All bottle-feeding moms want the best non-toxic baby bottles for their babies, whether the bottles are is filled with breastmilk or formula or even water. Here's how to make sure you're using truly non-toxic baby bottles. 1. Avoid Plastic Baby Bottles (including “BPA-free” ones!) Plastic bottles are tempting---they are inexpensive, readily available, lightweight, and hard to break. But plastic
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Detoxing Your Medicine Cabinet with Natural Remedies
Making Your Medicine Cabinet Healthier I am sure that my medicine cabinet doesn’t look like many 67-year-olds! I have been on a health quest since my mother died early in life when I was just 17 years old. Unlike my mother, I have lived to see my children grow up and I am now a grandmother to five wonderful grandchildren. Certainly some of that is good luck but I often wondered how my genetics
3 Easy Ways to Have a Less Toxic Home
Even if you live in an urban location, the air inside your home is likely more polluted than the air on the city streets outside. If you’re a reader of this blog, you probably know that indoor air contamination comes from places like the paint on your walls, carpeting on your floors, and flame retardant treatments in the foam cushions of your upholstered furniture. It’s true that these are all
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"Spring cleaning" is the cliche, but I always feel motivated to clear out in the fall. This summer was a whirlwind, and I feel as scattered and disorganized as my house looks! With the kids finally back in school, I'm spending some time purging toys and cleaning up our Brooklyn apartment (another reason it feels so neglected is probably because we've been putting all our home-improvement
How to Choose a Non-toxic Mattress or Futon (and What’s the Difference)
Happy New Year! Did you resolve to purge toxins from your home in 2016? If so, you will find our e-book, Detox Your Home in 4 Weeks, an easy guide. I hope it brings you improved indoor air quality, health, and peace of mind. You've probably noticed that at Gimme the Good Stuff we talk a lot about the importance of sleeping on a non-toxic mattress. I'm also aware that all of the mattresses I
5 Weird Places Toxins Are Lurking
We all know the health risked posed by environmental toxins, and you probably do a pretty good job of avoiding many of them--you buy organic food, wash your hair with sulfate-free shampoo from the health food store, and serve your child filtered water from a BPA-free sippy cup. Annoyingly, toxins may be lurking even in some places you feel sure are safe. Don't be duped by the following sneaky
How to Avoid Phthalates (Even Though You Can’t Avoid Phthalates)
I recently wrote this article for my Huffington Post blog. If you’re like me, you’re already failing at most of your New Year’s resolutions (I’m still not making my bed every day, and I haven’t been to a yoga class yet in January). One goal that I am tackling in earnest? Banishing phthalates from my home once and for all. I’ve always advised readers to avoid these chemicals, and this year it