Healthy Diet Turns Out To Be Kidstuff

The right advice about the right diet and the right supplements can turn a life around. Just like that.

Susan was worried about her 12-year-old son Jason. He seemed underweight and small for his age – smaller than his younger brother. His appetite was poor and he wasn’t sleeping well. Jason had been diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and had been taking Ritalin for several years.

Susan went to Planet Organic Market and got more than groceries, she got advice.

Natural Solutions for Healthy Skin

Having great skin this summer (and all year long) is all about forming healthy habits. Your genetics may play a role in how smooth a complexion you have, but treating your body right will show up first on your skin.

The Salad Days of Summer

That old saw about always eating your greens wasn’t a bunch of hooey. That bit of homespun wisdom was all fact. There’s nothing but truth in a salad. It’s nature’s most honest meal — and one of its most nutritious, too. Consider salads to be a bowl of raw material to run the body.

Keeping your Baby Toxin-Free

Babies and toxins. Ne’er the twain shall meet. But they do. Daily. From the airborne chemicals in heating systems, from sealants on carpeting, from poisons in cleaning products and building materials, even from mom’s perfume. Babies are born sponges. Their supple, delicate skin — the largest organ in their body and five times thinner than an adult’s — absorbs the harsh effects of what most of us take for granted.

So why expose your infant to further toxicity by using baby care products that are not natural and organic?

The Natural Way to Combat Seasonal Allergies

As the seasons shift, it would be expected that the sniffling, sneezing, and runny noses of winter’s never-ending colds would melt away as warm breezes and the higher sun of longer days replace the gloomy chill. But instead it’s a new nasal irritation, along with the itchy eyes of spring’s allergies that keep us up at night. More than one in six Canadians suffer from hay fever, or any variety of seasonal allergic rhinitis.

Everyday Earth Tips

Being on Mother Nature’s team is as simple as eating pesticide-free organic produce, packing along a reusable shopping bag, choosing green cleaning products that don’t leave a toxic footprint and sleuthing out energy thieves at home. Did you know that many electronic devices left plugged into the wall are sapping power even if you aren’t using them?

Following these 10 helpful hints will ensure you’ll be making every day an Earth Day.

Superfoods for Super Kids

Getting your kids to choose healthy snacks has been the bane of parents since a young Aristotle refused to eat his figs and olives.

But filling the requirements of a full, daily source of nutrition in every handful of snackfood doesn’t mean having to reach for supplements and vitamin pills. Nature has provided some alternatives to chocolate and chips — tasty bite-sized delights with a history of making bodies grow tall and strong.

Omega-3: the Heart Smart Supplement

Omega-3 is not the name of one of those planets from Star Trek with the ankle-deep fog and papier-mâché boulders. Nor is it something you were supposed to remember when they told you about the Periodic Table of Elements in high school (just there, next to Bismuth). It is, most likely, the best thing for your heart… since love. Both are essential to continued good life.

Consumer, Cleanse Thyself

We all know bathing is essential for proper hygiene, did you know you can give your insides a once-over as well?

Dreaming of a Green Christmas

We all dream about a White Christmas, but at Planet Organic Market we’re much keener on a green one. As we all share gifts with our families and loved ones this holiday season, it’s important to consider how our gifts impact our environment, add to our collective ecological footprint, and affect the sustainability of our world. The festive season may be the busiest and most stressful time of the year for consumers, but it’s also a great opportunity to discover and support companies and organizations with sustainable business practices. Here are a few of our suggestions: