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Category: Healthy You

  • Does your dog love alpaca dryer balls?

    My two wool dryer balls were feeling lonely, so they received some new friends: Alpaca dryer balls! These came from a local farmer’s market. Overall, I haven’t loved the alpaca dryer balls compared to the wool dryer balls. The alpaca balls seem to unravel more quickly, and they leave alpaca…

  • Review: Burt’s Bees Aloe and Witch Hazel Hand Sanitizer

    Raise your sanitized hand if you can’t stand Purell. Ugh, the scent of it is enough to make this lady with hypochondriacal tendencies take her chances with germs when no water is available. Yeah, I’m talking about myself here. For several years now I’ve been using CleanWell hand sanitizer. It…

  • Proof Trees May Love You

    When a tree falls and you’re not around to hear it, you may still feel it! Researchers with the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station have found an association between tree health and human health. Specifically, they found that in areas where more trees have died due to insect infestation,…

  • Who Else is Sick of (or getting sick from) Caramel Color?

    My husband likes to drink soda when he has a sore throat. He claims the carbonation helps. I say hot tea is the way to go, but we agree to disagree. Anyhow, he’s on a Coke Zero kick, which wouldn’t bother me except for its nasty ingredient: caramel color. (Well,…

  • Win The Vitamin D Cure, Revised

    I don’t know how you feel about this, but I think it’s refreshing to see a doctor talking about food (not just drugs and medical tests). And this doc even gives you recipes as part of his cure! The new revised edition of The Vitamin D Cure by James E.…

  • Spotlight on Vegan Indian Cooking

    I’m not a vegan, though I do sometime have meatless meals. I do, however, love Indian food. In the past, I’ve been brave enough to try a few Indian recipes at home from my Jamie Oliver cookbook, but Jamie Oliver is British, of course. Anupy Singla – author of the…

  • Volunteer to Create More Time in Your Mind

    Do you want to volunteer, but feel you never have the time? Well, volunteering, or giving away your time, can actually make you feel like you have more time! Researchers publishing in the APS journal Psychological Science found that people who volunteered felt like they had more time. The term…

  • Can Reducing Screen Time Save Kids and the Planet?

    Parents may use the excuse that their kids are glued to the newest fun gadget, so they can’t reduce their screen time, but researchers from Oregon State University have a different idea. The research involving 200 families was published online today in Early Childhood Development and Care as part of…

  • Count Up to Earth Day: Tip 19 Cool Down Your Water

    This post is part of a series counting up to Earth Day on April 22. You may think filling your own bottle with water is too much trouble, but have you thought about how much cooler your water can be? When it’s hot out and you’re sitting by the pool,…

  • The Hunger Shame – Pink Slime

    Before you eat that nicely grilled Saturday afternoon burger, watch this wildly amusing Jon Stewart video, “The Hunger Shame.” Are you going the way of Jon? And, if you missed my last post on this, please do catch up with the Decline of Pink Slime.