Feel Good About Fitness, Ladies!
The campaign “This Girl Can” is all about helping women feel good about fitness. And it’s beautiful.
Articles by Becky Striepe
How Your Cosmetics Choices Can Protect Beagles
You probably aren’t thinking about dogs when you’re choosing a lipstick or lotion, but chances are those cosmetics were tested on animals. And beagles are commonly the victims of cosmetics animal testing.
Finding Trustworthy Herbal Supplements
Coverage of the herbal supplements class action has talked a lot about which brands to avoid, but which companies make trustworthy herbal supplements?
Plant-Based Bacon, 9 Ways
Last week we shared some solid reasons to stop eating so much bacon. But let’s be real, y’all. People love bacon. That’s because bacon is delicious. The good news for animals, the planet and our health is that you can make plant based bacon to sate your craving.
Look at this Abandoned Wal-Mart that’s Now a Library!
An abandoned Wal-Mart in McAllen, TX has become the largest single story library in the US, setting new standards for urban renewal and resource recycling.
No Poo Method without Baking Soda is Totally Doable
Are you getting a little bit disillusioned with the no poo method of natural hair care? So was I. Here’s how I made it better!
Why We Need to Stop Eating Bacon
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve seen quite a few stories on the health and environmental impacts of producing and eating bacon.
5 Home Remedies for Athlete’s Foot
Are your feet itchy with painful cracking skin? You just might have athlete’s foot. Try these home remedies for athlete’s foot and feel better soon!
Avocados and Cholesterol: One more reason to eat more avocado!
In case you needed another reason to eat more avocados, here’s one: eating one avocado a day helps lower bad cholesterol.
Washing Hands: A Simple Habit to Transform Your Health
Hint: it’s not green smoothies, yoga, or meditation. All of those are definitely good for your body and soul, but washing hands might just be the healthiest habit you can start in the new year.
Is bulletproof coffee all it’s cracked up to be?
Bulletproof coffee is hot right now (get it?), but does it really deliver the health benefits that it promises?
Making New Year’s Resolutions that Stick
For a long time I was staunchly anti-new year’s resolution, but I think that with some introspection we really can choose new year’s resolutions and make them stick.
Clean Cosmetics: Not all chemicals are bad.
Conventional personal care products are loaded with toxic chemicals, but that doesn’t mean that clean cosmetics contain no chemicals at all. Some chemicals are toxic and others are not.
Learning to Be Still, Just in Time for the Holidays
This TED Talk on the benefits of learning to be still isn’t holiday specific. But I can’t think of a better time to talk about stillness than the busiest time of year!
Supplements that Work (and ones that maybe don’t)
The supplement industry makes the big bucks, so it can be hard to look past the marketing and find supplements that work amid that ones that are maybe more hype than anything else.