Green is the color for the holiday season - from wreaths and trees to lights and stockings - so why not take it a step further and decorate with truly “green” items? One of the best ways to go green is to get crafty with these edible decorations from your favorite holiday foods. OK, we know you’re not Martha Stewart but trust us, they are so easy even a kid can make these. Here is a list of our favorites…

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Welcome handmade expert Brittni Mehlhoff to Organic Authority with this fabulous guest post!

Cracking the code on guy gifts this time of year isn't always easy. In fact, sometimes, it's a downright challenge. Luckily, I am here to help get those guys crossed off your list with six eco friendly, handmade gifts they'll love from Etsy.

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Blame evolution for not working fast enough, but our digestive systems are far more antiquated, finicky and delicate than the many food-like items marketed at us would have you believe. During the holidays we're usually obsessing over whether or not we're gaining weight from all the food that seems to magically appear in our mouths in pastry form. But another, potentially more dangerous evil exists: improper food combining. Instead of enjoying this special time of year, we can be doubled over in pain from a belly full of the wrong foods and possibly even causing permanent damage.

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Calling Dr. Love: Welcome to the first in our series on sex. It seems sex is integral to our health! Stay tuned...

Research has shown that frequent sexual activity — having an orgasm at least twice a week — can keep you from getting sick this winter. Individuals who engage in regular sexual activity have been shown to produce higher levels of immunoglobulin (IGA), an anti-body that can prevent susceptibility to catching minor colds and flus.

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Over two dozen California legislators and more than 50 scientists - including five Nobel laureates – objected to California's use of methyl iodide on California strawberry crops, but, the measure was approved on December 1^st.

Fifteen percent of American households in this country are financially incapable of providing fundamental nutritional needs for more than 9 million children. Beloved children's program, Sesame Street, is aiming to fix that with the launch of their new Super Foods Kits. The program sponsors, who include UnitedHealthCare and The Merck Foundation, are distributing 400,000 of these kits in Spanish and English to families in some of the nation's most poverty-stricken areas.

If you were busy hosting guests over Thanksgiving weekend, you may have missed Barbara Walters' hour-long discussion with the President and First Lady on topics including our ongoing battle with obesity, particularly in children. Specifically, Walters touched on Sarah Palin's attacks on the Let's Move! campaign and her recent Pennsylvania school cookie stunt.

Where does your food come from? If you say “the supermarket,” then stop reading and go sit in the corner. But the truth is a lot of people don't know where their food is grown, raised, cooked, whatever. That's why the Iowa City School District is taking time to introduce kids to farmers.

"We're looking to introduce the kids to their local farmers," a spokesperson from the Johnson County Local Food Alliance told the Iowa City Press-Citizen. "We want to make it fun because eating local is delicious and healthy."

In what would seem to be some sort of early April Fool's joke, the UK Department of Health has actually invited companies including McDonald's, KFC, PepsiCo, Kellogg's, and Mars, to write health policies designed to address obesity, alcohol abuse, and diet-related diseases in Britain. The health risks often associated with consuming foods and beverages distributed by these very companies, er, policy contributors, have spiraled the country's obesity rate to nearly two-thirds of the population.