I don’t know where you’re from but in North Carolina, my home state, we are ranked #9 for people over the age of 60.4This number continues to grow every day so I want to do my part in raising awareness for older adults. In the mean time I will continue to update y’all on t...
Food for toddlers can be tricky and I’m hopeful that posts like this help inspire some parents who might be stuck in a mealtime rut! For more ideas, check out my other roundup post of150+ Simple Toddler Meal Ideas. If you have kids that are a little older and you need lunch box id...
The respectful approach to food (and to all areas life for that matter) with our children is to avoid all manipulation: never using food to distract, to bribe, to punish, or as a means to any end. There should be no emotional entanglement attached to food. (Examples of ...
Legos are a big win in our house. I love them because they keep the kids happy, busy, and they are a learning tool. I always purchase Legos that are for older kids, so it is a challenge. Sofia is 4 years old, and I have been ordering Legos that are 6+ so that she can have ...
I think using the baby-led weaning approach to introducing solids was a big part in their foundation for good eating habits because it helped familiarize them with different textures and flavors early on, as well as had us all eating the same thing so David and I could lead by example. ...
Only a handful of creatures on earth carry the dread title “man-eater“. The great white shark is one, quick at times snap up swimmers and ship-wrecked sailors. People have been meals for lions and tigers. Crocodiles will attack human prey. But perhaps
We still celebrate holidays and birthdays with special cakes and sweets. It’s just no longer an “every meal” sort of thing. I want to reiterate that our goal for eliminating desserts after meals is NOT to eliminate sugar from our diets— but rather to eliminate (or at least lessen) ou...
All the top retirement destinations take a cue from Arizona’s Sun City, the first planned community for active older adults that introduced the concept that retirees liked being busy and engaged, with little interest in just fading away. Whiling away retirement years in a front porch rocking ch...
We still celebrate holidays and birthdays with special cakes and sweets. It’s just no longer an “every meal” sort of thing. I want to reiterate that our goal for eliminating desserts after meals is NOT to eliminate sugar from our diets— but rather to eliminate (or at least lessen) ou...
(ii) that all participants were already exceeding their RDIs for both energy and protein at baseline—in fact, protein intakes at baseline for all three groups were already reaching levels of 1.2–1.4 g/kg/day, which is the new level being recommended for older adults by several international...