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Truth be told, I turned 40 this year.  And I was tired. I had two little kids running around and no time to focus on my health.  I was just trying to survive. My birthday came around and I thought it would be cute to try and do a backbend.  I could barely get up. Thankfully my girlfriends told me AFTER the fact that their girls watch Youtube videos of gymnastics fails which include serious injuries from backbends. I needed a change.

I was determined to get healthy. Now, I’m not the kind of drastic measure girl.  I love food so the idea of trying a traditional, restrictive diet was not in the cards for me.  Not to mention that my carnivorous family would probably revolt if I made a massive immediate change.  This has to be a slow progression. I knew that I didn’t want a diet per se, but more of a lifestyle change.

Then I remembered that my husband had mentioned the Mediterranean Diet in passing a few times. Boom! Let’s give it a go. As usual, he regretted those few words as I fully integrated the Mediterranean Diet within a few weeks’ time.  Gone were his steaks, No helper Cheeseburger Macaroni dinners and in were fish, tomatoes and feta, a whole lot of feta. You would think he would choose his words more wisely around me by now.

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When my firstborn was a baby, I was so concerned about everything. It’s so hard to be a parent. You want to do what’s best for your child and what’s best is not always known.  One day something is the greatest idea ever, the next day it’s the worst. Like they say on Project Runway, “one day you’re in, the next you’re out.” 

What I fed my kids was a big concern for me (no surprise there).  What do I feed them, how much? I decided I would make their baby food with our loads of CSA veggies. I was so happy that my oldest son especially loved my sweet potatoes. So much so that his nose turned orange from all of the sweet potatoes he was eating! My pediatrician had a good laugh at that one. Now, at eight, he won’t touch a sweet potato! I can still remember googling “orange nose baby” at all hours of the night.

When I read the recent reports on high levels of metals in baby food I immediately thought, this is so concerning! What do you do? How do you avoid them? Is it even possible? I’ve done some research and yes, it is possible. I’m happy to say that it’s easy even!  

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