• Our Vitamin Regimen

    While I love having great resources for recovering from sickness, I’m a huge proponent of avoiding getting sick in the first place.  I bet you are too. We all have various methods for staying healthy; a big one for us is taking daily vitamins.  I want to share with you what our daily vitamin routine looks like (and include two others that I’d love for the kids to take, but they won’t cooperate just yet. 🙂  ) I’ve included lots of links because sometimes I want to see exactly what someone else does.  And since I can’t invite most of you over to look in my cupboard, this is the…

  • Kohl’s: BPA-free travel mugs for only $3.19, shipped!

    You can get a great deal on a travel mug at Kohl’s right now that’s BPA-free AND dishwasher safe!  That’s a winner in my book!  They’re selling out quickly though, so head over now if you want one!    Just use the coupon codes “XMASFREE” and “GIFTGIVING” at checkout! Some of these might be sold out, but I’ll include the link in case they come back in stock: Snowman Scenery Travel Mug Red Snowman Travel Mug Woodland Travel Mug Penguins Travel Mug Sock Monkey Travel Mug Merry and Bright Travel Mug Ribbon Tree Travel Mug Snowman Travel Mug Cardinal Travel Mug Thanks, Surviving The Stores!

  • Groupon: $5 for $10 worth at Sunflower Shoppe

    There’s another great Groupon available today, this one for the Sunflower Shoppe! You pay only $5 for $10 worth of products.  Sunflower Shoppe is a great health store that has two locations in the Ft. Worth area.   They have a good selection of items in a wide variety of categories. Here’s how to get your deal: 1. If you’re new to Groupon, sign up here: Groupon Sign-Up Link 2.  Follow this link to go to the Sunflower Shoppe deal: Sunflower Shoppe Groupon Daily Deal

  • Groupon: $15 for $30 worth of Vitacost!

    Hooray, there’s another Vitacost Groupon!    Vitacost has a big selection of natural products, vitamins and supplements, gluten free and vegan products, and all sorts of other things! Here’s how to get your deal: 1. If you’re new to Groupon, sign up here: Groupon Sign-Up Link 2.  Follow this link to go to the Vitacost deal: Vitacost Groupon Daily Deal

  • BPA in Canned Foods

    A recent study showed that people who eat canned foods have 1,221% higher BPA levels than people who ate fresh foods!   Wow!   I knew canned foods had a potential for spoilage and bacterial contamination, but I still felt like they were rather a safe fallback if the ingredients were decent. Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, an endocrinologist at the University of Missouri who studies bisphenol-A refuses to eat canned tomatoes.  He says that the acidity from the tomatoes causes the BPA to leach into the food and ONE tomato can has enough BPA to affect you. BPA is linked to reproductive problems like suppressing sperm counts as well as diseases like heart…

  • Organic & Natural Printable Coupon Round-Up (12/2)

    Welcome to the weekly organic & natural printable coupon round-up at Renaissance Mama!!  I’ve done my best to make this THE most comprehensive list on the web.   If I’ve missed any that you find, feel free to leave a note and link in the comments! Baby | Baking | Beverages | Breakfast | Dairy | Frozen | Gluten-free | Grocery | Household | Personal Care | Pets | Snacks | Vitamins & Supplements Baby Buddy Fruits – $1/4 Buddy Fruits Snacks Earth’s Best – $1/7 Organic Baby Food Jars, $1/2 Best Sesame Street Products Plum Organics – 50¢/2 Plum Organics Baby Food Traditional Medicinals – $1.50/1 Traditional Medicinals Organic Mothers Milk Tea Baking Arrowhead Mills – $1/1 Any Arrowhead Mills product or Printable Arrowhead Mills  – $1/1 Arrowhead Mills Flour or Cornmeal C&H – 65¢/1 Organic C&H Organic Agave Product Domino Sugar – $1/1…