Meat Labels. What do they mean?

Read this interesting article on the 4-Hour Work Week blog site about different meat labels and what they all mean. Interesting. It really helps if you get to really know where the meat (and food) you eat comes from.

Health is skin deep....

So, now you're eating right, exercising, and have gotten rid of all the cleaning chemicals around the house. What else can you do? Well, how about thinking about yourself for a few minutes? What kind of toxins are you applying to your body? You say "I don't roll around in toxic dumps!" Well, what about the shampoo and bath wash you use on a regular basis? Well, what about it? The site Cosmetic Database a.k.a Skin Deep has a large listing of ingredients to shampoos and cosmetics. Each ingredient has a toxicity meter to show you the dangers of your shampoo. Ok, so now you know the information, what do you do about it? There are safe alternatives such as Dr. Bonner's Castile soap (which is 98% vegetable oil) and can be used as a soap, shampoo and many other cleaning uses! Or you can go VERY basic, like I have, and go "No-Poo" which is NO shamPOO! Use baking soda and water to remove the oils in your hair and then rinse out with apple cider vinegar diluted with water. Your hair will be oily for a couple weeks as it adjusts to not having to be overly dried out with "ultra-cleaning" shampoos. Then your hair will end up being soft and more natural, and also less TOXIC!