Over the past few years, the organic lifestyle movement has gone from a fad synonymous with hippies and flower power to a widely accepted lifestyle. This organic lifestyle is simply choosing to avoid toxic chemicals, additives and preservatives by eating organic food, wearing organic clothes, organic skin care and even growing an organic garden. We've all heard of family values. As families, we want to raise happy, healthy children with strong values, moral fortitude, and a desire to live a little better. In an effort to live a little better - and live healthier, our family has chosen to abide by both principles. We call this concept Organic Family Values.

First, let us tell you a little about who we are as a family and why organic is such an important component of our family values. We are a blended family of four.

Mike (the dad) is forty-years-old. He recently retired as a financial engineer due to his suffering from a condition known as Friedreich's Ataxia. FA is a disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system resulting in symptoms ranging from gait disturbance and speech problems to diabetes and heart disease.

Beverly (the mom) has a history of heart disease in her family as well as immediate family members with learning differences/dyslexia. She suffers from migraines.

Son Number 1 is eight-years-old and is very into sports and music. Gifted academically, school comes almost too easy for him. He has also suffered from migraines for the past three years.

Son Number 2 is six-years-old, and like his older brother, is “all boy”, but more athletically gifted. Due to his late birthday, we gave him the opportunity to have an extra year of pre-school. He is now in kindergarten and, although is noted to have an above average intelligence, has been diagnosed with language processing difficulties.

So you can see that we are your typical family! You, or someone you know, can probably relate to at least one of us.

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But what can we do – other than pop a few pills everyday to, not necessarily cure, but alleviate the conditions we have?

Take this journey with us as we try and provide you with a practical guide to healthy living with an organic lifestyle. We will try to provide clear, sensible advice on the chemicals we are exposed to in our everyday surroundings, and explain how to avoid them with an organic lifestyle.

We will also provide you with a step-by-step guide to practical, non-toxic alternatives on how we maintain the well-being of our family through:

the foods we eat

the cleaning products we use in our home

our clothing

the non-toxic chemicals we use in our gardens

daily hygiene care

We will also provide you with useful hints, resource lists, and recipes for homemade organic products.

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