My first organic purchase was in 2000. My then boyfriend (now husband) and I were shopping at a Whole Foods in Southern California. After hearing about how conventional chickens were treated, we became committed to buying organic eggs and chicken. Soon after that, organic dairy and soymilk followed. But it took another four years for [...]
Archive for September, 2007
21 Sep
Look it up before you buy
Two years ago, I read an issue of Mothering magazine that talked about a personal care products database online. I could go look up the personal care products I used to check their safety. Products are scored on a scale from 1-10, with 1 being the safest and 10 being the most hazardous. The database [...]
18 Sep
Wood toys
It didn’t take long for me to decide that I seriously disliked modern children’s toys. They were all made with cheap plastic, most were battery operated, they were loud and obnoxious and seemed to leave little to the imagination, and they broke easily. What happened to good old toys that were simple and required creativity [...]
16 Sep
Who knew fat could be so good for you
Is your diet deficient in Omega-3 fatty acids? Chances are, if you live in the U.S., the answer is yes. The typical American diet provides plenty of Omega-6 fatty acids (linoleic acid), but is lacking in Omega-3′s (linolenic acid–including ALA, DHA, and EPA). Both are essential fatty acids, meaning your body can’t synthesize them and [...]
12 Sep
Green Cleaning: better for your health and the environment
How do you go about choosing which cleaning products to buy? Do you pick what your mother used when you were growing up? Do you reach for whatever is on sale? Do you choose your laundry detergent because you like the scent? Have you ever turned over the bottle of a cleaning product and looked [...]
10 Sep
An hour a day?
My background is in exercise. I have a B.S. in Sports Medicine, taught Tae Bo in college, and used to be a certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (NSCA). It probably goes without saying that I do in fact enjoy exercise since I spent so much of my life studying its benefits and practicing what I [...]
5 Sep
Cleaner Indoor Air
Did you know that according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indoor air quality has been shown to be 2-5 times (even up to 100 times) more polluted than outdoor air? Thanks to airtight homes, harsh cleaning chemicals, and houses filled with substances that emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other pollutants, our indoor air [...]
3 Sep
Now this is the way to eat!
My first experience with the power of nutrition was in high school. I had developed a horrible case of bronchitis. After months of seeing conventional doctors and being put on three increasingly more potent doses of antibiotics, I was only getting worse. Finally, my mother took me to see a nutritionist. The nutritionist completely revamped [...]
