Wellness

It’s Spring Cleaning Time! Here’s How To Replace Your Toxic Cleaners

It's time for spring cleaning! (Which may or may not excite you depending on how you feel about cleaning.) But ...
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The Truth About Wine and Your Health

How many of us come home from work and uncork a bottle of wine or crack-open a beer and relax? ...
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13 Things to Do for Your Health Now

First, congratulations on making the decision to be healthier. It takes a lot of courage to change. If you aren't ...
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A Pig’s Tail

One night, after a particularly trying day in Los Angeles, I fantasized about getting the hell out of Dodge and ...
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8 Organic & Reef-Friendly Sunscreens

Summer is almost here, and that means you're gonna be reaching for your sunscreen. But before you go to the ...
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Organic 2.0

If you're eating USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) certified organic food, you're doing your part to reduce the amount ...
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Should You Always Buy Local?

We’re constantly encouraged to "Buy Local," but what if local isn't the healthiest choice? The farm pictured below is local ...
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I Tried My First Floor Barre Class. Here’s Why It Isn’t Just For Dancers

Last Friday, I put on a tutu (just kidding) and tried an authentic Floor-Barre class. I instantly fell in love! I ...
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What a Few Days in Big Sur Taught Me About “Forest Bathing”

I grew up outside, literally. My childhood was spent in the country just outside the City of Napa, California. My ...
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10 Things You Can Do To Avoid Using Plastic

The amount of plastic we use is staggering. Humans throw away enough plastic each year to circle the Earth four ...
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Should Garden Stores Sell Monsanto’s Roundup?

Monsanto's Roundup is America's best-selling weed killer. It's sprayed on golf courses, in parks, carports, and backyards all across America ...
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California EPA Links Ingredient in Roundup to Cancer

In an effort to protect human health, the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) has determined that the active ingredient in ...
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France Bans Skinny Models: Let’s Stop Eating Disorders

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that fashion models are thin, often too thin. What is surprising is that France has said ...
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Soda is Bad For Your Brain

A new study provides some evidence that drinking soda is bad for your brain. The study, which was published in ...
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Should Smoking Be Allowed In Apartment Buildings?

The research is clear, secondhand cigarette smoke kills, but an apartment is your home and if you can’t smoke there, ...
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Our Disassociation From Nature

When we sit in a forest and listen to the wind, the birds, the running stream, it calms us in ...
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Exercise & Your Brain

Researchers are still exploring the mysteries of the human brain, but as of today one of the best known ways ...
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Who is the American Doctor?

Many of us do whatever we can to avoid going to the doctor. But when we have a problem we ...
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Beyond the White Coats

Curious about alternative forms of health care?  Feel like your doctor isn't treating the root cause of your illness, but ...
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