Fragrance: The New Second-Hand Smoke?
Love the fragrance of your favorite perfume or shampoo? Unfortunately, scents can be deceiving. There’s a good chance that while you are inhaling that luscious scent, you may actually be harming your body. Is fragrance the new secondhand smoke? In high school, I used to love the scent of Herbal Essence shampoo, and Gee Your…
Read MoreHealthy-licious Oatmeal Cookies
As some of you know, kicking the sugar habit is a big part of my health and wellness message. The more I learn about sugar (and refined carbs) and what they actually do to the human body, the less I want to eat them. Sugar and refined carb consumption is now being directly linked not…
Read MoreAre Your Scented Household Products Toxic?
I’ve written about this before, in my post Are Your Cleaning Products Toxic?. However, my experience this past week inspired me to write about it again. So many household and cleaning products seem to be scented these days. You can’t go to the store to buy something as basic as garbage bags without them being…
Read MoreHigh-Protein Snacks
Looking for High-protein snacks that are low in sugar? You’ll love these Peanutbutter Chocolate Chip Protein Balls. And if you find yourself reaching for a snack to keep from getting “hangry” there can be several root causes to being “hangry” that you may want to investigate. For example, how does your body deal with blood…
Read MoreGinger Pear Blueberry Crumble
YUMmmm… this Ginger Pear Blueberry Crumble is a healthy, delicious dessert that combines organic pears and blueberries with fresh ginger. Then it’s topped with a gluten-free granola almond crumble. Your friends and family are going to LOVE this one. And they won’t even know it’s gluten-free! As I’ve mentioned before, blueberries are great brain food.…
Read MoreAre Your Cosmetics Killing You?
Many years ago I learned about EWG’s Skindeep website, the cosmetic database listing health and beauty products along with their ingredient safety ratings and health information. I checked it out, and looked up my shampoo, conditioner, lotions, and sunscreen. And I was shocked! EWG had rated most of these as “high-hazard” in terms of the…
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