by guest blogger Pam Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, best-selling author and expert on health, fitness, and nutrition How many times have you cried in desperation, “I’ve just got to change! I can’t stand the way things are!” But then, over time this cry becomes a whisper and nothing is done. Frustrated, you wonder why you keep […]
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High Net-Gain Nutrition
by guest blogger Brendan Brazier, athlete, author, and creator of Vega and Thrive Forward My nutrition philosophy, summarized in the Thrive book series, is not based around calories, but focuses instead on what I like to call high net-gain nutrition. By eating foods that are easy to digest and contain the greatest amount of each […]
Coming Soon to a Stove Near You: Radioactive Gas
by guest blogger Harriet Shugarman, executive director and founder of ClimateMama and a mentor and climate leader for the Climate Reality Project In the waning months of 2013, the Spectra Gas Pipeline came “online” in New York City, with scant media coverage. This pipeline has the capability to deliver radioactive gas to the city’s buildings […]
5 Ways To Stop Climate Chaos Now
Let’s face it: Climate change, global warming, whatever you call it—but one thing it is for sure is climate chaos—seems so overwhelming that most of us simply shut down emotionally and mentally when we see another headline that says the world is ending sooner rather than later. Even I shut down occasionally! OK, more than […]
“Hormone Disruptors”: Not Just for Menopausal Mommas
by guest blogger Ava Anderson, natural beauty expert and safe cosmetics advocate Many see “hormone disruptors” and think that they only matter to “women of a certain age.” Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, eight glands in the endocrine system produce and release hormones that regulate everything from metabolism and growth and development, […]
From Mayhem to Mindful
by guest blogger Pam Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, best-selling author and expert on health, fitness, and nutrition Several months ago, I had an opportunity to attend an extraordinary conference at Harvard University, entitled Meditation and Psychotherapy: Deepening Mindfulness with Thich Nhat Hanh. An advocate of all things meditation, I’d found that the foundation of most meditative […]
Addressing the ADD/ADHD “Epidemic”
by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer The holiday season brings a buzz of excitement and activity, but for those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or its close cousin, attention-deficit disorder (ADD), this time of year can be particularly difficult. Stress, sugar, and cabin fever can worsen the symptoms of these increasingly […]
Chem Fatale: Toxic Chemicals in WHAT?!
by guest blogger Cassidy Randall, director of outreach for Women’s Voices for the Earth WARNING: We are about to delve into an intimate and maybe uncomfortable topic: toxic chemicals in feminine care products. You’re probably thinking, “Seriously? Now I have to worry about toxic chemicals in THOSE, too?” The answer, unfortunately, is yes. (For now, […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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