Buying a water filter is a challenging task. If you do not get it right the first time, correcting your mistake can be time consuming and very costly. There are so many water filtration systems. How do you know which one is the best water filter system for you? Do you go by what somebody …
How do you know if there is lead in your drinking water? Is your water safe? Do you need to find a water testing lab? The high levels of lead in Flint, Michigan made national news. Now other municipalities are also reporting problems with their water. Just recently when the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System …
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Many of you have asked me about the safety of GreenPan non-stick cookware, so I looked into it. One of my blog readers emailed me a GreenPan non-stick cookware test report that she had received from GreenPan, and I contacted them with more questions. Before we talk about the safety of GreenPan non-stick cookware, …
This is a guest post by Irina’s husband (as I will forever be called). I’m glad she left her computer unattended for a few minutes! A couple of months ago, our coffee maker broke. Irina doesn’t drink coffee anymore, so it fell on me to find a non-toxic coffee maker that would meet her …
Update: Great news! Aquasana Clean Water Bottles now are made of stainless steel. Check them out here. *** You may have read my story about carrying a plastic water bottle with me when I travel. To read that story, click here. In this post, I want to talk to you that water bottle, which …
When outfitting your kitchen, you may have a lot of questions, such as: Does glass used in cookware, dinnerware or storage containers contain lead? Does it leach other heavy metals such as aluminum and cadmium? Is glassware the safest material? These are very good questions. Let’s try to answer them and go over some lead …
Today I’d like to share with you some very exciting news. There is an unprecedented service that you will be interested in learning about because it concerns clean water – an absolutely critical component of our health. There are so many water filter systems sold today. But, how do you choose the best water …
This is probably not a newsflash, but most dishwasher detergents including dishwasher powder products can contain ingredients that are not good for us or for the environment. Typically, they fall into four types. The first type is phosphates. Phosphates leak into water systems and promote the overgrowth of algae, which depletes the water’s oxygen …
I’d like to share my research into the Xtrema ceramic cookware, the only ceramic cookware I know of that you can use on the stovetop. When I buy ceramic cookware or dinnerware, the first thing I look into is lead and cadmium contamination. I want to stress the word “contamination” because it is unlikely for …
I recently bought a pressure cooker called the Instant Pot. In this post, I’d like to share with you how I concluded that an Instant Pot pressure cooker is a good choice for people seeking a healthy lifestyle. Before I bought an Instant Pot, I looked into whether pressure cookers preserve the nutritional value of …
