EMPOWERED MOM

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of PBM Products. All opinions are 100% mine.

Do you use PBM Products for your kids? When Lili was yet a baby, I used NAN but eventually changed her milk to suit her needs. I guess many parents would do the same for the benefit of their children. Some would even spend so much on formula alone if only to ensure that their babies are getting the right nutrition. But of course, there are also alternatives to help us save. After all, no milk would ever be in the market if it did not pass through BFAD…

Just recently, I read an article about how PBM Products has won a $13.5 million false advertising judgment against Mead Johnson.  In a ruling that was announced, U.S. District Court Judge James R. Spencer supported a November 10 jury verdict and in his written ruling permanently enjoined Mead Johnson from making future false advertising claims against PBM and store-brand infant formulas. Mead Johnson has made claims based on nutritional superiority over store brand formulas. PBM successfully argued that its formulas contain the same nutrients at the same levels as the Mead Johnson brand Enfamil and  LIPIL. And in addition, they  cost up to 50% less than Enfamil and  LIPIL which allows parents to save as much as $600 per year on their formula purchases.

Hmm.. What do you think?

When I was younger, I often hear IMAGINE by John Lennon, being played and people liked it for its melody. When I was in college it was debated upon that John Lennon is an Atheist, just by having written and  composed the said  song…

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…

Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one

But now that I am older and wiser and wanting peace in this world, I couldn’t agree with John Lennon more… And now I see that he is not an atheist, but a person who wants peace to rule all over the land… But of course, true to the song, how can anyone find peace when everyone is busy fighting for what they believe in or fighting over what they have, or for their country, or even patronizing and instilling in other people that what they have or what they do should be what others should be doing or having also… And  instead of respecting each other, even people who claim to be religious and peace loving are discriminating and silently purging a war…  ah….

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine.

Starting the New Year, I have resolved to be eating healthy. I have also read about healthy food types and have read including How Wheat Works, which is generally a program set by the Wheat Foods Council to promote wheat and how it should be used on a daily basis.

Wheat is not alien to us as we have been using wheat since my father’s weight loss program started prior to his condition. Wheat bread is readily available anywhere but we buy ours from Nature’s Bread. It’s kind of expensive so my father said we should just plan to plant wheat and learn how it would go from harvest to food preparation. That is quite challenging and entails knowledge to be able to succeed…

Anyway, I have read from the website, www.howwheatworks.com, all the wonderful possibilities of wheat. But what I am most excited about is the mention of two pounds of flour and up to 90,000 pounds, that the Wheat Foods Council will donate to Operation Homefront, which is a non-profit that provides assistance to needy U.S. troops and their families.The program is also extended to the youth as I read it  at www.wheatfoods.org.

So if you are interested like me, visit the website, as How Wheat Works is an interactive, online multimedia program that delivers a farm-to-fork education on wheat, which enables a better understanding of its nutritional value. It’s like playing farmville or farmtown in facebook, lol..  Participants of all ages can virtually grow, harvest and mill their own kernels to create their desired wheat food.  They go through each of the program’s four phases – growth, harvest, milling/baking and the grocer’s aisle, which takes just a few minutes to complete, while the program spans the course of four days. And like what I mentioned above, for each participant, the Council will donate two pounds of flour, up to 90,000 pounds, to Operation Homefront. Of course, this donation is made possible by members at ADM and ConAgra Mills, two of the world’s largest millers.

The Wheat Foods Council believes that teaching people how a whole or enriched grain food comes to be can shed new light on wheat nutrition, and that  results in informed food choices.

Oh, that’s just what I need to go through this new challenge…