Even though I avoid artificial sugar substitutes like Splenda, I still like sweet things. Lately I’ve discovered Agave nectar as a natural sweetener, and I must say that it has won me over. Lighter than honey, Pure Organic Raw Agave Nectar is extracted from the core of a yucca-like cactus. It isn’t heated above 118 […]
Living Naturally
Why Splenda (Sucralose) is Not So Splendid
This past weekend, my son set up a Cotton Candy stand during our neighborhood block party. Cotton Candy, of course, is spun sugar with food coloring. And I don’t have a problem with “sugar.” Yeah, you heard me right: I don’t have a problem with eating sugar! I don’t mean we should have all sugar, […]
Are you Addicted to Fast Food?
David Kessler, the Harvard-trained doctor, lawyer, medical school dean and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration who won billions against the tobacco industry during the Clinton years, has trained his razor-sharp focus on the restaurant industry and how they are making us overeat. Yeah, you read that right: restaurants intentionally add things to […]
To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate?
One of my favorite girlfriends wrote me recently concerned about giving a slew of vaccinations to her 15-month old daughter. “I know a mom with a daughter she is sure is autistic and who knows another mom who woke up to 2 of her 3 triplets rocking in there crib after vaccines, 1 now with […]
Would you bathe your baby in formaldehyde?
Last month the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and partner organizations released a report revealing that dozens of popular bath products for babies and kids contain at least two hazardous contaminants: 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde. Both of these chemicals cause cancer in animals, and formaldehyde is also known to cause skin rashes in people who are sensitive […]
