Green Your Health: Opt for Organic

What’s good for our bodies is good for the planet – and what’s bad for the planet is bad for our health. This week we’re exploring the idea that caring for the earth must include minding our own wellness.

Tip #1: Choose Organic

Whether with food, cosmetics, or clothing, try to ensure that anything you put in or on your body is free of pesticides and other chemicals that pollute the planet and your innards. Choosing purer products might cost more in the short term but in the long run, you’ll be saving more than just dollars. Just look for the seal.

Tip #2: Consider Your Diet

Tip #3: Avoid Plastic

Tip #4: Mind Your Mind

Tell us: What are your favorite organic brands?

Comments

[Green Jean]

Dr. Bronners Magic Soaps are great in the shower and beyond
Ecos laundry detergent is super concentrated, I like the lavender
Burts Bees lip balm and more
Bio Kleen All Purpose Cleaner w/ orange peel works great in laundry, bathroom & kitchen
For just about everything else...there's vinegar or baking soda

[Penny]

Home cooking using produce from local farmers is the best guarantee of the wholesomeness of food we eat. Amish eggs still taste like eggs.

[lpop25]

Cascadian Farms has a lot of good products like cereal and granola bars. The boxes are also made of 100% recycled material.

[vitamin+health]

Vitamin+health

Vitamins and health
1. Introduction. What are vitamins?

Vitamins are known to us for over 100 years. They have written and said quite a lot. But what are vitamins? What are they different from other biologically active substances? Once upon a time there were more than two dozen, but now vitamins include all 13 compounds. At the same time, there are the so-called "vitaminopodobnye substance." What are they different from the vitamins? Let's start with the definition of "vitamins."

Vitamins - essential organic substances necessary to sustain the vital functions of the organism involved in the regulation of biochemical and physiological processes, biomolecules with a predominantly regulatory functions entering the body with food, "" indispensable (essential) food substances which do not occur in formed in the body or not enough. "
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[Morgan Rogers]

We must remain vigilant and ensure our political representatives maintain the integrity of the "organic" label. The food industry has been able to get many exceptions for non-organic ingredients to organic foods and still maintain the "organic" lable.

[Julie]

For Organic skin and hair care check out John Masters Organics (www.johnmasters.com). The product quality is excellent, better I think than most other well-know organic lines, and the company appears to have a high level of integrity with regards to its environmental and social responsibilities.

For a quick and easy reference to buying from companies that are environmentally and socially responsible visit this website www.betterworldshopper.org
Its only $10 and small enough to carry with you when shopping and you can also find much of the info on the website.

[teddy]

Hemp is the only way to go for cloths, rope, lotion, ect.

[thegreenchick]

Until our government secures the labeling and certification of organic foods, we must be constantly vigalant.

I have used organics for many years and relied on the integrity and honesty of the USDA in it’s labeling practices. It appears, however, that the value of the certified “USDA Organic” seal has been adversely influenced by large corporations like Anheuser Busch, Kraft and Wal-Mart, to name a few. They exert a tremendous power of economic influence but should not be allowed to prevail.

To understand more about this problem, visit http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5750.cfm

We must be able to trust the USDA Organic seal or we will be paying a premium to purchase products bearing this seal without the assurances we have relied upon in the past.

[Marilyn]

Check the Environmental Working Group website: www.ewg.com for all green questions.

[cogito ergo soup]

...I prefer local inorganic to long-distance organic. Shipping leaves a large footprint, often larger than fossil fuel pesticides.

[Organic Foods]

Im starting to shift to organic food lately. I find them tastier and i really feel that its good for my body.

[george]

Good articles over all and this is also worthy of reading too. Understanding chelation is the prime factor.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2353632/the_absorption_factor_for_vitamins.html?cat=8

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[Skin Removal]

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