Terrain Theory Versus Germ Theory | Understanding Your Immune System
What if everything we know about germs is wrong? What if handwashing, sanitizing surfaces, and social distancing isn’t the only way (or even THE way)…
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Could Masks Be Helpful AND Harmful to Our Kids?
I’m still sad every single time I see a child wearing a mask. My kids are wearing masks daily for school in person, but this…
How to Keep Your Masks Clean (Including No-Wash Hacks that Take Less Than 5 Minutes!)
In a world where it’s hard to get kids to change their underwear or brush their hair regularly, dealing with a new piece of clothing…
Teach Your Kids: How to Take a “Mask Break” at School Without Inviting More Germs to Visit Your Face
“What’s your favorite part of school so far?” It’s the quintessential adult-to-kid question after a week or two of school, so when the orthotropics hygienist…
Could Your Mask Put YOU at Risk? 8 Doctors Agree on How to Wear a Mask Correctly
Way back in early February, before people in America really knew about the novel coronavirus now called COVID-19, Influenza A and B both went through…
Yes! It is Possible to Boost Immunity with Diet and Lifestyle
Get an immune booster with these immune boosting foods, vitamins to boost the immune system, and other natural immune boosters. Some people have sledding and…
Fight Off Sickness With These Immune Boosting Herbal Recipes
You could say I’m “anti-antibiotics” although we’ve certainly used them when the situation warranted it! My preference is to live and eat in a way…
15 Tips to Combat Winter Blues: Dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder
Please welcome our new contributing writer Lori from Third Day Farms! She lives in the same town as me and we’ve connected over raw milk…
4 Easy Tips for Cooking During Depression
For my friends who have walked the journey of the last six months in my life, they know it has been full of wildly vacillating…
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,…
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…
Fighting Illness Naturally is Scary (Especially When You’re Blind)
We had a near miss with antibiotics this week. Two bottles of super-strength antibiotics stared me down from the refrigerator for 24 hours, threatening a…