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Stop Antibiotic Abuse on Factory Farms

March 10, 2010

I signed this petition to “Stop Antibiotic Abuse on Factory Farms”

According to Petitionsite.com where you can go to sign the petition,
Factory farms use 70 percent of antibiotics in the United States, not for sick people and animals, but for healthy pigs, chickens and beef cattle. Why? The agricultural industry says it helps the [...]

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Truth about BPA in cosmetics on Eco Diva

February 20, 2010

I wrote a tell-all article on “BPA and cosmetics” on my diva friend, Eco Diva’s blog.
Check out the article and let me know what you think.
And YES. BPA is in cosmetics and their containers too!
Truth about BPA in cosmetics

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7 Foods Even Food Safety Experts Won’t Eat

February 11, 2010

Guess what some food safety experts won’t even eat according to Liz Vaccariello from prevention magazine.
1. Canned Tomatoes

The expert: Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, an endocrinologist at the University of Missouri who studies bisphenol-A

The problem: The resin linings of tin cans contain bisphenol-A, a synthetic estrogen that has been linked to ailments ranging from reproductive problems [...]

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Hormones and Emotions

February 8, 2010

I usually receive upwards of twenty articles and blogs in my e-mail every day. I don’t know if that’s too many or too few but I skim through them while having coffee and read the ones that grab my attention for the day.
And boy, this article from Care2.com particularly spoke to me this morning.
Photo: Care2.com
You [...]

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Eczema and Foods Update

February 5, 2010

This is the list that’s been on our kitchen wall since January 2nd.
As you might know from my previous post about Eczema and Food Allergies, my kids have been on this elimination diet for their Eczema…and by default, so are my husband and I. And as you might have guessed, it hasn’t been easy. We’ve [...]

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BPA in toilet paper and pizza boxes?

February 4, 2010

Those of you who follow me on Twitter and in blogsphere, know I’ve been trying to get rid of a case of crushed tomatoes. We had this case since before the news broke about BPA tainted canned goods. OK, so we had them for awhile. It was actually part of our emergency stash.
But now, we [...]

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Don’t make your bed!

January 21, 2010

Did you know?…
Over 84 percent of American homes have dust mites? Ewwwww….Those pesky microscopic dirt bags that cause allergies in so many people, including my family, live in our beds, with us! They survive by eating our dead skin and we get allergic to their poop and their corpse (grosssssss!). And they need at least [...]

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Wheat-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, red meat-free White Chili Recipe

January 11, 2010

This is a beginning of a second week of the elimination diet for my kids.
They’ve been on this diet for 14 days for Emily and 8 days for Andrew. They are dying for a juicy steak and mashed potato with butter. Lots of butter. Or a big plate of spaghetti and meatball. And most of [...]

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Eczema and foods

January 6, 2010

As I said yesterday in my post, my daughter has been sick with a nasty cold since before Christmas. She’s been hacking away trying to cough up phlegm stuck in the middle of her chest, lying on the couch or in bed, just feeling miserable, and fighting occasional fevers and even hives from a viral [...]

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The Natural Dentist Review and Giveaway

December 1, 2009

Oral hygiene. I abhor talking about oral hygiene.
I hate going to the dentist like going to my car mechanic. When my car mechanic tells me I need a new “timing belt” on my car, I wonder, “What’s a timing belt, and why do I need it?”. Similarly, I have no idea if I really do [...]

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