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11 Tips for Sunlight, Vitamin D, and Sunscreen
For years, we’ve heard about the damaging effects of sunlight—skin damage, wrinkles, and skin cancer—all of which are valid and should be carefully considered on an individual level. However, in our best efforts to avoid the negative consequences of sun exposure, most of us no longer get the right amount of sunlight and its health benefits.
Reduced exposure to the sun—whether intentional or due to factors such as lifestyle or environment…
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Why Choose Natural Deodorant Over Conventional Deodorants and Antiperspirants?
Many factors contribute to long-term optimal health, including clean eating and consistent exercise, but the products we use on our bodies every day are also an important part of the conversation. The personal care industry in the United States is not as strictly regulated as many consumers may...
Cold and Flu: Prevention and Natural Therapies
It’s important to strengthen and maintain a healthy immune system all year round so that your body can adequately fight influenza viruses and the viruses that cause the common cold. Though many people believe it’s not possible to ward off a cold or the flu, with the exception of the flu vaccine,...
Whole, Low-Fat, or Skim Milk: What’s the Healthier Choice?
Consumers are faced with numerous options when it comes to purchasing cow’s milk, even when non-dairy products are removed from the equation. As you look at row after row of dairy at the store, you may find yourself wondering: How did we end up with so many varieties of cow's milk? And which one...
The Health Benefits of a Morning Cold Shower
Cold water immersion has steadily gained popularity in recent years, but is far from a trend. People have been using cold water for its therapeutic effects for thousands of years. In fact, interest in it for medicinal purposes dates back to the fourth century BCE, when the Greek physician...
The Health Benefits of Earthing and Grounding
When was the last time you actually felt the Earth beneath your feet or walked barefoot on the grass or squelched mud between your toes? For too many of us, the idea of being outdoors without shoes is a foreign one but this wasn't always the case. The practice of drawing from Earth's natural...
How to Improve Sleep by Decreasing Artificial Blue Light at Night
The rising and setting of the Sun plays a significant role in influencing our body’s natural circadian rhythm, the internal clock that tells us when to sleep and when to wake in a 24-hour period. Humans are dependent on the Sun as the main source of light that cues our brain for activity, rest,...
The Problem with Public Water Fluoridation & the Changing Tide
The science and data that originally supported public water fluoridation, which is defined as the adding of mineral fluoride to the municipal water supply to prevent dental tooth decay, have evolved over the last 50 years. Data now suggests fluoride is more beneficial and less risky when used as a...
How to Improve Indoor Air Quality
It is often said that history can benefit the future when it comes to problem solving and this could not be truer when comparing the indoor air quality in modern homes to that of homes in the past. Ancient civilizations constructed their homes and dwellings not only as shelter but as spaces that...
How to Combat the Harmful Effects of Excessive Sitting
For over 200,000 years, our species has evolved to dynamically use our bodies in all its functional capacity throughout the day—walking, running, squatting, sitting, lying down, etc. Unfortunately, modern life has forced most of us to sit for long extended periods of time. Even more troubling,...
The Health Benefits of Indoor Plants
Renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson best explained our innate human attraction to Nature with his “biophilia” hypothesis, which is the belief that humans are genetically predisposed to want and need Nature. It’s in our DNA to connect with the elements of Nature, and when we do so, we are happier...
