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Summer reading

7 Life-Changing Books To Read This Summer (According To A Stanford Happiness Expert) Check out a happiness expert's essential summer reading list.

It's here! Spinach jumped to the number two spot on the Dirty Dozen and pears made the list for the first time: https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/ ​

The big retailers have heard us! Yay for change!!!
http://www.allure.com/story/target-pledge-transparency-ingredients?mbid=zoereport

The Target Beauty Section Just Transformed Forever A big announcement changes the game for good.

I love these brands! If you dont know them... check them out!
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Top Good-For-You Brands You Should Know In 2017, good-for-you brands are becoming a dime a dozen. But which one’s are actually good-for-you? We wanted to find out. We looked through ingredient ...

Did your favorite produce make it on the Clean or Dirty list this year? Find out here: https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php

EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce Check out EWG's 'Dirty Dozen' and 'Clean 15' lists to help decided when you should splurge for organic and when you can save money by buying conventional fruits and vegetables.

THIS Type of RAW HONEY Kills Every Kind of Bacteria Scientists Could Throw At It (Even the Super-Bugs!) Here at Healthy Holistic Living, we search the web for health content to share with you. This article was shared with permission from our friends at AltHealthWorks.com The health benefits of raw, unprocessed honey are well known, but in Australia, scientists recently made a startling discovery – tha...

Hopefully this inspires more school districts!
http://www.ecowatch.com/nations-first-school-district-to-serve-100-organic-non-gmo-meals-1882084057.html

Nation’s First School District to Serve 100% Organic, Non-GMO Meals What if we could feed our students the nutritious, delicious and sustainably sourced food they truly deserve? Well, when schools in the Sausalito Marin City School District open their doors this August, they will do just that, by becoming the first 100 percent organic and non-GMO (genetically modif....

This is valuable information to know. Don't keep yourself in the Dark!

What Do Those Codes On Stickers Of Fruits And Some Veggies Mean? In this post, the author explains the meaning of codes on stickers of fruits and vegetables. The stickers or labels attached to fruit and some vegetables have more of a function than helping scan the price at the checkout stand. The PLU code, or price lookup number printed on the sticker, also tells...

Start your mornings with a shade of green! Green tea has countless health benefits. Thank you Dr. Joseph Mercola for this info
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/04/23/green-tea-dementia.aspx?x_cid=ranart_green-tea-dementia_facebook-os-fb

Green Tea Benefits: Good for Your Brain Health A study found that people who drank green tea had less mental decline and lower risk of dementia than non-tea drinkers.

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7 Easy Rules For Reading Food Labels The “Think Outside the Box!” health series is brought to you the first three Thursdays of every month--with a new theme each month. August’s Theme: Figuring Out Food Labels Get the most out of this educational series by interacting with the challenges and questions on Facebook and Twitter.

A perfect summer drink! Cantaloupes are high in potassium, beta carotene and vitamin C and known to be soothing for the nervous stem and the cardiovascular system in the body.
http://www.thelocalrose.com/nourish/cantaloupe-power/

Cantaloupe Smoothie Juice Recipe | The Local Rose The Local Rose shares a healthy recipe for a frothy iced cantaloupe drink, high in vitamin A, potassium, beta carotene and vitamin C.

Did you know? Cucumbers belong to the same plant family as squash, pumpkin, and watermelon. There are many benefits to eating cucumbers, as they are anti-inflammatory, and can help prevent cancer! Check out this great article to learn more about the benefits of eating cucumbers: http://orgcns.org/1QjkA8H

9 Health Benefits of Cucumbers Cucumbers belong to the same plant family as squash, pumpkin, and watermelon (the Cucurbitaceae family). Like watermelon, cucumbers are made up of mostly (95 percent) water, which means eating them on a hot summer day can help you stay hydrated. However, there's reason to eat cucumbers all year long…

back to the basics

Is organic farming more resilient, higher yielding, more energy efficient and more profitable? Rodale Institute’s latest report of a 30 year trial says it is. http://www.cornucopia.org/2015/07/30-year-old-trial-finds-organic-farming-outperforms-conventional-agriculture/ The Cornucopia Institute

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Things need to change here in the US http://www.inhabitots.com/the-best-country-in-the-world-to-be-a-mom-is-hint-its-not-the-usa-which-ranks-33rd/

The best country in the world to be a mom is… (hint: it’s not the USA, which ranks 33rd) Just in time for Mother's Day, Save the Children has released their annual "Mothers' Index," a scorecard of the best and worst places in the world to be a mom. Taking into consideration factors such as income levels, education, maternal health and women's status, the index named Norway as the be ...