Need some help sleeping at night? Did you know that there are plants you can purchase for your home, particularly the bedroom, that assist in helping you sleep? Just like we covered 23 herbs that can help you medicinally AND natural ways to boost fertility, join us as we cover 5 bedroom plants that will help you sleep. Ever noticed how getting …
10 Homemade Natural Deodorant Recipes for DIYers
Nobody likes body odor or sweaty armpits. The problem is that we're trading healthy functioning underarms for sweat-free ones by using conventional antiperspirant with toxic ingredients that artificially stop the production of sweat. When applied to newly shaven skin, there's an uptick in the absorption of the most concerning ingredients in …
Tell Target to Drop Dangerous Receipt Chemicals to the Curb!
When was the last time you went to Target and only bought what you intended to buy? Target is a favorite store for millions of Americans who enter only intending to spend $30 and end up with over $250 worth of things by the time they get to the car. People love Target because it's clean, modernly designed, has a growing selection of safer products, …
How Toxic Are Your Tampons? Product Investigation Reveals Shocking Details
As women, feminine care is at the top of our list of concerns for decades of our lives, and tampons are the product we reach for most often. They're compact, convenient and useful for our most earnest hygenic need, answering the demands of our periods every single month. And as one of the most intimate products we use, tampons should be made of the …
8 Tips To Get Your Kitchen and Pantry Organized For Good!
As a busy parent, I know how frustrating it can be to walk into your kitchen and feel like it’s in complete disarray. As an area that your family is spending hours in each day, it’s fair to want (and expect) for it to be well organized, easy to navigate, and easy for everyone in the family to be able to keep up with. You've trusted Mamavation to …
10 Homemade Natural Lotion Recipes for DIYers
Lotion can be essential to soft, comfortable skin, but conventional products are full of toxic ingredients that can cause endocrine-disruption and all sorts of allergies. Some of the most hazardous ingredients are carcinogens and neurotoxic compounds. Yikes! We've already tackled the main ingredients to avoid in personal care products, but now …
Why Aren’t We Talking About the Potential Link Between Suicide & Hormone Disrupting Chemicals?
Today it was reported that Anthony Bourdain committed suicide and the first reaction is sadness as we lose one of the best storytellers of our generation. And right away the news is abuzz about things like gun control, the rise in opioids, depression and a lack of federal mental health programs for adult suicide prevention. While all these things …
Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Disposable Plastic Straws
Disposable plastic straws are very small in size, but they pose a massive threat to the planet. Why? It's all in the numbers. We use and toss 500,000,000 disposable straws every single day here in the US. In the drive-through, at the coffee shop, during dinner out -- that's right, 182 BILLION straws a year. A gargantuan mountain of landfill trash …
Ozone, Saltwater & Fresh Water Swimming Pools: Safer Options For Families Avoiding Toxins
When summertime is here and it gets hot, of course, you want to swim in the pool. But what about all the chemicals they put in conventional pools? Too much chlorine can be a problem. Although we naturally produce chlorine inside our body, too much chlorine is linked to digestive problems, vitamin and mineral malabsorption, asthma, allergies and …
WARNING: Toxic Electronic Chemicals Found in Black Plastics Used for Food
Just when you thought that organic TV dinner was a good idea, a study published in the journal Environment International released shocking information about what is inside black plastics. It draws attention to our circular economy of plastics and the recycling of plastic where we use plastic, throw it away, and then recycle it into new things. …
Thousands of Doctors Blame Obesity on Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Called “Obesogens”
Just when you thought it was those french fries making you fat, an organization representing thousands of endocrinologists, aka medical doctors specializing in the body's hormonal system, announced in a press conference they blame hormone-disrupting chemicals on an increase of obesity rates worldwide. Okay, now you have my attention. *puts down …
Safer Pest Control: Toxic vs. Non-toxic Insect Repellant Brands Around Children
When the heat comes, so do the bugs. Summer fun can bring insects that love to bug you indoors and outdoors. But before you go head out to find a pesticide to deal with the situation, take a look at our latest product investigation on pest control. Most conventional pesticides are problematic because they contain hormone-disrupting chemicals that …