The Many Benefits of Coconut Oil

health benefits of coconut oil

If you’ve been around the real food community much, you’ve heard many references to the benefits of coconut, especially coconut oil. Ostracized by the medical community for it’s saturated fat content, it seems that coconut oil might finally be making a comeback in the mainstream health community. Coconut oil is the most nutrient dense part [...]

Why I’ve Been Drinking Green Jello [Well, Almost]

spirulina smoothie

I’ve seen several articles lately about the health benefits of gelatin (though I can’t remember where, or I’d link to them). I’ve been taking pure gelatin for quite some time and it is a part of my daily health regimen. According to Nourishing Traditions and much of the information I’ve read from the Weston A. Price foundation, [...]

Natural Remedies for Food Poisoning

healthy activated charcoal

So, I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday, or to do much else for that matter. In fact, I spent most of the day getting a very close view of just how badly the inside of the toilet needed to be cleaned. After a lovely date with my husband on Wednesday night, I started [...]

How to Make Elderberry Syrup for Flu Prevention

how to make homemade elderberry syrup

With flu season around the corner and signs for “flu shots” in every store, this is a natural alternative that is inexpensive and effective. It can be made easily at home. If you or your child has ever had a bad case of the flu, you know how miserable it can be. Especially for moms, [...]

Do You Have a Stinking Gut? (And Why You Should Want One)

probiotics

  Hippocrates was once quoted for saying “all disease begins in the gut.” Time is proving Hippocrates to be a pretty smart guy, and science is even now linking poor gut health with a myriad of health problems. From eczema to poor immune health, it seems that our gut health influences much more than we [...]

Natural Illness Prevention & Treatment – Beat the Cold, Flu and Fever Faster

natural remedies for cold and flu

When the flu bites, when the cold stings… these are a few of my least favorite things… Fortunately, some cases of illness can be easily prevented, and even once an illness has struck, natural and herbal remedies can help shorten the duration and get you feeling better faster. I posted before about what I keep [...]

Wellness Mama Medicine Cabinet

Herbal remedy natural remedy medicine chest flu treatment

The season that brings warm tidings and visions of sugarplums often brings sniffles, fever and flu too. In my family, these things seem to only hit at night, on weekends, or on holidays. Since doctors are not always a viable option at those times, and because I prefer to avoid prescriptions if possible, I keep [...]