Note: This post contains affiliate links. Food Sensitivities and Environmental Allergens Inflammation is the body’s normal immune response to injury or infection. When you are cut or bruised, you can see and feel the inflammation and its signs of redness, swelling, and pain. Inflammation also occurs inside the body, and the immune response can be…

Note: This post contains affiliate links. Genetic Mutations Affect Mood When I started learning about MTHFR and other SNPs, what struck me hard was how they have a direct impact on the production and break down of neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. A light bulb went off for me about how in order to…

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Note: This post contains affiliate links. Learning the Language of Your Genes About six years ago, my mother handed me a lab report and said it was about a genetic issue she has that I should probably know about. I looked over the report and it was in another language. It described a gene called…

Note: This post contains affiliate links. #SwitchtoSafer in Your Garden I love to garden. Always have. But as a kid, I remember taking a container of RoundUp and spraying weeds growing in the cracks of the driveway at my parents home. God knows what cumulative exposure to that horrible substance did to me, and thank…

Note: This post contains affiliate links. Toxins Off-gas and Pollute the Air in Your Home Have you ever noticed that smell when you buy a piece of unassembled furniture? You take the pieces out of the box and are overcome by a terrible stench that may even instantly give you a headache if you are…

Note: This post contains affiliate links.Natural Fibers, Green Bedding & More When I was pregnant for the first time, I started learning about how to have a “green” nursery. I learned about choosing the right materials for bedding and more. I had always wondered why certain things I bought smelled terrible out of the package….

Note: This post contains affiliate links. Reduce Your Use of Plastic Along my journey I learned that plastics can have a detrimental effect on our health. Whether from BPA or other substances, the degradation of plastics changes our biochemistry, often having negative consequences on our endocrine system and overall health. I have not be able…

Note: This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission that I will use to support the cost of this blog. Choosing safe yet still effective cleaning products is easy! Just as with personal care products, harmful…

Note: This post contains affiliate links. Eat Organic (and local) The first thing I did to change my health status was to eat better. And to eat better I actually had to learn to cook! I had been consumed a lot of process and fast food as a kid into young adulthood and never really…

Note: This post contains affiliate links. Pure Haven – A mission-driven company After discovering my fibroid in 2008, I conducted exhaustive research on the subject of endocrine disrupters. What I found was that these substances are in just about every conventional personal care product on the market. Over the course of a month or so,…