12 Dec 2023
Raw honey or fake honey? A good question. Raw is good. Fake is not. Chances are, even if you buy a honey that says honey, pure honey, looks like honey, tastes like honey and the price is right, it may not be real honey. It may be the fake version that is crowding 22% of the Canadian market. The price is one good indicator. Real honey costs more.
How can you tell the difference? Fake honey is...
19 Sep 2023
Remember the shampoo you found hiding in the back of the bathroom cupboard, a gift from a boyfriend you wanted to forget? Well, times change and memories fade and it’s been over 3 years, so you decide to give it a try. “Wow, smells great, feels good. Thank you, Bad Buddy, wherever you may be! “
But who is the winner here?
A shampoo, unopened, can have a shelf life up to 4 years. That’s a long...
01 Jul 2023
The picture on the box shows a little girl, smiling. Her skin is brown and her hair dark. This product is an over-the-counter conditioner. It is a partner for 'Just for Me Shampoo' which has made the 10 TOP Dangerous list from the BCPP report (Breast Cancer Prevention).It means that it contains the highest number of hazardous chemicals that are linked to cancer, hormone disruption, developmental...
24 May 2023
You have a small jar of Earth to Body Tooth Cleanser sitting in front of you. You wonder why it is not in a tube? With the small black spatula you remove a pea size portion of the paste, as instructed on the label. You insert it into your mouth, allowing it to swooch around and acclimatize. Then you grab your toothbrush and go to town.True. It is a little gritty. True. It is green. True. It ...
15 Jan 2023
You are not okay, are you? Your lips are dry and cracked. Your nose feels raw inside, a nasty head cold aggravating the issue. One ear is blocked. The other competing. Your head feels full of cotton candy. You are tired. You pray that Kleenex is on sale this week.
You have been checked out for pneumonia and fortunately cleared, but the ailments still persist. For weeks on end, it seems. Take...
18 Nov 2022
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Skin Care WorldDo it naturallyPleaseMake it toxin freeA simple plea
Skin is skin. We may differ in colour, tone and texture. But we all need the same thing. Healthy skin. And sometimes the skin care world is not doing its job.
Skin care ads remind us constantly to hydrate and moisturize. The scene is ripe for competition. We are inundated with special creams,...
08 Sep 2022
A query on Earth to Body’s ‘Tooth Cleanser’:
“How do you clean the residue of the product out of a toothbrush? “ A customer recently asked.“I don't mind that it stains the bristles, but it's hard to get the deeper part of the toothbrush clean. I don't know if it's OK to have residue left behind. Any tips?” LC, Dartmouth, NS
Our Answer:I use a standard nail brush, now designated a ‘tooth...
17 Aug 2022
Maybe you need emu in your ear. Maybe you do not. But if you have ever had an earwax imbalance, or possibly may have one in the future, you should know about emu when earwax is a concern.
Earwax is normal. It is not really wax, per se, but the dead skin cells from the ear canal. The ear cleans or revitalizes itself, sloughing off dead cells, called cerumen or earwax. This cleaning job should...
10 Jul 2022
You have scalp psoriasis. Your health care professional advises: ‘A Coal tar shampoo will help ease the symptoms of your psoriasis. But do have regular cancer screening tests.’
You are now caught between a rock and a hard place. Do you take the risk?
You buy the coal tar shampoo. The warning on the label reads:
For external use only. Ask a doctor before use if condition covers a large area of...
04 Jul 2022
If you have nail fungus, you are not a happy camper.
With all the ads of damaged looking toe nails up front and center, in your face, announcing some miracle cure for nail fungus, we can assume it is a fairly common aliment. The media ads can be quite graphic, some serious, some humorous, all offerings prescriptions and/or over the counter cures. Google research offers some natural do it...
