Check out this guest post on Twilight Earth about one woman’s quest to find environmentally-friendly, non-toxic carpeting for her home. She brings up some interesting questions such as, Does 10% recycled material make something truly “green”? Can you call yourself “green” if the product still emits noxious gases after installation? What are the “green” standards? […]
Category: Living naturally
Nutritional Yeast Gives It A Cheezy Taste
Lately, I’ve been tweeting with @ShopOrganic, a tweeter with a website full of great organic items for every part of your life. We were talking about spaghetti squash recently and I learned that sprinkling a little nutritional yeast on something that bakes in the oven will produce a “cheezy” taste without the dairy products and […]
31 Tips for Saving Money While Keeping Your Organic Lifestyle
This came across my Twitterstream recently and I thought it worthy of sharing. Meghan Rabbit gives a boatload of ways you can trim your budget without sacrifcing essentials in your lifestyle such as organic foods, workouts, or massages. (Meghan is a senior editor at Natural Solutions magazine.) Some of my favorites include: – Barter for […]
Breastfeeding May Prevent Multiple Sclerosis Relapse
We know breastfeeding is good for babies, but did you know that it could help control multiple sclerosis, too? A new study found that half of the new mothers with MS in the study saw a decrease in relapses when breastfeeding. We already knew that the odds of having an MS exacerbation were low during […]
Why Counting Calories is Not Everything When Dieting
Reader Question: I looked at the Nutritional information for Chicken piccata and the calories seem very high per serving. It doesn’t seem too figure friendly to me. – Barbara, Washington DC Well, Barbara, I have to say that this is one reason why I fought to leave the nutritional information out of my new cookbook. […]
