
Plastics: Choose What to Use
By Marisa Weiss, M.D. on July 29th, 2011 Tags: BPA, health, healthy eating, home, plasticsPlastic containers are incredibly convenient and nearly impossible to give up entirely. But the chemicals in plastics can get into our food and drinks and affect our health and our environment. So, it makes sense to think about how to cut back on using plastic and find other kinds of containers. It also makes sense to think about the types of plastic you use, especially …

Let Your Light Shine, Except at Night
By Marisa Weiss, M.D. on July 22nd, 2011 Tags: health, home, sleepWe’ve become a 24-hour culture. It used to be that the only place to find a restaurant or hardware store open at 3 a.m. was New York City. Today, even the smallest communities have a 24-hour convenience store or burger joint. Our mobile phones buzz and blink with new emails and texts at all hours. Televisions and computer screens light up our rooms most of …