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9781416541257

The Essential Green You Easy Ways to Detox Your Diet, Your Body, and Your Life

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    9781416541257

  • ISBN10:

    141654125X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-12-30
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Summary

An essential guide to detoxifying your lifestyle and your body, inside and out, from expert and activist Deirdre ImusInThe Essential Green You!, the third volume in theNew York TimesbestsellingGreen This!series, Deirdre Imus shares tips on how to "green" the way you take care of yourself, whether with the food you eat or the clothes you wear, or the cosmetics, toiletries, and hair products you use every single day. Deirdre provides detailed, practical advice that includes:- How to find everything from organic groceries to nontoxic personal care items- Toxic ingredients to avoid in the products you use every day- Where to find clothes that are both environment-friendly and fashionable- Healthy alternatives to commonly used medications- How to make better eating habits a priority and live more consciouslyLiving organically doesn't require a drastic overhaul and it doesn't have to be complicated or expensive -- Deirdre Imus shows how easy and important it is for women to "buy green, eat green, and be green."

Author Biography

Deirdre Imus is the founder and president of the Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology, part of Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) in New Jersey

Table of Contents

Take Charge of Your Healthp. 1
Connecting the Dotsp. 3
A Time for Precaution, Not Panicp. 5
Eating Greenp. 8
A Story of Three Farmsp. 10
A Clean Food Revolutionp. 12
Activist Spotlight: Center for Science in the Public Interestp. 14
Beef and Dairyp. 15
Porkp. 21
Poultry and Eggsp. 23
Fishp. 26
Eco Shopping Listp. 32
A Greener Youp. 39
The Power of Producep. 40
So Why Aren't We Eating Enough Plants?p. 42
Eat Your Veggies 101p. 44
Green Your Platep. 47
Eating Green Guidep. 52
A Greener Youp. 57
Out of the Box: Snacks and Processed Foodsp. 60
The "Healthy Junk Food" Trapp. 62
Food Additives to Avoidp. 62
Green Your Snacksp. 71
Eco Shopping Listp. 78
A Greener Youp. 87
A Greener Clean: Personal-Care Productsp. 89
Unknown Dangersp. 90
Taking a Tollp. 91
Get a Greener Cleanp. 92
Activist Spotlight: The Campaign for Safe Cosmeticsp. 93
Ingredients to Avoidp. 95
What to Buyp. 112
Eco Shopping Listp. 114
Toxic Tampons?p. 126
Green Your Personal-Care Paperp. 128
A Greener Youp. 129
Not So Pretty: Makeupp. 131
Activist Spotlight: Teens for Safe Cosmeticsp. 134
Ingredients to Avoidp. 135
Eco Shopping Listp. 145
Label Lingop. 159
A Greener Youp. 160
Green Your Style: Eco Fashionp. 162
Activist Spotlight: 1% for the Planetp. 164
Shoppingp. 165
Wearingp. 170
Discardingp. 174
Eco Shopping Listp. 177
A Greener Youp. 185
Jagged Little Pills: Medicationp. 187
Activist Spotlight: Earth Keepers and Superior Watershed Partnershipp. 188
Lifecycle Phase 1: Biopharmingp. 189
Lifecycle Phase 2: Drug Developmentp. 191
Lifecycle Phase 3: Unexpected Impactsp. 192
Spotlight On: Birth Controlp. 193
Lifecycle Phase 4: Drug Disposalp. 195
Lifecycle Phase 5: Antibiotic Resistancep. 202
Eco Shopping Listp. 205
A Greener Youp. 206
A New Kind of Medicine: Alternative Healthp. 208
Vitamins and Supplements?p. 208
Eco Issue 1: Contaminationp. 210
Eco Issue 2: The Great Synthetics Debatep. 213
Eco Issue 3: The FDAp. 217
Supplement Shopping Listp. 219
Holistic Healthcarep. 225
A Greener Youp. 229
Buy Green, Eat Green, Be Greenp. 231
A Greener You Top Tenp. 232
Favorite Vegan Recipes from the Imus Ranchp. 235
Buying Green: A Web Resource Guidep. 246
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