President Obama’s Historic Address Focuses on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Never before in history has an administration proposed to enforce rules regarding carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. However, President Obama’s recent public address focused on future plans for reducing the levels of dangerous greenhouse gas emissions spewed daily into the atmosphere. The administration’s plan includes a re-commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 17 percent below 2005 standards...
7 Things to Do Around Your Home for Summer Safety
Summer brings the opportunity for lots of fun outdoor activities, including swimming and grilling as well as home improvement projects and yard work. Unfortunately, it also tends to mean more accidents in and around your home. What can you do to make you home a safer place this summer? Yard work safety Nearly 80,000 people visit the emergency room every year...
Do Men Really Go Through Menopause?
There’s no denying that when women reach a certain age they go through what is often so classically referred to as “the change.” Menopause is a fact of life for all women. It marks the end of a woman’s fertility and includes the termination of the production of hormones, estrogen and progesterone. During this time, which is different for...
5 Places to Look for Local Food this Summer
If you're a frequent reader of The Alternative Daily, you already know there are many reasons to buy local food: it looks and tastes better, it's more nutritious, it's safer, and it helps support local farms and families, builds community, benefits the environment and much more. If you want to start buying local foods more often, here are five...
Top 3 Ways Meditation Can Benefit You
The ancient art of meditation has been practiced for centuries. The earliest practitioners sought to better understand the nature of life and their purpose on Earth. Today, people meditate for any number of reasons, including self-exploration and stress relief. Regardless of one’s purpose, meditation has numerous health benefits ranging far beyond relaxation. Here are three reasons why you may...
Study: Rats, Just Like Humans Can Regret Poor Food Choices
Have you ever been hypnotized by the bright drive-thru lights and stopped to indulge despite your best intentions, only to find yourself wallowing in regret, and possibly indigestion, a few hours later, wishing you had taken the time to cook a delicious meal? We've all been there. As it turns out, according to a new study published in Nature Neuroscience,...
Why Car Sharing is Better for the Environment
If you're starting to suspect that life would be a lot easier, less expensive and more environmentally friendly if you didn't own a car, you're not alone. In the past several years, more and more people, especially those living in larger cities, are opting for public transportation and car sharing - a great choice for both the pocketbook and...
Microbeads are Threatening Our Lakes: Make Your Own Exfoliating Soaps
Earlier this month, Illinois became the first state to ban microbeads, used in many exfoliating soaps, body washes, shaving creams, toothpastes and other personal hygiene products. While seemingly harmless, these little beads are causing a significant threat to the environment, especially to our precious water supply. Synthetic microbeads are usually made of plastic, which does not biodegrade. Some scrubs, cleansers...
Florida on Board for Limited Medicinal Use of Low -THC Marijuana
Eighteen years after California became the first state to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana with Proposition 215, Florida has loosened the reigns, if only just a little bit. On Friday, the state voted 30-9 to allow "Charlotte's Web," a strain of low-THC marijuana, to be used in certain circumstances for patients with cancer and those who experience seizures...
Mad Cow Disease Confirmed in Texas: Choose Grass Fed
Earlier this month, Texas health officials and the CDC announced the death of a man caused by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a form of mad cow disease. Officials assure us that this man more than likely picked up the disease outside of the country, however, for many people it still raises alarms. While the USDA has measures in place to...
