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Screen-free Activities for Kids and Teens

July 15, 2016 by Andrea Fabry 9 Comments

Screen-free Activities for Kids and Teens

Do you find yourself on a device more hours than you’d like? Are you concerned about the length of time your kids spend with screens? Are you looking for some counter-cultural encouragement when it comes to technology and parenting? Screen-Free Parenting As a mom whose children span from age 15 to 31, I have seen… 

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Filed Under: Electromagnetic Radiation, Natural Health, Unseen Reality Tagged With: activities, devices, egg toss, family, kids, parenting, screen-free, screen-free parenting, screens, technology, teenagers, teens

Gluten-free, Sugar-free Santa Berries

December 14, 2015 by Andrea Fabry 1 Comment

Gluten-free, Sugar-free Santa Berries

Your family will love these gluten-free Santa Berries (with dairy-free option). Combine pineapple pieces with sugar-free icing, cacao nibs and fresh strawberries for a festive holiday treat! Gluten-free, Sugar-free Santa Berries  Ingredients: 12 toothpicks 12 fresh strawberries 12 pieces canned or fresh  pineapple * 24 cacao nibs Icing ** * It’s easy to reduce the… 

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Filed Under: Desserts, Foodie, Recipes Tagged With: cacao, coconut, dairy-free, family, gluten-free, icing, kefir, nibs, pineapple, santa, santas, stevia, strawberries, strawberry, sugar-free, sweeteners, toothpick, whey

How to Get Kids to Eat Healthy

October 2, 2015 by Andrea Fabry 9 Comments

How to Get Kids to Eat Healthy

Do you ever feel like you’re in a losing battle when it comes to your kids and nutrition? Would you like to instill in your child a desire for healthy eating? Our family of 11 was your classic “fast food” family until a health crisis forced us to re-evaluate our food choices. (Read our story… 

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Filed Under: By Kids for Kids, Foodie, Gut Health, Natural Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: diet, eat, family, food, health, healthy, journey, kids

Marriage and Toxic Mold

July 25, 2015 by Andrea Fabry 7 Comments

Marriage and Toxic Mold

A home is infested with toxic mold. Some, if not all, of the family members, are ill. What happens when a husband and wife disagree on the appropriate course of action? It’s a typical scenario. The wife senses an urgency about leaving the home. The husband is more cautious. Perhaps the wife leaves the home… 

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Filed Under: Microbes & Mold, microbes and mold, Mold, Mold and Microbes, Unseen Reality Tagged With: family, house, husband, mold, toxic

Why My Son Got Type 1 Diabetes

January 26, 2015 by Andrea Fabry 71 Comments

Why My Son Got Type 1 Diabetes

Colin was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on June 27, 2007, at the age of 7. With no family history, we were shocked by the diagnosis. Colin was the eighth of our nine children. Why did Colin get type 1 diabetes and not our other kids? A Stroke of Bad Luck? When the doctors diagnosed… 

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Filed Under: microbes and mold, Type 1 Diabetes, Uncategorized Tagged With: child, diabetes, diagnosed, disease, environment, exposed, family, immune, indoor air quality, microbes, microbiota, mold, processed food, Real food, toxic, toxic mold, type 1 diabetes

The GAPS Diet – Our Story

February 9, 2014 by Andrea Fabry 7 Comments

The GAPS Diet – Our Story

(This post was first published August 30, 2010.) The GAPS Diet- Our Story We have been conducting a family experiment this month. It’s a dietary trial. The experiment involves a no grain/no fruit eating plan drawing on such diets as GAPS, SCD, BED, Paleo, Phase 1 Antifungal, and Bee’s, as well as other candida diets…. 

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Filed Under: Foodie, Gut Health, Type 1 Diabetes Tagged With: Die-off, diet, family, GAPS, gut health, insulin, real, Real food, soup, sugar

MEET ANDREA

I am a certified Building Biology Advocate, a former journalist, mother of nine, and avid CrossFitter who likes to think outside the box. After our family's health crisis in 2008, I learned to ask questions about what's in our food, our water, and our air. I hope to empower you as you seek to live safely in a complex world. Thankfully, small steps lead to big changes. Let's travel this road together, one step at a time.

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10 Things I’ve Learned (The Hard Way)

1. The answer may be right in front of you.
2. Time is often the best medicine.
3. Speak kindly to yourself.
4. The air we breathe matters.
5. It's better to know than not know.
6. Relinquishment is a balm for the soul.
7. Symptoms will instruct if we listen.
8. Sometimes you're the expert.
9. Allow hindsight to move you forward.
10. The next step is enough.

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