What crunchy green mom doesn't love to give Monsanto the finger? So Thrive Market, an online retail store dedicated to non-toxic products and non-GMO food, has created the first "glyphosate free" aisle so you can shop and give Monsanto the finger at the same time. You've trusted Mamavation on topics like best salad dressings, best hummus, and …
Hand Sanitizer Investigation–Safe & Best Brands For Children
If you live in the modern world, you've run across an array of hand sanitizer options, which are used to kill the germs on your hands. But as we learn more about bacteria, it's apparent that some brands of hand sanitizers may be doing more harm than good. Which ones are they? We're happy to tell you. You've trusted Mamavation to bring you other …
10 Real Eco-Friendly Back-To-School Tips With No Greenwashing
Back to School is here and children are excited or defeated depending on which grade they are in. And that leaves parents scrambling to purchase supplies from big box stores in a mad dash. But if you'd like some tips on how to make their time at school safer, less toxic, and kinder to the environment, stick around. You've trusted Mamavation to …
It’s Settled. Probiotics Work & Here’s 70+ Brands Ranked on Quality & Science
Probiotics are a $50 billion dollar industry. And that's for good reason. Since 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been studying bacteria and their impacts on our health, isolating over 2,000 strains of human bacteria and studying them. Those findings have fundamentally changed our understanding of how the body works. But which …
Bread, Tortillas, Wraps & Bagels–Bakery Brands Ingredient Investigation
Bread, tortillas, wraps & bagels are a family staple for school lunches, summer picnics, barbecues, and warm weather meals. With so many options, there are limitless possibilities of meals that can be made. Although these products can fill up your family’s hungry bellies, they can also be full of unhealthy additives and chemicals that you may …
Best & Worst Coffee Brands–How to Buy the Safest Coffee
When asked most people would describe their coffee fairly simply: hot, black, sweet, creamy or expensive. Coffee has the most magical smell drawing you into a cup of creamy bitterness that gives you that morning shot of energy you needed to get out the door. And if you drink one cup, perhaps you drink 2-4 more cups throughout the day. There are …
Could Widespread Glyphosate Contamination Be Fueling New Pea Allergy?
A pea protein allergy is rising in the United States and some experts are saying it could be linked to the rise in glyphosate in pea protein in food. Disappointing organic lab reporting showing adulterated ingredients have shaken consumer confidence in organic standards, but the rabbit hole goes a little further. You've trusted Mamavation to cover …
50+ Salad Dressings & Marinades Without Additives & Chemicals
So you've opted for a salad. Good job picking a healthier meal with more fiber and nutrients. But are you pouring on an unhealthy dose of chemicals, artificial coloring, and high-fructose corn syrup on top? That certainly could be the case if you're using store-bought salad dressing. So where are all the better store-bought salad dressings and …
Study Shows Organic Dairy Safer for Sulfa Allergy & Everyone Else
It's settled. Organic milk is better than conventional for so many reasons! Not only is it more nutritious, but it contains fewer toxins and has the ability to capture carbon. But there is something very sinister hiding inside some conventional milk that could harm you--trace amounts of sulfa antibiotics. This isn't just a problem for allergy …
These 8 Cereals Are Free From Weedkiller Glyphosate, Unlike Cheerios
Is your cereal contaminated with the toxic herbicide glyphosate? There's more news about that possibility if you are eating food produced from General Mills. This week the Environmental Working Group dropped another bombshell report--testing 21 cereals from General Mills and finding the herbicide glyphosate in each sample. So what is a mom to do …
Organic Beef Is More Nutritious Than Regular Beef Study Finds
A study published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture finds organic beef to be more nutritious than conventional beef. This idea that organic meat being more nutritious than regular meat has been hotly debated for years, but more and more evidence points to a simple saying--you get what you pay for. You've trusted Mamavation to …
Non-GMO Chips & Salsa: 100+ of Your Favorite Brands Ranked by Ingredients
If I'm being honest, chips & salsa are one of my favorite snacks. Now that I’m feeding a growing family who also loves tortilla chips, finding the healthiest chips & salsa has been a priority. Mamavation investigated over 100 products to satisfy this growing question--which brands have the safest non-GMO chips & salsa? You’ve trusted …