Casting a Vote for Cast Iron
I am admittedly a late adopter of the cast iron skillet in my kitchen. This wonderful material has been around for how long and I just recently have discovered its wonderful surface for cooking.
I cook at home which is usually cheaper, healthier, and best for the environment. But since I began cooking, the Teflon coated nonstick skillet has been a mainstay in my kitchen. I’m in my mid-twenties, so I’m glad that when I became concerned about the potential negative health effects of using Teflon Read more
Protect U: Toxic Air
How do we protect ourselves from air? We’re breathing it in constantly! Beside that, what’s the problem? If I’m not on a street corner or next to a smoker, the only thing I smell is the aroma of dinner on the stove.
But if there’s toxic air on the street corner (you know, gasoline and diesel exhaust) and there are factories and smokestacks belching their toxic brew into the air, you can bet that at the very least, low concentrations are making it into your home. Depending upon where you live, you potentially have high concentrations getting into your living space.
Why does it matter? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Read more
Our First Series of Posts: Protect U
We’re proud to offer readers our very first series of posts, titled, “Protect U”. We’ll help you graduate with flying colors from Ivy-green colored Protect University.
Errr, rather, we’ll offer you helpful tools of the trade of protecting one’s cells and body at large (at small, medium, etc. as well!). While our society seems to be moving toward a greener, more sustainable, less toxic lifestyle and environment, change can come slowly, and there will arguably always be something toxic to avoid.
Let’s go through many toxins and the ways to avoid them, the way to help our bodies better react to them, and how to clean them from our daily lives so that we can live longer, healthier lives.
That’s what the Protect U series is all about. Enjoy!
