weil has written “A Health Care Call to Action” and it’s a good read. We can hope that one day this is how our health care will look.
“Learn how to take care of yourself!You can’t afford to get sick, and you can’t depend on the present health care system to keep you well. It’s up to you to protect and maintain your body’s innate capacity for health and healing by making the right choices in how you live.”
-Andrew Weil
“EWG tested the umbilical cord blood of 10 newborn babies and found nearly 300 chemicals, including BPA, fire retardants, lead, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides that were banned more than 30 years ago.”
The Environmental Working Group is asking for signatures for a petition to make chemicals for consumer products kid-safe. Click here to sign it! “The Kid-Safe Chemicals Act would require that all chemicals be proven safe for children before they can be sold. But lawmakers in Washington need to know that you want them to reform our broken toxics law.” They are delivering it to congress on March 15 and hope to have 75,000 signatures.
Check out this article on Time.com:
It seems we have a lot to learn from the French!
For ideas on what you can do to change the menu at your children’s school, visit these sites and get involved:
We just picked up our CSA share, and here’s what was in our box:
Carrots
Radishes, Turnips, or Rutabaga
Bok Choy or Broccoli
Mustard Greens or Spinach
Cabbage or Brussels Sprouts
Lettuce
Green Onion
Dill
A smattering of potatoes
Grapefruit
Oranges
Avocados
Seasonal, local, organic fruits and veggies, grown 5 miles from our home. Go local- join a CSA! Check out Local Harvest for more info.
Toddler teeth are on the brain these days and I’m very excited to tell you that I’ll be posting a three fold integrative approach to caring for toddler teeth. I’ve done interviews with 3 of the leading natural health professionals, and will be posting them soon! Stay tuned…