One of the bloggers from 5280 Magazine recently posted about how her aluminum-based antiperspirant/deoderant is leaving ugly yellow stains in the armpits of her white shirts. While her biggest complaint was that these stains were ruining her clothes, my concern centers around the aluminum in her deoderant. Aluminum is a heavy metal that is bioaccumulative, […]
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High Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Sugar
The Corn Refiners Association would like us to believe that ingesting high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is as natural for the body as eating an ear of corn. They even snail-mailed me a whole package filled with convincingly-assembled literature after I wrote a post critical of HFCS, not to mention their slick television campaign showing […]
BPA-free Waterbottles
One of my Jazzercise friends approached me during class this morning wondering if her plastic Nalgene waterbottle was BPA-free and therefore safe to drink from. Nalgene makes a line of BPA-free water bottles, so as long as her water bottle came from that product line, I would consider it safe to use regularly. (More BPA-free […]
Toxins in Nailpolish
You may be surprised to learn this natural girl keeps her toenails prettily polished in fun magentas and reds. It’s a monthly ritual for my mother and I to steal an hour together at the nail salon while enjoying the decadent pleasure of a pedicure. That’s why I was pleased to learn that OPI Products, […]
Pomegranate-Chipotle Salad Dressing
I’ve been spicing up my greens with a new salad dressing that I love: Spectrum Naturals Organic Pomegranate Chipotle Omega-3 Salad Dressing It’s a little bit tart and a little bit sweet with a little bit of fire to keep your mouth awake. It makes a salad anything but the same old thing. Drizzled in […]
