My children are almost never sick. They usually end up at the doctor’s office because they hurt themselves. My wife and I have taught them the value of cleanliness and good personal hygiene, but we don’t rush them to the ...
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Diseases We Have That Our Ancestors Didn’t
We have been blessed with some amazing advances in modern technology which has allowed us comfort that was not possible a mere 100 years or so ago. But despite these advances, we suffer from severe chronic and degenerative diseases that ...
Read More »11 Natural Remedies You Should Stockpile For Cold & Flu Season
Cold and flu season is here, and many Americans are stocking up on over-the-counter medications to help fight sickness. In fact, according to the research organization Euromonitor International, retail sales of cough, cold and allergy remedies in the US are ...
Read More »Does Chicken Soup REALLY Heal Colds? (And If So, What’s The Best Recipe?)
When my kids don’t feel well, one of the only things they will eat is chicken soup – my homemade chicken soup. But do they want the soup because it represents a strong comfort food they have known all of ...
Read More »Mom Arrested, Faces 30 Days In Jail Because Sick Son Didn’t Go To School
Parents in one Georgia county can be arrested and tossed in jail for a month if their children miss too much school – even if the child is sick. Mother and substitute teacher Julie Giles was arrested because she did ...
Read More »The Surprising Way Wi-Fi Could Be Harming Your Health
The electronic devices you depend on could be destroying your health and your quality of life. So say a growing number of people who believe that Wi-Fi is making them sick and unable to operate in modern society. “I’ve had ...
Read More »5 Everyday Plants You Didn’t Know Were Toxic … Or Deadly
Plants can be aesthetically pleasing, functional, aromatic and highly desirable, but the same plants can also be deadly. Over thousands of years people have been learning how to understand and respect plants, mainly through a process of trial and error. ...
Read More »10 Off-Grid Kitchen Cures For Everyday Aches And Pains
“Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food,” wrote Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician who is commonly regarded as the father of medicine. Today it’s still true that cures for many of our common ailments can ...
Read More »4 Foods To Eat When You’re Sick
We’ve all heard it … “Starve a fever, feed a cold.” But is it true? And what do you do when you have both a fever and a cold? Food has healing power More than ever, we’re realizing the healing ...
Read More »FDA Says 7 Percent Of Imported Spices Contain Salmonella
The spices in your kitchen cabinet could make your family very sick. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has discovered that imported spices were twice as likely to be contaminated with salmonella bacteria as other kinds of food. The ...
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