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Are you the outdoors fan who’s loved just a little bit too much by the bugs? Fortunately, there are effective natural products such as essential oils, vitamins, and homeopathy to make your skin less tasty to the critters. Malia Curran, MS, MPH, is a nutrition and health consultant.
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You can use insect shield with all natural pyrithrines from Sloggers great hats and bandannas. Keep the sun out and the bugs away
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Burt’s bees have an awesome insect repellent that smells good and doesn’t leave you feeling sticky.
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:34 pm
video posts are completely worthless to me, as I have neither the time nor inclination to watch them at any point in my busy day. written transcripts or comprehensive summaries would help immensely.
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Hi Kitty, We understand that not everyone has time to listen to the podcasts, so we provide a summary for all of our Be Good to Your Whole Body audio podcasts. And yes – our mistake, we forgot to include the link with these! I’ll remedy that ASAP. The one for this series is available here: http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/be-good-to-your-whole-body-summer-needs/ Thanks!
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Sorry but do NOT use Sloggers insect shield clothing. It uses the man-made chemical Permethrin which is is on the EPA’s list of possible human carcinogens. Go with an herbal insect repellent. Chemicals like that are too unpredictable to be safe.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:32 pm