Eco-Bella: Non-Toxic Nails

Yay! An article about the woes of nail polish full of chemicals. PeaceKeeper makes a beautiful line of non-toxic nail polish, available at Whole Foods. Also check out their website:

PeaceKeeper nail polish is toulene-free, formaldehyde-free, and phthalates-free. Yep, you read that correctly, formaldehyde-free! Formaldehyde! EWW!

Check out this site for more PeaceKeeper info: http://www.iamapeacekeeper.com/department.aspx?DeptId=2

And the link to the Lime article I read this morming: http://www.lime.com/node/21486

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Green Your Diet Series v.5: What is Gelatin?

So, as part of the Green Your Diet series, I will be sharing ingredient definitions with you to let you in one the things you eat and where they come from.

I thought I would start today with an ingredient we all may already know about.

Gelatin: This is a protein derived from the boiling of skin, ligaments, tendons and/or bones in water. Derived from cows or pigs. Gelatin can be found in candies, marshmallows, cake, ice cream and yogurts to name some. Gelatin is used as a thickener and as a coating for nutritional supplements. There are alternatives, you can find plant sources such as pectin from fruit, cotton gum and dextrins.

Check your ingredients, I don't know about you, but no thanks on the gelatin for me, thanks.

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