Have you recently purchased peanut butter or other nut or nut butter products from Target, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Stop & Shop or Giant Foods? Products sold at these stores, among others are under a recall for tainted food that may contain salmonella. Products such as Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter and Archer Farms Peanut Butter are among others that have been linked to salmonella illnesses. They are all made by a company called Sunland Inc. The recall has now expanded from peanut butter to include cashew butters, tahini and blanched and roasted peanut products. The federal Center … Continue reading →

This is important news if you have a baby in the house. Infant tylenol, which most doctors recommend to bring down a fever or for pain in infants is under a massive recall. The entire U.S. supply of Infant Tylenol is being recalled by the manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson because of problems with the new dosing system. This is the most current in a series of recalls on Infant Tylenol which just got back on the market. The company says that Infant Tylenol will be out of the market now for an indefinite time. The recall focuses on the new … Continue reading →

It is often tough to keep up with recalls, isn’t it? It seems like there is at least one new product a day on recall. Here is one that shouldn’t go unnoticed. A popular brand of baby lotion is on recall at the moment and could be dangerous to your baby’s health. Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion, made by Johnson & Johnson is being recalled because of excessive levels of bacteria that have been found living in the lotion, bacteria that could infect your baby or child. The recall is centered around Kansas and eight other Southern States and is … Continue reading →

Okay, it wasn’t bad enough that we are only using a small percentage of our brains. Now a new study shows that stress may actually be shrinking our brains. Suffering stressful events, such as a divorce or break up, an accident or other stressful life situation will actually shrink the brain. Now this is another good reason to do that yoga. The study found that being stressed out by these types of stressful events led to less gray matter in a particular part of the brain, the prefrontal cortex, and important little piece of your cranium that regulates emotions and … Continue reading →