When I got pregnant at 19 and decided to keep the baby, I would joke with all my 30-something friends that at least I didn’t have to worry about my biological clock. Back then, the talk at all social events among working women was the biological clock issue and whether they were going to be […]
Tag Archives | Health
The Cheap Disease (part 1 of 2)
by guest blogger Alberto Gonzalez, founder and CEO of GustOrganics. U.S. food consumers are somehow programmed to buy food cheaply. Our national motivation to pay less seems to be in our social DNA. We suffer what I call The Cheap Disease. This national sport has created a cancer that’s been growing out of control inside […]
Deadly serious: Antibiotic-Resistant
Salmonella Free to Be in Your Food
by Wendy Gordon In what country is it legal for deadly salmonella to be in your food? Um, well, there may be others, but I am sure of only one—the United States. Bad joke, right? No, deadly serious. “In strict legal terms,” Maryn McKenna, author of Superbug, explained on Wired.com, “there may have been no […]
Eddy Would Go
Many, many years go we went to Hawaii on vacation. My oldest daughter was at that age where we had to go into every surf shop (this was before there was an Abercrombie and Fitch or Hollister—we are talking REAL surf shops.) Everywhere we went were these bumper stickers that said, “Eddie would go.” Whenever […]
Simple Itch-Free Strategies for Summer
by guest blogger Dr. Mao Shing Ni, DOM, PhD, ABAAHP, Lac, author of the best-selling book Secrets of Longevity Even as the summer season winds down, with its bounty of banquets and outdoor gatherings, you can still face itchy discomfort from the elements. And you may have decided you want better ways to cope with them […]
Wrinkles and Age Spots: Secrets from the Empress
By guest blogger Dr. Mao Shing Ni, DOM, PhD, ABAAHP, LAc; author of the best-selling book Secrets of Longevity The Chinese healing tradition has specialized in age-defying skin solutions for thousands of years. It began 2,000 years ago with an Empress who knew that the key to her power was in a youthful appearance. These natural skin-beautifying secrets are […]
More Ungarbling of the
Term “Grassfed”
By guest blogger Carrie Balkcom, executive director for the American Grassfed Association The explosion in the demand for grassfed meat has lead to many confusing labeling issues. Rodale.com published a starting primer of what to look for when purchasing sustainably raised grassfed meats in January of this year. To continue the education, here’s some more […]
The 4 Best Ways to Balance Emotions
by guest blogger Mao Shing Ni, DOM, PhD, ABAAHP, Lac; doctor of Chinese medicine, antiaging specialist, and author of Secrets of Longevity: Hundreds of Ways to Live to Be 100 (Chronicle Books, 2006) When so much is uncertain in the world around us, it is natural for our anxieties to rise and for our emotions […]
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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