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Will Oil Pulling Fix my Sensitive Teeth…or is it Just a Hoax?

October 26th, 2011 · 86 Comments · Natural Health

A few thoughts ran simultaneously through my head the first time I read about oil pulling: What a crackpot idea Um, gross! This is not something I will ever try Yet here I am, trying yet another gross crackpot idea that has to do with food! Oil pulling is the practice of putting unrefined oil [...]

How to Naturally Get that Halloween Face Paint Off – with No Tears!

October 25th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Green Living

When your little clowns, pirates, witches and kitty cats are tuckered out and ready to hit the sack next Monday, how will you get their face paint off? For young children especially, a tear-free method, without stingy soaps or sandpaper-esque scrubbing, is a necessity. The first year my little guy wore Halloween makeup, I wasn’t [...]

6 Steps to a Real Food Diabetes Diet {GUEST POST}

August 24th, 2011 · 56 Comments · Science of Nutrition, Special Situations

There are now 25.8 million people in the United States alone who have diabetes according to the American Diabetes Association. This number does not include the countless people who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, gestational diabetes, or the many who live with the symptoms but have not yet been diagnosed. Diabetes is becoming a household [...]

Monday Mission: Build Your Apothecary

April 4th, 2011 · 20 Comments · Do It Yourself, Monday Missions

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to start gathering supplies to make your own pharmacy stuff. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides photo source I’m excited to have the first guest Monday Mission ever, from Renee Harris of MadeOn Skin Care. I’ve always been too Type A in the past to let [...]

One More Way to Get Your Liver and Omega-3s {REVIEW}

March 11th, 2011 · 10 Comments · What to Buy

Although I write about many Nourishing Traditions techniques, I certainly don’t agree with everything in the book. I like to cross check research and make my own decisions. I’ll leave my total allegiance for my Church… In that light, I have a lot of appreciation for a company like Radiant Life, who supports Nourishing Traditions [...]

Monday Mission: Fight Germs Naturally

October 25th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Monday Missions

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to find a new way to keep the sick bugs away, naturally. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides I have to admit, this is as much my personal mission as it is yours, and I plan to learn along with you all this week as we [...]

Recipe Connection: Lazy French Fries or Potato Chips in Beef Tallow or Coconut Oil

November 13th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Do It Yourself, Fat Full Fall, Recipes

I’ve got a touch of obsessive-compulsive disorder at times. For example: as a child, every week during the 45-minute drive on the way back from dance class , I would consume a small order of McDonald’s French fries. (That’s not the OCD yet.) It took nearly the entire time because I’d eat them like this: [...]