Is the Cost of Toxic Beauty Products Really Worth It?
We slather, we lather, we dab, and we smear, all in an effort to feel softer, look younger and smell better. But what exactly is the true cost of our vanity? Never mind the price tag, it is the ingredients in the products that could be costing us much more than our paycheck. Mounting research is making it exceedingly clear...
Our Toxic Health Habits Hurt Our Planet Too
The health of our environment directly parallels our own health as a species. Our everyday practices, habits and choices – both positive and negative – affect the quality of our air, water and food, and therein largely determine the quality of our lives. It is no secret that much of our air is polluted by carbon emissions, our ozone layer...
Is Candida Crippling Your Body?
Yeast, also known as Candida Albicans, is a type of fungus that is present in all human bodies. The fungus is found on both the skin and mucus membranes, and in small amounts it is harmless to the body. However, when the growth of yeast increases dramatically, the results can be absolutely devastating. Did you know that yeast overgrowth...
3 Foods That Could Stop Your Mood Swings
Did you ever notice that when you haven’t eaten in a while, your mood is greatly sacrificed? Some people experience this feeling more than others and it can actually cause fits of rage, anxiety and even depression. Eating the right foods doesn’t only provide your body with the proper nutrition, it actually helps promote brain health and can make a...
2 Nasty Reasons Your Workplace is Toxic
Perhaps you do the best you can; eat a healthy diet, exercise and use only Certified Organic products in your home and on your body but.......... you work each day, for 8-10 hours, in a place where toxic substances may be lurking. Millions of workers are put at risk daily because of an overload of toxicity in their workplace. They...
Organic Lifestyle? Why It’s Still Important to Cleanse & Detox
No matter how healthy a lifestyle you try to lead, in today’s world, exposure to some poisons is unavoidable. Phthalates, hormone-disrupting chemicals and hidden antibiotics are being discovered in surprising places. Many food additives once considered safe, such as carrageenan, are showing harmful properties as new studies are performed. As there is no way to keep away from all...
GMO Corn Found in Humans Creates a “Living Pesticide Factory”
Monsanto insisted that there was no reason to worry about insects developing a resistance to their genetically-modified Bt corn that was created to break open the stomachs of certain insects and kill them, despite the fact that a scientific advisory panel had warned the EPA that the threat was high. Had the EPA taken this information seriously and forced Monsanto...
Is This Type of Yogurt Bad For You?
As you've probably noticed in the last couple of years, probiotics are all the rage as one of THE most important factors that helps control your immune system (an estimated 70% of your immune system resides in your gut), as well as your digestive system health. Most people "think" they get enough health-boosting probiotics from yogurt (the average person eats...
A Pretty Passionate and Potent Herb That Blows Away Stress
Passion flower, also known as passiflora, apricot vine, wild passion flower and purple passionflower, is a fast growing and stunning perennial vine in warm regions and a prolific annual in others. There are over 400 species of passionflower growing all over the world. Passionflower incarnata is native to the Midwest and Southeastern United States. Passionflower herb is used as...
The Downsides of “There’s a Pill for That”
Is true health really as easy as popping a pill? What happens when we stop taking the pill or the contents of the pill are seen as foreign to the body? These are stark questions now being asked at a time in history when so many Americans seem so sick despite enormous advances in technology and access to new...
