Better Living With Whole Foods: Everything I Ever Wanted To Know About Nutrition

Alexander Morentin, author of Better Living With Whole Foods, sent me his book one day and it took me a while to get around to reading it. Being preggers and all, I was putting off everything. After the nausea of the first trimester, I finally got around to reading it. (You have to understand that reading is a luxury for me and I don't get around to reading very often.) But I wish I had read this book before I got pregnant. It's one of those "must haves" for moms.

Better Living With Whole Foods answers every question I ever had about organic food, processed food and and everything in between. Here are some of the questions I had that were answered: (1) What is the prevalence of hormones in meat and dairy and how do they affect my body?, (2) What does organic produce mean and why am I really buying it? (3) What's up with white bread and why is it bad for me? (4) So why are processed and packaged foods so bad for my body? and (5) What do I specifically need to buy to improve my health? In this book, Alex does a great job of answering all my questions and then some.

I come from a family that has a great deal of cancer, and I've always wondered about the food that I eat everyday and how it's different from what my grandma ate on the farm during the Great Depression in the Dustbowl. Alex answered all my questions and now I keep his book around as a reference in my kitchen because it's easy to read.

If you have children, this is a great book to have around so that you are well educated with what you feed your family. And if you are pregnant, all the more to understand more about the chemicals you are putting into your body.

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About Me

My name is Leah Segedie and I'm also the Chief Mom of Bookieboo, fitness hangout for moms. I'm a stay-at-home mom of two boys with a busy schedule. After the birth of my first son in 2006, I lost over 100 lbs. and realized that fitness was the only way for me to keep my sanity in a world of diapers and temper tantrums. Fitness has been a great stress reliever, hobby and life saver. Earlier this year, I had another baby and am working off the remaining weight one pound at a time with hard work and dedication.

My background is in Communications. I have a Masters Degree from USC in Communication Management. Go Trojans! I also did my undergraduate degree there. I was on scholarship, because darn that school was expensive! I spent two years working for the California State Assembly and then another couple years as a fundraiser and then public relations manager in the corporate world. But when I became a mom, I found my passion.

I love to write and connect with other moms, review products, crack jokes, and make people feel loved. You can learn more about me on my personal blog, Serenity Now.

I'm also on twitter. You can connect with me there too!

I've had a new edition to the site recently. Welcome Editor Kelly Loubet of Childhood Clothing. Kelly is a children's clothing designer and mompreneur. With the economy down and her children's boutique closing, Kelly decided to make a go of it online. Working at home with her children, as opposed to bringing them to her boutique, has been so rewarding for her. She's able to do both the designing and writing with ease.

Kelly now runs her shop online at Childhood Clothing, where she also does product reviews and blogs. She's also a moderator for Bookieboo, where she runs the WAHM Networking and Marketing Strategies group. That group has loads of useful information for moms in business.

Kelly can also be contacted through twitter here, @childhood.

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Banana Blossom Press: Fun Cards with Simple Flair

Banana Blossom Press specializes in simple greeting cards without complication. The greeting cards are for people who have a love/hate relationship with fitness and exercise. Their messages are fun, inspiring, and light-hearted, and they cover all scenarios having to do with exercise from running your first marathon to losing weight. People who run, walk, mountain climb, train for an athletic event, or push a stroller around town will have an understanding of the cards from Banana Blossom Press.

For me, having lost as much weight as I have in the past and living a fit lifestyle, I appreciate and understand alot of the cards on the site. If you are a stroller mom, a kickboxer, runner, yoga or pilates guru, you will feel the same. Each card has a simple message and really strikes to the heart of the issue.

Each card is environmentally friendly, made from recycled paper, and 5 percent of the proceeds goes to charities benefiting women's health and wellness. That's a win-win!

I'd encourage you to take a venture to Banana Blossom Press and check out their cards. I think you will find something special there.

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