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October 2, 2015 by: Gina

Fill Your Teal Pumpkin: Allergen-Free Halloween Candy

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Halloween is here again, and for many of parents, it’s a scary time of year for kids on special diets and allergies. How do we keep our kids safe from the many foods they can’t eat at this time of year? For example, here is my daily list of foods my kids avoid: glutens dairy and caseins dyes/preservatives soy corn GMOs MSG Of course, one option

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October 26, 2012 by: Gina

The Little Girl in the Store, or, Why the World Needs Biomed

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zoe, candy and cinderella

Yesterday I went to shop for some gluten-free goodies so my kids could get through this Halloween without sugar, phenols, glutens, or casein cheats.  (The shelves were EMPTY by the way, so it seems the whole valley has gone gluten-free, a good thing!) As I left, I saw a little girl having  a major meltdown in front of one of those candy machines, the kind

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Gina Badalaty

I’ve been blogging since 2002 with about raising girls with disabilities. I'm on a mission to help moms like me thrive and live toxin-free! Read more!

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