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Kids Cook Real Food is a hub of information for raising healthy kids, including our weekly podcast, The Healthy Parenting Handbook, with expert interviews, helpful tips, and kid-produced recipes.

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Episode 003: Why We Must Change (or Eradicate) the Idea of “Kid Food” with Bettina Elias Siegel

Chicken nuggets. Pizza. Burgers and fries. Mac and cheese. What do all those foods have in common? They’re identified as “kid food” by children and adults alike. What else? They’re often served in a highly processed, low-nutrient fashion, and I don’t see many veggies on the list. My guest today, Bettina Elias Siegel, has been […]

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Episode 001: Welcome to the Healthy Parenting Handbook with Katie Kimball!

We’re so glad you’ve joined us, mindful parents, for this podcast on raising healthy, independent kids. In each episode of the Healthy Parenting Handbook Podcast, Katie Kimball, the national voice of healthy kids cooking, interviews experts in fields like nutrition, medicine, psychology, parenting, technology, entrepreneurship and more to help parents get tools to raise healthy,

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Not all anxiety is bad. When it becomes so troublesome that we can't function, then we need to seek help. -Dr. Uma Naidoo

205: Anxiety and Food ARE Connected (What Parents Can Do to Calm Their Kids’ Brains) with Dr. Uma Naidoo, MD

Anxiety is increasing like CRAZY not only in adults, but our teens and even our precious little ones. Where is it all coming from? The pandemic played a role to be sure, but what happens TO us is only one piece of the puzzle. Whatโ€™s happening IN our bodies and brains cannot be understated. Dr.

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The Pill has done a disservice to women's health because it's become a bandaid for symptoms instead of getting to the root causes. -Grace Stark

203: Don’t Have “the Talk” with Your Girls – How Fertility Empowers Pre-Teens and Beyond with Grace Emily Stark and Jackie Aguilar of Natural Womanhood

Ladies, how many of your friends have some sort of issue that has to do with hormones (rhetorical question)? Thyroid, infertility, estrogen dominance, acne, mood swings, migraines, painful periods, rough peri or actual menopause, etc. If our girls can understand the natural cycles of their bodies and the purpose of feminine hormones early on, theyโ€™ll

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Food is connected to who we are, and how we grow emotionally, socially, and physically. -Dr. Deborah MacNamara

202: Why Eating Isn’t About Food and What Parents of Picky Eaters (And Other People Who Eat) Can Do About It? with Deborah MacNamara

Itโ€™s so rare that I get to speak to a professional who marries FOOD and parenting, so I was tickled to sit down with Dr. Deborah MacNamara, who wrote a whole book about the relationship between food andโ€ฆrelationships! This conversation will keep you on the edge of your seat with lightbulb moment after lightbulb moment,

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When it comes to our health, we often know what we should be doing, but it's just hard to do. That's where a health coach can help. -Janna Kerr

201: 12 Areas of Non-Food Nourishment That Affect Your Health for Exhausted Moms with Janna Kerr

Itโ€™s pretty awesome when the first answer to your health may very well be โ€œawareness.โ€ My guest today is health coach Janna Kerr, and youโ€™ll absolutely love the stories she tells, especially the one where not changing ANYthing was a path to an actual health change! Wow! We discuss the concept of โ€œprimary foods,โ€ which

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200: My Favorite Clips from the First 100 Episodes of the Healthy Parenting Connector

It’s the 200th episode of the Healthy Parenting Connector! I can’t believe I’ve been recording these interviews for over 5 years now, I would have guessed it’s been 3! Time flies when you’re having fun and for me, that’s what the Healthy Parenting Connector is. One of my favorite parts of my job is doing

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Choose to find and seek the joy in cooking! - Katie Kimball

199: If You Hate Cooking … Is It Even Possible to Get Food on the Table Every Day?

I asked a question last week and got 125 answers! No, it wasnโ€™t, โ€œWhat are you eating for dinner?โ€ It was: โ€œWhy do you say you hate cooking?โ€ Struck a nerve for sureโ€ฆand I realized I was totally wrong when I guessed what people might say. Will you be surprised too? Will you see a

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