Let’s Lighten It Up: It’s Spring!
Spring has arrived! It’s time to lighten things up a bit on Healthful Mama! Bring on the sun and welcome, spring! I’ll admit, spring has been, generally, my least favorite season. When I lived on the East Coast, I hated the usual springtime indecisive bounce from cold to warm to chilly to hot, with large doses of dampness. I’m not a gardener by nature (thank goodness for a husband with a green thumb!), and, as strange as this may sound, I’m not a huge fan of grass. Where I am now, in New Mexico, sunny days aren’t hard to find. Spring brings a lot of windy weather, but it’s...
Read MoreGo Green, Get Fit: MiEssence Reflect Outdoor Balm
One major quality that I look for in my personal care products is simplicity of ingredients. Many “natural” sunscreens line the market but very few are 1)truly natural and 2)effective. I’ve found a few that are both natural and effective but cause my skin irritation. I am so pleased to find MiEssence Reflect Outdoor Balm, which holds the titles of Most Pronounceable Ingredients and Best Application (in the little awards show I have going on in my head). Better yet, Reflect Outdoor Balm earns a “2″ in the Environmental Working Group’s SkinDeep Database. I...
Read MoreDon’t Fear the Sun
In an effort to update my post about seasonal allergy relief, I began researching Vitamin D supplements, remembering that I once read that an increased amount of Vitamin D can alleviate allergy and asthma symptoms. I came across this report in my search, which discusses a study that found Vitamin D supplements to benefit allergy sufferers, but also included this statement: “Vitamin D should be obtained through diet and supplementation, because the sun is a known carcinogen and it causes skin cancer. Right now, there is a big skin cancer epidemic,” from Dr. Maral Skelsey, M.D., of...
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