Tuesday, July 22, 2014

ECOlunchbox – Healthy for People and Planet



ECOlunchbox 
Healthy for People and Planet

ECOlunchbox was born of the idea that change can begin at lunchtime. Eco-mom entrepreneur, Sandra Harris, founded ECOlunchbox at her kitchen table five years ago to bring plastic-free, waste-free and healthy lunchbox options to the marketplace. Since then, the company’s reusable lunch boxes and bags have helped families avert millions of pieces of trash from the landfill.

ECOlunchbox firmly believes that reducing dependence on plastics is a good way to safeguard our health – and the planet. Their stainless steel lunchboxes and artisan cotton lunchbags are tools for people seeking to green their lifestyles by thinking beyond plastic. Lunchtime is an ideal daily opportunity to shift habits. We can avoid foods pre-packaged in plastics instead opting for long-lasting, non-reactive and non-toxic food containers, to pack our healthy lunches.


ECOlunchbox offers an eco-friendly lunchware line in a variety of sizes to ensure a complete, plastic-free, lunch-time solution. Pack snacks in the purse-sized ECOlunchpod; a perfect replacement for disposable plastic baggies. The ruggedly durable, single-compartment Solo Rectangle packs enough food to satisfy any lunchtime craving. While the crowd-favored ECOlunchbox Three-in-One elegantly separates food into two layers. It even comes with its very own ECOlunchpod which can either be tucked into the top layer or used on its own. How versatile!

ECOlunchbox’s classically modern products are made from back-to-basics, traditional materials such as stainless steel and cotton that help make the change to sustainable, earth-friendly, and pocket-friendly lunch-time practices easy as packing your lunch.


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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

10 Great Health Benefits of Oregano Oil


  

Oil of Oregano Health Benefits

Most of us are aware that people who follow a Mediterranean diet/lifestyle tend to live longer healthier lives. But beyond pasta sauce, pizza and salad the health benefits of Oil of Oregano are bountiful. 
Some uncommon facts about Oil of Oregano is that it an abundant source of vitamins and minerals. It contains high levels of vitamins A, C and E complex as well as minerals such as zinc, magnesium, iron, calcium, potassium, copper, manganese and niacin. Also with regular use it can help protect against fungal infections. Oregano oil may also provide support against common infectious ailments including the respiratory problems, psoriasis, eczema, Athlete’s foot, yeast infections and numerous harmful organism infestations such as round worms, tape worms, bed bugs, lice, fleas and mosquitos. 


In a published Science Daily article, oil of oregano was found to inhibit the growth of staphylococcus bacteria as effectively as standard antibiotics.


 10 Great Health Benefits of Oregano Oil:
  1. It is nature's antibiotic.  10 Benefits of Oregano Oil:
  2. The oil of oregano plant has been shown to kill unwanted bacteria - oil of oregano was found to be effective in killing Staphylococcus bacteria and equally as effective in its germ-killing abilities as common prescriptions
  3. Kills Fungus
  4. Kills Yeast
  5. Kills Parasites 
  6. Kills Viruses 
  7. It's a powerful Antihistamine - Rosmarinic acid, a component of oil of oregano, is an antihistamine
  8. New research is finding that oil of oregano is as effective against colitis as prescription drugs without the harmful side effects
  9.  It is also able to regenerate liver cells
  10. Contains high levels of free-radical-crushing antioxidants - a more powerful than vitamin E.
Tips:
-Keep a bottle in your natural medicine cabinet
-Look and compare levels of Carvacrol
-Buy Wild or Organic


Resources:
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/oregano-oil/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/10/011011065609.htm


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Friday, July 4, 2014

Happy 238th Birthday America!!


Happy 238th Birthday America!! 

Wikipedia: The first publicly published evidence of the phrase "United States of America" was in an anonymously written essay in The Virginia Gazette newspaper in Williamsburg, Virginia, on April 6, 1776. In June 1776, Thomas Jefferson included the phrase "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" in all capitalized letters in the headline of his "original Rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence. In the final Fourth of July version of the Declaration, the pertinent section of the title was changed to read, "The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America". In 1777 the Articles of Confederation announced, "The Stile of this Confederacy shall be 'The United States of America'".

Wishing everyone a Safe, Healthy and Happy July 4th!






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