A: Everyday, I am in contact with people who want to live green…they really want to do the right thing. In talking with them, I realized that most people don’t know the basics of green. The most common question I am asked is “How do I know if this product is really green?”

My book, Really Green, is the answer to this question. It covers all the basics anyone needs to know to tell the difference between products with real environmental and health benefits and those with misleading green hype. It covers everything from defining biodegradable to how to identify greenwashing. But most importantly, it outlines the basic principles that define green products, so anyone can have confidence they can recognize a green product when they see one.

Q: So, tell the world what “green” really means?

A: In the broadest sense, green includes any product, service, or activity that is supportive of life, both human and otherwise. So this would include everything from helping the environment to human health and social issues. “Green” is the umbrella that encompasses everything in these fields, including organic, recycled, biodegradable, fair trade, and other life-supporting practices.

Q: Is there a standard by which we measure what is really green?

Yes, and it is not based on opinion. All we need to do is look at nature to see that a green product would be made from resources that are rapidly renewable, taken sustainably, made with efficient use of resources, and other practical guidelines. There can be no more solid and true foundation for what constitutes a green product.

Q: What excited me the most about your book was to learn that I am not this thing called a “consumer.” How can we become more human in living and less the consumer we’ve been taught to be?

A: Our whole consumer identity of having our lives revolve around the buying of things is simply not our natural state. We don’t have to buy our lives, we can live our lives. Consumers rely on others to provide for them, but as humans we can think for ourselves, feel for ourselves, create for ourselves, and act from caring about the well-being of all life.

Q: And, with all the years you’ve been in the business, why did you choose to write this book now?

A: Quite suddenly I felt a new urgency…we all need to go green right now! This past winter I spent some time in San Francisco. Amazingly, in December, the camellias were blooming, the fruit trees blossoming, and the fields were yellow with mustard flowers. I was shocked! None of these things are supposed to happen until February. I lived in Northern California for 47 years and I know when the flowers bloom. The earth is changing.

This is more than a book to me, it’s a mission. I feel called to do this at the deepest level of my being. The Earth is calling all of us.

Really Green by Debra Lynn Dadd can be ordered online at http://www.dld123.com/reallygreen

The liquid form of green tea extract is much more highly concentrated in these properties than the capsule form. The capsules contain from 40%-50% polyphenols, while the liquid form contains over 80% polyphenols. But even so, the capsules have been the most popular. The reason for the capsules popularity is they have found that it is difficult to create a good tasting liquid green tea extract.

The capsules can be put into hot water or made into a delicious iced tea. But as the green tea fad is spreading, more companies are claiming that they have developed the better tasting liquid green tea extract. So not only are you getting a great tasting green tea, but you are also getting a very potent one as well.

The Benefits

Green tea extract provides many health benefits. Some of these benefits have been researched and proven, and some are still in the stages of research but are highly recommended. It really only takes common sense to realize how good green tea extract is for the human body.

Some of the health benefits include: prevention for dental decay and gum disease, and helps eliminate bad breath. It is also proven to help with weight loss, helps with the digestive system and reduces bloating, proven to help prevent heart disease, protects the prostate from cancer, one of the strongest anti-oxidants on the market, normalizes healthy bacteria in the intestines and recommended by the Cancer Society as a “High Priority for Cancer Prevention.”

The benefits of this extract to your body’s vital organs go on and on. The green tea extract capsules can also be taken orally with lots of water. This is probably the ideal way for people to take the extract who do not like the taste of green tea or who want to get a quick dose of green tea extract. The internet is full of companies where you can purchase green tea extract in capsule or liquid form. You can also get the extract over the counter at your local drug store and grocery store.

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Bottled green tea has alot of sugar and if you make it on your own then you know how much sugar you put in so brewed by yourself is better than bottled. Lipton Green Tea has a label claiming its powerful antioxidents 190 to be exact it proves it potency in delivering what Green Tea is and why its good for your body.

Decaffeinated brewed green tea contains only 56 milligrams, less than half of the catechins found in an original brew. Flavored brewed green tea has 43 milligrams. Disappointingly, instant green tea has only 12 milligrams.

Here are just a few known health benefits of drinking green tea:

Lowers cholesterol

Aids in weight loss by burning calories

Reduces high blood pressure

Prevents arthritis

Boosts your immune system

Lowers blood sugar

Helps prevent cavities and tooth decay

Slows the aging process

Reduces the risk of heart disease

Reduces the risk of stroke

Lowers the risk of blood clot

You can use either tea bag or dried leaves. greentea smoothens our skin, it helps in our body’s elimination of wastes and body toxins which promotes prolong life with less entire body complications. Oolong tea is good for blood circulation and skin. Green tea may be fine for preventing aging in skin, but will do nothing to help your acne. Green tea has antioxidents which will slow down collogen breakdown, hence it will help to keep skin young looking and delay the onset of wrinkles.

The caffeine in the tea perks up your skin and tightens the skin so it does appear for a few hours that the wrinkles are diminished. However if you want to treat fine lines I would suggest you always use a moisturizer and use a mild anti wrinkle cream at night to prevent further lines and to treat existing lines. It calms the vessels around the eyes and makes them look less tired and worn out. Just heat up the tea bags in water and squeeze them out. Make sure they are not too hot to apply to the eyelid by testing them on the inside of your arm. Make sure the tea bags are cold and just put them over your eyes like you would a cucumber. you should feel a soothing sensation over your eyes

It is believed that the health benefits of jasmine tea may surpass those of green tea. Several studies have found jasmine tea lowers cholesterol levels. Other studies found that fruit flies lived 20% longer when jasmine tea was added to their drinking water.

The tea is a natural antiseptic that relieves itching and swelling. Try it on inflamed breakouts and blemishes, sunburns, even puffy eyelids. And that’s not all. In the lab, green tea helps block sun-triggered skin cancer, whether you drink it or apply it directly to the skin – which is why you’re seeing green tea in more and more sunscreens and moisturizers.

Bottled green tea has alot of sugar and if you make it on your own then you know how much sugar you put in so brewed by yourself is better than bottled. Lipton Green Tea has a label claiming its powerful antioxidents 190 to be exact it proves it potency in delivering what Green Tea is and why its good for your body.

Decaffeinated brewed green tea contains only 56 milligrams, less than half of the catechins found in an original brew. Flavored brewed green tea has 43 milligrams. Disappointingly, instant green tea has only 12 milligrams.

Here are just a few known health benefits of drinking green tea:

Lowers cholesterol

Aids in weight loss by burning calories

Reduces high blood pressure

Prevents arthritis

Boosts your immune system

Lowers blood sugar

Helps prevent cavities and tooth decay

Slows the aging process

Reduces the risk of heart disease

Reduces the risk of stroke

Lowers the risk of blood clot

You can use either tea bag or dried leaves. greentea smoothens our skin, it helps in our body’s elimination of wastes and body toxins which promotes prolong life with less entire body complications. Oolong tea is good for blood circulation and skin. Green tea may be fine for preventing aging in skin, but will do nothing to help your acne. Green tea has antioxidents which will slow down collogen breakdown, hence it will help to keep skin young looking and delay the onset of wrinkles.

The caffeine in the tea perks up your skin and tightens the skin so it does appear for a few hours that the wrinkles are diminished. However if you want to treat fine lines I would suggest you always use a moisturizer and use a mild anti wrinkle cream at night to prevent further lines and to treat existing lines. It calms the vessels around the eyes and makes them look less tired and worn out. Just heat up the tea bags in water and squeeze them out. Make sure they are not too hot to apply to the eyelid by testing them on the inside of your arm. Make sure the tea bags are cold and just put them over your eyes like you would a cucumber. you should feel a soothing sensation over your eyes

It is believed that the health benefits of jasmine tea may surpass those of green tea. Several studies have found jasmine tea lowers cholesterol levels. Other studies found that fruit flies lived 20% longer when jasmine tea was added to their drinking water.

The tea is a natural antiseptic that relieves itching and swelling. Try it on inflamed breakouts and blemishes, sunburns, even puffy eyelids. And that’s not all. In the lab, green tea helps block sun-triggered skin cancer, whether you drink it or apply it directly to the skin – which is why you’re seeing green tea in more and more sunscreens and moisturizers.

The concept for Green Bags first came about when researchers found that produce storage systems in a certain region of Japan were working better than anywhere else in the world. In this Japanese region, farmers were storing their fruits and vegetables in mountain caves. The caves were cool, dark, and dry, but researchers knew that there must have been something else as well. After studying the caves, they figured out that the land in this region had a high percentage of oya clay in the soil. This clay was the secret of the produce freshness occurring in these caves.

What was the clay doing to help with freshness? Well, as fruits and vegetables age, it gives off ethylene gas. This gas is absorbed by oya clay, keeping it away from the product. The Green Bags created by Debbie Meyer take this same concept, so that each Green Bag is like a tiny cave! You don’t have to freeze your produce to use these bags – it is all about a way to store fresh produce in your refrigerator for up to ten times longer.

Ethylene is a chemical compound found in almost all plants. Mostly, ethylene regulates how quickly fruits or vegetables ripen. In flowers, ethylene also controls when a flower blooms and when it sheds its leaves. The release of ethylene doesn’t stop when the fruit or vegetable is plucked from the plant. When you put, for example, strawberries in a plastic container, they release the ethylene. That gas is trapped in the container, where it continues to affect the berries. So, they rot faster, since the ethylene they have released is doing double duty.

With Green Bags, that ethylene is not allowed to continually affect the strawberries – or whatever fruits or vegetables are put into the bags. Instead, those gases are absorbed by the bags. The Green Bags are made from Zeolite, which acts like the clay in the caves and absorbs the gases. Zeolite is also used in water purification, laundry detergent, cat litter, and other products, and it is perfectly safe for containing food.

Green Bags can hold any kind of produce, including washed and cut fruits and vegetables. Keep in mind, however, that Green Bags are very absorbent. That means that they will absorb the odors of the fruits and vegetables. That means that you should have a different bag for each type of produce you keep. Otherwise, smells and flavors can transfer easily. In addition, if you cut the fruit, the juices will be absorbed and your food might dry out.

The Green Bags go farther than fruits and vegetables. Although it started that way, the Green Bags have evolved. Now, you can also get Yellow Bags to hold breads and other grains, Red Bags to hold meats, and Blue Bags to hold cheeses. You can also use any of the bags to hold flowers to keep them fresh. The different colors of bags do different things, depending on the types of gases given off by rotting foods.

Remember, the Green Bags (and other colors) only work well if you otherwise take steps to reducing the rotting of your food. For example, if you wash your peaches before you put them into a Green Bag, it is important to make sure that they are completely dry before storing them. In addition, storing your food in a cool and dark place can help you keep your foods as long as possible.

Although Green Bags can help you waste less food, the real key to storing food in the most efficient way possible is simply to avoid buying more than you need. Purchase your fruits and vegetables on a weekly basis instead of purchasing a lot of food at once. Debbie Meyers Green Bags can help you save money on food by slowing the spoiling process, but make sure that you are being practical with your purchases as well.