How Grains Could be Sabotaging your Health…

are sprouted soaked fermented grains healthy?

Grains are a major staple of most people’s diet in America, and with the low-fat craze of the 80s and 90s and the Food Pyramid recommendation of 6-11 servings of grains a day, it is no wonder that most people consume so many grains. While processed grains and white flours have gotten a bad rap [...]

Herb Profile: Black Walnut Hull

Black Walnut Hulls

Black Walnut Hull or Juglans Nigra is, just as it sounds, the  hull of the black walnut tree. The Black Walnut tree grows in the eastern US and parts of Canada, and while easy to grow, it is not plentiful. Black Walnut has been used in herbal medicine for thousands of years. It has been [...]

My Birth Saga- Part 12

Even for my untrained eyes, it was very obvious that the placenta was covering the birth canal. I sobbed as I realized any hope for natural birth was gone and that I was going to have surgery. I was filled with concern for little Tre who would have to be born so early. I just [...]

Mom Humor

Funny post from momof9splace.com… What’s going on Here? A manager in a big company needed to contact one of his employees about an urgent problem with one of the main computers.  He dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whispered voice on the first ring, “Hello?” “Is your Daddy home?” [...]

How to Make Natural Homemade Hand Sanitizer

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With all the paranoia about the flu this season, everyone seems to be carrying instant hand sanitizer and using it everywhere. The only problem, besides the fact that all the alcohol in conventional hand sanitizer will dry your hands out, is that using hand sanitizer too much can actually cause germs to become resistant to [...]

At Home Flu Prevention and Treatment

Even though reports are showing that the H1N1 flu is much less serious than originally thought, and even the seasonal flu doesn’t seem to be overly serious this year, getting the flu is still a bummer, especially because it can be prevented or treated rather easily at home. Many doctors are recommending Tamiflu at the first signs of flu, but Tamiflu has just been shown to reduce the flu’s duration by one day at most, and can have some side effects.

My Birth Saga- Part 11

I looked down and saw bright red blood covering my pants, underwear and the floor. Not just a little blood, but a lot! I panicked! I knew this was not a good sign. I screamed for Italian Stallion and when he got to me, I saw the fear in his eyes as well. I tried [...]