Essential Oils Empowering Mothers
Imagine that only a day after your husband is deployed, your baby strikes an amazingly high fever and the closest hospital is over 45 minutes away and it is late at night. That is exactly what happened to Jacquelyn Stonehocker as she tucked her two oldest children into bed and began rocking her baby Presley [...]
Be Healthy From The Start With Diet and Exercise.
In my past articles, I’ve written about childhood obesity, where to find healthy foods, and heard words from a nutritionist. This week the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, which requires everyone to buy health insurance. If we choose not to, we will be taxed for it. Amanda Ball, a nurse at the University [...]
An Evening of Nutrition
Today’s Utopia is a small at-home business run by mothers who are concerned about their family’s health, wanting to find a natural way to take care of them. Today’s Utopia owners Bethany Paris-Pettit and Kyleen Shewood invited nationally recognized nutritionist Ginger Zee to help introduce their new product Juice Plus. It was an evening of [...]
You Are What You Eat. It’s Possible to Find Healthy Foods.
The evidence that obesity is an issue in our country can be shocking. According to the Surgeon General, “the economic cost of obesity in the United States was about $117 billion in 2000.” Within that, “300,000 deaths each year in the United States are associated with obesity which can include, heart disease, certain types of [...]
Contraceptives covered by insurance, for or against? Firestorm among the country.
The ongoing debate on contraceptives exploded into a firestorm of controversy after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which requires insurers to cover contraceptives for women. The New York Times states, “In January 2012, the Obama administration announced that as part of the rollout of the health care reform law, most health insurance plans must [...]
Childhood Obesity: A National Health Crisis that Can Change
Our country is in the middle of a national health crisis. It was once easy for a child to decide to go outside and play with their friends. Instead everything has taken over that simple playtime from iPods, TV, chat rooms and the Wii; playtime is now at their fingertips. This is one of the [...]
