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  • About the WhiteOut Movement
    "Let every child's first grain be a whole grain. There's no good reason not to. They won't mind. They'll thank you." And let every child’s first...
  • WhiteOut Badges
    Help spread the word and announce your participation with our set of official WhiteOut Badges! Just copy and paste the HTML codes into your blog,...
  • WhiteOut FAQ
    For more than fifty years the first food fed to most babies in the United States has been processed white rice baby food. The goal of the White Out...
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  • Mild, Moderate and Severe Asthma: Signs and Symptoms
    If you think your child has asthma, the first step is to visit your healthcare practitioner for tests and recommendations (and click here to sign up...
  • Guidelines For Enjoying The Holidays
    Holidays with kids can be the most wonderful and the most exhausting time of the year. The key to making this a magical time is planning ahead.
  • 5 Ways to Buy Organic on a Budget
    We're all facing tough choices in this challenging economy, but I caution my patients strongly against cutting back on the best nutritional choices....
  • Awash in Cold Medicines
    Question: Who took cough and cold medicines the most? Answer: Kids aged 2 through 5 years – the very group for whom the FDA expert panel voted to ban...
  • Multiple Back-Ups
    You know that it is wise to back up your computer’s hard drive; I recommend backing up your child’s food drive with a daily multivitamin/mineral...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Bonus Item #11
    The Fountain of Youth is a legendary spring, fabled to restore the youth of those who drink from its waters. Some say that Juan Ponce de Leon was...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #10
    Off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico is a dead zone about the size of New Jersey where aquatic life cannot survive. It doubled in size between 1985...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #9
    If I were to ask you to switch everything in your diet that contains soy to organic, you would have to switch countless items. Soy turns up as an...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #8
    Classic American beef is corn-fed or grain-fed beef. It takes about seven pounds of corn to add one pound of cattle weight. It takes about 1600...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #7
    Consistently named as one of the most pesticide-contaminated fruits and vegetables, apples make my list because they are more popular than the other...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #6
    Most people are surprised to find cotton on a list of key food products for change. After all, less than 2.5% of the world's agricultural cropland is...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #5
    This switch is pretty easy, but how in the world did catsup end up on the top 10 list? Tomatoes contain an important nutrient called lycopene, one of...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #4
    Picture a treasured, pristine newborn, just beginning the voyage of life. Imagine a baby who hasn't yet picked up the habits or tastes you wish you...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #3
    More acres are devoted to growing peanuts in the U.S. than to any fruit, any vegetable, or any nut (peanuts are legumes, like beans or peas). More...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #2
    For some cultures, the staple food is rice; for some it is maize. For American children, the staple food is the French fry! Potatoes are consistently...
  • Dr. Greene's Organic Rx -- Item #1
    There's more to a glass of milk than meets the eye. You see the milk, but hidden from view is the cow it came from, the dairy where the cow was...
  • Dr. Greene’s Organic RX
    Whether you're new to eating organic or you have been making organic choices for years, Dr. Greene will help you make the best choices possible - for...
  • Fathers for Organic – Part 7 of 7: A Father Teaches
    Even before our babies are born, we are teaching them about the wide world around us. We communicate our choices, our values, even without...
  • Fathers for Organic – Part 6 of 7: A Father Provides
    Tomatoes contain an important nutrient called lycopene. Lycopene is one of nature's most potent antioxidants. It has proven success at preventing and...
  • Fathers for Organic – Part 5 of 7: A Father’s Protection
    Most children today don't grow up on a farm. Does choosing organic food make a difference for children growing up in America's suburbs?...
  • Fathers for Organic – Part 4 of 7: Against All Odds
    The Agricultural Health Study is a huge, ongoing, forward-looking analysis of the health of farmers and their families that began in 1993-4. Over 89,...