http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Sloan+Barnett Wellness, Fitness and Diet Sloan Barnett Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=303757&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet You know how you always wipe down a thermometer with rubbing alcohol? That's to kill germs. Rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol) and ethyl alcohol (which is the alcohol in liquor, wine, or beer) both do this well. It was this property of alcohol that household soap manufacturers had in... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Sloan Barnett Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=303759&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet This was supposed to be the really fun part of having a baby, right? Shopping for wonderful clothes for this brand new little person. It didn't turn out to be as easy as I thought. First of all, there's cost. Babies and little kids grow so incredibly fast, nothing you buy them is going to fit just a... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Sloan Barnett Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=303191&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet How can you live green but stay within your means? Here are some ways to make your organic food dollars stretch farther: Buy Smart: Between 2000 and 2004, the USDA and FDA did some 43,000 tests for pesticides in fresh produce. When the Environmental Working Group analyzed the results it found that... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Sloan Barnett Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=303195&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Let's talk about dirt. I divide all dirt into two camps: Safe Dirt and Scary Dirt. Safe Dirt is natural dirt. It's real dirt. It's the dirt you get all over you when you go camping or hiking. I'm good with Safe Dirt. I'm fine with mud, bugs, and genuine earthy muck. It's honest. It's easy to get ri... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Sloan Barnett Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=302051&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet When I was growing up, air pollution was an issue you couldn't ignore, because everybody talked about it. But have you noticed? Hardly anyone talks about air pollution these days. It's not that the problem has gone away completely. So we can all breathe easier, right? Well, no; actually, we can't.... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Sloan Barnett Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=302063&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet The makers of personal-care products do their best to assure us that their products will make us look young-make our skin glow, our hair shine, our wrinkles fade, our lips full and luscious, our teeth brilliant ... and the list goes on. What they can't assure us is that their products are safe for u...