Food and Nutrition

Food and Nutrition: Melon Juice

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Giving children exposure to foods can be an important way to create good eaters. As a mother of now five children, figuring out how to feed them, and feed them well, has been occupying the majority of my thoughts and a large portion of my time. I’m breastfeeding my youngest two twin boys but I have a two-year-old, four-year-old, and six-year-old that all must eat regular solid … [Read more...] about Food and Nutrition: Melon Juice

Food and Nutrition: Organic Foods

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Organic foods are produced without using many conventional practices, with the goal to preserve natural resources from the farm to the store. Conventional practices that are prohibited in organic food production include irradiation (using ionizing radiation to sterilize and preserve food); using sewage sludge as a crop fertilizer; or genetic engineering (changing the genetic … [Read more...] about Food and Nutrition: Organic Foods

Deciphering food labels

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Reading food labels can seem overwhelming. Food companies want you?to purchase their product so they follow trends and use words, colors, and?pictures to persuade you to buy. A food?label contains information that is required, some that is optional and some?that is regulated. It is important for the?consumer to understand this information so that they can make better decisions … [Read more...] about Deciphering food labels