Have you been looking for a non-toxic tea kettle not made in China? Personally, I feel sad that such a great country has become an epitome of bad quality. The background level of pollution in China and general lenient attitude towards quality standards are discouraging. Hence, it helps to buy products from countries that have …
As a part of my earthenware experiment, I decided to try an unglazed clay pot for cooking in 2017. In the light of concerns about lead and cadmium in ceramic dishware and cookware, I was glad to find Miriam’s Earthen Cookware. On her website, Miriam featured a report confirming that there was zero lead and cadmium …
In 2017, I bought a pressure cooker called the Instant Pot. In this post, I’d like to share with you my conclusions about an Instant Pot pressure cooker as a good choice for people seeking a healthy lifestyle. Before I bought an Instant Pot, I had investigated whether pressure cookers preserved the nutritional value of …
You may have been in a situation when you wanted to do something fast but ended up spending hours and sometimes even without any result. I still remember the time when I did not know that I needed to read baby wipes ingredients. The main criterion I based the purchase of my first baby wipes …
Phenoxyethanol is a common cosmetic preservative in skin care products, shampoos, liquid washes, mascaras, and foundations. I call it a “middle of the road” preservative meaning that it is not the worst one. But nowadays you can also find products with more natural preservatives. Since I first wrote about this ingredient, it has become easier …
When outfitting your kitchen, you may have a lot of questions, such as: Does glass have lead in it? Does borosilicate glass have lead? What is the best glass cookware? These are all very good questions. Let’s answer them and go over the best lead free glassware brands including glass dinnerware, safest drinking glasses, and …
Let me say that a lot has happened since I first wrote a review of Monat shampoo ingredients. Read this post’s comments and click on the links at the end of the post for the latest developments. The ABC News channel reported in 2018 that 199 Monat product users complained to the FDA about scalp sores, …
One night I came out of the shower and announced to my husband that we were about to go viral (that is our ongoing joke). I told him that I had used a “no shampoo method” to wash my hair – baking soda followed by a vinegar rinse and nothing else. “Look at my hair! …
Many of you have asked me about the safety of GreenPan non-stick cookware, so I looked into it. GreenPan is one of many companies that claim to produce safe non-stick cookware, a better alternative to Teflon. GreenPan, as well as many other companies, makes a variety of non-stick cookware described as ceramic non-stick cookware. What …
Cookware can leach some concerning chemicals into our food. Because of this, we need to be careful about what we use to prepare our food. I think that cookware is almost like medicine that needs to be prescribed. What someone considers safe cookware for them, might not be healthy for you. Today you are going …
