On New Year's Eve of 2016, I flew the 10,000 hours (okay, it was probably like 16) from Seattle, WA to Queenstown, NZ with just enough hiking and camping gear to fit in one pack. For the next 3 months, my boyfriend at the time and I, hitchhiked and backpacked our way from Queenstown, NZ on the South …
The Detox Series: How Safe Are Your Belongings?
Welcome to Part 3 in the Detox Series! In this article, I'll be covering the harmful chemicals that may be lurking in normal technology and household items that most of us use on the daily like pots, pans, Tupperware, even cell phones (Yeeeesh, amirite??) Let's dive into it! If you have done the …
Why We All Need More Magnesium In Our Lives
Some of you may already be taking a magnesium supplement or see that there is some included in your multi-vitamin, but do you know just how necessary magnesium is for our bodies?? It is UH. MAY. ZING!! Magnesium is one of the top 4 most abundant minerals in the body and each cell in the human body …
The Detox Series: The Ugly Truth About Personal Care Products
Welcome to Part II of The Detox Series: Beauty and Personal Care Products! Now, even if you don't consider yourself to have many personal care products (YES, YOU!), take a minute to think about all of the products that you put on your body daily: soap/body wash, shampoo, conditioner, other hair …
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The Detox Series: How Clean Are Your Cleaning Products?
Welcome to the Detox series! If you missed our introduction to the multi-part series, you can find that here! In this post, we'll be doing a deeper dive into mainstream household cleaning products (spoiler - most of them are FAR from clean), why it matters to know the ingredients, and some …
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The Detox Series: The Where And The Why
Welcome to another multi-part series - this time, our focus is all about DETOXING. Now, before you start visualizing juice cleanses, only eating celery for a week, or sweating out pounds of water - that's not the detox I mean. A lot of what we focus on at GUADS are ways to add in healthy foods or …
Spice It Up For National Walking Day!
Happy National Walking Day! I am typically pretty oblivious to the random "holidays" that are sprinkled almost daily throughout the calendar year, but a full day to celebrate walking?? I can't say not to that. We talk a lot on here about all of the benefits that daily walks can have for your health …
Know What You’re Drinking This Spring Break
Welcome to the start of Spring Break and a well-deserved rest from classes! While Spring Break has the connotation of being a week-long party, it doesn't mean that you should completely abandon your health in the process of having fun. Research shows that 80% of adults do not know the nutrition …