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Get Healthy, Go Green At Healthy Planet Natural Living Expo 21st Expo set for Sunday, Feb. 27, at Webster Groves Recreation Center

	The event will include more than 70 exhibit booths. (click for larger version)

February 25, 2011

The Healthy Planet, St. Louis' green and natural living magazine, hosts its popular Natural Living Expo on Sunday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Webster Groves Recreation Center, 33 E. Glendale Road (I-44 at Elm Avenue).

The event will include more than 70 exhibit booths offering a variety of eco-friendly, healthy and natural products, services and information. There will be numerous food and product samples to enjoy from Whole Foods Market, Sappington Farmers Market, Chipotle Mexican Grill, American Grass Fed Beef and more.

Enjoy seasonal beer tasting by Schlafly Beer and wine tastings hosted by Crown Valley Winery and Sappington Farmers Market.

Eco-Friendly businesses will be on hand to show visitors how to live a "greener" and more sustainable life at home, the office and in the community.

Enjoy the sounds of Native American Flute by Mark Holland and the melodies of Harpist Terri Langerak. Get all your gardening questions answered by Linda Wiggen Kraft, Healthy Planet Green and Growing Editor and organic garden designer.


Receive a free health screening or chair massage from one of many health care providers on site. Enter a free drawing for a family weekend at Trout Lodge YMCA of the Ozarks ($600 value), or Amtrak train tickets.

The first 300 visitors will take home a complimentary eco-friendly, reusable tote bag courtesy of Whole Foods, Schnucks and Dierbergs markets. The first 100 paid visitors receive free passes to the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Butterfly House.

Adult admission is $8, children under 16 are free. Two-for-one tickets are inside the February issue of The Healthy Planet magazine. For more information call The Healthy Planet magazine at 962-7748 or visit www.thehealthyplanet.com.

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Imagine waking up without an ache or pain, cruising through your day with energy and ending it by enjoying a refreshing night’s sleep. Then, imagine waking up to do it all over again. Think it’s impossible? Think again. The key is eliminating toxins from your body and your life. Toxins can leave you feeling sluggish, achy, heavy, and out-of-shape. They can also be a factor in the development of chronic diseases like cancer, arthritis, allergies, and many other serious conditions. Here’s where to start:

1. Eat an organic diet as much as possible. Most foods contain harmful pesticides and genetically-modified organisms.

2. Try to make a large component of your diet raw vegetables and juices. It’s easy when you eat a large salad daily and drink a freshly-made juice.

3. Engage in periodic cleanses or detox programs: one day a week, a weekend every month, or a longer detox in the spring and fall.

4. Sauna to help eliminate toxins through the skin in sweat. Of course, consult your physician prior to starting a sauna regime.

5. Stretch daily: yoga, tai chi, and qigong, are excellent.

6. Avoid chemical cleaning products in favor of natural cleaning ones. Baking soda, vinegar, or orange oil can replace almost any chemical cleaner.

7. Avoid chemical pesticides at home. Use baking soda with sugar or peppermint oil.

8. Read labels on food products and avoid those with which you are unfamiliar.

9. Avoid synthetic chemicals in personal care products and cosmetics. Read labels and avoid those ingredients with which you’re unfamiliar. No label? Avoid the product. Definitely avoid any containing: parabens, diethanolamine (DEA), or phthalates.

10. Drink an ounce of wheatgrass juice daily to supplement your diet. Wheatgrass juice is nutritionally equivalent to many vegetables.

11. Take chlorella or spirulina tablets daily to supplement your diet and help round out your daily nutrients .

12. Exercise for 45 minutes daily. Brisk walking, rebounding, running, cycling, cross-country skiing are excellent choices. Be sure to consult a physician prior to beginning.

13. Eat at least three of the best detoxifying foods daily. Some of the best detoxifiers include: broccoli, garlic, spinach, cabbage, sprouts, blueberries, ginger, and turmeric.

14. Exchange massages with a partner. Massage improves circulation and helps move lymph (lymph picks up toxins throughout the body so it can be eliminated).

15. Kick the habit. If you smoke or are exposed to second-hand smoke, quit it.

16. Cut back on alcohol consumption. Alcohol must be filtered by the liver, which has over 500 other functions. Even moderate drinking increases the risk of conditions like breast cancer.

17. Toss out the toxins at home and in the garage. Of course, dispose of them properly based on your community’s guidelines.

18. Add a water filter to your tap water. Even a Brita will help remove some of the impurities in your water.

19. Toss the non-stick pans. Teflon, Silverstone and other coatings emit harmful perflourochemicals (PFCs). The EPA classifies them as carcinogens.

20. Choose no-VOC paints for your home. VOCs are volatile organic compounds, many of which are linked to cancer.

21. Stop microwaving your food. Microwaving changes the protein structure of food making it potentially-harmful to your body. Microwaves also emit radiation that can be damaging to people standing near them.

22. Install a carbon monoxide detector in your home if you heat your home with gas, oil, or other type of fuel. Carbon monoxide is odorless but can cause health problems like headaches, fatigue, and even death.

23. Eliminate mold. A few drops of tea tree oil can be used on a cloth to wipe down walls, floors, and other surfaces to help kill mold.

24. Switch from for cleaning. Most sponges have been treated with a chemical called triclosan, which is toxic to the skin and immune system.

25. Turn the heat down on your stove. When your cooking oil starts to smoke, it has become toxic to your body. Choose only cold-pressed oils for cooking since most oils have been heated to high temperatures during processing and are already toxic to the body.

26. Stop eating baked goods with artificial colors. They may look pretty but research links food colors and artificial dyes to having toxic effects on the brain and nervous system, particularly among children.

27. Stop using fragrances. Most perfumes and colognes, scented candles, plug-in air “fresheners,” pot pourri, laundry soap, fabric softeners and dryer sheets are loaded with toxic ingredients that have been linked to hormonal imbalances, mood swings, fatigue, brain damage, and many other symptoms.

28. Don’t heat food or store it in plastic. Most plastic contains bisphenol-A (BPA) that migrates into the food stored in these containers. BPA has been linked to thyroid and other hormonal problems.

29. Don’t use mothballs. Mothballs contain paradichlorobenzene which is seriously toxic. Instead choose sachets made with natural herbs and essential oils like rosemary, lavender, thyme, and mint, which are natural moth-repellants.

30. Reduce the amount of meat in your diet.

Adapted with permission from The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan by Michelle Schoffro Cook, DNM.

Michelle Schoffro Cook, BSc, RNCP, ROHP, DNM, is an international best-selling and seven-time book author and doctor of natural medicine, whose works include: The Life Force Diet, The Ultimate pH Solution, The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan, The Phytozyme Cure and HealthSmart News. Learn more atwww.DrMichelleCook.com.

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80% of US Electricity from "Clean" Sources by 2035? : Casaubon's Book

80% of US Electricity from "Clean" Sources by 2035? : Casaubon's Book

80% of US Electricity from "Clean" Sources by 2035?

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Posted on: January 26, 2011 8:40 AM, by Sharon Astyk

The good news is that everyone was more or less happy about Obama's stated energy policy last night. The Republicans were happy because Obama was talking about a "clean standard" which actually means "let's burn fossil fuels in a barely less harmful way" - ie, let's switch some dirty coal to natural gas, and pretend that "clean" coal is a reality, and that nuclear plants will come online rapidly and without massive subsidies. The Democrats were happy because some Republicans might tolerate a "clean energy" standard that takes emphasis off solar and wind. And everyone was happy because we're not going to actually do this.

The best thing about any energy claim made in the State of the Union is that everyone knows they are bullshit. Even as the claims become either more "realistic"
(remember Gore's call for 80% of our energy to come from actual renewables by as soon as 2020?) or less ambitious and more pointless (depending on your perspective), they become less likely, because there is simply no real will to do so. All of these goals would require a lot of will and money, from a government that has neither. They are simply a political shorthand that means "we'd like it if magic fairies came along and actually took care of this stuff for us."

I think it is useful to re-run this video, based on Jon Stewart's commentary about last year's State of the Union, which contained now-conveniently forgotten lofty energy goals as well:

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We are an unstoppable fossil fuel dependency breaking machine. Unfortunately, the machine runs on fossil fuels.... Oh, well, pity about the planet and the grandkids, but we've got bigger stuff to fight over, right?

As Obama said last night, the future is ours to win (?!?! - Ah, that's why we don't take it seriously, it is a board game!), and it is pretty clear that we've chosen our strategy - what Homer Simpson once called "the two sweetest words in the world "De! Fault!"

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