Health

Avoid a run-of-the-mill Mother’s Day with these holistic ideas on how to pamper mom.

Find out how to select safe–and beautiful–cosmetics

Alternative medicine service market in the United States for the years 2000-2009, Chiropractic, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Massage Therapy, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Nurses/MDs and “Other” integrative medicine therapies are quantified.

In a strong policy statement issued Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) called on lawmakers to completely rewrite the “ineffective” Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) of 1976 “to protect children and pregnant women and to better protect other populations.” Kudos to the AAP: This situation is upside-down, and it needs to change. Why is the burden on families and communities to try to protect children once these toxins are widely sold and used?

This week, a new study caught my eye: Researchers found high levels of flame retardant chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in California children, whom they think were probably exposed through household dust and food. Our idea of food safety needs to include chemical contamination, and toxins like endocrine-disrupting BPA that makes its way into food via can liners and other packaging.

Feeling like you can’t fit it all in? Fear not. Health and happiness may depend on not trying to.

We hand picked ten ways to honor and celebrate Earth Day–from preparing flavor-packed, good-for-the-earth vegan recipes to connecting with nature to planting a garden to using innovative new eco products.

Will natural product companies embrace facial mapping, brain-wave tracking and other sci-fi technologies to better understand what drives consumer preferences and purchasing behaviors?

For many years, Delicious Living has suggested that lowering your intake of processed sugars in whatever form is a good idea. But just how bad is sugar for us? In what quantities, and in which forms, is sugar okay? Among sugars, does high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) deserve the “evil” stamp it has gotten in recent years?