Fight eco toxins: Dilled tomato lentil soup
I woke up this morning to the scent of dill perfuming my apartment; evidently, the bunch of leftover dill in my fridge from a lovely white bean and grape tomato salad I made over the weekend proved to...
View ArticleTake a technology break, part 2
Photo via Flickr: Per Ola Wiberg ~ Powi I’m now two days past my due date, and I’m starting to get the sense that this little lady isn’t going to arrive until I take a deep breath and devote the next...
View ArticlePlant-based diet linked to lower diabetes risk
Photo via Flickr: Stevendepolo Looking to detox from your Halloween-induced sugar coma? Take note: Adopting a plant-based diet — à la Meatless Monday — may reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. That may...
View ArticleWhat’s in you wallet? BPA found on dollar bills
Which is deadlier? Photo via Flickr: Steve Snodgrass The BPA ban may have been scrapped from the food safety bill, but now I don’t know if it would have made all that much difference, in light of some...
View ArticleIs your baby fat? Watch out, he may stay that way
Photo via Flickr: Vivian Chen The obesity epidemic in America has hit a new crisis point. According to a new study from Wayne State University, almost a third of 9-month-olds — and 34 percent of...
View ArticleCould einkorn be the holy grail for gluten sufferers?
At left, modern bread wheat; on the right, einkorn. Photo via Flickr: Mark and Delwen It seems like only yesterday I learned how to pronounce quinoa. Now, there’s a new ancient grain sure to have...
View ArticleDoes noise pollution still count?
[Watch video on YouTube] Maybe it’s that there are so many more dire forms of pollution now — oil spills, nuclear meltdown — but it seems like you never hear about noise pollution anymore. The term...
View ArticleOn natural birth
Photo via Flickr: Goldberg One of my closest friends had a beautiful baby girl over the weekend. I haven’t heard the whole story yet, but rumor has it she had a miraculous two-hour labor. This,...
View ArticleWhen termites attack
Photo via Flickr: Montereypubliclibrary It’s been a nauseating, if not completely frustrating, couple of months here at Chez Red, White and Green, which I’m going to blame for my sporadic posting of...
View ArticleHow can I tell if my baby’s crib contains formaldehyde?
Photo via Flickr: Valentinapowers Babies and formaldehyde are two things that should never be in proximity to one another, but unfortunately, finding the highly carcinogenic chemical in nursery...
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