The web was appropriately filled with love stories and healthy heart recipes this week in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Stories have also focused on heart healthy initiatives honoring February as “Heart Health Month.” In other weekly wellness news around the web, the “Food Babe” released her first book and The Huffington Post gave us some tips on building a hazard-proof home. Below are some of the highlights.
Health & Wellness News & Info. Recap, Week Ending 2/15
All-Natural Beauty: DIY Deep Hair Conditioner
I’ve enjoyed playing with make-up and hair since I was a little girl. I still love beauty products, so made an event out of throwing out my old school cosmetics for new clean and green ones. Since I’ve changed my lifestyle to eliminate toxins, I’ve come to appreciate all the many organic and natural products with few ingredients. At first, I scrutinized ingredients myself, then looked to well-credentialed sources like the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database. This is a fun adventure, but also can be time consuming and pricey. So, I set out to create some of my own. This short video demonstrates how to make a deep hair conditioner using only three ingredients.
Have you ever created your own beauty products? If so, please share. If not, what is stopping you?
Health & Wellness News & Info. Recap, Week Ending 2/8
Whether you’re a Patriots, Seahawks or just a Super Bowl party fan, it’s easy to get sidelined from healthy habits during February. Valentine’s Day and winter break also ring in reasons to celebrate. This week’s recap is heavy on the clean-eating news, but also included a few other insightful posts about taking small steps toward better health.
CLEAN EATING
No Boxed Mac-N-Cheese at the White House:
Michelle Obama proclaims cheese powder is not food: Since she advocates a clean diet, she couldn’t possibly let the first daughters eat processed cheese powder.
Petition to remove BHT from Cereals:
We all can learn a thing or two from Vani Hari aka “The Food Babe”. She’s spent years researching ingredients in products, then activating social media petitions to motivate the food industry to remove harmful chemicals out of their food. This week, her petition to remove BHT from cereals caught the eyes of two major food companies.
Clean Eating Recipes: What I’m Eating Now
As a “student of life,” I love to analyze what’s being talked about in the health category and whether it can benefit my own as well as the general public’s well-being. The past four years, creating simple clean recipes has been a focus in my life. The more I read about eating a whole food, plant-based diet, the more I’m convinced I feel great because I’m taking care of myself. Many people diet, eliminate the “bad guy” aka sugar and refined carbs, only to find after a few weeks they go back to their normal eating patterns. I’m here to show others how to take small steps toward healthier living.
Natural Beauty Routine: Oil Pulling
Over the past few years, I’ve noticed oil pulling trending within health and wellness publications. Since I’m all about investigating healthy practices that promote a clean lifestyle, I jumped at the chance to try this ancient practice. In this video, I discuss what oil pulling is and the presumed benefits of adding it to my natural beauty routine.
Health & Wellness News & Info. Recap, Week of 1/19
If you are new to my Health & Wellness News & Information Recap, below is a roundup of my favorite informational finds from this past week on the web. Since Pretty Wellness covers clean eating, active living (mindfulness and fitness), clean living (non-toxic beauty and home) and cancer information, you will see articles, information and posts under these content categories. Here’s my recap from the week of January 19.
CLEAN EATING
I love this post from Oprah”s OWN page on Huffington Post because the recipes listed are more unique, ranging from parsnip rice to a dessert-like sweet potato soup.
ACTIVE LIVING
I’m proud that early in my career, if I took a lunch, it was often to exercise. In fact, a few years ago, my colleagues and I started a walking lunch club. So, I got all nostalgic reading about the benefits of walking during a lunch break on the New York Times Well blog. I used to laugh at myself, swapping out my high heels for my running shoes that were kept underneath my desk.
CLEAN LIVING – NONTOXIC LIFE
I get excited about clean living tips especially those that include using wholesome ingredients to solve beauty issues. This list from Greatist.com, covers recommendations for wintertime skin and haircare.
CANCER /INSPIRATION
Last week, I was on the local news recalling my initial breast cancer diagnosis and sharing resources on how others can navigate through this painful time.
HEALTHY FAMILY:
Who doesn’t love Playdoh? Just the smell alone brings me back to my own childhood. Knowing we all used to sniff and sometimes taste it as kids, I was excited to see a DIY recipe for Playdoh made with non-toxic wholesome ingredients from MommyinSports.
What interesting story or posts did you read this week about health and wellness?