The arriving season has the dual benefit of ushering in flu season AND allergy season all at once. These are sure to help relieve your allergies.
Attack Cellulite at Home – Great for Busy Moms
Let’s be honest – cellulite is just plain horrible. We may not think so on someone else, but when it’s on us, it’s the worst thing ever! I’ve fought it back and forth for years. Sometimes it’s gone and sometimes it creeps back up. When it’s gone, I’ve kept after it. When I’m lazy, it shows its ugly […]
No Worries – Easy Diet for ADHD Children
Reading all of the online information about ADHD in children can overwhelm even the best of scholars. Since every ADHD child is the same but different, it’s hard to pinpoint an exact plan for what you should or shouldn’t do. What works for one child may not work for another. Why is a Diet for […]
Home Beauty Treatments with Honey
Honey is a healing and nourishing natural ingredient for homemade beauty products and DIY facial treatments. It is suitable for all skin types, it helps to relieve inflammation, and it promotes wound healing. Honey contains antioxidants, nourishes dry skin, and because it is antibacterial and antiseptic, it is great for both oily skin and to […]
How Dental Floss Can Save Your Life
It’s back to school time, and even when it’s not, teeth cleaning is an important part of a daily routine. If you visit your dentist regularly, and you should, you’ve probably heard him say “Floss the teeth you want to keep.” Have you heard that? I have. Dental Floss Can Save Your Life – Buy Some I […]
Things To Do with Lavender
Lavender is used in herbal medicine, in aromatherapy as essential oil, in cooking, in beauty products… it is one of the most versatile herbs, and it is safe for most people both as an herb and as essential oil (look for Lavandula angustifolia/officinalis/vera essential oil for therapeutic use). Do you grow lavender in your herb […]
Juicing for Health Guide
Juicing is HOT right now. You cannot scroll through Pinterest without seeing pins featuring juice cleanses, recipes or diets. Juicing isn’t a new concept. Jack Lalanne preached the health benefits of juicing for years, and if you’ve seen the documentary “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead,” you know that Joe Cross set out to change, or […]
Irradiated Spices – Are Lethal Toxins Lurking in Your Spice Cabinet?
Should You Be Afraid of Your Seasonings? Pasteurization is nothing new. Thanks to the pasteurization process of heating food up prior to bottling it up for sale, the incidence of food spoilage and foodborne illnesses have dropped significantly. However, can the claim that the irradiation of foods produces the same, harmless result as simply heating […]
Can Dill Help Your Digestive System?
Every year, thousands of people grow dill in their gardens for pickling or just adding it to recipes (see our creamy dip and herbed cheese), but did you know that dill can help your digestive system in many ways? Without getting into all the scientific aspects of the herb, let’s focus on the fact that […]
My Favorite Edible Weeds and Wildcrafted Herbs
Many plants that are considered garden weeds are packed with nutrition. In fact, many also have medicinal properties and are great for DIY herbal infusions and tea blends. When picking wildcrafted herbs, pick from non-polluted areas – avoid busy roads or areas where chemical fertilizers have been used. Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) You can use all […]
Sacred Pregnancy: A Loving Guide and Journal for Expectant Moms
Pregnancy is an important time in a woman’s life and, in today’s world of information, there is an abundance of resources available to help her through that time. Most resources, however, focus upon the physical aspects of pregnancy—how her body is changing or how the baby is growing. Sacred Pregnancy: a Loving Guide and Journal […]
Can Baking Soda Get Rid of Body Odor?
Baking soda is a common household item used for baking and for cleaning, but can it get rid of body odor too? Research done in an England study shows that approximately 98% of people have underarm odor, leaving a mere 2% without any at all. Think about that for a minute – nearly all of […]
