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Readers' Choice Winners for TreeHugger's Best of Green Awards - Food and Health
If you really are what you eat, then make sure you're getting your recipes from the Twitter feeds and blogs that our readers picked as their favorites—and then keep your home as green as your diet with the cleaning products, health tips, and gardening advice that fellow greenies have found indispensable. Looking for more Best of Green? Check out the entire list of editorial picks with TreeHugger's annual roundup of more than 200 winners.
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Best Cleaning Products:
Housecleaning is annoying enough without also having to be on guard for toxins that sneak in through your cleansers—but that's not an issue with readers' favorite Seventh Generation, which offers everything from recycled paper towels and botanical-based disinfectants to cold water-formulated laundry detergent and chlorine-free diapers. The sprays, washes, wipes, and stain removers keep your home clean and green without any extra worry.
Best Food Website:
An offshoot of a public access cooking show that focused specifically on vegan recipes, the Post Punk Kitchen is now a site dedicated to delicious vegan dishes, from scrumptious cookies to egg-free brunch. Users can upload their own recipes and hit the forums for tips and cooking advice, while the Flickr group inspires home chefs with drool-worthy shots. And if you need a little more instruction, don't worry: The original videos are available through the site, too.
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Best Health and Wellness Website:
Any doctor will tell you that when it comes to your health, knowledge is power—which is why you should bookmark the website for the Environmental Working Group. Dedicated to consumer health, the site covers everything from cell phone radiation reports to toxicity ratings for beauty and cosmetic products, to help you make the most informed decisions.
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Best Food Twitter Feed:
The Twitter-verse is full of posts about what people are eating; the problem is that most of those posts are boring. But the @vegansaurus Twitter (updated by vegans from the blog of the same name) make it fun to read about food, with local shout-outs, deals and coupons, and links to in-depth discussions of the issues facing vegans. Even better: the feed is entertaining enough to occupy even the omnivores in your life.
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Best Health and Wellness Twitter Feed:
Frequent updates on everything from celebrity homes and the benefits of cold showers to the pluses of Vitamin D and green organic cookbooks make @OrganicLife a must for your following list; succinct updates and interesting links keep the information fresh and easy while passing along the need-to-know tips and tricks that every health nut (or couch potato) can use.
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Best Website for Farming or Gardening:
You Grow Girl makes gardening look easy—even if you're the type who's killed every plant you've ever tried to grow. Whether you're using containers or greenhouses and planting seeds or bulbs, flowers or vegetables, herbs or houseplants, the guides and information sheets on this site will take your garden from wilted to thriving.