Easy Ice-cream, No Dairy, No Sugar.... but so delicious

Peel 1 banana per person
Break them into about 4-5 pieces and freeze.
Let thaw about 20 minutes, then place in your food processor!
In less than 1 minute you will have a creamy banana ice-cream.

Mix in cherries, cinnamon, or whatever delight you can think of!
I was amazed at how creamy this is!!

Blog Giveaway- Child's Natural Rubber Shredded Pillow with Organic Cotton Cover

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EcoBaby Natural Rubber Shredded pillow (get the scoop on Natural Green Latex Rubber)

Blog Giveaway -The Complete Idiots Guide to Dairy Free-Living

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I thought this would be of interest to some of you, since dairy is a no-no for many with IBD.

Starting my Own Business- Nature's Nest

I am so excited, I am starting my own business, Nature's Nest. The website is www.naturesnestorganics.com Nature's Nest is dedicated to providing education on how to lead a less toxic, more healthy lifestyle, and providing the products to help you do just that. These products are all products I believe in and use with my own family.

The site should be complete by early January. It is mostly complete right now, but in a couple weeks we should have the Naturopathic Doctor's Corner page up and running. The Naturopathic doctor I am a patient of has agreed to write about a new topic each month that would be of interest to parents, and then allow for you to post questions he will answer. So check the site out and I will let you know when the first topic is posted!

Also, if you know anyone getting ready to have a child, let them know about the site, we have some great offers for our Baby Shower Registrants.

Thanks, and God Bless

Allergies and Ulcerative Colitis? My findings!!

I had food and environmental allergy testing done (skin prick test), and found out that I have no food allergies, however, I am allergic to a variety of molds. My allergiest suggested a mold elimination diet. After searching the internet a little I stumble across "Feast without Yeast" by Bruce Semon, M.D., Ph.D. and Lori Kornblum. It is basically like the mold elimination diet but a little stricter (as yeast is a type of mold). The book is wonderful, full of great info. and tons of recipes and grocery lists. The author wrote the book because his son has autism and after years of trial and error with his diet realized how a yeast-free diet improved his condition. Not only has it helped his son's autism but other patients in his medical practice with other illnesses. So how about my colitis? After 2 weeks on the diet I saw dramatic improvement, very little blood and mucus and going to the bathroom only once a day. I have been on the diet about a month now and am very impressed!! I know it is the diet that is helping because if I have slide off the diet too much (like eating a bunch of Halloween candy..oopps) I start to see my symptoms come back. I have prednisone as a back-up and have used it a few days when I know I have strayed from the diet, and I am fine. Not only is this diet good for my condition but it is a healthy diet as well. I would suggest anyone check it out....even if it does not work for everyone, at the very least you will have a lot of new recipes and cooking tips. I'll post again if anything changes with my condition. If you have any experience with this diet or allergies or any type and your colitis/chron's I am sure readers would be interested to hear. ...oh by the way I am off Remicade now...it just stopped working. Thanks, and God Bless.

Natural remedy for ear infections

My son had 5 ear infections before he was 10 months old. I came across another parents blog, who mentioned NurtiBiotic Ear Drops as a natural remedy for ear infections. I found them at my local EarthFare grocery store and decided to give them a shot since my son had yet another cold. I can't say for sure they were the answer, but the he didn't get an ear infection with the nasty cold he got, and the pediatrician checked his ears out and said they were fine! Yeah no ear infections!!!!! Here is the product I used.

Fish Oil and Colitis and Pregnancy

If you are looking for a good quality fish oil this is what I use.  My naturopathic doctor put me on fish oil for my colitis (he had me on about twice the amount most bottles tell you to take), and he said " although he can't prove anything, he has never had a patient who has been on fish oil during her pregnancy and gotten stretch marks." I followed his advice and I didn't either; I was afraid I would since I have some on the sides of my buttocks from my teen years, and since my sister got them during her pregnancy.