Does your household pig out all the time? I have found that eating in moderation is the key to my own weight and the weight of my children in check. As far as I am concerned, there are three simple concepts everyone should keep in mind about food: moderation, variety and balance. Moderation means keeping [...]

I was all for putting my teenage daughter on a contraceptive until I found out that it causes muscle wasting. Many young ladies use oral contraceptives, yet its effect on their body composition and exercise performance has not been thoroughly studied. Research has shown that contraceptive use can make your girl weak and also affect [...]

Ebeanstalk is dedicated to a baby’s development. And we select the best baby toys matched to a baby’s development. To see great information on how a baby grows up, check out the info on our baby toys page. Picking toys for a baby is not as simple as it sounds. Here are some quick baby [...]

We all know how difficult it is to eat right. The kids run around all over the place making it hard to spy on what they are eating. Half the time what we end up eating is just not that nutritious. I can’t spy on them all of the time so I do what I [...]

Mothers get grouchy because kids keep them hopping on their feet all day. If done correctly, taking regular day-time naps will give you an enormous surge of energy and make you feel d so you can wake up earlier. This is not such a strange concept.  In many siesta countries (such as Spain and Mexico), [...]

When you have a medical emergency you can also look to herbal remedies for First Aid.   When it comes to an emergency such as insect bite and sting your best course of action is to make a compress out of charcoal. This can be immediately applied to the bite or sting to help reduce [...]

Mother Nature has all kinds of herbs to help you look good even if you are a busy mom. Maintaining healthy, glowing skin is easy especially if you take the following herbs that support the renewal of cells and the fighting of free radicals in the dermis –   ·        Alfalfa – Enhances circulation and [...]

The term stress is very broad and refers to any reaction to a physical, mental, or emotional stimulus that upsets the body’s natural balance. Suffering stress is and always has been a necessary evil if you want to survive. The better you tolerate stress the more you will thrive.  And the more you are able [...]