Remove what does
not serve life
Small steps to remove what is not good for you: too much stress, bad habits, and harmful things in your home.
What we have read
We show the sources at the bottom of every article.
The chemicals that do not wash off
Researchers tested 231 cosmetics for the marker of “forever chemicals”. More than half carried it, and almost none of them said so on the label.
One word, three thousand ingredients
“Fragrance” is a single line on a label and a legal shelter for thousands of chemicals. Here is how that happened, and what it means for a shopping list.
What a singing bowl actually does
One study, sixty-two people, and a result worth taking seriously, as long as you also take seriously what it cannot tell you.
The honest case for a magnesium bath
The popular claim is that magnesium soaks in through your skin. The evidence for that is weak. The bath is still worth having, for reasons that hold up better.
You already have a detox system
Juice cleanses and detox teas promise to flush out toxins. A review of the research found no good trials behind them. Your liver and kidneys do this work every day.
Open a window, keep the plant
Houseplants are often sold as air cleaners. A review of 30 years of studies found you would need hundreds of them to match an open window.
What heat does to plastic
Researchers heated food-safe plastic containers in a microwave for three minutes. Each square centimetre released millions of tiny plastic pieces into the food.
Does a break from your phone help?
A digital detox sounds simple. The research says it can lower low mood a little. For stress and life satisfaction, the studies do not agree.
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