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The Pediatrician Kitchen

Dr. M empowers parents and kids to blend the joy of cooking with the science of medicine to create a recipe for good health. Let her be your expert guide to making mealtime more mindful with tips, recipes, activities and more!

The Pediatrician Kitchen

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11 Ways to Get Your Picky Eater to Enjoy New Foods

By Team Ahimsa

Help Your Picky Eater Try New Foods By: Dr. Melissa Choi As a physician and second-time mom, I thought I had the feeding routine figured out.  Daughter #1 ate every pureed food as an infant,...
Put down the plastic and pick up the steel recycle

Put Down the Plastic, Pick Up the Steel - Learn more about recycling

By Team Ahimsa

As parents, we all want our children to be healthy. But, as adults, it's important to recognize that a healthy planet is important for healthy kids. We only have one Earth and it's our job to...
Less than 10% of plastic has ever been recycled, Nearly 69% of steel is recycled in North America

8 Ways to Live More Sustainably

By Team Ahimsa

8 Ways to Live More Sustainably Plastic is all around us. The United States is the 2nd largest producer of plastic in the world, behind only China. And just last month, a powerful investigative journalism...
Waste capacity and what happens to our trash

The Waste Capacity Crisis & the Power of Steel: Do you know where your trash goes?

By Team Ahimsa

The Waste Capacity Crisis Ahimsa was founded simply to DO better and BE better for our kids and our planet. With the health and safety of children in mind, Dr. Mantravadi designed products that were...
6 Ways to Decrease Harmful Chemicals From Your Daily Routine,Environmental Health, reducing toxin exposure

6 Ways to Decrease Your Family's Exposure to Harmful Chemicals at Home

By Team Ahimsa

Decrease Exposure to Harmful Chemicals By: Dr. Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP When I began my pediatric residency 20 years ago, environmental health questions had not yet found their way into board certification exams. We did...
All Plant recipe tofu, vegetables transitioning to a plant based diet

Transitioning to a plant-based diet: How to slowly eliminate ground meat in a recipe

By Team Ahimsa

Transitioning to Plant-Based Diet By Dr. Chu So you’ve made a decision to reduce your meat consumption by transitioning to a plant-based diet, but you aren’t quite sure how to start. You have so many questions....
Celebrating Women's History Month with the Journey of Motherhood

Celebrating Women's History Month with the Journey of Motherhood

By Team Ahimsa

The Journey of Motherhood I am a mother and a physician. This month, in honor of women's history month, I wanted to share a poem I wrote called The Sled. I wrote it after coming...
put down the plastic and pick up the steel

How Plastic Affects Children's Health & What You Can Do About It

By Manasa Mantravadi

Pediatricians play a key role in preventing medical problems in children as much as they do in treating them. It is the reason for those frequent visits with your pediatrician in the first few years...
heart healthy meals

Heart Healthy Eating for the Whole Family

By Team Ahimsa

By Nicole Harkin, MD, FACC: In honor of Heart Health Month, I’m so excited to chat heart-healthy eating tips with you! It may seem strange to think about heart health and your kiddos, but unfortunately, heart...

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