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Flaxseed: Its Health Benefits

July 21, 2011

After recently reading in Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP newsletter that she tries to feed her children a tablespoon of lemon flavored flaxseed oil every morning, I thought, “lemon flavored?” I was so intrigued, especially because I worry about whether my children consume enough healthy fats that I bought a bottle that same day and added it [...]

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Autism: A Quality Discussion

May 10, 2011

I was thrilled to discover that Dr. Oz had led a discussion on autism — its possible causes and solutions. Several physicians on the show agreed that the quality of food that we feed our children (and ourselves!) is influential in many cases. Other topics covered are the role of vaccines, environment, and mother’s age. [...]

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Olive Oil for Skin: Nature’s Best Moisturizer

April 28, 2011

Olive oil as skin care is an ancient beauty secret that the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans have been using for thousands of years.  It wasn’t until this past weekend, however, that I actually experienced the true skin care powers of olive oil! My Weekend Skin Care Dilemma My family and I spent the past weekend [...]

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Banana Peels for Your Skin?

April 25, 2011

My mother recently called, excited to share a new discovery: banana peels as skin care. She’s had patches of itchy, rough patches of skin on her face for years. Her doctors had prescribed a cortisone-based cream that worked but that became harsh for her skin. She recently tried applying a banana peel on the patches, [...]

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Faux Gras: A Delicious Vegan Foie Gras

April 15, 2011

Ms. C at The S File ™ recently returned from an event very excited about “faux gras.” Below, she shares this discovery as well as her interview with the founder of The Regal Vegan, creator of Faux Gras. – Ms. S A few weeks ago, I attended a fascinating event on sustainable food systems and [...]

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Oprah Is Vegan-ish!

April 13, 2011

The online health community has been atwitter with Oprah’s recent show about her and her 378 staffers being vegan for one week. NY Times best-selling author, Kathy Freston led the vegan challenge (she’s been vegan for +7 years; her husband is “vegan-ish”: eats vegan at home in his wife’s vegan kitchen, but eats animal protein [...]

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Natural Immunity Boosters

April 11, 2011

Here at The S File ™, we prefer to avoid taking medicine whenever possible. Instead, we first try natural remedies that are often ancient-old healers. We’ve all heard that vitamin C- packed foods are great immunity boosters, but when you’ve had enough OJ and grapefruit, what else can you turn to? Here is a list [...]

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Nut Milks: An Easy Homemade Milk Alternative

April 6, 2011

After really enjoying nut milks made by some local restaurants, I finally bought a nut milk bag and started making my own at home. I was surprised by how easy it is and by how delicious they are even when I make them! Both my three-year-old and one-year-old also really enjoy drinking (and making!) the [...]

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Furniture For Kids: “People Safe. Planet Safe”

March 31, 2011

We are continuing our list from Wednesday of cute, low-toxic, eco-friendly furniture and design elements for the children’s rooms!  Below are a few more eco-chic products.  A fantastic resource has been the website Inhabitots.  Inhabitots aggregates the latest eco-friendly products so it’s a fun and interesting website to explore! The Q Collection Junior Abiding by their mantra “People [...]

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Organic Sheets for Children: They’re On Sale!

March 29, 2011
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In trying to entice my 3-year-old to stay in her bed throughout the night, I recently transitioned her from her toddler bed to the bottom portion of a new iKea bunk bed that fits twin-sized mattresses. An uncompleted project of mine has been to beautify her bed. Since pink has amazing powers over my daughter [...]

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