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A few weeks ago, I attended a fascinating event on sustainable food systems and urban agriculture. After the two-hour seminar on the current state of our food system and its future, there was a lovely reception with local food and wine vendors. The food was delicious! My absolute favorite dish that night was called "Faux Gras" made by The Regal Vegan.

The Faux Gras is a gluten-free, all...

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Whenever my body is feeling run down, whether I'm fighting a cold or feeling dehydrated, I have discovered coconut water cures my pain. About a year ago, a friend of mine introduced coconut water to me when I was complaining of bad stomach pains. Prone to stomach issues, I thought I had figured out all the tricks to soothe an upset stomach (hot water with lemon and mint is a favorite). Yet, when the pain persisted I took my friend's advice and tried some coconut...

I just finished reviewing the 2008 - 2009 Annual Report to the U.S. President titled Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now (the "Report"), created by the President's Cancer Panel. It was eye-opening and I'll be writing about a number of lessons learned in future posts. This post, however, is about the unknown risks from wireless devices.

We Do Not Have Enough Data To Fully Understand The Safety / Hazards of Radiation From Wireless Devices

"Sharp controversy exists in the...

Throughout all the books and online articles that I had reviewed about health and non-toxic products, I had never read anything about the hazards in microwave popcorn. Recently, however, I was reading an article in The New York Times Magazine and the author casually mentioned that she and her family avoid microwave popcorn because of the lining.  So I immediately went online to research this and wish I knew more about this earlier, especially when I was pregnant.  Oh well, better...

I was thrilled to discover that Dr. Oz had led a discussion on autism -- its possible causes and solutions. Several physicians on the show agreed that the quality of food that we feed our children (and ourselves!) is influential in many cases. Other topics covered are the role of vaccines, environment, and mother's age.

One in every 110 children born in the US will be diagnosed with autism. Please click on the image below to view the discussion among Dr. Oz, a panel of experts and...

MY REMINDER OF THE FRAGILITY OF HEALTH AND LIFE...

In early March 2009, a "spontaneous" carotid artery dissection occurred in my forty-year old husband.  The interior lining of one of his carotid arteries, which is a major vessel that supplies blood to the brain, tore.  Three pseudo-aneurysms developed and he was in the hospital for about a week, as doctors proactively prevented a stroke.  Needless to say, this was pretty traumatic.

From meeting my husband, you would think...

Health-conscious mother of three, Sophia Ruan Gushée thought she knew how to be healthy. Only after she became a mother did she become aware of an overlooked influence on health: toxic exposures. These pervade not just our outdoor environments but also our homes, bodies, and diet. Their impact on health can be most influential during periods of rapid biological development, which makes protecting children a top priority. Inspired to become a truly conscious parent and to provide her...

Valentine's Day is almost upon us, and for those who celebrate by buying gifts for the one we love, the options can sometimes seem...uninspired. While it's easy to pop into a drugstore featuring an aisle of chocolate in heart-shaped boxes and colorful perfumes and lotions, so many of these items don't give our bodies any love. In fact, conventional chocolates are so processed and made with sweet and fattening fillers, that most of chocolate's purported health benefits are lost. And the...

Recently, I was a guest on Leslie Reichert's podcast series Clean Green Talk. We talked about a less well-known pollution in our homes: electromagnetic fields (EMFs). EMFs are generated from our appliances, wifi devices, and more.

In this episode, key topics discuss are below.

• Why are EMFs considered a type of air pollution, and how can they affect our health?
• How are we exposed to EMFs in the home?
• What inspired me to learn about EMF pollution in the home
• Health benefits I...

Chanting om has become an effective way to release stress, center my mind, and soothe my children to sleep.

As a mother of three young kids, I experience the bedtime routine mostly as a battle. Starting at 5pm, the battle begins: I battle with my children to wash their hands before eating dinner, to eat dinner, to not dance on the furniture while eating, to take a bath, to brush their teeth, to get dressed after bath, to pick their bedtime stories, and to keep their heads on their...