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 is possible to treat eczema naturally! Let’s take a look at what eczema is, how it’s traditionally treated, and what we can do to soothe eczema symptoms without the prescription pad. Reviewed by Sheila Kilbane, MD. Nine-year-old boys are a little oblivious to life sometimes. They could probably have a frog stuck in their […]
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Do you have a picky eater? Are meal times a battle? Before you get frustrated and assume your child is just strong-willed, take a closer look at what is really going on. Yes, some kids truly do like to feel in control and may assert this behavior at meal times. In that case it is
Can gluten cause behavioral symptoms? Is there a link between food and autism? When my eleven year old son was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism last year, I had no idea how much the everyday details of our life would change. He had been struggling and exhibiting signs for years, so I wasn’t surprised by
Enjoy this huge list of natural home remedies for itchy bug bites from mosquito, chigger, black fly or other insects! From grandmother’s tricks to herbs to essential oils, this post has it all to get rid of the itch. Ah, the skin of summer – grubby feet, farmer’s tan lines, bruises and scrapes on little
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to prepare for the inevitable red cheeks, singed shoulders or peeling nose this summer. Today we’re talking about how to heal, soothe and repair your damaged skin after a sunburn – naturally. The picture above is my oldest on Easter morning – not a very bad sunburn,
Chemo = throwing up, right? Admit it, that’s what you think of when you imagine a chemotherapy patient: Someone who is super fatigued, no appetite, lying on the bathroom floor hugging the toilet, puking their guts out and then crawling to bed. Not my idea of fun. Here’s the good news: My dad’s oncologist said
Chemo with Hardly Any Side Effects? Mission: Possible Read More »
It never ceases to amaze me when a child pitches a fit about something that is truly a daily occurrence, sometimes multiple times a day. In our house, events like this might include the horrible and almost-too-terrible-to-mention tasks of: brushing teeth going potty before a meal washing hands after being outside/at school bringing lunch boxes
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I had an absolute ball Monday night interviewing two ladies with incredible stories of health transformations via diet. Amanda Torres from The Curious Coconut and Orleatha Smith from Level Health & Nutrition and Batch Cookery joined me on the KS Connect *Plus* Google Hangout and shared about their healing with the Paleo diet, which literally
3 Trillion Dependents in Your Gut–What are you Doing with Them? Read More »
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to try a natural remedy with ginger. Since you already have fresh ginger on hand for The Ginger Challenge Series (and now always will forevermore because of the super ginger storage tip!), you might as well have some natural remedy recipes to boost immunities, soothe sore throats
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You know how some kids put ketchup on everything? In our house, it’s all about mustard. We go through mustard like nobody’s business, seriously. I should buy stock in the stuff. Which means, of course, that I should also buy stock in laundry stain treaters and ultimately, clothing since mustard is a bear to get
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“Less cellulite at 30 than 20?” My friend was ready to eat the next words out of my mouth when I told her I blamed one dietary change for my incredible loss of cellulite. Quite often others counter my claim with a strange question: “How do you know?” I’m sure their intentions are simply curious,
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Parenting is hard stuff. Balancing baby’s needs and new mommy’s needs is hard, figuring out when to start feeding solid food and what kind is hard, watching a child get sick is hard. Deciding on boundaries is hard, using consistent discipline is hard, facing down a stubborn 4-year-old who is screaming at the top of
This is part two of a three-part story about our family’s experience with whooping cough. The first part includes a video of what whooping cough sounds like. The third discusses the difficult vaccination decision and the problem of statistics. When I told my husband that I was writing next about the social aspects of having
Summer colds are no fun. But usually, they’re no big deal. This one was different: All three of our kids, ages 8, 5 and 23 months, had a terrible cough. None of them had a characteristic “whoop,” that the symptoms of whooping cough describe, but something about it was itching at the corners of my mind
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It’s not often that a negative review inspires someone to run out and buy a product, but I have a story that begins in just that way. Some years ago I tested a natural deodorant called Herbalix which had two varieties: regular and “nighttime detox.” I detailed my stinky dismay at the end of the
Before you throw me over the cliff for even suggesting you turn on the oven in August, give me a chance to explain. First, I live in Michigan. It’s hitting 50F and below here at night, so our A/C hasn’t even been on in weeks. Second, it’s chicken season. As in, chickens are kind of
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Parenting isn’t easy. If you’re not being awakened at night or having to quell arguments between siblings, you’re researching like mad trying to figure out the best foods to feed your brood, and then making the time to cook from scratch and source quality ingredients. You have decisions to make about the health, schooling, and
Oil pulling is a simple technique with lots of big claims and very little risk. Scroll down to learn about the history and purpose of oil pulling, along with some tips from Dr. Bruce Fife, probably the foremost oil pulling authority. Quiz: What did you do upon getting out of bed this morning? Other than
Oil Pulling Tips and Success Stories ~ Do You Swish? Read More »
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to learn how to brush your teeth like an adult. I’m rating this one as “baby steps” because you don’t have to buy anything new or find more time in your already-packed day to complete the mission, but it’s far from simple. That phrase about “can’t teach
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If croup hits, you want to be prepared. Make sure you have these home remedies for croup on hand before you need them.“My kids always get a croup-y cough this time of year…” “Every cold has turned into croup lately…” “I always recognize that ‘croup cough’ and know things are getting worse…” Since a fearful
It’s Scary When Your Child Can’t Breathe (Natural Remedies for Croup) Read More »
