Evolving Wellness^TM

The word “autism” today has become all too common in our society. Most parents-to-be cringe at the thought of this term, while parents with non-autistic children breathe sighs of relief.

But what can be said about the high percentage of parents with autistic children?

Although I believe that everything is a blessing in disguise and nothing “bad” exists, from which does not come a greater good, I cannot ignore the struggles that many parents and family members have to face at one point or another with autistic children.  

It is estimated today that 1 in 150 children are diagnosed with autism. Those are staggering statistics as they beat childhood cancers, diabetes and AIDS combined!

Currently it is not known what exactly causes Autism and there is no exact cure for it, but scientists are steadily working on these two areas and the latest research points to managing and perhaps even eradicating Autism through the child’s diet.

[Read more]

Fresh, local, wholesome, organic, nutritious food - those are words that I crave to have describe the food that I and all of us should eat.

However, in today’s times, they are just about as rare as cassette tapes, unless perhaps you have your own farm. And even then, most farms apply various chemicals to their crops and animals, none of which you want in your system and to add, treat their animals inhumanely.

So my search for such food is an ongoing journey. The first alternative to a grocery store was a local farmer’s market. We tried one, but found it very limited and organic produce was almost non-existent!

That is why I was thrilled, when a couple of days ago we had the great pleasure of finally going for a visit to a local, organic farm.

And what did we find there? Well, it wasn’t the ultimate solution, but it had one thing that was exactly what we were looking for…

[Read more]

Over the past few decades, cooking has been revolutionized by the power of non-stick cookware. All of a sudden, food no longer stuck to the sides of pots and pans and the job of cleaning pots, pans and other utensils in the kitchen was drastically cut down with the introduction of the famous product called Teflon from the DuPont Company.

The product was discovered in the 1930’s, patented in the 1940’s and began making marketing debuts in the 1950’s. By the 1970’s it was sold widely across the United States. However, it’s miraculous claims and economical success was somewhat short lived as in the 70’s and 80’s researchers at DuPont already started to find out that the chemical compounds of Teflon were not as safe as one would think.

To read a detailed story of the history of Teflon and DuPont, check out “DuPont’s Teflon cover-up” from EnvironmentalChemistry.com

Publicly of course, we did not get to know this information until other independent companies stepped in like the EPA. By the time the new century hit, most people had at least heard that the non-stick pan products were considered hazardous to our health.

[Read more]