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Itchiness is a miserable symptom. Summer is the time for skin irritants such as insect bites, poison ivy, and poison oak. However, children may get chicken pox at any time of the year. Fortunately there are some easy home remedies ...

Cleansing your liver is truly one of the keys to staying youthful into your old age. When your body is detoxified, your cells can maintain all the functions in the body they must perform. Actually, when you think about it, ...

History The beet (Beta Vulgaris) originated in the Mediterranean, and its history predates written records. Moreover, the writings of the neo-Babylonian era mention the beet and its health benefits. In addition, the Greeks noted it as one of the most ...

The common cold and the flu have been around for a long time. Today, people use preventative measures as well as over-the-counter remedies to stay healthy, but what did our ancestors do before pharmacies and modern medicines were commonplace? One ...

  Who doesn’t want to rid their home of infectious bacteria and viruses? Many people purchase chemical-laced cleaners to try and accomplish this daunting task, but in doing so they may be doing more harm than good. Chemical cleaners are ...

  In the not-so-distant past, antibiotics and antibacterial wipes, lotions and hand sanitizers had not been invented, so one had to rely on your immune system and foods to fight off any type of virus or bacterial infection. Too many ...

Flu season has arrived, and we find ourselves taking extra precautions to ensure we are not the next victim of the cold and flu viruses spreading around our communities. Perhaps we increase our vitamin intake or even obsessively wash our ...

If you are like most people, the shorter daylight hours and dreary weather of winter can sometimes get you down. Less sunlight and fewer opportunities for outdoor exercise can combine to make you feel sluggish. But did you know you ...

When we think of protein, it is mainly animal sources that come to our mind. In fact, 70 percent of the protein consumed in most developed countries comes from meat and poultry. But there are plenty of protein-packed plants that ...

As we begin to enter the winter months, we also enter the time of year when we encounter more illness.  Many of us should consider adding natural immune-boosting foods to our families diet. This is especially true as school is ...