Question from LM I was going to start making my own salad dressing to be more healthy and use less artificial ingredients. However I read homemade dressings can lead to botulism? I am confused on what is safe to mix and for how long- I really don’t know anything about...

Question from Suzie Peppard Dear Debra, I had an experience with dizziness a few months ago, and it happened to be at a time when I used ALOT of stevia for sweetening. I made lemonade almost every day with it. Then a friend made a comment about stevia possibly causing...

Question from STEPHANIE MILLS Dear Debra, We would like to know if you or readers could suggest the best air filters for a person with mcs. We live in northern California on an almond ranch which is sprayed with pesticides, herbicides, etc...Since I take care of my 90...

Question from LR Hi Debra In the section on sweetners in your book Home Safe Home you talk about thermogenic sweetners derived from Lo Han, but I haven't seen Lo Han mentioned on Sweet Savvy. Can you tell me more about Lo Han? And how does it compare to Stevia? I love...

Question from LW After using Pacific Organic Chicken Broth I started to have a reaction to the broth. Included in the ingredients are Natural Flavors, which the company described in response to my e mail, as Plant Extracts. Due to "proprietary reasons" they would not...

Question from Ronda We are moving into a house that is 22 years old. We are taking out all the carpet and replacing it with prefinished hardwood. Should we rip out all the plywood (maybe MDF) and glue the hardwood to the concrete or do you think it would have...

Question from Sharon Question What should we replace plastic and paper bags with for our doggie walks outdoors and our home indoor garbage cans? Debra's Answer BioBags! These bioplastic bags are made from corn and are completely biodegradable. They have kitchen bags,...

Question from Sherri Thanks so much for your website. You and your readers always have so many good ideas! I live in the desert southwest and am designing my own strawbale house. The temps here sometimes rise above 115 and I need ideas to minimize cooling costs. My...

Question from wt Hi, I just discovered that in the midst of our home improvements, some bees have found a home through some holes in the walls into our attic. I see them flying in and out of the holes. (Yikes!) I'm assuming they have a hive forming in our attic. What...

Question from Christina I am chemically sensitive and have a few botanical allergies, and I have not been able to find a shampoo that I can use without side effects. Has anyone found a plain shampoo without fragrance, without the laureth and lauryl sulfate, and...