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Skip the Salon: DIY Summer Ready Feet

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FREE THE FEET! Get ready for flip flop season! Summer is bare foot, sandal and flip flop season. This season, skip the salon and pamper and pretty your feet with some easy DIY steps. Living in Arizona, I wear flip flops year round. I hate shoes and despise socks and my feet show it. I've tried several drug store remedies, lotions and treatments but never truly love any of them. Making your own foot potions and taking a little bit of me time is much friendlier on the environment and your cash flow. The best time to remove dry sink is after a shower or bath. The skin softens and is easier to remove. Only a few basic supplies are needed; pumice stone, cotton socks, a foot bath or other container you can get your tootsies in, a towel or two and pick a treatment! Soak feet in warm water and a half cup of Epsom salts. If you'd like add a few drops of lavender oil and relax a bit or peppermint oil to sooth tired toes or tea tree oil if you're prone to nail or foot fung

WARNING! GMO Apples Are On The Way

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http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ USDA has deregulated two types of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) apples. These modified apples can now be grown with no restrictions in the US and Canada. "Arctic Apples" is the copyrighted name of engineered fruit that has been created to resist browning when cut. Because of lax labeling laws you will not  know when the fruit has been used in the juice you give your toddler or the apple pie you bought. Many European counties have made it mandatory for GMO foods to be labeled. The risks and effects of eating GMO foods is currently unknown and largely untested.   The suppressed gene that prevents the fruit from browning is the PPO gene (Polyphenol Oxidase) Polyphenols, which is one of the many things that make apples healthy could be radically changed. Is reducing the nutritional value and putting our health at risk  really worth a little darkening of an apple? Humans are not the only ones that may also be affected by GMO foods