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Baby Greens by Michaela Lynn with Michael Chrisemer, NC
The benefits of live foods for children made practical
A LIVELY MIX of nutrition education, philosophy, recipes and activities
for enhancing the relationship between parents, children, and their food.
Provides a jump start into the confidence and knowledge necessary to
move beyond the fear, doubt, misinformation, and controversy surrounding
child nutrition.
A bridge for parents and children from the standard American diet to living
nutrition. An invaluable tool for health building.
Parents, Teachers: "Learning disabilities" and "Attention
Deficit Disorders" have been linked to nutritional problems! Attempting
to solve the nutritional problems of children with pharmaceutical drugs
is often a tragic mistake. Living foods are a powerful alternative; effectively
addressing the causes rather than symptoms.
With great devotion to the care of children, Michaela offers her best
secrets in raw food fun. Michael has a BA in Education and is a licensed
nutritional consultant.
"Baby Greens is a delightful heartfelt, educational primer, and
support system for parents. It has imaginative, fun-filled, easy recipes,
useful resources, and practical parent-child activities to potentiate
the live food way of life. I consider Baby Greens a must read for all,
especially live-food parents." -- From the preface by Gabriel Cousens,
MD, Director of the Tree of Life Foundation and Rejuvenation Center, Patagonia,
AZ, USA.
Baby Greens is a delightful and informative book on adding raw foods into
the diet of children. In the introduction, author Michaela Lynn describes
her search for answers about raw foods first for herself and later for
babies and kids. She mentions her frustration at not finding a book on
those topics. She finally comes to realize that she is supposed to write
that book! Lynn makes it clear that Baby Greens is not meant to promote
a rigid diet but rather to help families of all dietary persuasions add
more living foods to their repertoire.
Part one of Baby Greens is a collection of essays on health and bioenergetic
nutrition written by Michael Chrisemer, N.C. Chrisemer's essays are readable
and educational. He covers a variety of topics ranging from enzymes, toxins,
sea vegetables, vitamins, and water to breastfeeding. Each essay is short
and to the point. They are packed with information that will inspire the
reader to explore each topic more in-depth. I was fascinated to learn
about the homeopathic qualities of sea vegetables. I was likewise pleased
to read that Chrisemer makes correlations between breastfeeding behavior
and later eating habits. His bits of wisdom make perfect sense to me.
In his essay "Putting it All Together," Chrisemer discusses
children and their need for autonomy. He shares an anecdote about a pudding
pie he craved after seeing a TV commercial. Instead of denying him the
experience of the pie, his mother bought it for him. He found the pie
to be much different from his expectations and he never asked for another.
Had his mother denied him that experience, he might have missed out on
an important opportunity for growth.
Part two of Baby Greens is all about food recipes and activities. This
is where the book really shines. Each page is filled with whimsical drawings,
helpful hints and great recipes. Lynn covers everything from pregnancy
nutrition to feeding a baby old who is enough for solids to getting your
bigger kid to help prepare the meal. I decided to truly put this book
to the test. I would need to prepare and consume (with my kids of course!)
as many of the meals as possible. We started out by making Cupid's Soup
from page 72. This is a delicious mixture of beets and apples that my
children both happily gobbled up. The next recipe we tried was from page
92, the carrot-raisin salad. This is a twist on the traditional made with
mayonnaise. The flavor of this new carrot raisin salad is fantastic! I
made it for a playgroup, and it was very well received by everyone. Since
I've had the book, I've made about a half dozen of the recipes and have
been very pleased with all of them. I also found the games and resources
in the back of the book to be especially fun and helpful. I even located
a source for organic avocados right down the road from me.
Baby Greens is such a lovely book and should be in the library of every
new parent. The authors are never judgmental. They offer gentle suggestions
for improving on current diets rather than advocating for a raw-only lifestyle.
You can hear the respect and love in the tone of the writing. I find the
compassionate language used throughout the pages to be very soothing.
This book is such a pleasure to read and I cannot recommend it enough.
Important legal note: Though we are happy to provide
products and services which will help you to improve your health and well being, we do not 'treat', or aim to 'cure' any disease. Under UK law only a medical doctor may 'treat' illness and disease with a medical origin. The information in this web page is for information purposes only.
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