The Constant Ethical Turmoil of Shopping
A decision as simple as buying fruit has become an exhausting moral dilemma. Was the fruit ethically sourced? Were pesticides used? Who grew the fruit
A decision as simple as buying fruit has become an exhausting moral dilemma. Was the fruit ethically sourced? Were pesticides used? Who grew the fruit
We hear it all the time – America runs on free market capitalism.
But what does that mean? Is it the same as garden
What do a teenage girl with IBS and a world-renowned animal welfare expert have in common?
Apparently, beef-sticks.
You see, when Autumn and Chas Smith
Here’s a truth harsher than the chemicals in your skin care products: Nothing should go on your skin that can’t also go in your mouth.
A decision as simple as buying fruit has become an exhausting moral dilemma. Was the fruit ethically sourced? Were pesticides used? Who grew the fruit
We hear it all the time – America runs on free market capitalism.
But what does that mean? Is it the same as garden
What do a teenage girl with IBS and a world-renowned animal welfare expert have in common?
Apparently, beef-sticks.
You see, when Autumn and Chas Smith
Here’s a truth harsher than the chemicals in your skin care products: Nothing should go on your skin that can’t also go in your mouth.
Ever wonder how ethnic and cultural cuisines developed? Is it because the Irish are predisposed to prefer the taste of potatoes? Because those in the
The internet’s democratizing nature has proven fertile ground for wellness trends to grow and spread.
But some had staying power long before high-speed connectivity. Millenia of staying power, even.
Like acupuncture, which is a 2,500 Chinese tradition. The first discovered mention of acupuncture being used for medical purposes comes from The Yellow Emperor in the Han Dynasty, and his Classic of Internal Medicine. (All the way back in 206 BCE.)
The Japanese call it “Manpo-kei” — literally, 10,000 steps meter.
Since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, when all of Japan was rigidly focused on fitness, both individual and collective, there has been a pervasive theory among fitness gurus that 10,000 steps is necessary as a base line to maintain proper health. Any exercise beyond 10,000 steps is simply extra.
10,000 steps, by the way, is about 5 miles.
We know the air outside is polluted. And pollution is…
Micro-contaminants in the air that change the environment around it.
The outside air has pollutants from vehicle exhaust, landfills, pesticides running into water sources, factory smoke, etc. But the indoor air isn’t any safer.
In fact, studies done on the quality of most of our indoor air show that it’s stale, rarely refreshed, and full of every pollutant we bring into the house with us. And since Westerners spend the vast majority of their time indoors, up to 90% in some places, it’s a serious problem that should be factored into the discussion about how pollution affects our health.
Did the world used to be easier to live in? It depends on who you ask. A Gen-xer remembering their childhood with glistening nostalgia, thinking