Can cleaning be unhealthy for you?
Check out the article/study cited here from Time Healthland.Check out the article/study cited here from Time Healthland.
Dangers of Chemical Exposure to Pregnant Women
May is Pregnancy Awareness Month. For women preparing to give life, a toxin-free home is the greatest gift of all to their unborn children.By Amy Grech May is Pregnancy Awareness Month. For women preparing to give life, a toxin-free home is the greatest gift of all to their unborn children. A pregnant [...]
Have you heard of the Hygiene Hypothesis?
Our bodies are getting sick more often and in worse ways because we are killing off the microorganisms (some of which are good germs and bacteria) with all of our disinfecting.We recently stumbled across something called the Hygiene Hypothesis, which asserts that “our bodies are ecosystems that have been damaged by a rapid reduction, in [...]
Have you heard of the Hygiene Hypothesis?
Our bodies are getting sick more often and in worse ways because we are killing off the microorganisms (some of which are good germs and bacteria) with all of our disinfecting.We recently stumbled across something called the Hygiene Hypothesis, which asserts that “our bodies are ecosystems that have been damaged by a rapid reduction, in [...]
The Healing (cleaning?) Power of Garlic: Celebrating Garlic Days July 29 – July 31
Garlic is one of the oldest antiseptic treatments, both for topical cuts where you’d today probably apply neosporin, and for internal viruses and infections that you probably seek antibiotics for.Before there was penicillin. Before there was neosporin. Before there was listerine. There was GARLIC Garlic is one of the oldest antiseptic treatments, both for topical [...]
10 Rules for Happiness from Miss Sadie
I don’t know if these are the only or best rules for happiness, but I can’t fault any one of these ideas as good for me.A dear friend on Facebook posted these last month, one at a time, to let them all sink in. I don’t know if these are the only or best rules [...]
10 Rules for Happiness from Miss Sadie
I don’t know if these are the only or best rules for happiness, but I can’t fault any one of these ideas as good for me.A dear friend on Facebook posted these last month, one at a time, to let them all sink in. I don’t know if these are the only or best rules [...]
Antimicrobial Wipes and Soap May Be Making Society Sick
The influence of these wipes and salves does not end with our hands, but instead spreads from them down our drains and out into society. A few weeks ago as I was walking out of a Harris Teeter grocery store in Raleigh, North Carolina, I saw a man face a moment of crisis. You could [...]
11 Hidden Household Dangers
The good news about potential health hazards around the house is that they are easy to uncover, and relatively inexpensive to correct. By Kate Carter, DivineCaroline You may have detected subtle hints that something might by awry: A persistent cough that seems related to the musty smell in your basement, the dastardly scent lingering on [...]
Is Vinegar a Natural Disinfectant?
While vinegar meets the “safe” and “natural” categories many moms are looking for in a cleaner, we wanted to check out the “effective” part of the equation.Ask any mom-blogger who wants a clean and disinfected home for her little ones and who knows the dangers of toxic cleaning chemicals, and you’ll hear that vinegar has long [...]