Nutrition 101: Choose Life, from Growing Healthy Homes, Co-authored by homeschool mother Debra Raybern, N.D., M.H., C.N.C., I.C.A.; homeschool mother and researcher Sera Johnson, B.MU; mother and writer/editor Laura Hopkins, B.S.; and mother, grandmother and former Home Economics teacher Karen Hopkins, B.S. will change how you eat, how you cook, and how you live…for the better.
Nutrition 101: Choose Life! is a three-in-one family nutrition and health program for all ages that presents the major body systems, how they function, their common health issues, the benefits of good food and the consequences of bad food. Its 448 pages include into six units:
- The Brain and Nervous System
- Digestion and Elimination
- Respiration and Olfactory
- Muscular and Skeletal Systems
- Cardiovascular and Immune Systems
- Endocrine System and Emotions.
This book is packed with so much information that you will want to use it from now on. This is one of those books you won’t know whether to put it on the shelves with your cookbooks, your reference books or your self-help/herbal medicine natural health books.
Biblically based and packed with hands-on activities, science and art projects and nearly 80 family-friendly recipes, this program teaches and reinforces the why’s of what we should eat, not just “because I said so.” Containing a complete reference guide filled with nutrition facts, charts, practical tips and an exhaustive index, Nutrition 101: Choose Life! will serve as a constant resource for improved health and abundant living.
As I have read through this on my own, and then talked with my children about what I am learning implementing little bits here and there, my children have taken a much bigger role in their health.
This book covers so much more then just nutrition. It covers some anatomy and physiology, health, science, a little gardening as you learn what veggies and fruits are good for you and why, and applying Bible Scripture to your health and wellness. There are recipes scattered throughout. The appendix is full of charts and lists that I would like to post on the inside of my kitchen cabinet doors for quick reference.
Honestly, I wished I had this book back before I was married. There is so much information on helping your body stay healthy by changing what and how you eat. There are discussion questions which is how I have included my children. We discuss, and then I pull bits of information from my reading and explain things to them. My oldest child will read the book, but my younger are a little too young to get much from the reading or from reading it aloud. I just break it down to their level.
I think everyone should have this book. Yes, it is that good. 
You can see a sample of this book here. Yes, the book seems expensive, but when you consider the possible saving in your family’s health by implementing a few healthier changes it isn’t that much. Our family has been making some of these changes overt he last few years, but I am now going to make a few more faster.
You can purchase just the book for $99.95 or the book and CD rom of the book for $129.95 or just the CD Rom for $79.95. As a reader of the TOS Homeschool Crew, however, you have the chance to save 15% using the coupon code: TOScrew11 — and this is the same discount you would be able to get at a homeschool conference.
If the book and CD have the same information, what is the value of having both? The book provides all of the information from the CD professionally printed and bound in full color. The CD allows you to reprint individual copies of the recipes,shopping lists, charts and any other relevant pages. Many families print single pages and create a folder for each child. Nutrition 101: Choose Life! is a tremendous resource and having it in both formats allows flexibility and saves you time and money.
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Great review for a great product!!!