CAUTION: Beware of your Receipt

CAUTION: Beware of your Receipt

By now we have all heard that we should avoid coming into contact with BPA (if you want a refresher, keep reading below), and do our best to avoid it. Some easier substitutions are using glass containers/water bottles over plastic versions, and ditching the canned...
How to Make Vegetable Noodles

How to Make Vegetable Noodles

Pasta is delicious. I could absolutely eat it everyday without a problem! But in my never-ending quest to figure out how to make all of my favorite meals healthier, I came across this amazing tool: Spiral Vegetable Slicer (aka spiralizer!). It’s super easy...
Is Your Body Alkaline?

Is Your Body Alkaline?

Most of us don’t spend a lot of time (or any) thinking about our body’s’ pH level. Well why should we? What exactly is pH anyway? It kind of sounds familiar from high school science class, didn’t we test the levels of ponds or lakes in the area? And if that’s the...
How Safe is your Sunscreen?

How Safe is your Sunscreen?

Let’s talk sunscreen! Your skin is your largest organ. It is also the one that covers and protects everything inside your body, so it makes sense you’d want to protect it as best as you can! Sunscreen is helpful for protecting your skin against UV radiation from...
The 411 on Inflammation

The 411 on Inflammation

Inflammation is becoming recognized as a primary underlying cause in the development of a wide number of chronic diseases, such as cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, etc. You may be surprised to learn that there are actually two types of inflammation. You...