Articles tagged “Health”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Spring Has Sprung, 3 Raw Food Recipes to Detoxify the Body and Get Set For Warmer Weather By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Mar 11 2010 Eating raw allows the body to gradually expel toxins without extreme measures. You won't feel starved but at the same time you're choosing foods that are loaded with nutrients and enzymes because none of them have been lost in the cooking process. Your body is also free of foods that are difficult to digest like meat, dairy, added sugars, and anything processed, giving your internal organs a rest. + READ MORE

Dairy Gives You the Willies But Is Almond Milk a Good Alternative? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Mar 11 2010 While I'm not a vegan, and I have in the past been an advocate for organic dairy products, I eat less and less dairy all the time. I think it's important to experiment with your diet and see what works best. But more and more questions about dairy have come into to light recently. + READ MORE

Eco-Dentists Get Their Own New Certification Program By Mat McDermott IN Food & Health Mar 11 2010 The Eco Dentistry Association has just launched a new green certification program. Find a greener dentist near you. + READ MORE

Is Agave Worse Than High Fructose Corn Syrup? By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Mar 10 2010 here have been some articles surfacing that claim agave nectar is no better than high-fructose corn syrup?a statement that, as a vegan baker and agave-lover, flabbergasted me, to say the least. How could my beloved, natural, organic, alternative agave be no better than processed, Monsanto-sprayed, genetically modified high fructose corn syrup? Is my beloved brownie-sweetener really nothing more than glorified high-fructose junk? + READ MORE

Making Meals Out of Weeds: From Nasty to Tasty By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Mar 10 2010 Future Food chefs Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche want to decentralize food production. "You can make a meal out of weeds that grow on your front lawn," they say, and these molecular gastronomists won't stop until they figure out how to make that happen on a mass scale. + READ MORE

Nanotechnologists Now Packaging Your Food By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Mar 10 2010 Some crazy technologies are penetrating food packaging. Not sure if your food is spoiling? No problem: the packaging will tell you. + READ MORE

Taste Modulators: How Scientists Are Changing Our Taste in Food By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Mar 9 2010 Food technology is a thriving field that, if we trust the companies driving it, has the potential to improve both the taste and nutrition content of the food we buy in supermarkets. + READ MORE

Five Curious Food Inventions You've Never Heard Of By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Mar 9 2010 From a 3D food printer to growing plants suspended in mid-air, the future of food is already here. + READ MORE

Fallujah Birth Defects (Video News) By Team Planet Green IN Features Mar 9 2010 Today's Planet 100 covers doctors in Fallujah are reporting an epidemic of birth defects; doctors are pointing to uranium used in US invasion as the cause. A ruling by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species would take the endangered Blue Fin Tuna off the sushi plate. And finally Sarah Palin's Alaskan reality show. + READ MORE

Freshwater Fish Laced with Mercury (Video News) By Team Planet Green IN Features Mar 8 2010 Today's Planet 100 covers mercury consistently found in freshwater fish, 'Fab Fi' set up improves wireless access in Afghanistan, and The Cove wins best documentary and exposes dolphin slaughter. + READ MORE

Bill Clinton, will.i.am, Ban Ki-Moon Launch MASSIVEGOOD: Add $2 to Your Plane Ticket to Treat Malaria Across the World By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Mar 5 2010 MASSIVEGOOD will enable travelers to make "micro-contributions" to global health causes whenever they purchase a plane ticket, reserve a hotel room or rent a car. + READ MORE

Fish Oil Supplements--Want PCBs With That? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Mar 4 2010 If you're taking fish oil for your health, you may want to rethink your next pill. According to a lawsuit filed in California, many popular fish oil companies knowingly sell products with PCBs--a toxic chemical thought to cause birth defects, cancer, and disruption to the endocrine, reproduction, immune, and nervous systems. + READ MORE

News Allergy Sufferers Are Going to Be Thrilled About: Climate Change Extending Allergy Season By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Mar 4 2010 Climate change is not only causing allergies to affect more people than ever, it's also extending the length of time it stays there. + READ MORE

Dairy Gives You the Willies But Is Soy Milk a Safe Alternative? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Mar 2 2010 Drinking milk becomes even more frivolous when you take into account all of the tasty and healthy substitutes available today. As soy is by far the most available non-dairy substitute, I decided to take a closer look at the good, the bad, and the green. + READ MORE

Turn Your Kitchen Cabinet Into a DIY Medicine Chest By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Feb 26 2010 Did you know a sprinkle of cayenne pepper can stop a cut from bleeding and actually relieve the pain? EcoSalon has a great guide for DIY home medicine, which in addition to the cayenne pepper surprise, has handy recommendations for common health ailments, all using ingredients you're likely to already have in your house (or can get at any supermarket). + READ MORE

Meet Jeremy and Ryan Black, Sambazon Founders By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Feb 25 2010 A true triple bottom line company, Sambazon stands for Sustainable Management of Brazil's Amazon. How it does so is simple; locals earn a higher living wage harvesting the berry than they do clear cutting the forest. Without further ado, let's turn to the Sambazon's brilliant founders fueling athletes, health nuts and acai-lovin' yogins like me: Jeremy and Ryan Black. + READ MORE

How to Send Tents and More to Haiti Now By Care2.com IN Work & Connect Feb 24 2010 After recently returning from two weeks in Haiti, the number one thing I am asked by people is ?what can I do to help?? As a result, I put together the list below with a few specific ways that you can have supplies delivered to people in need. + READ MORE

Prevent Glaucoma with Green Tea By Jessica Root IN Food & Health Feb 19 2010 It's old news that a mug of green tea is a potent pro-health powerhouse. What scientists didn't discover until now is that these very same anti-aging goodies from green tea also pass from the gastrointestinal tract into the tissues of the eye. + READ MORE

Safe Options for BPA-Free Baby Bottles By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Food & Health Feb 19 2010 If you're bottle-feeding your baby, you already know it's a good idea to avoid plastics that contain BPA's. Here are two great, durable, safe options for baby bottles. + READ MORE

3 Delicious Ways To Get Your Vitamin D, Even When the Sun Is Hiding By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Feb 19 2010 According to an article in US News, in the winter, it's impossible to produce Vitamin D from the sun if you live north of Atlanta because the sun never gets high enough in the sky for its ultraviolet B rays to penetrate the atmosphere. + READ MORE