Healthcare Solutions
I never thought I would get political on this blog, but I promise it is relevant. As I'm sure most Americans are aware, the healthcare bill passed last night. I don't care what side of the issue you...
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How To Make Homemade Mayo
If you're like me, you probably have a lot of Easter eggs left over from the holiday and you aren't really sure what to do with them. Egg salad is always the obvious choice, but using mayonnaise is so...
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The Whole Soy Story
After a visit to a homeopathic doctor in 2008, I discovered that I am soy intolerant, a diagnosis that has changed my life in many ways.* I used to be a sushi addict and my mouth still waters at the...
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Homemade Menstrual Cloths
In honor of Earth Day, I thought I would tackle the sensitive issue of menstrual pads and tampons. Feminine hygiene products contribute to our overall wellness in many ways. Lots of us use cloth...
View ArticleCoconut Oil
I became a big fan of coconut oil a few years ago, when I discovered that it helped my Crohn's symptoms. Originally, I was concerned about the amount of saturated fat in the oil, but the more I...
View ArticleNon-GMO Shopping Guide
Click here to dowload a free Non-GMO Shopping Guide put out by The Center for Food Safety.You can learn more about the guide here.To learn more about genetically modified foods, watch this film.
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Homemade Soaked Granola Bars
Granola bars are considered a healthy snack by many people - they usually contain oats, nuts, dried fruits and other things that are good for you. But most of the processed bars also contain a lot of...
View ArticleToxic Bodies
There are more chemicals in existance than I could ever count. They are found in literally everything we use on a day-to-day basis. But, the scary fact is that most of these chemicals have never been...
View ArticleToxic Bodies: Follow-Up
I just wanted to share a few follow-up links that I have come across since writing my last post, Toxic Bodies. First, one commenter, Lembit, shared a link to an iPhone app called the Chemical Maze,...
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Homemade Tea
Non-organic tea can be really dangerous. Most of the popular non-organic teas that we drink here in America were treated with a number of chemical pesticides and fungicides prior to being harvested....
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A Call To Action
This is a post I wrote for my other private blog, but decided I wanted to share it here too. The intention of this blog is to help people achieve physical, mental and spiritual health and the title of...
View ArticleA Plastic-Free Life
I've been slowly trying to reduce the amount of plastic in our home over the past few years. It all began during the great BPA (Bisphenol A) scare of 2008, when I decided to replace all of my plastic...
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Homemade Soft Tacos
We love Mexican food in our house. But most of the ingredients you find in the grocery store are full of artificial preservatives and other additives. For example, an Old El Paso flour burrito...
View ArticleIf you want to get sick and gain weight...
...follow the 2010 USDA Food Pyramid Guidelines.Here is a great article about the proposed changes, written by Sally Fallon Morell, President of the Weston A. Price Foundation.Some highlights of the...
View ArticleLinks of the Week
I have a habit of saving interesting links I find in my favorites with the intention of sharing the information here at some point, but what ends up happening is that the links begin to pile up and...
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How To Make Raw Almond Milk
Step 1: Soak your almonds for at least 24 hours prior to making your milk. For a nutritional boost, use sprouted almonds. Step 2: Rinse your almonds and then put them in the blender with filtered...
View ArticleLinks of the Week
Here are some health-related links that I came across this week:Another McNeil Product Recall from July 8, 2010 for Benadryl, Tylenol, and Motrin. This is the third recall from this company for...
View ArticleIs Eating Organic Really Expensive?
We live in a culture that expects food to be cheap. REALLY cheap. Shows like Extreme Couponing now have shoppers obsessed with getting the best deals on what they feed their families, but the problem...
View ArticleI'm Back
Hello, everyone! It has been a while since I've posted on this blog. If you aren't a follower of my personal blog you're probably not aware of what has happened in my family since I was posting...
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