Krill Oil: The Good, The Better, And The Beautiful

April 2, 2012 Nutrition

Have you heard about the great health benefits of krill oil? If not, then you are in for a pleasant surprise. But first you might be wondering, “What on earth is krill?” It’s a tiny kind of shrimp that ends up in the belly of the world’s largest whales. It is also food for other [...]

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Five Tips For Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease

March 30, 2012 Physical health

My father had Alzheimer’s disease. Should I be afraid? Should I be expecting that twenty years from now, my memory will begin failing me big-time? Should I be praying for a cure? What I need to do is the same thing everyone else needs to do in order to avoid any and every degenerative disease: [...]

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Reduce Household Expenses With Coupons And Discounts

March 30, 2012 Finances

If you know me at all, you know that I rarely advocate using coupons for food as a way to save money. The reason is that the vast majority of food coupons are for items that do nothing to improve your health – in fact, they are usually foods that encourage disease in some way. [...]

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Food As Medicine

March 29, 2012 Nutrition

Whatever your health goals, whether to simply avoid the cold and flu or to support your body in healing itself from a degenerative disease, the first place to start is in improving your nutrition. The keys are Eliminating all processed foods; Consuming at least nine servings of fruits and vegetables, including dark leafy greens and [...]

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Got Ants In Your Pants…Er, That Is, Pantry?

March 28, 2012 Green home

An ant invasion is not usually welcomed in your living space, whether inside or out. But knowing the cumulative effects of toxins in the body, you want to avoid using chemicals of any kind. Are there any natural insect repellents or pesticides that really work? Because believe me, there are some that just plain don’t, [...]

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Tres Dietas Buenas Para Perder El Peso Y Para Salud Buena

March 28, 2012 Vibrant health

En el mundo de las dietas, se necesita tener cuidado enescoger una que de verdad funciona bien. Por supuesto, hay unas que functionan bien, per no son my sanas. Por ejemplo, comer solament fruta por un mes pone demasiado azucar in el cuerpo y no bastante proteina. Una dieta para perder el peso es aun [...]

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Super-Easy Raw Milk Yogurt

March 27, 2012 Healthy recipes

I’ve been making raw milk yogurt the usual way: pour a couple quarts of raw milk into a large double-boiler saucepan (I’ve been using my waterless cookware), stand there forever waiting for it to heat to 110 degrees, take out a little warm milk, put in a little yogurt, stir it up, pour mixture into [...]

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Hope For School Lunches? Don’t Hold Your Breath

March 27, 2012 Nutrition

Based on what I’ve read and heard over the last couple of years, it sounds like more and more schools are getting on the healthy diet bandwagon. One article that just came out revealed that one school district will be serving more whole grains and fruits and vegetables, and reducing the meat. Sounds good, doesn’t [...]

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Is Your City Too Chicken For Chickens?

March 26, 2012 homesteading

For the moment, I live in a suburb that does not allow its residents to have backyard hens. Even though across the street from our subdivision there is a house with a donkey, a cow, and several other farm animals. It’s a one-acre lot in another city. And the suburb to our south also allows [...]

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Homeschooling: What Are The Benefits?

March 26, 2012 Homeschooling

Homeschooling: what are the benefits? Before answering the question, we need to be on the same page about some assumptions: The homeschoolers aren’t spending seven hours a day at a desk reading textbooks and doing worksheets. The homeschoolers are given frequent opportunities to play with other children and otherwise explore their community. The homeschoolers aren’t [...]

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