- Food Culture -
Giving Up a Favorite Food
By Jon SpaydeDeciding to forgo a food you’ve long savored presents practical and emotional challenges — even when you know it’s for the best. Here’s how to make it easier.
Detox
BPA Detox
By Experience Life StaffIf you live in the United States, there’s more than a 90 percent chance that BPA is already in your bloodstream.
- Digital Detox -
Unroll.Me
By Experience Life StaffUnroll.Me allows you to get rid of all that electronic flotsam quickly and easily.
- Beauty -
Skin Deep: 10 Years of Successful Consumer Advocacy
By Heidi WachterThe Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database celebrated its 10th anniversary this summer. We connected with one of the original study participants to see how this initiative changed her perspective on personal-care products a decade ago.
- Beauty -
Skin Deep
By Experience Life StaffA new companion app allows users to scan the bar codes of their favorite products right at the store and learn how safe — or not — an item is.
- Hormones -
Triclosan, an antibacterial agent and suspected toxin, banned in Minnesota
By Maggie Fazeli FardAlthough the Minnesota ban won’t go into effect until 2017, it’s possible that manufacturers will begin to phase out the questionable ingredient before then.
- audio -
Healing Spaces: An Interview With Esther Sternberg, MD (Audio)
By Courtney HelgoeSenior editor Courtney Helgoe connects with Healing Spaces author Esther Sternberg about the power that our surroundings have on health, happiness, and how we heal.
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Coming Home to Health with Heather White, Executive Director of EWG (Healthy Revolution Conference 2014) (Audio)
By Experience Life StaffListen in as Experience Life community engagement specialist Heidi Wachter discusses having a healthy home with Heather White.
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Distraction-Free Living: The Journey to Becoming Hands Free with Rachel Stafford, the Hands Free Mama (Healthy Revolution Conference 2014) (Audio)
By Experience Life StaffListen in as Experience Life senior editor Jamie Martin discusses mindfulness with using electronic devices while parenting with Rachel Stafford.
- Sleep -
What Lurks Under the Covers
By Experience Life StaffMattresses, pillows, and other bedding can contain chemicals that, while intended to make sleep safer, actually have the opposite effect.
- Beauty -
DIY: Homemade Eyeliner
By Casie Leigh LukesCasie Leigh Lukes shares a simple recipe for making your own eyeliner.
- Beauty -
DIY: Homemade All-Natural Bronzer
By Jamie MartinJamie Martin is enjoying a healthy summer glow with this homemade bronzer made of spices.
- Digital Detox -
Reading Comprehension: Print vs. Screen
By Experience Life StaffAccording to a 2013 study, people who read on paper score better on comprehension tests than those who read on computer screens.
- Coming Clean -
COMING CLEAN: No Fooling
By Courtney Lewis OpdahlTrying to outsmart my body’s food intolerances is a lose-lose.
- Beauty -
A Simpler, Cleaner Makeup Regimen
By Jamie MartinJamie Martin has been cleaning up her makeup supply. She shares her favorite clean line here.
- Beauty -
DIY Samoa Sugar Scrub
By Maggie Fazeli FardThis body scrub “recipe” combines the moisturizing effect of coconut oil, the exfoliating power of brown sugar, and the decadent scent of cocoa.
- Clean Eating -
Detox Your Way to Food Freedom
By Mark Hyman, MDDr. Mark Hyman shares details about the detox outlined in his latest book.
- Coming Clean -
COMING CLEAN: Revising Resolutions: Clean Acts 2014
By Courtney Lewis OpdahlHow I’m framing my 2014 resolutions? It’s all about the word “clean.”
Detox Your Home
By Jacqueline WhiteHow to limit your exposure to toxins in your home and better balance the basic elements of air, fire, water, and earth.
- Beauty -
Homemade Deodorant: B.O. No Mo’
By Christy RiceCirculation coordinator Christy Rice puts a homemade deodorant recipe to the test.