Meet Avital Sebbag, an Israeli Chinese Medicine guru who does seasonal food meditations, detoxing retreats and leads a movement of vegan foodies in Israel. Avital is part of a group of Israelis I met this October visiting various wellness hot spots with an organization called Vibe Israel. We ate good food, drank wine & spirits, met some of the …
50 Best Healthy Mom Blogs in Canada
Do you love Canada as much as we do, eh? Mamavation has been proud to have Canadians in our community for the past ten years. And to give back to all that awesomeness, we've decided to put together a list of some of our favorites. So we've compiled a list of the BEST Canadian Healthy Mom Blogs in Canada! In no particular order, enjoy some of the …
Popsicle Investigation — The Safest Frozen Desserts for Children + 10 Homemade Recipes To Try
I don't know a kid in the world who doesn't LOVE popsicles. My kids think it's the most important culinary invention of all time. But really, what's better than a delicious frozen treat on a hot summer day? The problem is the ingredients found in most freezer pops aren't safe for children. For this investigation, we scoured dozens of popsicle boxes …
Top Tips for Taking for Your Child with Allergies to a Restaurant
It's estimated that over 5.9 MILLION children have some type of food allergy. That's roughly 1 in every 13 children or two per classroom. Experts are shocked not just by that number, but by how fast it has grown. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reports that the prevalence of food allergy in children increased by 50 percent between …
Fox News Los Angeles Debuts Interview Stating Glyphosate in Food is Problematic to Children
This week I was featured on Fox News affiliate in Los Angeles for their morning show, Good Day LA. Now I've been on live television before, but it's been something like 15 years since I've done live television working for the California State Assembly. So I was a little bit rusty, but it came back to me very quickly and I realized how much fun live …
Does Testing Food & Hair for Pesticides Sound Like Fun to You? Then There’s a Home Kit For That
Home pesticide testing is here! That's important because they just found high levels of glyphosate in some of the most common kid cereals, breast milk, & infant formula. And when it comes to glyphosate, an herbicide that has been found to be dangerous even at "safe" levels, it's important to ensure that your family is not digesting a ton of …
Oat Cereals & Granola Bar Product Investigation: Glyphosate Pesticide Levels in Popular Foods
Glyphosate is in the news yet again as the Environmental Working Group releases a study on everyday food products like oat cereals and granola bars that contain dangerous levels of the herbicide glyphosate. And with all the bad press on this dangerous chemical, it seems more people are heeding our indelible warnings. We're seeing all sorts of new …
Bertolli Apologizes to Mamavation Community For Threatening to Sue
Last week, Bertolli threatened to sue Mamavation for reporting on a UC Davis study done in 2010 stating their extra virgin olive oil was not up to standards. Instead of pulling the post on Mamavation as other platforms did, we decided instead to stand up this multi-billion dollar company and expose the suppression campaign and other things that …
Bertolli Olive Oil Threatens to Sue Mamavation For Reporting on UC Davis Study
Last week, I received an email from a representative of Bertolli Olive Oil threatening to sue me for reporting on a UC Davis study years ago that found their extra virgin olive oils were not up to standards. Instead of pulling this post, what I've decided to do instead is take a closer look at Bertolli, the olive oil industry and issues around …
How to Can Tomatoes to Avoid BPA–Canning 101 for Beginners
Did you keep a garden this summer? Have too many tomatoes on your hands? My favorite part of this time of year is preparing foods from my garden, local farmers, or the surplus from my gardening friends and family. I can the leftover tomatoes to use during the winter. When you garden from your backyard, you know exactly what has gone into the food …
“Made in USA” Label Legally Used on Grassfed Beef From Overseas
Hey Hipsters! You like your grassfed meat, right? Well from now on we are going to pretend that "Made in the USA" sticker actually means what it says. You won't need to feel guilty about that rancher in California who got screwed because "Made in the USA" now means that meat can actually be from other countries with cheaper land. The global market …
12 Reasons to Avoid Plastic Utensils in the Kitchen
I bought a beautiful hand-carved wooden cooking spoon at our local farmer’s market when my son was a toddler. It is one of my favorite cooking utensils and we have used it ever since for baking, cooking and stealing tastes from the bowl. Today, I still have that wooden spoon but have banned all other plastic kitchen utensils from my kitchen because …