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ample. The chapter begins by explaining why eggs are a very healthy in-between meal hunger should be satisfied with
food and asks the children where their eggs come from. Then the authors healthy snacks—and this chapter provides many
introduce the idea that healthy eggs come from healthy chickens who en- delicious and nutritious snack recipes for nuts
joy the same things as healthy children: sunlight, fresh air, exercise, and and seeds, vegetables, dips, homemade chips,
healthy food. (All beautifully illustrated by Eisenbart.) Other food chapters popcorn, crackers, fruits and even Popsicles.
begin similarly—introducing the children to the food, explaining why it’s Parents who bemoan the lack of healthy snacks
a healthy food group, and giving suggestions of what to look for to get the that appeal to children need look no further.
best quality. Though we won’t go in-depth, I would be
The egg chapter rounds out with delightfully illustrated recipes laid remiss if I didn’t point out the amazing traditional
out in simple numbered steps. (I find the simple, illustrated recipe layout cooking education that’s contained within the
to be the best feature of this book—children will be able to follow along pages of The Nourishing Traditions Cookbook
easily and with much enjoyment.) Recipes in the Incredible Eggs! chapter for Children. If you want to introduce your chil-
include Mexican scrambled eggs, hard and soft boiled eggs, deviled eggs, dren to nutrient-dense staples of the traditional
egg-dipped French toast, pizza omelet and eggnog. The authors chose the food lifestyle such as raw milk and cultured
recipes well. Think of your children grown up. If they know how to cook dairy; ferments; broth-based soups; pastured
eggs in all the ways this book teaches, they’ll be perfectly ready to prepare meats; traditional grain preparation methods
any essential egg dish for their own future families. such as soaking, sprouting, and sourdough; and
This review can’t cover every cooking chapter, so I will choose two naturally- and low-sweetened desserts, this book
more favorites. First, Vibrant Vegetables!. Glancing through the recipes— is the perfect vehicle to help kids discover tradi-
after reviewing the “why” behind vegetables’ color and nutrition—you tional cooking—and to begin a life-long devotion
can’t help but notice the appealing titles, bound to make kids super inter- to the delicious, healthy food they’ll create.
ested in eating what they prepare: Carrot Coins, Bright Broccoli, or As- About the reviewer: Wardeh (Wardee) Harmon is the lead
paragus Brushes, for example. The chapter includes recipes for dressings blogger and teacher at Traditional Cooking School by GNOW-
and sauces. FGLINS. She is the author of numerous traditional cooking
Last, I want to show you inside the Super Snacks! chapter. The authors eBooks as well as “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fermenting
Foods” which received a thumbs-up review in the Wise Tradi-
point out that growing bodies need lots of vitamins, minerals, healthy fat, tions Journal of July 2012. More info about Traditional Cooking
protein and other nutrients. Besides healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner, School is available at: TraditionalCookingSchool.com.

VACCINE EPIDEMIC
Louise Kuo Habakus, MA and Mary Holland, JD

Subtitled "How Corporate Greed, Biased Science, and Coercive Government Threaten Our Human Rights, Our
Health and Our Children," Vaccine Epidemic makes important contributions to the vaccine controversy. Short and very
readable chapters cover a range of topics including our legal rights to refuse vaccinations, the need for more research on
vaccine side effects, several moving stories of vaccine injuries, vaccine adjuvants and the pharmaceutical industry.
Outstanding among the essays is "The Vaccine Bubble and the Pharmaceutical Industry," by investment analyst Mi-
chael Belkin, whose daughter died after administration of the hepatitis B vaccine five weeks after birth. His FOIA request
for safety data on the HepB vaccine has never received a reply.
Belkin concludes that vaccine manufacture and promotion is a pseudo-science, used to expand the vaccine mar-
ket as the drug companies face the impact of one hundred forty billion dollars that will be lost when blockbuster drug
patents expire. Expansion of the vaccine market is the industry strategy for filling this gap. Belkin demonstrates how the
whole phenomenon is a bubble—promoted with using intimidation and fear, but a bubble that will pop nevertheless.
He believes that post-bubble forces will unleash a massive reform and bring the perpetrators of this vaccine bubble and
the epidemic of neurological damage to justice. It can't happen too soon!
Other chapters by James Turner, JD, Sherri Tenpenny, DO, AOBNMM, Andrew Wakefield, MD, BS, FRCS, FRCPath,
and many others with lots of initials behind their names, are equally compelling. This is an important book, one that can
be used to educate those who are undecided on the issue of vaccines. Thumbs UP. Review by Sally Fallon Morell
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