Articles tagged “Health”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Green Exercise: Dance your Butt Off By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 17 2009 Like to let off a little steam and shake your booty on the dance floor? Keep shaking it sister, dancing is one of the best full body, no-equipment-needed, sweat-dripping, calorie-blasting, slim body-making, naturally green exercises (not to mention the fun factor). + READ MORE

If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Eco-Friendly Hairspray By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 17 2009 Are you funky-fresh, crazy-fly or some other hodgepodge of buzzwords from the 1990?s? Do you pop your collar? Does your hair extend skyward like Extra's Mark McGrath? If you answered yes, then you may be someone who uses hairspray. Even if you answered no, you may still use hairspray. These questions weren't very fair. + READ MORE

Improve Your Running Naturally with 4 Easy Yoga Poses By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 17 2009 Yoga and running aren't as distant exercise cousins as commonly considered. When it comes to running, the connection between the body, breath and mind are more present than your average pavement pounder might think. After all, the mind/body is the whole concept behind the "runner's high." + READ MORE

Six Soothing Summer Beauty Treatments—Fresh from the Farmers' Market By Jessica Root IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 17 2009 To make your skin the greenest and most gorgeous, we?ve rounded up our best warm-weather beauty recipes that are so delicious in scent?you might just be tempted to lick a little bit off. Consider yourself warned. + READ MORE

What is American Food? A Green Eating Manifesto By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Jun 17 2009 America's food culture is at a crossroads. On the one hand, greener foods and eating habits have skyrocketed in popularity over the past decade, while good green indicators —things like organic food sales and active farmers' markets—are trending up, up, up. On the other hand, obesity rates in this country have been steadily climbing for the past quarter century, with 34 percent of adults over 20 currently considered obese, according to the CDC. + READ MORE

7 Summer Camping Hazards that Could Kill You and How to Deal With Them By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 16 2009 If you're heading out into the wilderness the key to avoiding any dangerous camping hazards is preparation. Camping is a great green activity, but the wild is just that, wild, and hence unpredictable. If you go camping enough, things will happen, so it's not what happens but how you react to it that counts. + READ MORE

Could You Breathe Better With Dirty Hair? By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 15 2009 Clean hair has often been associated with proper bodily hygiene. However, a new study out of the University of Missouri suggests that dirty hair may be good for overall bodily health. Why? Dirty hair absorbs seven times more ozone than clean hair does. That means, the ozone levels around the heads of the unwashed are substantially lower than the clean-headed. People with dirty hair would, in theory, breathe in less ozone. + READ MORE

Are You at Risk From Wind Turbine Syndrome? By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Jun 12 2009 Wind power seems like a pretty good idea. Throw up a bunch of windmills and their blades spin around and generate energy. The biggest benefit, of course, is that wind turbines don't generate the greenhouse gases that coal plants do, and they don't leave behind radioactive waste like nuclear power plants. + READ MORE

Boost your Calorie Burn with a Boot Camp Style Circuit Workout By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 12 2009 Treadmills can be tiresome. And not necessarily because you are working up a sweat! The problem? Boredom. Boredom is an exercise routine killer. Now that it's summertime, it's time to shake up the old program, amp your calorie burn, and have some fun while you do it, by doing it outside + READ MORE

Is Soy Good for You? Separating Soy Fact from Soy Fiction By Eric Leech IN Food & Health Jun 11 2009 Soy has been considered both a saving grace and an instigator of evil, all within its 10 short years of being in the spotlight of the media. Many rumors stem from the fact that soy contains phytoestrogens, which function similarly to the natural form of estrogen. While there is some evidence to suggest these phytoestrogens can alter the processes of certain parts of the body, most research has discovered their influence very weak in comparison to the real deal. But let's put all rumor aside, and take an honest look at both the fact and the fiction of soy. + READ MORE

Sustainable Bamboo Exercise Gear is Here! By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 10 2009 The best way to get out of an exercise routine rut is by changing it up, getting out of your box, and challenging both your body and mind. The newest green way to update your fitness regimen is with bamboo. + READ MORE

Get Michelle Obama Arms with Natural Resistance Bands By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 10 2009 There's no debating it. Michelle Obama has amazing arms. Talk about a role model for millions of women! Smart, beautiful, and strong! Now you can follow in our First Lady?s footsteps (well, at least when it comes to obtaining those shapely arms) with a weight-free workout plan. + READ MORE

How to Find Sunscreens that Really Protect the Skin Without Harmful Chemicals By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 9 2009 Greening your exercise generally means doing it outside. With the sun's warming rays beckoning, seems now is the perfect time to oblige. But before you take the bait and bask, be sure to take the proper precautions and protect yourself with sunscreen—naturally. + READ MORE

Find A Cure for Athlete's Foot In Your Own Backyard By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Jun 9 2009 Red Clover is a plant with pinkish-red blossoms. It is native to the US and can be found creeping into your garden or forcing its way through a crack in a sidewalk. Red Clover has a history of being used as a medicine for various ailments. It has provided relief for minor discomforts, like coughs, burns, and my personal favorite, athlete's foot. + READ MORE

Lose a Pound a Week With a Vegan Diet By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Jun 8 2009 You may be thinking about going vegan/vegetarian because you believe animals should be treated ethically or because you want to reduce pollution. Quitting the meat habit can cut your carbon footprint by more than 5,000 pounds a year. Pounds of carbon won?t be the only thing that you?ll be shedding. + READ MORE

The Price of Your Cosmetics: Male Hormone Imbalances By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 8 2009 We all like to look good. I know I do. Have you heard about my hair? It's amazing, but it is that way naturally so I get a free pass on something that most people have to strive at. And because I'm a male, I have believed for a long time that I also get a free pass when it comes to environmental issues and cosmetics. I was horribly mistaken. + READ MORE

Burn More Calories, Use Less Energy with Self-Powered Cardio Machines By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 5 2009 If you really want a true green body-slimming routine, then forget about electrically-powered equipment and use only what Mother Nature gave you—the great outdoors for cardio and your own body weight for resistance. + READ MORE

Be Wary of Sunscreen Claims: How to Find Sunscreen That Actually Protects You By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 5 2009 The EPA claims that we will reach peak ozone-layer depletion levels by 2010. After that, the ozone layer should start to heal and we can all go back to worrying about climate change instead. In the meantime, we need to find a healthy sunscreen that works. + READ MORE

Out, Out, Damn Spot of Dust! By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 5 2009 You don't want to live a dusty house like Ms. Havisham, all full of rats. First of all, it's creepy and off-putting. Secondly, it decreases indoor air quality and can trigger asthma attacks and allergies. It can also be a sign that your home isn't very energy efficient. Your filters might need a good changing, or there may be air leaks in places in where air should not be leaking. + READ MORE

Take a Nap, Save the World By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Jun 5 2009 Science isn't really sure why we sleep. We do it, and it seems to be good for us, so we don't really give it much thought. There is one theory—I don't know if it is true. I just like it.—that animals sleep about one third of the day as an ecological protection measure. If a creature never slept, it might have to eat five or six times a day. Ecosystems would be devastated by non-stop eating and procreating. + READ MORE