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The Stink About Breast Cancer and Deodorant

If you are using a deodorant or antiperspirant, you have a good reason to ask if it can cause breast cancer. Anything unnatural that you do to your body is a potential cause of disease. Applying chemicals to the armpits, which are next to the breasts, should be suspect. Whenever you have any health issue, […]...

July 20, 2014 10:20PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Does Your Deodorant Stink?

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Body odor. It’s a complete non-starter. We can’t smell bad. Our kids can’t smell bad. Let’s face it, anyone we’re shacking up with can’t smell bad. The problem, of course, is that sometimes we do. (Sure, there are people who don’t sweat. Don’t envy them; they have a different issue.) Listen, it’s hot outside. We […]...

July 13, 2014 11:30PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Ladies, Ditch the Bra for Your Health

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I realize it may feel some combination of uncomfortable, unprofessional, or unnecessarily provocative to go braless. Societal convention has most of us trussing up before going out. If you’re reading this at home, do me a favor and unhook. Then keep reading. There’s evidence of a relationship between bras + breast cancer Yes, seriously. DRESSED […]...

July 1, 2014 1:26PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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What I Eat For Breakfast? FAT

If breast milk is the only food we can accept (hopefully) as a template for human consumption, then we must put the much maligned saturated fat in its rightful place. At the center of the meal. I, for one, am certain that millions of years of evolution did not result in a faulty energy storage […]...

June 18, 2014 8:30AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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