How Safe Is Your Cosmetic?

You can find out how safe your particular brand of cosmetic and health care product by going to the Environmental Working Group website and look for its Cosmetics Database.

You can search over 78,000 products and it will tell you the “hazard score” from 0 to 10 (where 10 being hazardous).  The score is colored coded green, yellow, and red.

You can drill down into the product and it will tell you the ingredients that are of concern.  They look at Overall Hazard, Cancer Hazard, Developmental & reproductive toxicity, allergies & immunotoxicity, etc.

Books on Thyroid

Dr. Ridha Arem wrote the book Thyroid Solution and Thyroid Solution Diet.

Dr. Datis Kharrazian’s book answers the question of Why do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests are Normal.

And Janie Bowthorpe tells us how to Stop the Thyroid Madness.

Books on Herbal Remedies

In the book Living Well with Autoimmune Disease, Mary Shomon gave a tips on a couple of good books on herbal remedies.  She writes that Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa and Alan Tillotson are “two of the world’s premier herbalists” and recommends their books which are Herbal Defense and The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook respectively.

She also mentions the book Dr. Atkins’ Vita-Nutrient Solution which not only have comprehensive information on herbs, but also on vitamins, and minerals.  The book also have a section on supplements that can benefit those with autoimmune conditions.

If you are taking a lot of herbs and vitamins, you might also want to consult the A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions.

 

 

Book: “Super Brain” by Rudolph Tanzi and Deepak Chopra

Many know of Deepak Chopra a prolific writer and spiritual guru and founder of the Chopra Center.  “Super Brain” is one of the latest book he has worked on. This book has ample preview on Amazon.

Rudolph Tanzi is a neuroscientist who wrote the book “Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease”.

You can see him in the below TEDMED 2010 video …

What Are Some Good Gluten-Free Bread?

Here are some various gluten-free bread that is recommended by the Internet…

According to David GetOff in the Ask the Low Carb Experts podcast episode 18 (at 1 hr : 06 min), he likes the bread “Purity Bread”, “Bean Bread”, “Smart-Carb #3” by JulianBakery.com.  This is based on them being gluten-free and low net carbs and the type of ingredients used.

HufffingtonPost has a slideshow of 10 best gluten-free breads based on taste test judging on taste and texture and mouth feel.  Udi’s came in number one.  And Kinnikinnik Foods came in number two.  Article dated year 2012.

Best Of Gluten Free Awards lists the “Bread & Pasta” winner of 2012.   Udi’s Gluten Free won best gluten-free sandwich bread, best gluten-free multigrain bread, and best gluten-free specialty Bread.