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    Earlier today, I dropped by the office of ELLE Magazine in NYC to discuss detox tips for your gym bag and workout. The Facebook Live video is below in case...

  With the exponential growth in internet usage over the past few decades, our bodies have experienced unprecedented exposures to electromagnetic fields...

It seems like common sense that environmental factors—the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink—affect our health. So why don’t most of us...

Here at Practical Nontoxic Living, we are always thrilled when other platforms share the expertise of our founder, Sophia Gushee. Our entire team feels rewarded...

An Herbal Ally for Spring: Peppermint With such crazy ups and downs in our weather patterns, it's hard to know just when, and if, warmer weather will come-- and...

If you have ever looked into buying a water filter for your home, you know that choosing one can be immensely complicated.  There is an incredible amount of...

  I am not a wine connoisseur but I enjoy discovering delicious wines! I approach this post as someone who has been seeking ways to minimize pesticides in my diet (a...

It is always the perfect time  to make the lives of our loved ones healthier by giving them gifts that will help!  This week we are debuting The S File’s...

Update as of 2017 June 28: Years after writing the blog post below, I do not eat a raw diet most of the time. However, experimenting with it was very helpful. It's...

Sun Protection Is Needed Year-Round Although summer's end is just around the corner, sun safety should be practiced year-round. Even on a cloudy day, up to 80 percent of...

Mike Tyson Turned Vegan in 2009 Ever since I read The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell in early 2009, I have been trying to increase vegetarian protein while...

Food expert and best-selling author, Michael Pollan, shared how much meat and dairy this food expert consumes. The online health community has been atwitter with Oprah's...

Olive Trees in Thassos, Greece Olive oil as skin care is an ancient beauty secret that the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans have been using for thousands of years.  It...

  There's A Water Warning In NYC The Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Cas Holloway, and, the City’s health commissioner,...

Homemade Nut Milks: Easy and delicious! After really enjoying nut milks made by some local restaurants, I finally bought a nut milk bag and started making my own at home. I...

Update: In association with a class action lawsuit, a panel of epidemiologists, the C8 Science Panel, was organized by the courts to review the data on health effects from...

Here at The S File ™, we prefer to avoid taking medicine whenever possible.  Instead, we first try natural remedies that are often ancient-old...

Beginning a new journey.. I'm very excited.  It's January 2011, a new year, a fresh beginning.  It feels like the beginning of a new chapter. Having delivered my...

My Cleanse: 4 Green Juices; 1 Spicy Lemonade, and 1 Cashew Milk (Yum!) 7:30 A.M.   I've been up since 5:50AM -- exhausted -- but feeling a nice buzz of energy...

My Cleanse: 4 Green Juices, 1 Spicy Lemonade, and 1 Cashew Milk (Yum!) 9:00 A.M.   I've been up for a few hours and I'm not that hungry.  I decide to start...

HE BEST DISCOVERIES ARE UNEXPECTED... It's funny how a random encounter can significantly alter you... In my explorations of the raw diet, I went for my first colonic....

When it comes to Easter traditions, one of the most iconic is the dying of Easter eggs - and since there is no wrong way to decorate these holiday favorites, dying eggs is...

Below is a list from of cute, low-toxic, eco-friendly furniture and design elements for the children's rooms!  Below are a few more eco-chic products. ...

After recently reading in Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP newsletter that she tries to feed her children a tablespoon of lemon flavored flaxseed oil every morning, I thought, "lemon...

Sometimes becoming an expert leads to a more narrow perspective I come from a family of doctors so I have the deepest respect for them. I understand the intelligence,...

Stainless Steel Lunchbots Set of 4 A few people have been asking which food containers we use since many people are not aware of alternatives to plastic food...

Energy Optimization Session in Noho, NYC October 26, 2010 We had a lovely turnout at last night's session on Energy Optimization! We were able to offer free samples of...

A Banana Plant My mother recently called, excited to share a new discovery: banana peels as skin care. She's had patches of itchy, rough patches of skin on her...

  Some of you may have heard of the book, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey; or, perhaps you have seen the author, Dr. Jill Taylor, on The...

"I studied the Kung San tribe of South Africa and discovered that their babies very rarely cry. Mothers soothe and calm their babies very quickly.  They carry...