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MegaFood Baby & Me Supplements Help Keep Moms and Babies Healthy-Giveaway

May 3, 2018 by Kathryn 13 Comments

When I was pregnant with Cormac, I got a little bit obsessed with proper nutrition. I took both a prenatal vitamin and an Omega-3 supplement. I also tried to eat as healthily as possible, though it wasn’t easy considering my huge cravings for sugar!

The hardest thing about taking my vitamins was how they upset my stomach. I was often nauseous for about half an hour afterwards, even though I was eating a meal at the same time. So, I was very excited to learn about MegaFood Baby & Me supplements. Not only are they packed with all the nutrition pregnant and breastfeeding women need, they’re also designed to be less likely to cause nausea the way some other supplements do!

So, what makes the Baby & Me products different? The secret is whole foods. The supplements are all made with whole food products (like Vitamin C from oranges and Vitamin A from carrots), which means that they’re less likely to lead to an upset stomach since they are digested in a way that’s similar to the body processing real food. [Read more…]

Six Supplements To Boost Your Health in 2018

February 5, 2018 by Kathryn 24 Comments

Disclosure: I am part of the Orange Naturals Mom Ambassador Program and I receive special perks as part of my afﬁliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.

With the new year underway and my birthday just having passed, I’m already feeling the first early signs of spring fever. February always seems to be an energetic month for me, and so I use that to kick-start my health and fitness routines.

Eating wholesome foods and getting some daily exercise are the basics of healthy living, and they’re a great place to start. But for specific goals or concerns, I turn to health supplements from Orange Naturals to help feel my best. Wondering what health supplements to try yourself? Start by considering one of these six must-haves!

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Keep Bones Strong and Remember Your Daily Calcium Supplement with These 5 Tips

November 24, 2017 by Kathryn 33 Comments

Disclosure: I am part of the Orange Naturals Mom Ambassador Program and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.

Did you know that one in three women will suffer a fractured bone due to osteoporosis in their lifetime? Or that both men and women start losing bone in their mid-thirties? November is Osteoporosis Awareness Month and as a mid-thirties woman, I’m happy not just that awareness is being brought to the disease, but that I’m leaning more about it as well.

As a fairly healthy woman, I try my best to make sure that I’m getting all the nutrients I need, including daily calcium and Vitamin D. And having just had a baby, I was extra vigilant about my daily dose of calcium the entire time I was pregnant.

But now that Baby Cormac has arrived, I have found that I’m not as good about remembering to get the calcium I need. With my baby taking up so much of my time, remembering to take two separate vitamins (my multi and my calcium) at different times seems to be more than I can manage!

So, what’s a new mom with a bad case of mom brain to do? Here’s my bullet-list of techniques that may help you remember to take that daily dose of calcium! [Read more…]

Get Through the Start of the School Year Feeling Calm and Cool with Swiss Natural aHead Cognitive Support and Memory

July 25, 2017 by Kathryn 10 Comments

There are a lot of jokes about the many struggles of dealing with “mom brain,” but when the back-to-school season rolls around, the simple truth is that the stress and busy days of preparing for a new school year can make it feel impossible to remember even the simplest tasks!

It’s those days that I’ve found myself putting my half-full coffee cup in the cupboard, packing crayons in the fridge or, on one harrowing occasion, even leaving my purse behind at a store! Needless to say, that notorious mom forgetfulness isn’t always a laughing matter to me.

But this year, Swiss Natural has a solution that frazzled moms everywhere are going to want to check out! The company offers a variety of vitamins, minerals and supplements to help optimize health and wellness, and its new aHead Cognitive Support and Memory supplement is just what a busy mom needs to help her sail through back-to-school preparations feeling calm, cool and in control. [Read more…]

Support Healthy Blood Sugar Levels with Natural Products from Orange Naturals #ONatural

November 26, 2014 by Kathryn 25 Comments

November is World Diabetes Month and even though nobody in our immediate family suffers from diabetes, my boys do have a history of it in their family and it really makes me think about what they’re eating each day. With so much sugar in the food that we eat, making sure that my boys aren’t getting too much is no easy task! My oldest son especially has a sweet tooth and if I don’t watch him, he will gobble up sugary sweets like mad.

But of course, I still want my kids to enjoy their food, so I have to get creative to make sure it’s appealing. Fruit plates are one of my favourite snack foods to prepare and both boys love them as well! To make the treat extra special without adding tons of sugar, I’ll sometimes serve fresh fruit with real whipped cream sweetened with just a hint of naturally-sourced Stevia sweetener.

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My Leaf Origin Women’s Hair Review

August 7, 2014 by Kathryn 34 Comments

I pride myself on my long, thick and healthy hair but I have to admit that I’m starting to see a difference in my hair as I age. While I certainly can’t say that my hair is thin, I do notice that it’s breaking more easily and it doesn’t have the same bounce as it did when I was in my twenties. Aging hair is one of those things that almost every woman will have to battle at some point and while there are plenty of shampoos and treatments that claim to help, there are definitely questions about their effectiveness.

That’s why I found the concept of Leaf Origin Women’s Maximum Hair Recovery intriguing. This oral vegetarian capsule supplement contains a variety of natural ingredients specifically designed to boost the health of hair, making it thicker, shinier and more youthful. I received a few bottles of the supplement to test out and I was very excited to see how it worked for me.

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Maximize Your Health with Whole Body Research Keybiotics Supplements-Giveaway

March 28, 2014 by Kathryn 108 Comments

I am a huge believer in the importance of probiotics, but finding the most effective variety can be incredibly confusing. So many different probiotic formulations promise amazing benefits and I end up not knowing which one is the best choice for me. But when Whole Body Research offered me the chance to try its new Keybiotics dietary supplement, I knew right away that it was a product I was going to love.

Whole Body Research dedicates itself to providing 100% pure, natural and non-contaminated supplements with no synthetic fillers, artificial ingredients or preservatives. The high quality of the company’s products and the fact that all of its supplements are tested for purity by independent third-party labs was why I was sure the new Keybiotics supplement was going to be a winner. And I wasn’t disappointed.

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Help Keep Kids Healthy with Treehhouse Kids Supplements from Webber Naturals-Giveaway

February 4, 2014 by Kathryn 106 Comments

My boys, who were once the pickiest eaters imaginable, are gradually getting better and better about eating new foods. But I still like to make sure that they’re getting all the vitamins and minerals that their bodies need, especially in the winter when finding high-quality fresh produce gets harder. That’s why I’m a big fan of children’s vitamins and recently I received an assortment of new Treehouse Kids Supplements from Webber Naturals for the boys to test out.

The new Treehouse vitamins come in seven different varieties and feature popular characters from Treehouse TV. My boys were so excited to see Max & Ruby on their vitamins; both of them have loved the show for years now! They were happy to taste-test their new vitamins and especially liked the Treehouse Tooth-Friendly Chewable Vitamin C featuring Franklin. Since cold and flu season is in full swing, I was happy about my boys having some extra Vitamin C too!

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