Tagged as: chemicals

Chemicals Are Making Us Fat

Posted September 26, 2012
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Way back before I really and truly understood the limitless benefits of living a wellness warrior lifestyle, vanity was the driving force behind so many of my lifestyle decisions. Which is why I believe the message in this article will have such a wide reach. If you won’t refrain from eating chemicals to save your ass, maybe you will do so in order to save the size of it.

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My Clean Beauty Regime

Posted May 1, 2012
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During my internet travels last week, I came across the following infographic that I think all women need to see. Too many of us are complacent with what we put on our skin, because we aren’t aware that absorbing toxins through the skin actually does more damage to the body than if we were to… Read More

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8 Beauty Brands You Would Think Are Natural … But Aren’t

Posted April 2, 2012
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  Nothing makes me crankier than seeing big companies trying to pull a fast one on us by luring us in with their claims of being all “natural” and “organic”. We aren’t silly, but we are busy and many of us will fall for these claims if they are presented convincingly enough. When I first… Read More

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Dangerous Food: Why You Need To Know About GMOs

Posted March 22, 2012
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When we scour the shelves at our local grocery store, most people are smart enough to flip a product over and check its ingredient label for things like sugar, salt, preservatives and trans fats. But even the health-savvy among us are a little clueless when it comes to looking out for genetically modified organisms in… Read More

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When did feeding ourselves become so complicated?

Posted November 22, 2011
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Yesterday I achieved something I’ve been wanting for a long time – to guest post for Mia Freedman’s site Mamamia. I sent them this story almost a year ago, and yesterday they posted it for me. However, this morning it was taken down. Apparently the Mamamia team took a closer look at my website, decided… Read More

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Toxic tampons

Posted September 20, 2011
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Every teenage girl has heard of the highly feared toxic shock syndrome. It’s what had us all obsessively changing our tampons every six hours, and freaking out if we failed to do so. However, what we weren’t told is that they don’t need to be left inside us and forgotten about to cause health issues…. Read More

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Is a mani-pedi worth more than your health?

Posted August 25, 2011
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Since being on Gerson Therapy and getting my body to such a clean state that it is reversing cancer I have noticed I am incredibly sensitive to the smell of toxins. I get a headache when I have to fill my car up with petrol, when I walk through the perfume department in Myer, and… Read More

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The Dirty Thirty: Top 30 most toxic beauty ingredients

Posted August 11, 2011
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Go to your bathroom cupboards right now and have a look at your cosmetics and skin care stuff. Right now. Not at home? Not in the mood from getting up from your computer? Not a fan of the aggressive tone I came out swinging with? Fine, fine. You can do it later. Seeing as you’re… Read More

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The nasty nine: Food additives to avoid like gold corduroy

Posted May 10, 2011
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We all love convenience. Who can even remember what life was like before things like internet banking, internet shopping and internet stalking? I mean, networking, internet networking. But it’s taking convenience a little far when our health is the price. And we are paying big time! Packaged and processed foods certainly help save time and… Read More

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The healthy shopper’s guide to buying non-organic food

Posted December 20, 2010
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It’s pretty safe to say that if it were a financially viable possibility, almost everyone would choose to eat organic food. Am I right? Thought so. You don’t count, Colonel Sanders. For some of us, stocking our fridge and pantries with organics is already a top priority; while others find it difficult to justify the… Read More

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