What’s Up With Your Digestion?
Do you experience occasional digestive discomfort, or is it a regular occurrence? Do you have bloating, belching, constipation, diarrhea, GERD or IBS? Drugs are not the answer.
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Natural Ways to Care for Your Family’s Skin
Caring for your family’s skin as well as your own with have many beneficial effects on your family; it can help prevent skin cancer and other diseases as well as fight the signs of aging. In addition, when you take care of your skin, you feel better on the inside and out.
The Right Fats for Your Family
For a number of years fat has been given a bum rap, due in large part to the low fat posse; but with time has come wisdom and fat, the right fat, is now getting the credit that it’s due. It’s taken thirty years of research to get to this point, but it would appear that all…
Natural & Botanical-Based Skincare
Forget that “going green” has been trending for the past few years or so. Forget beauty trends, forget advertising ploys that market what is supposed to be the latest and greatest breakthrough in skincare “technology.” Focus on your skin and what it needs.
7 Ways to Go Green in the Kitchen Without Breaking the Bank
You do not need to start a worldwide foundation to help out our Mother Nature. There are small but powerful ways you can make a difference in the comfort of your own home. However, sometimes we think it’s expensive to “go green” and involves a lot of work. Sure, we’d all like to help out…
Quinoa: Whole Grain, Complete Protein and “Super Food”
Have you tried quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah)? If not, put it on your next shopping list! Quinoa is a whole grain from South America that was used as a staple in the Incan diet, who believed the grain was sacred. It has become more popular in the last few years and recently the Food and Agricultural…
Therapeutic Treatments for Shin Splints
Medial tibial stress syndrome, more commonly known as “shin splints,” is a common complaint of many runners and other active people. The British Journal of Sports Medicine has reported that shin splints account for approximately 10 to 15 percent of all injuries attributed to running. Classified as a repetitive stress injury, shin splints are painful…
How to Reduce High Blood Pressure Naturally
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, places people at a higher risk for a heart attack, heart disease, stroke and other complications depending on the cause of the hypertension. However, many people are uninformed of the natural methods they can use to decrease their blood pressure, rather than immediately resorting to medication.
Pasteurized vs. Raw Milk
Pasteurization is a process that uses heat to kill microorganisms in food. This is most commonly used for milk and other dairy products, but can be applied to certain other foods as well. The key point to remember about pasteurization is that it is not selective as to which microorganisms it kills, and it kills…
How to Cloth Diaper in an Apartment
By Laura Weirich My family and I live in an apartment, and we cloth diaper. Yes, you can do both. So here are some of my tips about it. 1) Ask– If your unlucky enough not to have wash/dryer hook-ups in your snazzy apartment, then it’s common courtesy to ask if washing cloth diapers is…