From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Stay Away From Bisphenol A

December 26, 2008

For all of the thousands of times I’ve drank from plastic water bottles, I have never questioned the materials used to make those bottles until now. These convenient plastic reusable bottles have been with me through sports as a kid, through college classes, and are now a part of my regular fitness routine. It wasn’t [...]

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Cocktail Carrots – Treated with Chlorine?

December 24, 2008

I recently received the following message in an email alert (thanks Grandma!) – revealing a deeper truth behind, of all the foods to which you never gave more than a good chew’s worth of thought, BABY CARROTS.
The exposé began with a fact you may already know: the carrots are cut down from deformed carrots that [...]

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Book Review: Green Goes with Everything

December 17, 2008

The trend of ‘going green’ is only growing, and while I question the motives of some iniatives (i.e. the Carbon Tax), there are many ways we can benefit by becoming aware of and respecting our relationship with nature.
This means reexamining our current usage of technology, chemicals, food, energy, and more, to the point where balance [...]

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Baby Formula You CAN’T Trust

December 15, 2008

Leave it to the FDA to let another chemical seep not only into our lives, but into the bodies of our most precious and delicate human beings- babies. Not only has the FDA allowed the slip of melamine into potentially 90% of U.S. sold baby formulas, but they have set a newly allowable amount [...]

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Can’t Sleep? Before You Reach for Meds . . .

December 8, 2008

Everyone has experienced that restless night of tossing and turning. You just can’t quiet your mind as the hours on the clock creep forward, and the burning realization that you’re not getting any sleep tonight, and the toll it’s going to take on you tomorrow, isn’t exactly a lullaby.
Fortunately, we live in the 21st century, [...]

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Tyson’s Chicken Misleading to Consumers

December 8, 2008

As a steady consumer of Tyson chicken from my local grocery store, I was horrified to hear that the labels I’ve trusted are nothing short of false and misleading. These labels led me to believe this particular brand of chicken is healthier than the others a few feet away. I cannot summarize how much extra [...]

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Disc Recovery Discovery

December 2, 2008

Have you ever discarded a disc because it was scratched and skipping? I know I have. Even if you take the best care of your CDs and DVDs, skips happen.
But of course, nature has an answer. You can actually restore the playability of your discs by buffing them with a banana!
It’s simple. Just gather:
1 organic [...]

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Homemade Treats for Kitty

December 1, 2008

Have you ever looked at the small print of ingredients listed on your kitty’s favorite treats? If not, pull them out and glance at the delicious, nutritious ingredients- wait a minute- delicious and nutritious ingredients? Are we referring to the poultry by-product meal listed as number one or perhaps the animal digest a few more [...]

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