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		<title>Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a mindfulness practice each day, I like to stop and think about things that I am grateful for. I would sincerely recommend this as a great way to cultivate a positive state of mind or as I hear the term used &#8220;abundance thinking&#8221;. The quote from my fav guru says it all, “When you realize there is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=197&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zinc Oxide, Titanium Oxide and Safe Sun Exposure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently we had an opportunity to discuss a bit about the the safety of “Zinc Oxide” and “Titanium Dioxide” in sunscreen at #ecowed twitter party hosted by @SmartMama. As @Smartmama says, we completely agree with her “Tips for sun safety &#8211; to wear light clothing, hats, make or use of shade and to plan your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=186&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anatomy of a Diaper Ointment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh no! you have noticed your precious little one has an angry red rash around the diaper area. Usually called diaper rash or diaper dermatitis it is inflammation of the skin surrounding the diaper area. As common as it is there seems to be very little progressive thought and consideration to properly treating this. Here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=175&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Profound simplicity and Lao Tzu</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I get asked the silly question if you could have any one over for dinner dead or alive who would it be I can&#8217;t help thinking about Lao Tzu. A Chinese philosopher whose real name no one knows and who lived sometime between 300 and 600 BC. Lao-tzu advocated a life of simplicity, naturalness, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=159&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yikes! Temporary Tattoos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 3 year old daughter loves face painting and temporary tattoos. As the opportunities to have either of these are infrequent, I would turn a blind eye as I sometimes do with candy or other unhealthy snacks that she manages to acquire while playing with friends. It wasn&#8217;t until we were celebrating Canada Day in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=141&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strange tastes after brushing your teeth</title>
		<link>http://warrenb.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/strange-tastes-after-brushing-your-teeth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does some food and drink taste bad after brushing your teeth?  The main culprit here is a foaming and wetting agent found in most conventional toothpastes called sodium laureth sulfate, also known as sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES), or sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). SLS has the ability to inhibit the receptors that detect sweet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=136&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What do we know about taste?</title>
		<link>http://warrenb.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/what-do-we-know-about-taste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turns out that many of us were taught incorrectly about how our sense of taste work. (and possibly our visual and  olfactory senses as well). Many of us in North America were taught about the &#8216;taste map&#8217; of the tongue where certain areas were responsible for one of the four tastes &#8211; sweet, salty, sour, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=130&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nanoparticles in Sunscreens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nanoparticles in sunscreens. The topic of nanoparticles in personal care continues to heat up. Firstly nanoparticles or nanomaterials are particles of extremely small size with the purpose to improve their intended applications. One nanometer (nm) is one thousandth of a micrometer (m), one millionth of a millimeter (mm) and one billionth of a meter (m). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=121&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ingredients of Concern</title>
		<link>http://warrenb.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/ingredients-of-concern-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEA (diethanolamine), MEA (Monoethanolamine) &#38; TEA (triethanolamine) These three ingredients are commonly found today in our personal care products. TEA, DEA, and MEA are amino alcohols used in personal care as emulsifiers, thickeners, wetting agents, detergents, and alkalizing agents (pH adjusters). Often they are used in combination with fatty acids to convert acid to salt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=114&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Probiotic Supplementation reduces infant eczema up to 60%</title>
		<link>http://warrenb.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/probiotic-supplementation-reduces-infant-eczema-up-to-60/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I learned of some great research that was conducted in the Netherlands via Dr Mercola&#8217;s website regarding the treatment of infant eczema otherwise know as atopic dermatitis. I have mentioned this treatment option in a previous post based around advice for managing this troubling skin condition. This research confirms that by using specific [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=warrenb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2951094&amp;post=102&amp;subd=warrenb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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