Mamas, Your Microbes May Affect Your Children’s Health

Mamas, Your Microbes May Affect Your Children’s Health
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Riddle us this: Two girls—best friends—grow up in the same small town, go to the same school, and have similar diets, lifestyle practices, and even extracurricular activities.
Both of their moms are committed to feeding their daughters organically grown whole, real, healthy foods; making sure they get lots of time outside to play in the dirt and soak up the sun; and having a set bedtime so they each get enough sleep.
Jennifer Margulis
Jennifer Margulis
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Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of “Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family.” A Fulbright awardee and mother of four, she has worked on a child survival campaign in West Africa, advocated for an end to child slavery in Pakistan on prime-time TV in France, and taught post-colonial literature to nontraditional students in inner-city Atlanta. Learn more about her at JenniferMargulis.net
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