Carrageenan Safety, Side-Effects & How to Avoid It
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If you’ve ever purchased store-bought almond or coconut milk, you may have noticed an ingredient called Carrageenan on the carton. This hard-to-pronounce little food additive is the reason I make…
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The Wellness Mama blog provides simple answers for healthier families through research, tutorials, recipes, humor, and living life with lots of kids!
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5 Essential Oils I Use Daily
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I get more questions about essential oils than almost any other topic, probably because they’ve gained such immense popularity. Our family uses essential oils daily in our personal care products,…
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Barberry Root Herb Profile
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arberry is noted in folk medicine as a cure for nearly every gastrointestinal ailment, lymphatics, urinary tract and respiratory infection. It has been used as a bitter tonic and antypyretic.…
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How Food Sensitivities Affect Behavior
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Note from Katie: Please welcome Sylvie McCracken, author of The Gelatin Secret, for this guest post on how diet can affect children’s behavior and how she reversed behavior issues with…
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Homemade Breakfast Sausage Recipe
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Breakfast sausage is a favorite food of the men (including the little ones) in our home. I love it too, but don’t love that many store-bought breakfast sausages have nitrates…
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Does Brushing Teeth Prevent Cavities?
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Note from Katie: I’ve written a lot about oral health in the past and especially about the body’s ability to remineralize teeth, so I’m excited to welcome Emily Bartlett of…
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Pakistani Kima Recipe (One Pan Meal)
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It may have an unusual sounding name to native English speakers, but Pakistani kima has become one of my favorite dinner recipes. I tried this recipe at a friend’s suggestion…
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5 Horrible Exercise Excuses
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Note from Katie: Trying to get/stay in shape at home can be tough. Especially when you have little ones running around all day. I’ve asked Robin Konie from Thank Your…
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Caribbean Jerk Chicken Recipe
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I’d been craving (leptin problem maybe?) some jerk chicken lately, probably because the flavors remind me of the beach, which is what I am really craving… Anyway, since there are…
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Benefits of Astragalus Root
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What is Astragalus? Astragalus root has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine. Like barberry root, it is said to support immune function. Astragalus is a powerful adaptogenic herb…
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Honey for Healing Cuts and Burns
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I’m often amazed at things that our generation thinks we’ve discovered, only to find out that our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had been using them for years. An excellent example of this…
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Is Agave Healthy?
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I often get asked about the health of various sweeteners and sugar alternatives, and the latest one to gain popularity in recent years as a “natural” sweetener is agave. Many…
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Perfect Pâté Recipe
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This pâté recipe is one of my favorites. I must admit that learning how to prepare and consume organ meats has been a journey for me! It took me a while to learn…
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The Cheat System Diet Book Review
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If you’ve ever tried Weight Watchers or another structured weight loss plan and failed or relapsed, you need to read this book: The Cheat System Diet. I recently received an…
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Eczema Relief Lotion Bars
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I get a lot of emails about eczema, and I know many people who struggle with it personally. I’ve talked before about how there is often a connection to a…
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Marshmallow Root Herb Profile
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Marshmallow Root is an herb that has been around for centuries. In fact, it was mentioned in Homer’s Iliad (written 2800 years ago). It was used in ancient Greek and…
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How to Make Lotion Bar Sticks
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What Are Lotion Bars? Lotion bars are a very moisturizing body lotion in solid form. They look like a bar of soap but are used on dry skin. My original…
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Bacon Apple Chicken
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I’d never cooked much before finishing college and getting married. I got a Crock-Pot as a wedding gift and was told that slow cookers were the easiest (and mostly foolproof)…
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5 Ways to Consume More Probiotics
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The human body has more bacterial cells that human cells and a large part of these live in the digestive system. New research is constantly showing the relationship of gut…
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Placenta Pot Roast
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Disclaimer: This was an April Fools Joke. Please do not attempt to make this recipe! Today, I’m sharing an unusual recipe… Giving birth is taxing on a woman’s body but the…
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Forza Samurai Sword Workout Review
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Last year, our entire family started taking a Samurai Jujutsu class. It appealed to me because Jujutsu means “gentle art” and the focus is on learning the ability to defend…
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Omega-3 vs Omega-6
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My post about why you should never eat vegetable oil or margarine talked about the important ratio of Omega-3 (n-3) and Omega-6 (n-6) fats in the body, but this topic is…
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Health Benefits of Rebounding
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Rebounding is an exercise I do daily, but I must admit that when I first heard about it, the idea sounded crazy. If you aren’t familiar with it, rebounding is…
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Pete’s Real Food Review
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I’ve gotten emails asking if I know of any pre-made food services (like the pre-made diet programs that you often see on TV) that are actually healthy and easy to…