Tag: #healthbeginsathome

“Forever Chemicals”

“Forever Chemicals”

PFAS are making headlines. Again. This controversial group of manufactured chemicals earned the nickname “forever chemicals” because they break down incredibly slowly. This allows them to be good materials to use to cause things such as food containers and products to...
Snack Attack

Snack Attack

Snacks really have taken a huge turn over the years. A snack ought to be a small serving of things that give you good fuel between meals, as needed. Most modern snacks are ultra processed packaged food-like products that not only trick your tastebuds, but begin to...
Health Responsibility

Health Responsibility

Just a friendly reminder you’re the one responsible for your health. Not intending to throw the baby out with the bath water here. I do believe governing agencies have their place. I just would argue ours have some major issues. They’ve breached trust and I am not...
Ditch The Liner

Ditch The Liner

I keep seeing videos of people using plastic liner bags in the slow cooker so I’m sharing some info, hoping it’s helpful. Plastics are made of multiple chemicals including phthalates and plasticizers. One component of plastic more recently found to be problematic,...
The News Can Be Toxic

The News Can Be Toxic

News used to be something you could tune into once or twice a day. There is now a 24/7 news cycle on countless channels and media outlets. Most reporting with plenty of bias by any side of the ever evolving spectrum. Since last February the cascade of charged and...