Author: Lindsay Oberst
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Top 10 Toxic Chemicals Used in Makeup
By Annmarie Gianni Many beauty and skin care products on the market are full of hidden chemicals, and makeup products may be the worst. If you want to be healthy and still use foundation and eyeliner, you may be wondering: Is it possible to wear makeup without harming your body with toxic chemicals? Yes, just like…
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VIDEO: John Robbins Lays Out Why We Need A Food Revolution
John Robbins is a food legend. His father founded and owned the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire. Though groomed to follow in his father’s footsteps, John walked away from Baskin Robbins and the money it represented, to follow his own “rocky road” and become a bestselling author on food and health. His books, including the wildly…
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5 Snacks Your Kids Should Not Eat
Snacking can be fun, social, and healthy for kids. But many common snacks lack nutrients and are full of harmful ingredients and sugar. Here are five cancer-causing snacks you shouldn’t feed your kids: 5 Snacks Kids Should Not Eat!5 Cancer-Causing Snacks Kids Should Never Eat Again! Posted by David Wolfe on Wednesday, March 16, 2016…
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ConAgra And Kellogg’s Join General Mills And Mars To Label GMOs
By Colin O’Neil • Copyright © Environmental Working Group, www.ewg.org. Reproduced with permission. This is a big week for everyone who eats! Which is all of us. Four major food companies – ConAgra Foods, Kellogg’s, General Mills and Mars, Inc. – announced they will label food products that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. These companies join Campbell’s Soup, which declared its intent…
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What You Need to Know About Bottled Water
Americans buy nearly a billion bottles of water each week. In fact, bottled water consumption is expected to pass soda consumption in the U.S. this year. Plastic bottles can make drinking water on-the-go more convenient. And we all know that drinking more water is a good thing. But buyer beware: There’s a very dark side…
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Why India’s First 100% Organic State Matters for the Future of Organic Food
Though we might wish otherwise, progress often starts small and takes time. An organic country and an organic world are inspiring visions for our health, our environment, our climate, and our animals. But to get there, we have to keep taking steps, learning lessons, and celebrating good news and developments as they come. In a…
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This New Supermarket Offers Health Food at Shockingly Low Prices
Healthy foods are often seen as expensive and only available to people with money. Consider the unfortunate nickname Whole Foods has earned: “Whole Paycheck.” But what about offering people in need access to fresh foods at affordable prices? That is exactly what a new grocery store concept called The Daily Table aims to do. You…
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Infographic: How To, Why, and What You Can Compost
Composting can seem daunting. But when you realize all the benefits of practicing this natural way of recycling, you’ll want to begin composting right away — and the infographic below can help you. Composting reduces food waste, enriches soil, requires fewer chemical pesticides and fertilizers, lowers your carbon footprint, and saves you money. In addition,…
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How compassion is good for your health
By Cynthia Milburn • Originally by the International Fund for Animal Welfare For those of us in animal welfare, we are intrigued by and do our best to analyze the capacity to have and exhibit concern for others, a trait called compassion, both in and out of our own species. Going beyond whether we feel…
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Infographic: A useful tool to find out who owns organic food
Consider this fact: In 1995, 81 independent organic processing companies existed in the United States. Ten years later, Big Food had gobbled up all but 15 of them. The newly updated “Who Owns Organic?” infographic, originally published in 2003, provides a snapshot of the structure of the organic industry, showing the acquisitions and alliances of the…
