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Ways To Reduce Exposure to EDCs

One of the best ways to limit your exposure to EDCs is to limit your use of plastics. Plastics are a pervasive and widespread source of exposure and they can contain and leach these hazardous chemicals. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) can…

Sleeping Well?

DimaBerlin/Bigstock.com Sleeping well makes us feel better, more alert, energetic, and better able to concentrate and perform our daily tasks. Getting enough sleep each day is one of the most important things you can do for your health and well-being.…

Grains For Low Carb Diets

StasMO/Bigstock.com The popularity of low carbohydrate diets seems understandable since research shows that a low-carb diet can be effective for weight loss. This type of diet helps stabilize blood sugar levels and ultimately drops the body’s levels of insulin, a…

Reduce Preservatives in Your Diet

KatrinEra/Bigstock.com Preservatives are crucial to the preservation, safety, and freshness of the foods in the food supply system. They are added to food to prevent spoiling and to maintain nutritional value. There are two types of food preservatives, natural and…

What is Lactic Acid?

The human body prefers to generate most of its energy using aerobic methods, meaning with oxygen. The oxygen helps to convert glucose into energy. Some circumstances, however, require energy production faster than our bodies can adequately deliver oxygen. In those…