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Liquid Taste Treats
Try These Healthy Green Drinks
by JASON MANHEIM
Imagine a diet that eliminates the need for calorie counting and never prompts a late-night rummage in search of foods possibly high in fat, sugar or processed ingredients; one that allows you to eat like you do now, except for one small change—the addition of a green drink or smoothie.
A green drink isn’t a meal replacement; it’s a
Dealing With Hypothyroidism
5 Tips and Proactive Approaches For Your Health
by DR. MEGAN STRAUCHMAN
Hypothyroidism is a big problem in the United States. It causes fatigue, low libido, thinning hair, brittle nails, dry skin, cold hands and feet, weight gain and the inability to lose weight even when exercising.
Many people who suffer from hypothyroidism are prescribed thyroid medication, which never actually...
Greenwashing Update
How To Be a Smart Shopper
by ED BEGLEY, JR.
We may think we are protecting our family’s health and the Earth’s environment by buying eco-friendly products, but a second look at some so-called “green” products may reveal we’ve been led astray. When companies hurry to cash in with new product lines touting natural living products...
Mom-to-Mom Wisdom
Calming Advice for More ‘Good Days’ with Fretful Kids
by BETH DAVIS
Parenting has more than its share of stressful challenges, and today’s moms are often frustrated by conflicting advice. As families search for answers to daily issues, a more holistic and natural approach, known as conscious parenting, has been gaining momentum.
According to Lori Petro, founder of TEACH through Love....
The Hormone Balancing Act
Natural Strategies for Feeling Better
by KATHLEEN BARNES
Hormones rule our lives; it’s a simple fact of biochemistry. In their role as the body’s chemical messengers, hormones affect every human biological system. Without them, nothing works correctly.
Women’s hormonal systems are as complex as men’s, although vastly different. They govern....
Anti-Aging Skincare
Turn Back the Clock with New Treatments and Breakthroughs
by LINDA SECHRIST
With aging still a largely mysterious process, current seekers of perpetual youth and beauty are urging scientists to find ways to slow or even reverse it. New tools to fight lines, wrinkles and sagging skin excite the imagination....
Natural Remedies for Seasonal Allergies
by DR. LAURI GROSSMAN
For many, spring brings joy via outdoor activities amid blossoming flowers and blooming trees, as they visit parks, hike through meadows and jog along roads in the warming air. For millions of allergy sufferers, however...
Growing Up Green
Lessons to Help Lighten Future Footprints
Parents schooled in environmental principles strive to guide their children in like-minded directions. How can we inspire them to join in addressing larger challenges without coming across as a lecturer about yet another obligation? Thankfully, there are many ways to make green living a feel-good...
Forest Bathing
The Healing Power of a Walk in the Woods
"Nature doesn’t bang any drums when she bursts forth into flowers, nor play any dirges when the trees let go of their leaves in the fall. But when we approach her in the right spirit, she has many secrets to share. If you haven’t heard nature whispering to you lately, now is a good time to give her the opportunity.” ~ Osho, in Osho Zen Taro: the Transcendental Game of Zen...
Green Home Checklist
Room-by-Room Steps We Can Take, Starting Right Now
Waste Not, Want Not
10 Ways to Reduce Costly Food Waste
Most of us regularly discard food items—week-old cooked pasta, stale cereal, half a loaf of moldy bread, suspicious leftovers and other foods we fail to eat before they perish. But consider that the...
Live Your Dash
by LINDA ELLIS
Have you ever walked through a cemetery or read an obituary and pondered that small, seemingly insignificant dash between the day someone was born and the date he or she departed? This often overlooked little line ultimately...
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