7 Reasons Why There Is No Such Thing As A Healthy Smoker
You’ve smoked since college, one or two here and there, and you’ve never experienced any ill effects from your bad habit. You’re a social smoker, and in fact, you seem to be a healthy smoker. Just because you don’t have a nagging cough or trouble breathing doesn’t mean you’ve escaped the lung-damaging effects of inhaled tobacco smoke, two major new...
This All-Natural Sweetener Can Regulate Blood Sugar
Honey has long enjoyed a place in Western household pantries on account of its delicious taste. Honey is often used as an alternative to conventional sweeteners in baked goods and hot drinks. While these benefits cannot be denied, that’s about as far as pasteurized honey goes in terms of usefulness. Raw honey, on the other hand, is a whole...
Mountain Goat Drowns Escaping Photo-Hungry Crowd
Here’s another lesson that serves to remind us the importance of allowing wildlife their space. But this reminder comes too late after an innocent goat drowned trying to flee a crowd of people who were desperate to snap photos, no matter what the cost. Photo hounds harass goat to death This is not just about a goat drowning thanks to the...
Rescued Fox Falls In Love With Her Guardian
While most foxes are wild and independent, sometimes after an injury they can become reliant on humans. So much so, in fact, that the human may become indistinguishable from the fox’s domesticated cousins. Such is the story with Dawn. A fox who thinks she’s a dog Dawn is one of Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary’s six resident foxes that can’t return to the...
Your Next Pair Of Shoes May Be Made In Ethiopia – Here’s Why
You’ve probably never heard of the brands Enzi, the Made in Africa Initiative or soleRebels, but they may be on the label of the next pair of shoes you buy —and they’re all made in Ethiopia. As a nation, we’ve grown accustomed to ‘made in China’ labels. From the clothes we wear, to the devices we use and the shoes on...
2015: Deadliest Year For Environmentalists
The stakes are rising daily in the climate change battle, so it no surprise that this past year saw the highest number of murders of environmental activists. We saw record temperatures in 2015, a key climate summit and global protests. All the while, communities, rural workers, and indigenous people battled with big corporations to save their land, rivers, resources and environment. All of...
Drink Coffee This Way to Avoid Throat Cancer
Say it isn’t so! That hot steamy morning beverage we enjoy so much could be causing cancer? As it turns out, not coffee per se, but the temperature of your morning cup could have a significant impact on your health. The link between hot drinks and cancer A review published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer recently classified drinking very hot...
5 Reasons To Stand On Your Head
Apart from seeing the world in a completely new perspective, standing on your head helps to reverse the effects of gravity, improve your mood and increase your upper body strength. A headstand, or shirshasana as it’s known in the yoga world, encourages you to slow down, breath and focus on the present. But before you begin doing a headstand,...
Never Say These 7 Things To Your Kids
No one said being a parent was easy. It can be stressful and push all of your buttons. But part of parenting means staying calm and keeping a cool head. And that can be difficult in the best of times. Yet, with a little careful thought you can improve the way you speak to your kids, and in turn,...
Three Tips For Making Perfect Boiled Eggs
We’ve all been there. The yoke is still runny or it has turned a peculiar shade of orange. The peel won’t come off without forceful effort, which inevitably makes what should have been deviled eggs fit only for egg salad. Here are three secret tips to make boiling your eggs a cinch. 1. Add a little baking soda to the...
