7 Tips to Help Your Kid Develop a Positive Self-Image

Try these 7 tips to foster optimism and resilience in your overweight child: 1) Believe in your Children.  Assure your children that you are on their side and that you expect then to be the best person that they can be, although you don’t expect them to be the best at anything.  No one is… [Continue Reading]

Childhood Obesity and the Statistics

Obesity has caused a lot of issues with the public in America. Childhood obesity statistics collected throughout the years reveal the increasing situation of overweight children in the country. There are more and more health experts trying to solve the issue by carrying out various programs for obese children, etc but unfortunately the situation is… [Continue Reading]

Gluten Free and Vegan Cranberry and blackcurrant Muffins (Dairy, Sugar, egg & Gluten Free)

Learn how to make gluten free and vegan muffins that are dairy, egg, sugar, wheat and healthy and taste fantastic with Anette Martinsen. For conversions ie grams into cups go to… http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/gram_calc.htm Filmed, directed and edited by my son Tomas Martinsen-Hickman – http://www.youtube.com/user/TomasAMH To order a copy of the book “A Recipe for Health by… [Continue Reading]

Children and the vegan diet

Should kids eat a vegan diet? Last month we had the pleasure of taking a vacation in Catalina with bestselling author Jeffrey Masson, and his pediatrician wife, Leila Masson MD. While there, we interviewed both of them on a number of topics, one of them being whether kids should be raised on a vegan diet…. [Continue Reading]