Do you have cleansers, creams, lotions, serums, sprays, perfumes, deodorants, and cosmetics packed in your bathroom drawers and cabinets? If so, you’re not alone. A 2004 Environmental Working Group (EWG) survey found that the average adult uses nine personal care products, containing 126 unique chemical ingredients, each day. These products are expensive. More alarmingly, according…
Do you want to be healthier? Here are 9 easy (and inexpensive!) ways: 1. Move more. Dr. James Levine’s study on obesity indicates that increasing unplanned daily physical activity, like standing, walking, talking, cleaning, and fidgeting, can be a more effective way to lose weight than seeking out organized exercise. Increased daily activity may also…
*I’m taking the week off for my birthday. This post was originally published back in March. I’ll be back with new posts next week, including an update to the Hen Diaries. We’ve had some dramatic ups and downs in chicken-keeping lately, which I can’t wait to share.* Every year I used to buy a pocket…
If you read Stay Well: 5 Winter Immunity Boosters and stocked up on garlic, lemons, ginger, elderberry, and miso, you might be looking for some recipes. Here are 4 of my favorites for the cold and flu season. Lemon and Garlic Quinoa Salad (Adapted from Feeding the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair.) Salad 1 c….
If you’ve turned on a radio or television, picked up a newspaper, or logged onto the Internet in the last month, you know it’s flu season. Like many Americans you might be trying to decide whether you and/or your kids should get vaccinated against the H1N1 and seasonal flu this year. If you’re looking for…
Depression is a common ailment. A study recently published in the journal Psychological Science found that: 41% of young adults experience major depression One half suffer from some kind of anxiety disorder And nearly one third are dependent on alcohol by the age of 32. Depression is hardly new, but its occurrence is on the…