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Health & Nutrition


Fit for Life Online
Fit For Life Online provides expert health & fitness information covering women's beauty, health & fitness - pregnancy health & fertility advice - men's health & fitness - kids' exercise & nutrition. New articles added monthly & fantastic reader giveaways.
Visit: www.fitforlifeonline.com.au


The Wellbeing Plan for Children
 
The Wellbeing Plan for Children is being developed by CSIRO to help parents make healthy eating and physical activity a higher priority for families. This website provides information and practical tips on healthy lifestyles.
http://www.csiro.au/science/WellbeingPlanForKids.html 


Go 2 & 5

Need to get more fruit and vegetables into your family’s diet? The Go for 2&5 program is funded by Federal, State and Territory Governments. This site tells you all you need to know and also has some useful recipes.
http://www.gofor2and5.com.au/


Food Intolerance Network.

The Food Intolerance Network provides independent information about the effects of food on behaviour, health and learning abilities in children and adults. It also provides support for families using low-chemical elimination diet, free from additives, low in salicylates, amines and flavour enhancers. A great source of information  with fact sheets, research reports, recipes, nasty food awards and lobby for changes due to poor food regulation.
http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/

Additive Alert

an Australian company focused on providing information on Additives in Food, so you can make your own informed choices.  The Additive Alert team also lobby  manufacturers and government for changes to  harmful Additive in Food, especially for children. If you want to help make a difference and force some positive change, then visit this website. 
http://www.additivealert.com.au

Additive Education
Additive Education (AddEd) Melbourne based company that presents to many parents and provides great advice to help reduce the amount of additives in your food - whether it be at home, at kindergarten, in the school canteen, in a commercial kitchen or anywhere else that food is made, sold and/or consumed. They also aim to encourage manufacturers to use safe alternatives in their foods.  They run great school programs, supermarket tours, at home party talks, SAFE canteen newsletters and Food Industry Advice.
Visit www.additiveeducation.com.au

Our Environment & Chemical Exposure

Clean Life
CleanLife is an Eco-Ganic Consultancy, based in Australia aimed at helping individuals lighten their environmental footprint and chemical load. Most of us want to reduce our chemical intake; few of us feel we have the time or knowledge to do it. CleanLife does all the hard work for you and provides simple effective strategies for maintaining a ‘CleanLife’ for yourself and your family.
http://www.cleanlife.com.au

Safer Solutions
Great website with a wealth of information about how to reduce chemical exposure around your home. Provides safer solutions for cleaning, gardening, and home renovations.  It also lists an A-Z of chemicals, their health effects and alternative options.
http://www.safersolutions.org.au

Skin Deep 
Skin Deep is a safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products brought to you by researchers at the Environmental Working Group.  Skin Deep pairs ingredients in more than 25,000 products against 50 definitive toxicity and regulatory databases, making it the largest integrated data resource of its kind. An U.S organisation with mainly products available in America.
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ 

Services

Natural Parenting website
A great online resource with online forums for parents interested in all things natural for their children.
Visit http://www.naturalparenting.com.au/

Your Kids Directory
An Online resource for parents, grandparents & caregivers. Find Children's activities, products & services. Visit www.yourkids.com.au

The Green Pages Directory
A great Green Directory for eco and sustainable products. Visit http://www.thegreenpages.com.au

Little Aid

Little Aid provides first aid training for parents, grandparents and babysitters.   Little Aid want EVERY parent/carer to know first aid for their kids!
Visit http://www.littleaid.com.au

MUDDKIDS
Great Online Store that offers Certified Organic Cotton Clothing & Toys, Soybean Eco-Friendly Clothing & Accessories, Bamboo Eco Friendly Clothing & Fair Trade Wooden Toys
Visit http://www.muddkids.com.au/ 

Babysitter Directory
An FREE online directory connecting parents directly with babysitters and nannies.  Includes Job Posting and Babysitter Alert facility. http://babysitterdirectory.com.au/

Work at Home Mums
Support those wonderful businesses that start up from home!
Click Here For The Top 100 Australian WAHM's

Nurture House
Support for parents to nourish and nurture your Sensitive Child - with Parent Forum, Kids Programs, and How to Guide. Plus unique products to support your sensitive child's self esteem, help them sleep and much more. Visit www.nurturehouse.com.au

Going Green Solutions Online Store
Products for a more sustainable lifestyle.
http://www.goinggreensolutions.com.au