Blogs and Giveways: Featuring Passionate Homemaking

Posted by Elisa | Posted in Free Stuff, Health, blogs | Posted on 17-03-2010

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I’ve been reading a lot of blogs lately.  It’s a great way to learn about subjects that interest you when you can find quality bloggers!

I have my list of favorites, and one I really like is Passionate Homemaking.  I like this girl’s heart and appreciate all the helpful information on her site.  Right now she’s running a giveway (something which I’m finding is quite common on these blogs.)  Check it out, and check out her awesome website too!

http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2010/03/celestial-seasonings-wellness-kit-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-22241

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A couple of other blogs I enjoy are:

http://www.keeperofthehome.org

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http://kellythekitchenkop.com/

Nurse a baby and avoid cancer!

Posted by Elisa | Posted in Free Stuff, Health, Marriage, Shopping | Posted on 11-08-2009

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For women with at least one close relative with breast cancer, nursing cut breast cancer risk by 59 percent.
Source:  CNNhealth.com

Breastfeeding may protect at-risk women from cancer

Women with a family history of breast cancer may have a new weapon against the disease: breast-feeding. In a new study of more than 60,000 women, nursing a baby for at least three months cut the risk of breast cancer in half for those who had a family history of the disease.

For women with at least one close relative with breast cancer, nursing cut breast cancer risk by 59 percent.

The researchers say that breast-feeding could be the equivalent of taking the drug tamoxifen for five years, which is a well-known way to cut breast cancer risk in women with a family history of the disease.

“For women at high risk right now, the things we have to offer are tamoxifen, prophylactic mastectomy — that’s about it,” says Alison M. Stuebe, M.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who conducted the research while at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. “This study is really good news for women with a family history of breast cancer who are looking to reduce their risk.” The study was published Monday in Archives of Internal Medicine.

8 Pesticides in Your Own Kitchen

Posted by Elisa | Posted in Free Stuff, Health, Marriage, Skin care | Posted on 02-07-2009

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A new study finds that the kitchen floors in most U.S. homes are laced with pesticides — including pesticides known to cause cancer or disrupt the normal functioning of the human hormonal system.

Sure, but if you don’t use pesticides yourself, you’re safe — right?

Wrong.

The Environmental Protection Agency study found traces of pesticides banned or discontinued long ago. Like 37 years ago, in the case of DDT.

Here are the 8 pesticides most likely to be found on the kitchen floor in U.S. homes:

  1. Permethrin (an insecticide found in some head lice treatments, pet flea and tick products and other insect repellents) was found in 89% of homes tested.
  2. Chlorpyrifos (an insecticide sold for decades for home use as Dursban until 2001) was found in 78% of homes.
  3. Chlordane (an insecticide banned in 1984, but used for decades on home lawns and gardens before that) was found in 74% of homes.
  4. Piperonyl butoxide (a chemical used with pyrethrin and similar pesticides to kill wasps, ants, fleas and ticks, lice and other pests) was found in 52% of homes.
  5. Cypermethrin (an insecticide found in some Raid products and other ant and roach killers) was found in 46% of homes.
  6. DDT (an insecticide banned in 1972 but used widely to kill mosquitoes and other insects for decades before then) was found in 42% of homes. (DDE, a breakdown product of DDT was found in 33% of homes, suggesting that toxic DDT doesn’t break down easily inside homes.)
  7. Fipronil (an insecticide used in some Frontline and Maxforce products) was found in 40% of homes. (A recent NRDC study found pets themselves are a source of pesticide exposure to children, because of flea and tick treatments.)
  8. Diazinon (an insecticide used widely to kill ants, roaches and other pests, as well as lawn and garden pests, until household use was banned in 2004) was found in 35% of homes.

These aren’t the only pesticides worth avoiding. Just last week, California listed 30 more common toxic chemicals that cause cancer or developmental and reproductive harm. Among them: Carbaryl, a household pesticide used to kill a range of insects, and sold as Sevin by GardenTech and Bayer.

Beyond Pesticides publishes a good resource for finding the least toxic method for dealing with common pests.

To avoid pesticides on foods (yes, they can linger there, too) check out The Daily Green’s list of the Dirty Dozen foods with the highest pesticide residue. Choosing organic when buying those foods is a good idea if you want to avoid pesticide exposure, or go ahead and start your own organic garden.

Source:  Dan Shapley (The Daily Green.com)

Norwex – My Latest Thrill!

Posted by Elisa | Posted in Blog, Free Stuff, Shopping, Skin care, Uncategorized | Posted on 18-05-2009

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Imagine a cloth that kills 99.9% of bacteria using just water. And it works much better than a regular cloth, picking up dirt more than twice as efficiently as a regular cloth, and leaving your surfaces streak-free.  Well, such a thing does exist.  It’s called an “Enviro” microfiber cloth, lined with antibacterial silver, and made by Norwex.  And this is only one example.

I’m excited about this company because not only do their products work much better than what I’ve been using all along, but their cleaning tools DON’T USE CHEMICALS!  Just water, that’s all it takes, and you will have a spotless germ-free kitchen, mirror, floor…you name it.

And the best part of course…you can buy it from….me!  Seriously though, I would be promoting this even if I wasn’t getting money out of it, so I figured I might as well make a comission if I’m going to be so excited about it!

I would love to come do a show at your place…hostesses/hosts get lots of free stuff, there are prizes and the shows are great fun.  And you save your health and money in the long run.

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Free Jewelry Online-For real!

Posted by Elisa | Posted in Free Stuff, Shopping, Uncategorized | Posted on 10-04-2009

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Looking for some free jewelry?  Check out http://www.silverjewelryclub.com.  All you pay is shipping.  And I know it’s legit since I’ve ordered and accurately recieved quite a few pieces myself!