Based on our popular book, Unjunk Your Junk Food, we now take it a step further and include not only food items, but other items you might use on a regular basis, including supplements and personal care products.At Naturally Savvy, our passion is finding alternatives for conventional products that contain The Scary Seven-our list of unhealthy or dangerous ingredients.

We believe the more knowledge and educational tools we have now, the more we empower ourselves to make better purchasing decisions later. By learning how to properly read labels and becoming familiar with the terms used to describe what is in the products we buy, we can choose food, supplements and personal care products that nourish our bodies, are free of chemicals, and are grown in a sustainable manner.

We reviewed products in various categories-food, supplements, and body care. We examined their ingredients and compared them with similar products made with better-quality ingredients. In each section, the product on the left side contains questionable ingredients and the product on the right is made with healthier ones. Here's a sample:

As you can see, we lay out all the good and bad ingredients that are hiding in these products. We also provide nutritional information and the health benefits that some of these ingredients can provide.

To download a copy of Label Lessons: Your Guide to a Healthy Shopping Cart, click here!

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Choosing a diet loaded with natural organic foods is great for ourselves and for the planet, and most importantly, it's great for our children. While it's easy to be drawn towards pre-packaged and processed foods due to their convenience, as parents, its up to us to make conscious decisions when it comes to our children – they are our future.

We understand time is of the essence and we're all for taking shortcuts, as long as they don't compromise our health and are free The Scary Seven, our list of unhealthy and dangerous ingredients.

In this e-book, you'll find healthier alternatives to conventional lunch box foods from sandwich breads to juices. Here's a sample of what you'll find inside:

As you can see, we clearly lay out the bad choices out there, and what we consider to be Naturally Savvy approved. You'll also find full ingredient lists, nutritional information, and information about how those ingredients could affect you in a positive or negative way.

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We're not going to tell you that it's wrong to eat ice cream, that French fries are bad for you, or that you need to ban all cookies from your diet. That's not what this book is about. Instead, we're here to tell you there are many yummy alternatives available, made with much better quality ingredients. You can have your cake and eat it too. Think of this book as a way of getting your junk food fix without all the unhealthy stuff.

The truth is, there are no shortcuts to healthy eating. But it really is easier than you may think. Once you understand the basics of good nutrition, you'll know how to interpret what's listed on a food label and how to focus on what's important.

The key is to know how to decipher the nutrition label. Instead of immediately looking at the quantity (calories, fat, and serving size), look first at the quality of the ingredients (nutrients, chemical preservatives, artificial additives, and food colorings). Although junk food can evoke warm and fuzzy feelings, many of our favorite snack foods are filled with artificial, unhealthy, and sometimes dangerous ingredients.

Of course, eating healthier junk food isn't a license to eat as much of it as you want; as always, moderation is key. Happy munching and crunching!

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With chlorophyll being such and important part of our food, it has been added to a great number of 'green' supplements. They can be broken into two basic categories; high concentrated chlorophyll supplements and other supplements that a little chlorophyll as been add too. The latter typically have less than 20mg of chlorophyll per serving. That is the concentration, or lower, found in spinach, parsley, chlorella and many grasses. The high concentrated supplements typically have a concentration of over 100mg. Pure-le Natural Chlorophyll Concentrate Unflavoured and Mint, have 135mg of chlorophyll per serving.

Supplementing with the high concentrated chlorophyll brings a large number of benefits. First and for most Chlorophyll gives you energy without calories. It does not give a rush of energy like those caffeinated energy drinks, rather chlorophyll will help give increased endurance. It helps your body absorb more oxygen by dilating your bronchial airways which naturally allows for easier and freer breathing. Have you seen someone at the gym with green in there water bottle? Chlorophyll helps them work out longer, and recover quicker.

Next, chlorophyll has a long history as an exceptional cleanser and detoxifier by forming chemical bonds with heavy metals, hydrocarbons found in tobacco smoke, and aflatoxin formed by fungi on our produce and grains.

Chlorophyll also is a high source of Vitamin K. It is needed for proper use of calcium in bones and helps protect excessive bleeding, and kidney stones.

Another supplement that is hard to obtain is Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin. Few foods naturally contain Vitamin D. Our main source is from the sun as we produce it when our skin is exposed to UV rays. Those of us living above the 37th parallel (that's most of North America) simply don't get enough sunlight during the winter months. Eating enough of the foods rich in Vitamin D can be difficult too. Egg yolk and oily fish like salmon, mackerel and herring contain it naturally while other foods, mainly milk and dairy products, are fortified with Vitamin D.

Chlorophyll +Vitamin D3 by Pure-Le Natural is a synergistic combination of these sunshine compounds. It has the vital chlorophyll plus Vitamin D3, the most bioavailable form. Each tablespoon has 50mg of Chlorophyll + 500IU Vitamin D3.

A word of caution, if you decide to supplement your diet with vitamin D make sure you take vitamin D3. The cheaper vitamin D2, (ergocalciferol) is widely available but it is less bioactive, approximately only 1/3 as potent as vitamin D3.

Enjoy your green drink today and experience the alkalinizing benefits and improved energy levels.

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