Health & Nutrition

Stopping the Cough, Naturally

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The recipe for getting better in our house is homemade, pasture-raised chicken soup, Netflix, and one or two of these favorite homemade cough remedies.

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The Case Against Water Fluoridation

Ever wonder why most kids’ toothpastes have no fluoride? Because kids inevitably will swallow some paste, and fluoride is extremely TOXIC. For me, this begs the question: Why are we putting a toxic chemical that everyone agrees should never be swallowed into our food and water supply in the first place?

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How Safe is Your Sunscreen?

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I’ve never blindly trust the chemicals in sunscreens. Why should I trade short-term protection for long-term harm, especially when there are safer alternatives?

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Beautiful, Bulletproof Chicken Broth

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Homemade chicken broth has a reputation for curing what ails you, and that reputation is well-deserved. Here’s why…

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Organic Eggs: Not All They’re Cracked Up To Be

Even certified organic eggs can come from hens living in inhumane, factory conditions—making their eggs both a nutritionally and ethically inferior product. If you can’t even trust certified organic eggs anymore, how do you know what kind of eggs are safe, nutritious and humane?

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S. 510 Could Kill the Real Food Movement

The U.S. Senate has been working on S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, and they hope to have it on President Obama’s desk by Easter. The Act tries to address the worst problems in U.S. agriculture, but as it stands, the bill threatens to undermine the best things in U.S. agriculture—small farmers producing for [...]

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