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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Stuff without carageenan
RE: my earlier post about the food additive carrageenan possibly causing inflammatory conditions like ulcerative colitis, here's a list of foods that normally have it but that you can get without it: http://www.cornucopia.org/shopping-guide-to-avoiding-organic-foods-with-carrageenan/
Friday, April 12, 2013
Ditch your bra?
Over the years I've posted about the possibility of bras contributing to breast cancer, mostly because they impede lymph drainage. You can read about how the daughter of Olga (yes, that Olga of the bras) died of breast cancer herself and how her daughter was committed to making a "better" bra, which may be no-bra.
Here is an article on how it seems like anatomically, a bra might not be doing you huge favors, either and may make things SAG EVER MORE. Read more here.
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