Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Natural Living, Fitness
One trend I’ve noticed in the real food and health communities lately is an almost fanatical obsession with an certain aspect of healthy living, while completely ignoring (or just not doing) other things that are just as important for health. I’m calling myself out on this one! For instance, I wrote my post about The [...]
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. What is Black Walnut? Black Walnut has been used in herbal medicine for thousands of [...]
Arnica is well known for its ability to help with bruises, sprains, strains, etc and can remove shock and speed healing. It can be put on areas of trauma after falls, accidents, etc.
UPDATE: This post was three years old and while we would still use these treatments if we got the flu, we haven’t gotten sick during that time. We use a preventative regimen of supplements, lifestyle factors an sleep/stress reduction. Here are the supplements we take regularly to help boost immune health. We had our first bout with [...]
With school just getting started, and the increased incidence of illness in the cooler months, I’ve gotten several emails and facebook questions lately about natural ways to bring down a fever, especially in young children. My personal solution is somewhat unconventional, but it has helped my family fight illness more quickly and usually prevent recurring infection… Here’s [...]
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 [...]
Rosemary is an aromatic in the mint family that grows on an evergreen bush. It is most often used in cooking but has a wonderful woodsy scent and is also great in air fresheners and aromatherapy mixes. Concentrated extracts like Rosemary Oil should be used externally, though the dried herb can be taken internally when [...]
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