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Healthy Raw Food Snack Ideas

Our seven-year old daughter enjoys eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. What’s so strange about that? Absolutely nothing! Except thats all shes eaten since she was weaned off of breast milk. Perhaps the strange part, if there really is one, is that not only does eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds seem perfectly normal to our daughter, but also that we had to go to great lengths to explain why some people choose to eat other fare.

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Your New Diet: Eat a Double Lunch

How does the idea of two lunches in the middle of the day instead of a lunch and a snack sound? The purpose behind the double lunch is to think of making 2 well rounded and satisfying meals in the middle of the day instead of one large meal, then a “snack” (which usually leaves you unsatisfied) before you hit dinner.

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Gluten Allergy in Children

Gluten allergy, or celiac disease, is a serious autoimmune disorder that affects the intestinal tract. Symptoms of gluten allergy include failure to thrive, nutritional deficiencies, irritability, decreased energy, pale bowel movements and gastrointestinal ailments. Celiac disease in children and adults can be treated only by avoiding all gluten-containing grains, including trace quantities.