Did you know that your beautiful house plant can pull double duty? Many of the plants we use every day in our homes and offices can actually purify your indoor air. The ability of a houseplant to clean the quality of the air is now accepted scientifically. “Sick Building Syndrome” is attributed to the poor ventilation in energy efficient, tightly sealed homes and buildings. It is not due to microorganisms. Dr. Tony Pickering of the Wythenshawe Hospital near Manchester, England has studied this syndrome extensively. He found that naturally ventilated buildings with high levels of microorganisms had minimal symptoms while mechanically ventilated buildings with low levels of microorganisms had the highest levels of symptoms.

Our area of the country recently had a Listeria outbreak, and since I recently had a nasty, weeklong stomach bug, I called our local Health Department to see if this is what I had.

Who knew!!  Radishes are quite the little miracle worker.  A radish is a root vegetable that comes in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors.  You have your Globe radish, Black radish, White Icicle radish, Mammoth White radish and Daikon radish.  Radishes are rich in folic acid and potassium.  They are a great source of calcium, magnesium, riboflavin, copper, vitamin B-6 and vitamin C.  Here are just a few health benefits that come from eating your radishes:

Whoo Boy!  I forgot until last week how much I hate having the stomach flu.  For all you bio-techies, I know there’s no such thing as the stomach flu, only stomach viruses or food poisoning.  But whatever got me last week, it got a hold of me for a week.

Many of us have a tendency to hang on to things too long—we become attached.  It is hard to part with our “stuff”, but what about our pillows?  How long are we suppose to keep them? If you use a pillow to lay your head on at night, I warn you that the following information is less than appealing.  However, it is information that I would want to know, therefore I am passing it along to our readers.