Welcome back to the Babies Online Blog! If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed and be the first to get breaking parenting news and take advantage of our member only giveaways. Thanks for visiting!In this final installment of the Food for Thought series, we’re taking a closer look [...]
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What’s in Your Food?
A Closer Look at Dried Fruits & Nuts
As many parents are opting for healthier meals and treats, it means making a bee-line for the produce aisle or for the sundries like raisins, figs and, when allergies aren?t at issue, nuts. They?re fresh (or dried). They?re all-natural. They allow you to encourage good [...]
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Anyone who has traveled by air since 9-11, knows about the increased security measures before entering the boarding area for flight travel.
Going through the security lanes can be difficult, even for the seasoned traveler, traveling alone. From needing to place all toiletries and cosmetics in sizes no greater than 3 ounces. in carry-ons in quart-sized [...]
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What?s in your food? – A primer on artificial food additives.
In this series, we?ve been exploring the issue of the health effects of artificial food additives from a study on hyperactivity to food coloring.
In this part, we look at preservatives.
According to the FDA:
?In its broadest sense, a food additive is any substance added to food [...]
Tags: artificial sweeteners, aspartame, BHA, EPA, FDA, food additives, food preservatives, food safety, healthy eating, MSG, Nutra Sweet, Nutrition, Parenting, sodium benzoate
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What’s in your food?
A primer on artificial food colorings.
In part one of this series, the issue of studies relating artificial food colorings and artificial additives presenting a link to childhood hyperactivity was explored. In this part, we look at artificial food coloring.
The list of artificial food coloring studied included tetrazine (FD&C yellow no. [...]
Tags: artificial food coloring, childhood nutrition, diet, family, FD&C, Food, food coloring, food safety, Health, Nutrition, Parenting, prenatal nutrition, toxicology
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