Organic Milk – The Most Important Product a Family Can Buy

Written by Max Goldberg on January 16, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

For people who are new to organic or have very limited financial means to buy organic, the one thing that I always say is the following:

The absolute number one priority in your household should be organic milk for your kids.

Even if a family thinks that organic food is out of their budget, organic milk cannot be compromised under any condition.

Organic milk is about the health of the kids, and that comes before everything else.

THE SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS OF HORMONAL MILK

Approximately 20% of the milk in the U.S. is hormonal milk. But what exactly is hormonal milk? Read More »

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Organic Candy and Healthy Options for Halloween

Written by Max Goldberg on October 24, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

With Halloween right around the corner, I’ve put together some of my favorite organic candy options.

I have also included one amazing and very healthy option that kids will never know is not candy but absolutely tastes like it.

ANGELL ORGANIC CANDY BARS

Angell Organic Candy Bars will probably make my list every single year as I am very impressed by the integrity of the product and the people running this company. Read More »

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What You Need to Know About Buying Organic Food in Cans

Written by Max Goldberg on August 9, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

While I promote organic food as much as I can and want to help the industry prosper, I also feel a need to educate and inform my readers.

Without question, organic food is the healthiest food that exists and is something that I believe can feed the planet. However, sometimes the packaging of organic food products is not always the best.

I have talked a lot in the past about my aversion to plastic bottles. Aside from the fact that they are horrible for the environment, they are also hormone (endocrine) disruptors.

When I spoke with David Wolfe, the most famous person in the raw food world, he shared a similar opinion regarding plastic. Read More »

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Why “The Unhealthy Truth” by Robyn O’Brien Needs to be Read by Every Single Parent

Written by Max Goldberg on August 2, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

If you are a parent or you know someone who is parent, The Unhealthy Truth: One Mother’s Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America’s Food Supply — and What Every Family Can Do to Protect Itself by Robyn O’Brien is a book that should be required reading.

As a Wall Street research analyst and mother of 4, Robyn O’Brien was a very unlikely candidate to become one of the country’s leading food safety advocates. But all of that changed when her youngest daughter had a severe violent reaction to the eggs that she had eaten.

From that day forward, Robyn O’Brien took it upon herself to learn about what was truly going on with our food. Needless to say, what she discovered was very, very unsettling. Read More »

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The 3 Most Important Foods to Eat Organic

Written by Max Goldberg on August 1, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

For many people, switching to an all-organic diet is simply not practical or possible. And I completely understand this.

So, if a person can’t keep an entirely organic household, what organic foods should they buy?

My Top 3 Most Important Foods to Eat Organic

1) MILK If you have kids, organic milk should be the absolute number one priority for the entire household. Do whatever you need to do to make sure that the children are drinking organic milk. Read More »

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