Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Is your Puffer Coat or Comforter CRUEL?

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Your down coat or bedding may be the result LIVE PLUCKING of geese. I did an investigative report for Salon. Check it out here 
Saturday, December 14, 2013

Flame Retardants in all your furniture, the scandal:

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After my son was born more than a decade ago, we got a new couch and carpeted the sun-room to make things more baby-friendly. For some reaso...
Friday, December 06, 2013

Flame-retardant free sofa bed?

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Anyone out there have a good one, for a Manhattan apartment?
Monday, November 11, 2013

Wholesome Chow ORGANIC Gluten Free Flour - a winner~

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Gluten-free flour is hard enough to find as it is, but I worry about GMOs and pesticides and I was so thrilled to try Wholesome Chow'...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

Carcinogens in your Trader Joe's shampoo:

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Yesterday's post was about using soap nuts do to you laundry AND use the last bits for a healthy shampoo. Maybe after you read this, yo...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Karma Clean soap nuts

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I was recently doing a residency where they provide (wonderful!) food, the artists do the cleanup. They had those brightly colored soap ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Today's Wheat is just TROUBLE ~

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One thing that really bugs me lately is when people make fun of people who are going gluten-free because it's a "fad." I have ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Where do miscarriages go?

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I have had a number of miscarriages, but most of them were really early. One was at 12 weeks, so I sent it in to the pathologist, but only h...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Some foods you may be surprised are NOT gluten free

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Yes, if you want to stay gluten-free OR begin a gluten-free diet, you should know that it takes UP TO 6 MONTHS for gluten to fully leave...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Not just Obesity: Soft Drinks Linked to Behavioral Problems in Young Children

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As a society, we worry so much about marijuana while THIS is legal. How many of you have seen a harried young mom giving her child a bab...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

10 Everyday "health" foods that are commonly counterfeited

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This list will seem pretty incredible--aren't there supposed to be labeling laws protecting us? Apparently not. Anyway, a friend brough...
Saturday, June 22, 2013

VOCs in paint

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We needed to have our apartment painted and insisted on low-VOC paints. The contractor screwed up twice (hmmmm) and just used whatever crap ...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Deaths tied to YAZ birth control pills:

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This is pretty unnerving; OTTAWA, Ontario —  Health Canada  records indicate that at least 23 deaths and 600 adverse reactions have been ...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Alert! FDA Warns agains migraine treatment drugs for pregnant women

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Valproate and other drugs are linked to diminished mental function of babies and are now being warned about by the FDA. If you're pregna...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Stuff without carageenan

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RE: my earlier post about the food additive carrageenan possibly causing inflammatory conditions like ulcerative colitis, here's a list ...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Ditch your bra?

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Over the years I've posted about the possibility of bras contributing to breast cancer, mostly because they impede lymph drainage. Y...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Is Carrageenan bad for you?

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=   I'm a big seaweed lover, so I thought carrageenan was just another way to get seaweed. However, I'm hearing more and more ...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Chemicals in perfume

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You may have already suspected this, but most commercial perfumes contain chemicals, some petroleum based, many cancer-causing, and in the c...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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Just like American "cheese" isn't really cheese, soon what we think of as milk may not be milk anymore if the big business lob...
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Saturday, February 09, 2013

$10 off first order, free shipping at iherb

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I love iherb.com, largely because you only need $20 worth for free ship and then with $40 you get free EXPEDITED 2-day shipping, perfect bec...