You know those little hand sanitizer bottles that come in a plastic thing that can hang from a girls’ belt buckle? They are supposed to be all cute and trendy, I think. Don’t get me wrong, they are cute, but we don’t allow hand sanitizer in our house. So it is now something … [Read more...]
Sign the Petition and Tell the U.S. Food Industry You DO Care if there is High Fructose Corn Syrup in Your Foods!
Hopefully you already know to avoid high fructose corn syrup at all cost. If you don’t, please read the article linked above. If you do, please take action today! The powers that be behind high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are trying to convince the U.S. Food Industry that … [Read more...]
Great Way to Take Advantage of Organic Grapes on Sale!
At the end of grape season around here, the organic grapes go on sale for around the same price as the conventionally grown grapes. Grapes are on the ‘Dirty dozen, which is a list of foods with the most pesticides. I do not buy these foods unless they are organic. Organic … [Read more...]
Moringa Source Oil Giveaway
I recently started using Moringa Source Oil every morning on my face. I’ve used other oils on my face in the past in the hopes of looking 16 again. It never worked. In fact, all it seemed to do is make my face all greasy. I would do it at night so it had time to soak in and … [Read more...]
Red, White, and Blue Foods for the 4th!
I know some of you are gearing up for 4th of July celebrations and what to make for your family or for whatever party you may be going to, so I thought I would help you out with a list of naturally occurring red, white, and blue foods! The red foods are definitely the easiest … [Read more...]
Unjunk Your Junk Food Book Review
I don’t know if you’ve seen this little book or not, but you really should check it out. That being said, I’m going to be totally honest here. When I first opened this book up to check it out, I said to my husband, “This book is ridiculous. This has got to be the dumbest … [Read more...]
Keep Calm Poster
A poster similar to this one was made during World War II by the UK Ministry of Information. It was never posted but has since become popular. You can go find out more about it and make you own 'Keep Calm' poster here. … [Read more...]
What is Health? A Haiku for #HAWMC
My Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge prompt for today was to write a health haiku which is 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables. Here goes… Hope you enjoy! source Health? Is health no symptoms? What is a healthy body? Homeostasis! … [Read more...]
Soar like a Hawk #HAWMC Day 5 post
Today is day 5 of the Health Activist Writing Month Challenge (HAWMC). I was a little late joining in on the fun, because I just did my first post yesterday on why I write about health. I am still on board today and am continuing on. The concept of the HAWMC is simple. … [Read more...]
One Person at a Time #HAWMC
Picture SourceI joined the WEGO Health Team and lots of other bloggers in the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge. Every day, all the bloggers get a writing prompt from WEGO health and we are supposed to write a blog post based on it. I have had a ton of personal stuff … [Read more...]