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Your Bottled Water is Harming You: What You Need to Know About Reverse Osmosis Water

I can still remember my first client who mentioned that her kids just didn’t seem to be thriving. I was working with the mother, but she was sharing concerns about her kids. She happened to mention that they had a reverse osmosis (RO) water filter. I wasn’t well-versed in water purification methods at the time,

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Sweat It Out! Health Benefits of Sweating (Plus Bonus Benefits of Sauna Use!)

It’s ironic to write about the health benefits of sweating right now since it’s February and I live in Michigan. In fact, as I type, we’re in the midst of a 2-week cold snap with temps in the single digits before wind chill is even taken into account!  We had to move our apples and squash

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Dangers of Parabens: What They Are and Where They’re Lurking

What do conventional sunscreen, drugstore lipstick, and big brand snack cakes have in common…other than that hopefully they’re not in your house? 😉 They all have parabens. You better believe I don’t allow parabens in my top recommended natural mineral (reef-safe) sunscreens! But what are parabens? Are they totally safe, or are they going to

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How to Avoid Aluminum in Cookware and Bakeware (Plus Another Way It’s Sneaking into Your Baked Goods)

It’s been a few years now since I began to understand that using aluminum in my cooking and personal products had a good chance of increasing my risk of disease. I’ve been avoided it almost religiously ever since, and even stopped wearing antiperspirant in favor of a simple homemade deodorant. If you’ve read about the

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