A commentary recently published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health sheds light on some of the chemicals that can lurk in our food packaging, and the hazards that may come with exposure to them.
The authors state that...
Do you find it hard to eat healthy at work? Whether it’s the makeshift kitchen you’re sharing with other colleagues or the fact that eating healthy isn’t the popular thing to do at work, today we’ll cover the “Do’s...
The extensive health benefits of green tea have been known in Asian countries such as China and Japan for thousands of years, and are now coming to light in the West, as well. Among these benefits are potent antioxidant...
For the first time in many years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing some changes to the nutrition labels found on foods. Some of these proposed alterations may be quite helpful to shoppers, namely a line to...
You spend hard-earned money on countless salves, creams and lotions promising to turn back the hands of time that have seemingly marched across your face.
Or perhaps wrinkles aren’t your problem (not yet anyway), but scratchy, itchy and often...
Beets are very popular in Eastern European cuisine, but have not been very common in the West until recent years. As more and more research comes to light about this nutritional powerhouse, however, more Americans are incorporating beets into...
If you thought you didn’t have to worry about the toxic ingredient bisphenol A in your products because you always buy BPA-free labeled goods, unfortunately, there may still be cause for concern. A 2012 study published in the journal...
More and more schools across the United States are embracing campus gardens and ecology programs. These programs are proving to have numerous benefits for students.
According to a presentation by the Department of Horticulture at Cornell University, school garden programs...
With an ever increasing interest in homeopathic remedies, more people are looking into making their own healing balms for common conditions.
This drive is pushed in part by a mistrust of commercial products, many of which make claims that...
More disturbing news from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan - a new radioactive leak has occurred. According to the operator of the plant, another 100 metric tons of contaminated water burst from a tank on February 19...
