With the recent recalls of Trader Joe's and Target brands of hummus in the news, the spread of listeria and other poisonous bacteria is on everyone's mind. You can keep your family safer by making foods like that yourself, but you should also be aware that bacteria, germs and toxicity can happen to even the cleanest food if you don't store it …
McDonalds LIVE Shareholders Meeting Gives YOU The Opportunity To Be Heard
If you had a chance to speak to the CEO of McDonalds, what would you say? Would you talk about how you grew up loving their Happy Meals OR would you ask them to retire Ronald McDonald? McDonald's is a company that is controversial to say the least and debatably the leading force behind the factorization and degradation of our food supply. But what …
What’s Really in The Orange Juice You Feed Your Kids
We were all taught that a glass of orange juice a day is a great way to get plenty of Vitamin C into your kids and to prevent colds and viruses. With its high sugar content, I recommend you limit quality orange juice as you would any sugary treat. But are you really getting pure orange juice in that glass you poured your child – or something cooked …
How McDonalds Insulted a Blogger By Telling Her “Go Parent Your Kids” & What That Really Means About Their Marketing Tactics
My jaw dropped this morning when I saw that McDonald’s corporate twitter account had insulted Casey Hinds, mom and author of the kids’ health blog KY Healthy Kids: Go parent your kids? REALLY? Parenting our kids is EXACTLY what we’re doing. The insult arose because Casey, like I am, is part of the #MomsNotLovinIt movement to stop fast food …
Thank You Cheerios for Going GMO Free
Do you remember earlier this year when Mamavation joined with GMOInside to pressure Cheerios to reformulate Non-GMO? Well, they did. Cheerios Iconic Yellow Box is Now GMO Free Iconic Cheerios has now declared their yellow box original brand GMO free. According to Cheerios, the ingredients have been GMO free for a couple of weeks. Soon boxes …
How to Save Money on Organic Groceries
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2013 Top 50 Healthy Bloggers
It's time again for Mamavation to announce the Top 50 Healthiest Bloggers! Nominations were made taken via the Mamavation Facebook Fanpage, and the Mamavation Healthy Bloggers Committee made final decisions. Thanks for your nominations! Those who made our list are known for writing about a variety of topics related to health and fitness. Some of …
How Meagan Carter Lost 100+ Pounds
How does someone lose over 100 pounds without surgery, a celebrity trainer, or a live-in chef? How is it possible to lose this much weight and keep it off? I am sure that we could ask over 100 questions just like these, but I wanted to focus on a few of the most incredible, inspiring insights of Meagan Carter. This beautiful, charming, and …
Announcing ShiftCon Eco/Wellness Social Media Conference
We are very pleased and excited to bring you the latest news from Bookieboo and Mamavation - ShiftCon! Presented by Bookieboo and Mamavation, ShiftCon is the first international Eco/Wellness Social Media Conference. We will be bringing together bloggers and other social media professionals with brands and companies that value and support our …
Backyard Chickens Are Easy
We are focusing on eating whole, healthy foods that are not contaminated by GMOs or chemicals that while allowed in the United States are not proven healthy and are linked to diseases. The best way that we can do that is to raise our own food, and we love backyard farming, but what about meat and eggs? That’s where chickens come into play! My …
4 Solar Energy Facts You Need to Know
When we consider sustainable living, one topic of great concern is electricity – in our digital age, there are many people who would consider living without any access to electronics devastating, myself included. The power plants that are generating the majority of our electricity in the United States uses coal combustion to generate power for our …
15 Plants to Clean Your Air: NASA’s List
The average person is estimated to spend 90% of his or her time indoors. Unfortunately, poor indoor air quality is a reality that is very concerning - the EPA has found that indoor air can be 2-5 times worse than outdoor air. The good news is there are ways we can improve the quality of our indoor air. An easy and beautiful way to clean our indoor …