Safer Summer Essentials: Your Guide to a Non-Toxic Season
This post contains affiliate links. The few cents I may make from your purchase help to fund this blog–thank you! Summertime, and the livin’ is easy… but you may still have to contend with bugs, sun, and dehydration. Before you buy your summer-season must-haves, consider these safer options to your typical purchases. Bug Spray I’ll spare you the photos of what my son looks like when he gets a bug bite, so let’s suffice it to say that I know my prevention methods. And no, they don’t involve DEET or other toxic chemicals. One of my favorites insect...
Read MoreIs Your Town Affecting Your Health?
Thanks for visiting Healthful Mama today! I’ll be on hiatus for a few weeks as my family makes some major changes. Today’s guest post is by Lisa of Mom Blogger Buzz. The infographic she presents brings up a great point: certain areas of the country have better access to healthier foods. So, is YOUR town affecting your optimal health? Obesity is such a problem in the U.S. and abroad that I have been searching for ways to have a healthier lifestyle. According to the Huffington Post, the United States ranked #1 Fattest country in the developed world, based on a study by OECD,...
Read MoreDAMY Method Programs: Real Food Meal Plans & Fitness Routines–Done!
While scrolling through my Facebook feed one evening, I came across a photo of a marvelously decadent-looking dessert. Following the link, I was taken to the DAMY Health website, chock-full of delicious recipes for sweets, treats, and meals, too! I was intrigued, so I read on. I realized that the DAMY Health Program was right up my alley! Amy Layne, the creator, prescribes to the same ideas of weight-loss that I do: eat well & exercise. I don’t speak much about weight-loss on this blog because I don’t think “thinner” is necessarily a goal one should set out to...
Read MoreLatest in Health & Nutrition
Here are your top health and nutrition stories for this week: In a study that reiterates the findings I mentioned in my post, Epigenetics: The Funky Word You Need to Understand, a researcher in Spain finds that the common chemical BPA (found in most plastics) can cause a confusion of hormone signals and lead to increases in insulin. Consequently, exposure to BPA can cause weight gain and Type II diabetes. Dr. Angel Nadal’s team found that “a quarter of a billionth of a gram of BPA was enough to start this reaction.” Read more: Daily Mail The U.S. and E.U. agree to accept...
Read MoreCommitting to Change
I was on my hands-and-knees this morning, wiping sticky quinoa off the floor, daydreaming about the arrival of my Roomba (WTF? Since when did *I* start daydreaming about appliances?), contemplating whether I should have saved my money and committed to the fact that I need to sweep the floor more often than I care to do, when the state of my life hit me. And then I stopped. There it is. I needed to commit to the change instead of trying to find an easy solution. So often, with the availability of technology and convenience items, it is simple to avoid change. (Will I be sending my Roomba...
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