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TOS Crew :Nutrition 101, Choose Life!

Nutrition and Nutritional Healing are two major interests of mine.  In an effort to educate my children in truth, I have looked around for a nutrition curriculum that taught the truth about nutrition, but I didn't really think one existed.  So, I was over SUPER excited to be able to review Nutrition 101: Choose Life by Growing Healthy Homes!

 

 

Finally a nutrition book that is broken down for kids to understand.  I gotta tell ya, I fell in love with this book.  I love everything about it!! Really!

Nutrition 101: Choose Life was written by homeschool moms! More specifically, is was co-authored by homeschool mother Debra Raybern, N.D., M.H., C.N.C., I.C.A.; homeschool mother and researcher Sera Johnson, B.MU; mother and writer/editor Laura Hopkins, B.S.; and mother, grandmother and former Home Economics teacher Karen Hopkins, B.S.

Nutrition 101: Choose Life is not just a nutrition curriculum, it is a wonderful family reference book that you will keep forever and use again and again.  This book will teach your family about the major body systems, how they function and the diseases and ailments that can affect them.  You will also learn about foods that are support these systems and the foods that are bad for them.  The book is broken into 6 Units:

• The Brain and Nervous System
• Digestion and Elimination
• Respiration and Olfactory
• Muscular and Skeletal Systems
• Cardiovascular and Immune Systems
• Endocrine System and Emotions.
  

 Let me tell ya'll about some of the great things that I like about Nutrition 101: Choose Life -

• Like I said, I am THRILLED that this book teaches truth about nutrition.  When I say it teaches truth, I mean that Nutrition 101 talks about herbs that boost your immune system, that boosting immunity through nutrition is better for your body than vaccines, that coffee and caffeine lower your immune system, and my personal favorite - that fluoride is really POISON!! 
• My kids love to cook and experiment with foods, so we really like that each chapter has a recipe that goes along with it.  Like for instance when learning about the Brain, you can make a recipe like Guacamole because avocados are excellent brain food.
• It is super duper helpful that this book is full of colorful pictures, highlighted vocabulary words and discussion questions in each chapter.
• I also like the that each chapter has activities for the kids to do, which are broken into elementary and secondary sections.  For instance after learning about amino acids in chapter 4, the elementary kids are told to check their refrigerator to see if they have any plant sources of amino acids in there.  The secondary kids are asked to help organize a family outdoor fun time that features games that utilize the nervous system.  FUN!!  These optional activities are a great addition to the book.
• Did tell you there are 448 pages chock full of knowledge! 
• The charts in the appendix are fabulous!  I am a chart girl.  I guess because I am a visual learner, charts are my thing.  There are several in this book like the healthy food pyramid, a acid/ alkaline chart, a chart on how to choose good produce and when it is in season.  Not sure that this qualifies as a chart but they have an awesome shopping list too!
• In saving the best for last, Nutrition 101 uses scripture through the whole book!!  LOVE IT!!

You can view the the table of contents and an excerpt HERE.

There is much to like about Nutrition 101: Choose Life.  You can purchase it 3 ways:

• Book - $99.95
• CD-ROM - $79.95
• The Combo, which includes the Book and CD-ROM - $129.95

I was given a downloadable version of the book to review, so I had to print out the pages myself.  I think if you are going to purchase this curriculum, I would spend the extra $20 and get the book.  The Hubs totally covets his printer ink (to do invoices for our carpet business) so there is N O !!! way that I could print out 448 pages in one sitting.  BUT we have on off those spiral binding machines, so I would just print out 1 unit at a time and bind them together by unit.  This is a totally workable idea but I would probably prefer to just have the whole book.  Either way, which ever you choose, Choose Life and get the book ; )

You may also want to take a peak at what others on the TOS Crew are saying about Growing Healthy Homes.
Please note that we received a free download of Nutrition 101: Choose Life.  The opinions stated here are mine and I was not influenced by the company or the free product.

Menu Plan 4/18/11

This week we are taking our spring break, I think.  We were off today but if the weather doesn't get any better we may just school and do break next week. 

I am taking it easy with the cooking this week.  My sister's crew is coming for Resurrection Day dinner and we vowed to keep it super simple this year.  I will include that menu as well.

Monday
Beef Stroganoff and Steamed Carrots

Tuesday
Breakfast Night - Bacon, Egg and Cheese Biscuits and Orange Slices

Wednesday
Honey Mustard Chicken, Brown Rice and Broccoli

Thursday
Grilled Cheese Sammies and Tomato Soup

Friday
Pizza!!  - We did not end up doing Pizza last week, so I didn''t get to make my own dough like I said I would.  This week I am doin' it, for real this time ; )

Saturday
Salsa Chicken, Beans & Rice and Corn

Sunday
Ham w/ Raisin Gravy, Potato Salad, Angel Eggs, Green Beans,and Baked Beans.  Also, I am not sure which one of these corn dishes I am making Corn Pudding or the Slow Cooker Creamed Corn.  I have made them both and they are both oh so yum-mmee!  (Hey Sis, if you are reading this,  I did add the Corn Pudding and Eggs : )

If you have never had Raisin Gravy, let me just say... YOU MUST!!  My Grandma used to make it every Resurrection Day.  It is a little family tradition that is definitely worth the effort.

For dessert my sister is making Oreo Truffle Balls, which are sooo very yummy!  I have been promising The Hubs that I would make him a Peanut Butter Pie, so I am finally coming through on that one this weekend.

Do you guys have any special dishes that you make for Resurrection Day?

Revalation Song

by Gateway Worship

Worthy is the,
 Lamb who was slain
Holy, Holy, is He
Sing a new song, to Him who sits on
Heaven's Mercy Seat
[Repeat 2x]

(Chorus)
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And I will adore You…!

Clothed in rainbows, of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor, strength and
Glory and power be
To You the Only Wise King,

(Chorus)
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come, yeah
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And – I - will - adore You!

Filled with wonder,
Awestruck wonder
At the mention of Your Name
Jesus, Your Name is Power
Breath, and Living Water
Such a marvelous mystery

(Chorus)
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come, yeah
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And – I - will - adore You!

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come,
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And – I - will - adore YOU…


This such a beautiful song about Jesus, taken from the book of Revelations.

The Building on the Rock Series Review and Giveaway

I found a new books series that I had to share with you all.  The series is called The Building on the Rock series, by Joel R Beeke and Diana Kleyn. 

This series consists of five books, each having 30 or so devotional stories in them.  The books in the series are called:

• How God Used a Thunderstorm
• How God Stopped the Pirates
• How God Used a Snowdrift
• How God Used a Drougnt and An Umbrella
• How God Sent a Dog to Save a Family

The kids and I are currently working through How God Used a Thunderstorm and the stories are FANTABULOUS!!  Some of the stories are short (only a page long) and others are several pages long (being 3-5 pages).  I like how the stories are catergoriezed as long or short, this way I know which stories to pick from depending on the time I have available to read. 

So far, we have been reading at about 2 stories at a time, inaddition to our read a loud book, they are quite addicting to be honest!  The stories have really been a blessing to us, real life stories of how the Lord is working. 

One of my favorites, which is actually the first story in the book, was about a Christian slave that was sold to a new master.  This man was very mean, especially to the slave.  One afternoon the master insisted that Cuff, the slave, stop praying.  When the master had found out that Cuff continued in prayer, he beat him.  Instead of cursing the master, you know what he did?  He got on his knees and prayed for him, I am not sure that I could have done this.  That very night the master couldn't sleep because of the awful thing that he had done. 
He asked if anyone on the plantation could pray for him,  Guess who was brought to the master's bedside?  You guessed it, Cuff, the slave that he had beaten just hours before.  Through all of this, the Lord saved the master.  The master and Cuff spent much time studying the Word together and then traveled through out the South preaching the gospel.

That story and all the others in the Building on the Rock Series are based on true stories.  This is a wonderful collection to add to your family library.

If you would like to own your own set of The Building on the Rock Series you can purchase them directly from STL Distribution for $8.99 each.

Chrstian Focus Publications & STL Distribution, the publishers for the Building on the Rock Series, have offered to giveaway a set to one of YOU!  The GIVEAWAY will run until April 20th.  Please leave a SEPARATE COMMENT for each way that you enter and YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!  Here are the ways that you can enter:

  

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Please note that The Building on the Rock Series was given to us free of charge for review purposes, by Chrisitan Focus Publications.  The opinions expressed here are my own and I was not swayed by the free product.