10 Toxic Things to Get Out of Your Home Now
In the pursuit of a healthier lifestyle, it’s not just food and personal care products that must be carefully vetted. Household and work environments can also be laden with dangerous chemicals and toxins. New and old items each come with their own risks. An older home or car may still contain chemicals that were found to be dangerous and...
Eat This with That: Getting the Most from Your Food
All natural foods contain nutrients that are vital to our health. But did you know that how you combine your foods could also influence the amount of usable nutrients you get from your food? According to numerous studies, certain food combinations can help maximize the nutrient power of both foods and give you a powerful kick of nutrients that you...
5 Apple Cider Vinegar Brews That Help You Drop Pounds and Have Beautiful Skin
If you did a poll of the most desired beauty and health changes, a slim physique and clear skin would probably rank pretty high on the list. While the conventional approach to meeting these goals would be to slave away on a treadmill, starve yourself on a diet, and apply expensive skin products, we take a different tack. It might...
8 Ways Pulling the Plug on “Power” Will Benefit Your Family
Living “off the grid” is an alternative lifestyle that most of us are not used to. Still, there are those who feel called to live differently — to create a life that’s less noisy and more self-sufficient. Being truly off the grid typically means you’re not dependent on municipal utilities. It can also mean you produce a portion of...
Podcast Episode #15: Shark Encounter, Truth about Pinkwashing, Fake Wasabi
The Alternative Daily 100% Organic Coffee has officially launched. Listen to the podcast to find out how you can win a free bag of your own! Each bag is roasted specifically for you. We do not have shelves of prepackaged coffee. Once you place your order, a batch is roasted just for you! In today’s show, Jake shares his most recent...
Monster Spray Keeps Boogey Man Out of Closet, But Is This Good?
Halloween is quickly approaching and kids all over North America are becoming increasingly concerned about the monsters under their beds or in their closets. A father in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada was in fact having that very problem. Armed with a picture of “monster spray,” he asked a local pharmacy if they could oblige in concocting the magical...
Disney Princesses, Skinny-Shaming and the Fight for Positive Body Image
We are far more than our outward appearances. Despite this fact, it seems that we — and society as a whole — just can’t get over what we look like: what we choose to wear, what we weigh, whether or not we have tattoos. Even Disney princesses can’t escape the critical eye of society. Is it possible that we...
New Science Proves the Effectiveness of This Ancient Therapy, Similar to Psychiatric Drugs
If you’re stressed, wound up and flustered, what do you do to relax? Maybe take a hot bath, go for a run or… stick a bunch of needles in your skin! It seems counterintuitive, but acupuncture is one of the most popular natural remedies for the relief of stress, in addition to many other chronic conditions. Previously, evidence for the...
6 Little-Known Causes of Anemia
If you’re constantly feeling tired and lacking energy, losing hair, or have unhealthy nails, you or your doctor might suspect anemia. The common "solution" is to take an iron supplement — but is this really fixing the problem? Some holistic healthcare practitioners suggest that the one-size-fits-all prescription of iron supplementation might actually make things worse. This is because anemia is...
10 Daily Habits That Will Age You Faster
Picture yourself five, ten, twenty years from now. Will you be vibrant, strong and aging gracefully? Or will you be degrading fast and looking older than you are? It’s important to realize that the choice is in your hands. Since getting older is an extremely slow and gradual process that is happening by the minute, it’s those little habits that...
