This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure page. UPDATED: July 2021 Written by Maia & John Finding a non-toxic mattress is super important but also super confusing to work through. If your head hurts just looking at the length of this page, please feel free to email our Home Health Director, John, for individualized help. You can also call him at
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Toxins in Coffee: 8 Sources of Harmful Chemicals in Your Morning Brew
A few years ago we went on a quest to find the cleanest possible organic coffee in toxin-free packaging. As you probably know, organically grown coffee beans are widely available--this is great! Unfortunately, even organic beans are almost always roasted, packaged, and brewed in ways that can add all sorts of unwanted chemistry to your morning brew. This means that by the time your organic
The Privilege to Fret Over Antibiotics, Vaccines, Chlorinated Water & Pasteurized Milk
Did anyone read this article about how human life expectancy has basically doubled over the last hundred years? Of note: we can now expect to live to around 79 instead of only 41 thanks to four key discoveries/interventions--ALL of which are things I worry about! 1. Vaccines You've probably heard about the rudimentary way that we figured out how to inoculate people against smallpox--by scraping
Red Light Therapy: Is It Safe and Effective?
1. Joov / 2. Mito / 3. Rouge / 4. iRestore / 5. Gemba By John Goss With research provided by Michael Hopkins, PhD. The term red light therapy (RLT) has caught our attention several times over the last five years or so. According to those championing this treatment, just a few minutes a day under the cool glow of red or near-infrared light can cure almost
Is Blistex Toxic? (And What to Buy Instead)
Every time the weather changes, my and my kids' lips become miserably chapped. Related: Shop safest lip balms. Blistex lip products definitely soothe super chapped, sore lips. Perhaps this explains why Blistex sells more than $100 million worth of their "medicated" lip balm every year! But is Blistex non-toxic? While Blistex offers short-term relief from the pain of chapped lips, it
What Are the Best Multivitamins?
Updated: January 2021 A few years ago, a private client of mine gave me the opportunity to look more closely at the best multivitamins. She wanted to know if she should be taking a multivitamin, and if she should be giving one to her children. Of course, she also wanted to know which brands make the best multivitamins. I shared my opinion with the Gimme readership back then, and now am pleased
Safe, Non-Toxic Toy Guide
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure page. UPDATED: November 2020 Toys, like evvvvverything else, can introduce toxins into your home, to say nothing of the environmental impact of producing and disposing of ALL THAT plastic. I'm certainly guilty of buying my fair share of cheap plastic toys, but I am always trying to do better. After researching and writing this
2020 Non-Toxic Gift Guide
This year's natural gift guide has been a true labor of love, and below you'll discover a whopping 137 creative, toxin-free gift ideas for everyone you love. This year, we tried to find gifts that were good for the planet in addition to being good for the person receiving them. We also have highlighted products from Black-owned businesses that we adore. A few of the gifts below are available
Non-Toxic Hand Sanitizer Guide
1. All Good / 2. for:good / 3. Soapwalla/ 4. Lumion/ 5. Aura Cacai Research provided by Michael Hopkins, PhD So you're looking for non-toxic hand sanitizer...You've come to the right place! But buckle up, my friend, because there is a lot of info in this guide! (That's what
How to Choose the Best Air Filter
1. Austin / 2. Amaircare / 3. Airpura / 4. IQAir Last updated: May 2021 There are few things as elementally important as clean air. Each of us takes up to 30,000 breaths a day. What our bodies want is oxygen, but what we actually inhale often contains all sorts of less-than-good stuff. This is especially true of our indoor air, where a wide variety of contaminants can
