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    The Essential Green You!: Easy Ways to Detox Your Diet, Your Body, and Your Life (Green This! Series)

    The Essential Green You!: Easy Ways to Detox Your Diet, Your Body, and Your Life (Green This! Series)

    by Deirdre Imus


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      ISBN-13: 9781416564744
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
    • Publication date: 12/30/2008
    • Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 240
    • File size: 989 KB

    Deirdre Imus is the founder and president of the Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology(R), part of Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) in New Jersey. She is also a cofounder and codirector of the Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer, and the author of the bestselling book The Imus Ranch: Cooking for Kids and Cowboys.

    Table of Contents

    1 Take Charge of Your Health 1

    Connecting the Dots 3

    A Time for Precaution, Not Panic 5

    2 Eating Green 8

    A Story of Three Farms 10

    A Clean Food Revolution 12

    Activist Spotlight: Center for Science in the Public Interest 14

    Beef and Dairy 15

    Pork 21

    Poultry and Eggs 23

    Fish 26

    Eco Shopping List 32

    A Greener You 39

    3 The Power of Produce 40

    So Why Aren't We Eating Enough Plants? 42

    Eat Your Veggies 101 44

    Green Your Plate 47

    Eating Green Guide 52

    A Greener You 57

    4 Out of the Box: Snacks and Processed Foods 60

    The "Healthy Junk Food" Trap 62

    Food Additives to Avoid 62

    Green Your Snacks 71

    Eco Shopping List 78

    A Greener You 87

    5 A Greener Clean: Personal-Care Products 89

    Unknown Dangers 90

    Taking a Toll 91

    Get a Greener Clean 92

    Activist Spotlight: The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics 93

    Ingredients to Avoid 95

    What to Buy 112

    Eco Shopping List 114

    Toxic Tampons? 126

    Green Your Personal-Care Paper 128

    A Greener You 129

    6 Not So Pretty: Makeup 131

    Activist Spotlight: Teens for Safe Cosmetics 134

    Ingredients to Avoid 135

    Eco Shopping List 145

    Label Lingo 159

    A Greener You 160

    7 Green Your Style: Eco Fashion 162

    Activist Spotlight: 1% for the Planet 164

    Shopping 165

    Wearing 170

    Discarding 174

    Eco Shopping List 177

    A Greener You 185

    8 Jagged Little Pills: Medication 187

    Activist Spotlight: Earth Keepers and Superior Watershed Partnership 188

    Lifecycle Phase 1: Biopharming 189

    Lifecycle Phase 2: Drug Development 191

    Lifecycle Phase 3: Unexpected Impacts 192

    Spotlight On: Birth Control 193

    Lifecycle Phase 4: Drug Disposal195

    Lifecycle Phase 5: Antibiotic Resistance 202

    Eco Shopping List 205

    A Greener You 206

    9 A New Kind of Medicine: Alternative Health 208

    Vitamins and Supplements? 208

    Eco Issue 1: Contamination 210

    Eco Issue 2: The Great Synthetics Debate 213

    Eco Issue 3: The FDA 217

    Supplement Shopping List 219

    Holistic Healthcare 225

    A Greener You 229

    10 Buy Green, Eat Green, Be Green 231

    A Greener You Top Ten 232

    Appendix 1 Favorite Vegan Recipes from the Imus Ranch 235

    Appendix 2 Buying Green: A Web Resource Guide 246

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    An essential guide to detoxifying your lifestyle and your body, inside and out, from expert and activist Deirdre Imus

    In The Essential Green You!, the third volume in the New York Times bestselling Green 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 consciously


    Living 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."

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