I had “morning sickness,” which was more like all day sickness for me, with both of my pregnancies. But the second time, it was so bad that it lasted the entire 9 months and I had to take medication. Yuck! But there’s a recent report that all that sickness may be a [...]
Filed under: Random on January 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been taking garlic as a supplement when I am sick for over a decade. I really truly believe in the health benefits of it. Here are some of the amazing things garlic has been found to do:
It can reduce the number of colds you catch. A 2001 clinical trial showed [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Immunity, Supplements on January 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you netflix? If so, there are many great documentaries available. We just netflixed one hosted by Anderson Cooper called Planet in Peril. There’s a great clip on the Body Burden. Anderson is tested for over 240 chemicals and is found to have more than 100 of them in his blood. [...]
Filed under: Chemicals on January 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Dr. Alan Greene, a pediatrician and professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, has written a great book called Raising Baby Green, about how to make the best choices for your child and home. His book is organized into chapters covering pregnancy, delivery, the nursery, kitchen, bathroom, and garden and how the things you [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Children, Environment on January 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
This is my all time favorite way to prepare salmon. Make sure to buy wild salmon, not farm raised Atlantic Salmon.
Ingredients:
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
1 tsp finely grated orange zest
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Filed under: Recipe on January 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Green Guide, a great website with a wealth of information, has a list of twelve ingredients found in make-up that you should try to avoid. Are any of these in your cosmetics? Antibacterials, coal-tar dyes, 1,4-dioxane, formaldehyde, fragrance, mercury, lead, nanoparticles, parabens, petroleum distillates, DEA, or hydroquinone?
Websites worth visiting:
http://www.thegreenguide.com/products/Cosmetics
http://www.cosmeticdatabase.com
http://www.safecosmetics.org/
Filed under: Chemicals, Personal Care Products on January 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
It starts the day your baby is born…… vaccinations. The Hepatitis B shot is given at birth, then booster doses follow. Why do infants need this vaccine so soon in life? Isn’t Hep B an STD after all, most frequently transmitted through sexual contact or tainted needles? While I don’t disagree [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Children, Vaccines on January 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
The other day, my husband and I had a bag of hazelnuts and no idea what to do with them. I suggested nutella and we found a recipe online to try. The result was so delicious that we rushed to the store for more nuts so we could make it again. The [...]
Filed under: Recipe on January 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
What do we have in common with Liberia, Papua New Guinea, and Swaziland? We are the only four countries of 173 studied, according to the McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy, that do not require paid maternity leave. The Family and Medical Leave Act entitles new parents to 12 weeks of unpaid [...]
Filed under: Children on January 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s nice that I can cook a pancake in a pan without it sticking. Apparently I’m not the only one that feels this way, as 70% of all cookware sold contains the nonstick product Teflon. But there’s a price to pay for this nonstick cooking. One of the key chemicals used to [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Perflourinated chemicals, Personal Care Products, Plastic on January 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »