Wellness Digest Spring 2019

CNN publishes the 2019 Dirty Dozen and Clean Dozen food list. Some stellar nutritious food such as Kale has made it to the top Dirty Dozen list due to pesticide and pollutant residues being found even after washing. Pesticide consumption can be linked to cancer, the article points out. Dirty Dozen list includes: strawberries, spinach (oh no triple washed baby spinach is my personal favorite), grape, apple, nectarines, cherry, pear, tomato, celery, potato, sweet bell peppers - all sweet and delicious otherwise. The clean dozen include a few "shelled ones" like avocado, honeydew, cantaloupe,  papaya, pineapple, eggplant, peas, and also a few "open ones" t hat are known to be healthy too: sweet corns, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, asparagus, kiwi, cabbage, mushrooms!

Anne Hathaway Shares Her Approach to Food, Workouts, and Motherhood : celebrity talks about self care, care for women, self kindness and balancing life, work, motherhood and women-hood.
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90% of the world's branded table salt contains microplastics. That includes healthy looking sea salt, salt sold in the United States and Europe. Out of the 39 tested, only three did not contain plastics (find out which one in our blog post here) Asian brands contain the highest level of microplastics, though US and EU brands are not completely vindicated either.

Our staff launched her Amazon Influencer Storefront for natural nutritional supplements and wellness food and nutritions: her top choices including Turkey Tail mushroom, mushroom coffee by Four Sigmatic, golden latte by Four Sigmatic and recipe books from famous restaurants in the United States. www.amazon.com/shop/at_lotus

Stanford Wellness recommended this smart alarm app on your iPhone to help you manage sleep cycles. It does that by smartly monitor your natural sleep rhythm.


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- CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/20/health/gallery/2019-clean-15-fruits-and-vegetables/index.html
- CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/health/2018-dirty-dozen-fruits-and-veggies-ewg/index.html

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