When I was in my early 20's, I read Adele Davis's book, "Let's Eat Right To Keep fit." I learned from her that "you are what you eat." I also learned that our babies are what we eat while we are pregnant, and then are what they eat once they are born. If you nurse your babies, then they continue to be what you eat as long as you are nursing them. My bible during my first pregnancy over 38 years ago was "Let's Have Healthy Children," also by Adele Davis. I started to follow her guidelines way before getting pregnant, knowing that my health had a big effect on my baby's health.
There is much more information about good nutrition available today, and I want to encourage anyone who wants to have healthy children to start early in learning about and implementing a healthy way of eating. Educating yourself regarding good nutrition is a major part of good parenting. However, a good rule of thumb is, if they didn't eat it 200 years ago, don't eat it now! This means no fast food, no packaged food - including sodas, cakes and candies - no preservatives, no fruits and vegetables grown with pesticides or artificial fertilizers, or animals grown with hormones and fed food grown with pesticides. It also means no smoking or drinking. It means no caffeine. If you want healthy children, you need to put pure, clean organic food into your body before you get pregnant and continue throughout your pregnancy. Of course, then you want to continue to feed yourself and your family clean food once your children are born.
If you are pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant, you have a wonderful opportunity to lay a strong foundation of health for your child. Why not start now feeding yourself well and learning all you can about creating healthy children? You are going to be a parent the whole rest of your life. You can do so much to make your parenting experience a joyful one by taking responsibility for your own physical and emotional health before getting pregnant. If you have not been disciplined enough to eat well before getting pregnant, perhaps the idea of eating well for your child will be enough to motivate you.
It's not as hard as you might think. It really doesn't take much more time to eat well than to eat junk. And the payoff is huge. Not only were my three babies healthy, they were calm. They slept well and were happy children, who learned easily and did well in school. The only time they were hyperactive - actually bouncing off walls! - was after returning from birthday parties where they had ice cream, cake and sodas.
In my many years of counseling, I've often worked with parents who were struggling with their children's behavior problems. Of course not all behavior problems are nutritional, but you might be surprised how many problems have their cause in poor nutrition. I've often wondered why so many people are careful to put the right octane in their gas tank but put the wrong fuel into their bodies - and then wonder why there is so much illness, learning disabilities, and so on.
I want to tell you a little story about the power of food. We had a 6 month old golden retriever puppy who was dying of irritable bowel syndrome. He had constant diarrhea and was getting thinner and thinner by the day. We had been giving him the very best quality kibble and it wasn't working. Fortunately we learned about raw food for dogs. Within two meals of raw food, he was completely healthy! Here I had been studying nutrition for so many years and it had never occurred to me that a dog's natural diet is raw food! Wow, what a lesson!
Healthy Canned Dog Food
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Food For Dogs | How To Start A Pet Based Home Business
Are you one of those people who love animals? If you are one of those people who love animals, you might want to set up your own pet based home business. The good thing about selling products for pets is that you get to have some fun by doing the things that you really want to do and at the same time earn some good money. Besides, if you have kids in the house, they will probably have as much fun as you do. Kids and pets belong together so you will not really have any problems asking your kids to help out in your home business. Getting your children to help in your home business is a great way of teaching them how to be responsible.
Setting up your business
Setting up a pet-based home business is not really difficult. You don't need to have a big space to keep all your stuff. If you open an online store where you can sell your products, you will only need to keep a few things in your house. You can just run to your supplier any time you need something. Since you will not need to keep a huge amount of inventory of pet products, you will not need a lot of money as capital investment. A few hundred dollars for your computer with internet connection and your initial inventory will be enough. For your web hosting, you can just use one of those free sites for a start to save on cost. There is really no point of wasting too much money on web hosting when you can have something for free. Besides, those sites that are offering their services for free are not really that bad.
Selecting your products
There are lots of pet based products that you can choose from. If you want to specialize on organic products for pets, you might want to take a look into organically grown food for dogs as well as toys that are made of biodegradable and organic substances. The good thing about selling these types of products is that you get to help save the planet at the same time. Besides, according to experts, organic products for animals are a lot safer because they do not contain any harmful chemical additives. Healthy pets make great companions.
When planning to sell organic pet products, you should first locate a good supplier of these products. Find a supplier of organic products near you so that you can just simply to go their place whenever you need something for your store. Always make sure that you have steady supply of the products that you sell in your site otherwise you will have many disgruntled clients in your hands. Having disgruntled clients is not really a pretty thing so make sure that you give good service.
Setting up your business
Setting up a pet-based home business is not really difficult. You don't need to have a big space to keep all your stuff. If you open an online store where you can sell your products, you will only need to keep a few things in your house. You can just run to your supplier any time you need something. Since you will not need to keep a huge amount of inventory of pet products, you will not need a lot of money as capital investment. A few hundred dollars for your computer with internet connection and your initial inventory will be enough. For your web hosting, you can just use one of those free sites for a start to save on cost. There is really no point of wasting too much money on web hosting when you can have something for free. Besides, those sites that are offering their services for free are not really that bad.
Selecting your products
There are lots of pet based products that you can choose from. If you want to specialize on organic products for pets, you might want to take a look into organically grown food for dogs as well as toys that are made of biodegradable and organic substances. The good thing about selling these types of products is that you get to help save the planet at the same time. Besides, according to experts, organic products for animals are a lot safer because they do not contain any harmful chemical additives. Healthy pets make great companions.
When planning to sell organic pet products, you should first locate a good supplier of these products. Find a supplier of organic products near you so that you can just simply to go their place whenever you need something for your store. Always make sure that you have steady supply of the products that you sell in your site otherwise you will have many disgruntled clients in your hands. Having disgruntled clients is not really a pretty thing so make sure that you give good service.
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