Can You Lose Weight Eating Real Food?
We’re still enjoying the last of the rich foods from “the holiday season” around here, but we know that we’re like much of the rest…
Natural Health
When Doc Isn’t Always Best…learn to home doctor your family with natural home remedies including essential oils, homeopathy, diet and nutrition and more. Preventive is the best, but we can share ideas to fix what ails you as well.
How To Help Your Gut Recover Naturally After Antibiotics
My husband has Crohn’s Disease, a chronic autoimmune disorder, and he just finished a round of antibiotics for a sinus infection. Yes, we fought it…
Is the BRATY Diet Compatible with Real Food?
It’s heartbreaking when our family has stomach pains after eating or other nasty symptoms. If the typical BRATY diet doesn’t work for your family’s health,…
Do you Have a Natural Toothpaste? {REVIEWS}
As I was working on the Monday Mission about safer toothpaste, I realized that telling you about the various natural toothpaste options I’ve tried needed…
Homemade Natural Insect Repellent Options
The KS readers are just fantastic! This post is packed with reader recommendations for DIY and homemade insect and mosquito repellents – they are by…
Whole Food Protein Sources: After a Workout, During Pregnancy, & Brain Boosters
Protein shakes, energy bars, and supplements marketed to athletes sometimes feel like the worst offenders in the processed foods world. Between the odd chemicals claiming…
Five Keys to Weight Loss with Real Food
We joke sometimes that we’ll launch a “Kitchen Stewardship® Diet Plan” with weird taglines like “Eat nuts, all the time!” or “Eggs, eggs, and more…
Monday Mission: Do You Have a Naturally Minded Doctor?
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to find a naturally minded doctor, or at least start thinking about it, especially if you have…
A Water Filter That Could Get White Off Rice
Wondering how well a Berkey water filter works? Our family reviewed a new Berkey filter starting in 2011, and we still love it in !…
How Diet Affects Kids’ Behavior: An Interview with Kelly Dorfman
Have you been convinced yet that what you feed your child has a significant impact on their health? My notes from a talk by Kelly…
How an Elimination Diet Cured My Daughter’s Eczema and Gastrointestinal Tract {GUEST POST}
This is a guest post from Nikki at Christian Mommy Blogger and has been reviewed by Sheila Kilbane, MD. Do you have a breastfed baby with eczema?…
Beating the Common Cold Naturally & Top 5 Herbs for Cold and Flu Season
Do you believe it is possible to get through the whole cold and flu season without getting a cold at all? Here are some tips…
Are Hand Sanitizers Safe or Superbug Creators?
Hand sanitizer is becoming more prevalent in our society. I’ve shared the best natural hand sanitizers. Now, let’s explore the safety and effectiveness of hand…
Will Oil Pulling Fix my Sensitive Teeth…or is it Just a Hoax?
A few thoughts ran simultaneously through my head the first time I read about oil pulling: What a crackpot ideaUm, gross!This is not something I…
Natural Remedies (and Natural Products) for Postpartum Pain
Stitches in human skin are no fun. Stitches on an extremely sensitive area that move and pull every time you sit, stand, walk, talk, cough,…
Monday Mission: The Water that Gets You Clean
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to get the chlorine out of your bath and shower. If you have city water, it’s almost…
How to Naturally Fight Infections without Antibiotics (Is Oil of Oregano the Best Natural Antibiotic?)
I have quite a collection of antibiotic prescriptions that have never been filled. Over the years, I’ve gotten skilled at fighting infections withOUT antibiotics, and…
What’s Really in Children’s Medications? {GUEST POST}
This is a guest post by Erin Odom of The Humbled Homemaker. In November 2000, then 3-year-old Brianna Maya nearly died after her parents gave…
Monday Mission: Get Natural Outdoors
Let’s talk about natural alternatives to all the chemicals we parents are made to believe are necessary from insect repellent to sunscreen. Your mission, if…