Articles tagged with: beauty & health
“I can’t count the number of times someone has tasted one of my tomatoes or melons for the first time and said, ‘This brings back memories of my childhood,’” says Amy Goldman, author of The …
Adapted from Feng Shui and Health, The Anatomy of a Home, by Nancy SantoPietro.
The most important interior factor affecting your health in your bedroom and in your home is the positioning of your bed.
If …
Traditionally, food grade lemon oil has been used for dusting furniture because it is so lubricating and antispectic. I’ve included it in this excellent, natural, dust-removal formula.
You can also add the aromatherapy benefits of …
I researched deeply into herbalist lore to find a natural tick repellent, and eventually found rose geranium. I’ve used this formula on my dogs’ collars, and dabbed it on my myself and my family before …
You can create a wide assortment of aromatherapy oils for the bath by adding essential oils to the Nourishing Bath Oil Blend below, or to any other nut or vegetable oil of your choice. The …
Eco-Fail: My housemate has a Teflon-coated fry pan and spatula. She unpacked them before her twelve-year-old daughter came over, and cooked their dinner using them.
Eco-Win: Stainless steel, glass, iron, or porcelain coated …
In the old days, spring cleaning meant giving everything in the house–curtains, bedding, corner cupboards–a thorough wash to remove the soot from winter fires and lamp oil. These days, of course, most of us heat …
Dust mites thrive on sloughed-off human and animal skin. Given that 70 percent of dust is human skin (now that is hard to believe, but humans shed 10 pounds of skin a year), they thrive …
Dear Annie,
My husband and I have had early stage breast and prostate cancer. I’ve been reading about endocrine disrupting chemicals and would like to avoid them, but where do I start? What advice do you …
By Dorian Yates, author of Green Earth Guide, Traveling Naturally in France, and Traveling Naturally in Spain.
Rice has always been a popular staple of U.S. and foreign diets, but its use has increased as the …
