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The Natural Minded Mama
Realistic low-tox living and natural wellness for modern families.
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How to Choose the Best Protein Powder
View this post on Instagram What is Protein? Proteins are basically long chains of amino acids, which your body can make some of on its own, but not all of them. The ones it can’t make are called essential amino acids, and you have to get them from food. When you eat protein, your body breaks it down into those amino acids and uses them for everything from repairing muscles, to making enzymes and hormones. They play a role in almost every function your body does. The Importan
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Safer Baby Food
View this post on Instagram I often get asked about “better” purees and baby cereals. Personally, I’m a big fan of skipping cereals and...
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Seed Oils Guide
Seed oils are a very "talked about" topic. There are so many oils/so much information, it can become overwhelming and confusing. This...
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Safer Drinks
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Diaper Bag Snacks Don't Have to be Toxic
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Safer Condiments
Why Ditch Conventional Condiments? There’s many ingredients to look out for, like... HFCS, artificial dyes, xanthan gum, “natural...
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Why Choose Glysophate Free Oats
What is Glysophate? Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, an herbicide used to control weeds in crops like corn and soy. When...
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Cow Milk: how to choose the best
Common Types of Milk Raw Milk - milk that comes directly from the dairy cow and has not been processed or pasteurized. It has the highest...
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Safer Plant Based Milk
What to Avoid Gums (i.e guar, gellan, xanthan, locust bean gum Oils (i.e rapeseed oil aka canola oil) Emulsifiers (sunflower lecithin) ...
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Safer Juice Box Alternatives & What to Look for in Juice
What to Look for in Juice 100% Real Juice Never from Concentrate Organic Avoid any label that reads “natural flavor” Juice, in general,...
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Safer Toddler Snack Swaps
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Safer Coffee & Creamer
Shop full list of coffees on Amazon HERE . view this. post on Instagram Pesticides & Mold Pesticides: Coffee beans are one of the...
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On the Go Snacks for the Breast Feeding Mom
Let's be honest nothing beats whole, organic, fresh foods. However, as a mom it’s inevitable that there will be many days of running...
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