This is the final post in the “Top 10 Posts of 2012″ series.
First there was the Top 10 Recipes and then the Top 10 DIY posts.
So–what’s left?
Autism, Anxiety, and A Real Miracle
July 16, 2012 By 54 Comments
Over the past four months or so, I’ve shared with you all on Facebook a number of times that my son has been dealing with pretty severe anxiety. And you all have been very helpful offering recommendations. Thank you! If you haven’t “liked” Whole New Mom on Facebook, please do join us. It’s a very supportive community over there.
You see, my son suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism. And Asperger’s almost always comingles (goes together) with anxiety.
Over the past 5 months, his anxiety has increased to the point of being well—really bad. Mainly it’s been anxiety about his life threatening food allergies.
It’s been hard some days to handle it.
To wonder if we can keep going.
To wonder if he’ll get better.
Saving Money on Special Diets, Vaccines, Autism & ADD, & the Best Probiotic ~ Whole New Mom Q&A
June 15, 2012 By 28 Comments
I’m back with another installment of Whole New Mom Answers Your Questions.
I so love hearing all of your thoughts and questions. I feel honestly inadequate to answer them sometimes, but I will for sure do my best.
And I hope that all of you super sharp readers will chime in with more information on all of the great questions that were asked…
So…..here goes with your great questions from this week!
Could You Have Heavy Metal Poisoning and Not Know It? ~ Part One
June 5, 2012 By 201 Comments
Balls of Mercury – Photo Source
Heavy metal poisoning.
Sounds alarmist, doesn’t it?
I almost can’t believe myself that I am writing that title.
But then–life has a way of teaching us lessons that we really didn’t want to learn.
Metal poisoning is one of them for me.
Whole New Mom Answers Your Questions ~ May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012 By 10 Comments
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a Q&A post, but finally here’s another one.
This week, we’re tacking questions on Eczema, Sunscreens, Natural Sweeteners, and more.
I’ve so wanted to be able to be a resource to others and just love how the health posts have turned into a help for so many (and how I’ve been helped by so many of your comments as well!
My family has been through so much from:
- life threatening food allergies to
- autism to
- adrenal fatigue, and more.
It’s hard to deal with all of these things, but it makes it easier when you know that your struggles have been used to bless others.
We’ve also been through a lot financially–mainly trying to “make it” on a single income (that is well below six figures 
), with a special needs child, with medical expenses and well . . . things aren’t getting cheaper now, are they?
Anyway, I’ve always had a passion to share, but it’s a lot more efficient to share on the internet than just be word of mouth.
So Whole New Mom was born.
My desire with this kind of post is to field questions on any topic (within reason ) that you might like to ask:
- whole foods
- special diets
- food allergies
- substitutions (like for egg [see my egg replacer recipe], sweeteners, etc.)
- budgeting (saving money, inflation…)
- health topics (autism, adrenal health, heavy metals,….)
- anything else (within reason, right?) By the way, my hubby is not a fixit man (but he’s working on it) but he is kind of an expert on some things so feel free to ask away. If it has to do with whole health in some way and I can’t answer it, maybe he can chime in .)
I can’t promise that I’ll know the answer, but I’ll try my best 
.
And then all of you can just chime in the comments section and we can all help each other out.
So–ready? Set? Let’s go!
(Oh–and you can e-mail your questions to me at wholenewmom {at} gmail {dot} com. Just put “Whole New Mom Answers Your Questions” or “WNM Answers” in the Subject area so it catches my eye more quickly!)
Today’s questions from readers like you are….
Talking About Health with Whole New Mom ~ March 30, 2012
March 30, 2012 By 18 Comments
Back with another installment of my Q&A segment. I’m changing the title for this week – what do you think about it?
The main reason that I started my blog was to be a resource to others.
My family has been through so much regarding food allergies, autism, adrenal fatigue, and more – and we’ve had to made adaptations to our diets numerous times in an attempt to make ourselves healthier.
And we’ve also been through a lot financially–mainly trying to “make it” on a single income (that is well below six figures ), with a special needs child, with medical expenses and well . . . things aren’t getting cheaper now, are they?
So as my life went on, I found myself wanting to share with others what I knew and what I had experienced .
But it’s hard to do that with just your mouth.
So Whole New Mom was born.
Recently I’ve been getting more questions in my inbox and on my Facebook page, so I thought I’d give a weekly Q&A-type post a try.
Let’s see how it goes.
My desire is to field questions on any topic (within reason) that you might like to ask:
- whole foods
- special diets
- food allergies
- substitutions (like for eggs, sweeteners, etc.)
- budgeting (saving money, inflation…)
- health topics (autism, adrenal health, heavy metals,….)
- anything else (within reason, right?) By the way, my hubby is not a fixit man (but he’s working on it) but he is kind of an expert on some things so feel free to ask away. If it has to do with whole health in some way and I can’t answer it, maybe he can chime in .)
I can’t promise that I’ll know the answer, but I’ll try my best .
And then all of you can just chime in the comments section and we can all help each other out.
So–ready? Set? Let’s go!
(Oh–and you can e-mail your questions to me at wholenewmom {at} gmail {dot} com. Just put “Talking About Health with Whole New Mom” in the Subject area so it catches my eye more quickly!)
What Do a Healthy Diet and an Elephant Have in Common?
March 15, 2012 By 7 Comments
It’s hard to eat a healthy diet, isn’t it?
Or am I the only one who struggles? (Please tell me I’m not!)
Today, I am sharing over at The Better Mom a way to tackle this problem. Well, really WAYS.
And I promise – they’re all doable.
Because we all need help getting our acts together in the healthy eating department.
Me included.
So come join me over at The Better Mom by clicking here. Let me know your thoughts!
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Are Essential Oils a Scam? ~ A Skeptic Looks at Thieves Oil
March 7, 2012 By 207 Comments
**NEW INFORMATION!! I am now working on evaluating a bunch of oils companies as a whole lot more information has surfaced. I am not convinced about which company is “best.” See Which Essential Oils Company is Best?**
I’m not one to trust in alternative remedies easily.
Really, I’m not.
However, when one is really sick and mainstream medicine isn’t helping, one starts looking elsewhere.
Real Help for Messy Moms (and non-Moms too)
February 15, 2012 By 22 Comments
Eek!
What a mess! This is what can happen when you spend a lot of time:
- living with boys
- homeschooling
- managing special diets
spending too much time on the internetwriting a blog .
Ahem.
But really. Messes happen. For you too? I sure hope so.
If you find yourself in a real mess sometimes, then help is on the way.
Read the rest of my post over at The Better Mom to see exactly what I have in store for you.
(Hint: It might not be what you expect!)
And you can also find out the answer to the most pressing question of the day: “Is that picture really of your home, Adrienne?”
To find out the answer to that, and more life changing questions, click here…..
Photo Source: Flickr Photo stream of Puuikibeach
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Rich and Delicious Coffee Substitute
January 16, 2012 By 106 Comments
Why bother with a coffee substitute when the real thing tastes so good?
Well, there’s a lot of debate out there about whether or not coffee is healthy for you.
For folks without health challenges, there may be some reason to think it is OK, but for anyone with candida or adrenal issues or copper toxicity, I would say that getting off of coffee asap would be a good thing.
We can touch on that in another post, but today I would like to share with you a naturally caffeine-free alternative that tastes great and is good for you as well!
I personally got off of coffee about a year ago. It wasn’t easy and I will share with you how to do it at some point. But one thing that really helped was having another great tasting option that I could have every morning instead of that “cup of Joe.”
Ever wonder why it’s called “Joe”? Me too. Lots of theories out there on the web. Not sure which one is true.
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