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.
It’s been almost five years for our family taking one whole foods probiotic supplement, ever since I finally beat back my candida overgrowth after about six months of trying a LOT of things, including a few other commercially available probiotics. Today I get to SHARE with you! We decided we’d try this one when I had […]
For centuries, we’ve had relationships with other organisms to keep us healthy – it used to be external beasts like leeches, now we’re learning that it’s all about the internal relationship with our bugs and bacteria. The big question lately is what to do after we go nuclear on our own healthy bacteria with a round
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Take your pick: pill, drops, or rays? What’s the best way to get adequate Vitamin D? Could that sunshine (gasp) be healthy for you?? The issue can be a thorny one: This is a good time to hop in and remind you that I’m just a mom researching health for my family and sharing what
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No sooner do I clean up the bathroom and put the box away then it seems to come back out! What box? My essential oils, and particularly the bottles that are safe for my kids, tend to be like the proverbial bad penny on my bathroom counter. It’s not that we’re always sick, although it
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I just want ice cream. (Darn. That’s not going to heal my gut.) And chocolate. (That probably won’t cure my candida though.) And yogurt. Heck, just a slice of cheese or a wedge of grapefruit would send me out singing in the rain! Being on a gut healing diet and protocol is HARD work, and
Embarking on a Gut Healing Diet (& Hitting the Bumps) Read More »
Time to align your cycle with your food and lifestyle, ladies! This post is from guest writer Lori Valentine Rose, PhD, CNP, BCHN, FDN-P, RH…
Align with “Aunt Flo” to Make Your Cycle Work FOR You {Women’s Wellness GUEST Series} Read More »
This post is from guest writer Lori Valentine Rose, PhD, CNP, BCHN, FDN-P, RH (AHG), NBC-HWC of Lori Rose Holistic. Let’s get rid of the toxins and “bad stuff” that’s messing up your hormones, ladies! It’s detox time! With careful eating and the right lifestyle choices, you CAN balance your hormones and harness your feminine magic!
No More Lackluster Livers – Time to Detox {Women’s Wellness GUEST Series} Read More »
This post is from guest writer Lori Valentine Rose, PhD, CNP, BCHN, FDN-P, RH (AHG), NBC-HWC of Lori Rose Holistic I am so excited to start the third step for hormone balancing at harnessing your feminine powers with you! Learning how to balance and support your adrenal glands can be a real game changer when it
Adrenal Amends – Support for Stressful Times {Women’s Wellness GUEST Series} Read More »
Learn how to balance blood sugar with foods. Here’s the best diet for blood sugar balance. Hint: It may not be what you expect! This post is from guest writer Lori Valentine Rose, PhD, CNP, BCHN, FDN-P, RH (AHG), NBC-HWC of Lori Rose Holistic Are you ready to start the second step to balance your
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Everybody needs water to survive. It’s a fact. But did you know not everyone needs the same amount? Eight glasses a day is not a rule you need to follow. In fact it was never recommended in the first place. You can read about how that came about and why it’s not true here. Dehydration
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This post is from guest writer Lori Valentine Rose, PhD, CNP, BCHN, FDN-P, RH (AHG), NBC-HWC of Lori Rose Holistic. Are you ready to start balancing your hormones by moving up the branches of the wellness tree? The first step to beat back PMS and make your femininity work for you is to optimize your mitochondria,
Low on Energy? Time to Support Your Mighty Mitochondria {Women’s Wellness GUEST Series} Read More »
Is there a diet for PMS? What is the link between diet and PMS? Is it possible to get relief from PMS? This post is from guest writer Lori Valentine Rose, PhD, CNP, BCHN, FDN-P, RH (AHG), NBC-HWC of Lori Rose Holistic. My mom always knew before I did when I was about to get
I’ve been fascinated with bacteria and how our bodies interact with them ever since I did an experiment in college about hand-washing and learned how ineffective (and dangerous) antibacterial soaps are. And today I’ve been wearing my science geek hat again and digging into the question of whether essential oils are a helpful tool in
Get up. Shower. Get dressed. Put on makeup. And fill my water bottle. That was me. Then remind myself periodically throughout the day to take a drink. Refill and repeat. Keep track of how much I drink. Make sure I’m getting my eight glasses at a minimum. Sound familiar? At the same time I was
Is the Secret to Why You’re Tired and Overweight Too Much Water? Read More »
When diagnosed with Celiac disease, people often have a crisis, wondering how do I even begin a gluten-free diet and not go crazy? It’s so important for their health, and the eating part is figure-out-able, but then there are more questions about cross-contamination, like “Can you kill gluten? Does a dishwasher get rid of gluten?”
17 Hidden Sources of Gluten In Your Kitchen (That Aren’t Food) Read More »
Car trips with children can be a harrowing experience for any parent, but when you have a child who gets motion sickness – that’s a whole new level of challenge. I recently had a reader email asking if I had any experience with car sickness remedies, especially treatments that would be safe for kids. It’s
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Let’s talk about some of Murphy’s Laws of parenting. Doesn’t it feel like the constipated baby always blows out when you’re one minute late to leave for church already, the naps get fought when you scheduled a phone call during that time because you knew the toddler would be tired, and the healthiest kids get
That moment when I saw a young pregnant mom in a bar drinking a beer (or two or three), long before I was a real food blogger, long before I was a mom myself, and even before I was of drinking age…I gaped in horror. I knew nothing about prenatal nutrition, health, or growing a
The Perfect Birth Won’t Guarantee Healthy Gut Flora for Baby Read More »
One of the hardest things about an allergy diagnosis is taking food away from your child. “Sorry, no more yogurt for breakfast. Nope, no more butter on your muffin. Say bye-bye to that peanut butter sandwich.” Then you break the news. You also have to rotate your food. The raisins you like to snack on
I remember vividly the day it dawned on me. As I was paging through a magazine, I came across an advertisement for a birth control patch. Confusion filled me. How could medicine placed on the skin work internally? At this time, I had no idea what “transdermal” meant (Definition: relating to or denoting the application
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