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Drinking Enough Water While Traveling

Are you drinking enough water while traveling? On the road, it's important that you're drinking enough water. Dehydration can be an unpleasant experience, and it's easy not to drink enough water while you're traveling. No one wants to be miserable during a trip, whether it's for entertainment purposes or for...

Avoiding Heavy Metals in Tap Water While Traveling

By Jeff Wise
Water Contaminants

When you're planning a family trip, do you ever think ahead about heavy metals in tap water? Probably not! You've got enough to worry about with packing, making reservations, etc. Who has time to think about heavy metals? Even though it's not at the top of your to-do list when...

3 Reasons to Start Healthy Family Eating Now

By Kristy Wise

Healthy family eating is important to start early. But why? Recently, I saw a meme that said something along the lines of, "You breastfeed for two years and give your kid organic baby food, just to see them chowing down on Doritos and Mountain Dew when they're young adults." It's...

The Best Food for Survival Kits

By Jeff Wise
Preparedness

If you're putting together an emergency bag, you may be wondering what are the best food for survival kits. We talk often about the importance of having an emergency bag to be ready for a disaster situation. It's always a good idea to be prepared. You definitely want a bag...

Natural Disasters and Their Effects on Drinking Water

By Jeff Wise
Preparedness

Did you know natural disasters and their effects on drinking water could cause an increase in toxins? What is the link between natural disasters and toxins? It's not an aspect of natural disasters we commonly think of, but it is a major concern. For obvious reasons, natural disasters, like floods,...

5 Items for Every Family Survival Kit

By Jeff Wise
Preparedness

There are 5 items to have for every family survival kit but let me ask you a few questions first. Do you live in a hazardous area? Are natural disasters likely to occur in your hometown? If so, you should have a family emergency supply kit. Different areas deal with...

A Family History of Healthy Living

By Jeff Wise

Family history is important. My mom often shares with me what life was like for her as a child. She was born in 1948 in California – a completely different time than the world we live in today. She lived in a small house built by her dad. They were...

Three Ways to Prepare Your Homestead for a Natural Disaster

By Jeff Wise
homesteading

No one wants to experience a natural disaster. Unfortunately, many of us have to at some point in our lives. It's one thing to deal with it when you have just your home, family, and maybe a pet or two. Relocating is challenging, but not impossible. It's another thing when...

Is It Really Important to Drink Clean Water?

By Jeff Wise

Americans have become so accustomed to having treated water at our fingertips, that it's easy to forget the importance of drinking clean water. There's a long, disturbing history of transmittable diseases being passed through water sources. Contaminated water has led to such diseases as cholera, dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis A, and...

Heavy Metals Found in Natural Water Supplies

By Jeff Wise
Water Contaminants

In our current society, there are many ways heavy metals leak into natural water supplies and eventually contaminate our tap water and well water. This is hazardous and should be avoided at all costs! What are heavy metals and why are they harmful? Heavy metals are elements that exhibit metals...

5 Healthy Snacks for Picky Eaters

By Jeff Wise
Recipes

Have you been looking for healthy snacks for picky eaters? Families tend to have at least one picky eater in the house. This can often create a lot of stress for parents ... and kids. It never fails. Whatever I make for meals or snacks, someone complains about it and...

What Parents Should Know about Toxic Heavy Metals in Water

By Jeff Wise
Water Contaminants

Toxic heavy metals in drinking water can wreak havoc when consumed by us, our children and even our pets. Is it really so necessary that our kids drink clean water? After all, it doesn't seem like there are any imminent harmful effects from drinking tap or other water sources. The...