Last time I wrote about non-organic fruits and vegetables which had the lowest pesticide levels and therefore were the safest non-organic produce to consume. (link)

Today I will give you the list of fruits and vegetables which have the highest pesticide levels. I discovered these lists about a year ago on foodnews.org and since then I always carry them in my wallet as cheat sheets (even though I have memorized them by now). Read more »

If changing your lifestyle and improving health has been your New Year resolution for the last 7 years, and you just never got to it because of lack of time, money, partner or motivation, here is something easy for you. The easiest and the cheapest way to improve health is to increase your intake of pure water. Read more »

I have to admit I can’t write this without bias, because I am deeply and madly in love with garlic. So much that I am almost drooling while writing this. I think of Garlic Marinara pizza from our local pizzeria and peppered garlic pork, which my grandmother used to make. Ooh and also tomatoes stuffed with garlic cheese sauce…Sorry… Where was I?

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1.    First of all, start with the kitchen. Get rid of junk food and stop convincing yourself that it tastes good. It doesn’t. Learn how to cook from scratch – it is much easier than you think. It will not only make your organic home greener, but will save you a bunch of money. Read more »

Making pancakes from scratch can be a nightmare unless you know the perfect recipe.

Proper Russian pancake (also called BLINY) should be round, almost see-through thin and light. Read more »

NAET stands for Nambudripad’s  (doctor’s name) Allergy Elimination Technique. This method is a completely natural and innovative way to treat allergies and although it sounds like hocus-pocus and doesn’t make a lot of sense to many, thousands claim that it works wonders. We tried it, because nothing else worked and it was so hard to see our child suffer. We were desperate and ready to try anything. We figured this method couldn’t hurt, because it was drug-free and therefore, worth a shot. Here is a story of how we found NAET and what it did for us. Read more »

Organic foods are much safer for children to consume, the researchers have recently found. Ideally, everyone should eat organic, but if you cannot afford it for the entire family, at least buy organic food for your kids. Read more »

We all were told hundreds of thousands of times, that eating fruits and vegetables is important. The famous food pyramid suggests consuming 5 servings of veggies a day, but how many of us are actually doing it?

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Read Part 1 HERE

The doctor checked his weight, height, lungs, gave him a few immunization shots, pitied Aidan for being so itchy, expressed hope that he will outgrow it and was ready to say bye-bye.

- Wait, what about the tests? – I said

- Which tests?

- RAST.

- Sure, we can order them if you want.

Of course I wanted. Read more »

Lives of most of the Americans are anything but calm. Our schedules are crazy and so are our lives. We try to achieve and overachieve; we work and overwork, and often don’t even notice how physically and emotionally drained we are. Until we get sick of course.

First of all, we need to try and change our habits. We need to realize that we don’t live to work, but we work to live. We need to take time for ourselves. This is not a luxury, this is a necessity. One of the most beneficial way to spend you free time, whether it is 10 minutes or an hour, is restorative yoga. Read more »