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Men Prefer Meat, Women Love Lettuce

January 16, 2008 at 8:01AM By Deirdre Dolan | comment

Every so often my husband and I play this game where we choose which of two foods we’d rather live without – ice cream or potatoes, bread or butter, onions or carrots, etc. The most recent debate was melted cheese or lettuce, and at a friend’s kind of boring dinner party over the holidays he put it to the group. Not exactly the Algonquin round table, but it filled a silence and even prompted one guy who hadn’t said a word all night to tell us: "Every meal I eat has melted cheese in it."

But I noticed something interesting about everyone else’s response and that was that they were divided almost entirely according to gender – the men would give up lettuce, the women cheese. ...

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tags: vegetarian, food, nutrition, vegetable, meat, ethics

Earth's Best Withdraws Infant Formula Due to Fishy Smell

December 19, 2007 at 2:01PM By Deirdre Dolan | comment

For parents, 2007 has been the Year of the Recall.

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tags: food, recall, baby, formula, earth's best, infant, fishy smell

Many Toxic Toys Still for Sale This Holiday

December 5, 2007 at 12:01AM By Deirdre Dolan | comment

A new report exposes deeper problems. Learn how to avoid toxic toys.

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tags: children, parenting, organic, cpsc, lead, health, recall, baby, pregnancy, toys, toxic, ask an organic mom, pvc, phthalates, dolan, cadmium

Reduce Seasonal Garbage Guilt By Reducing Garbage

November 21, 2007 at 1:56AM By Deirdre Dolan | comment

Easy steps to take to reduce your waste load.

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tags: tips, holiday, paper, web sites, baby, garbage, trash, wipes

The Proof is In: Organic is More Nutritious

November 2, 2007 at 3:56PM By Deirdre Dolan | comment

Studies in Britain justify the extra pennies spent for organic milk.

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tags: food, organic, motherhood, milk, babies, parents

Avoid Hyperactive Additives Found in Infant Medicines

September 13, 2007 at 12:00AM By Deirdre Dolan | comment

Hyperactivity and food additives are linked.

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tags: alternatives, ask an organic mom, food additives, adhd, add, hyperactivity

Avoid Bisphenol-A In Bottles and Cans

July 31, 2007 at 12:00AM By Deirdre Dolan | comment

Chemicals can disrupt the endocrine system.

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tags: chemical, plastic, phthalates, bisphenol a, bisphenol-a, bottles, cans

Breast Is Best, But What's Next?

June 20, 2007 at 12:00AM By Deirdre Dolan | comment

Choosing organic formula you can trust.

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tags: organic, nutrition, breast feeding, organic baby formula, baby food

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