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Staying Fit on the Homestead | Eating healthfully is very important. However, there's another side of the coin: it's also very important to stay healthy through activity and fitness. We are aging and we need to keep up with our homestead's work load. Also, in the case of an emergency, we may need to fend for ourselves, confront challenging situations, and sustain a high level of endurance. Here's how my family and I stay fit on the homestead -- no gym required. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Staying Fit on the Homestead

Perfect Prescription: Sick Day Remedies and Routines | Being ill forces the busy-ness of my life to stop, or at least, slow down for a while. Given the speed of life at which most of us live, slowing down is often the perfect prescription for recovery. Here are my family’s five favorite ways to keep the pace peaceful while we recuperate. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Perfect Prescription: Sick Day Remedies and Routines

How to Make (and Use) an Herbal Decoction | An herbal infusion uses the leaves, stems, and flowers of a plant. An herbal decoction, although very similar to an infusion, is prepared from the roots, bark, and seeds, and you might call it a concentrated tea. I'm going to show you how easy it is to make and use an herbal decoction. | GNOWFGLINS.com

How to Make (and Use) an Herbal Decoction

How to Make (and Use) an Herbal Infusion | Herbal infusions are one of the most basic, yet effective, methods of using herbs. They can be infused in water, oil, or vinegar to produce healing remedies, or eaten in tasty dressings and condiments. Wonderful and simple! | GNOWFGLINS.com

How to Make (and Use) an Herbal Infusion

Sore Throat Tonic | After a spell of bitterly cold weather, my throat was the only thing left unfrozen. Browsing medicinal folk remedies and recipes, I settled on one concoction in particular, adding my own embellishments of ginger and turmeric to the mix. Within an hour of sipping on this concoction, I was able to join my family for my son’s birthday meal. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Sore Throat Tonic

How To Make All Natural Mouthwash (3 recipes!) | Recently I learned how to make natural mouthwash myself! It cleans teeth and gums naturally, it's inexpensive, it's made from good and simple ingredients that I recognize (no chemicals or unnatural dyes!), and it gives me peace of mind. Here are three fresh and easy homemade mouthwash recipes. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Make All Natural Mouthwash (3 Recipes!)

Healing Foods (for after the holidays) | Holiday celebrations can be hard on our bodies. Eating foods prepared in other kitchens often means we're consuming ingredients that are not necessarily nourishing. My family chooses to stay flexible during these times, making the best choices we can under the circumstances. But after the holidays, we start craving simple and healing foods. Are you in the same boat? Try my three simple recovery tricks and two favorite back-on-track simple recipes. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Healing Foods (for after the holidays)

Treating High Fevers With Egg Whites | Parents are told to reduce their kids' fevers with aspirin or other medicines. For a mild fever, this can do more harm than good. Here's a natural fever remedy you may not have heard of... egg whites! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Treating High Fevers With Egg Whites

Whipped Body Butter | It's not frosting, but it does look good enough to eat. This whipped homemade body butter is thick and rich. It nourishes the skin with just a few ingredients like shea butter and essential oils. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Way Better Than Lotion: Homemade Whipped Body Butter with Essential Oils

First Aid with The Survival Doctor | In this episode of Know Your Food with Wardee, you'll meet The Survival Doctor, James Hubbard, M.D. As a practicing family doctor for 30 years, he's one of the nation's top survival-medicine experts and the author of a brand new book, The Living Ready Pocket Manual to First Aid. This podcast is a part of his book launch blog tour, and I'm thrilled to be part of it. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/58

First Aid with The Survival Doctor (KYF058)

5 Supplements To Consider Taking This Year | 2013 was a rough year for me, and it came down to needing to enhance my whole foods lifestyle with some highly regarded and carefully chosen supplements to help my fatigue, anxiety, and overall health. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

5 Supplements To Consider Taking This Year

Rebuild From Depression | In this episode of Know Your Food with Wardee, you'll meet Amanda Rose. She authored the book Rebuild From Depression: A Nutrient Guide after her experience of severe postpartum depression in her first pregnancy. In the book, she argues that food nutrients are a key cause of depression and provides tools for correcting them. Notably, Amanda had a second baby after writing the book and managed to stay depression-free. I've invited Amanda here to talk about the best depression-fighting foods. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/57

Rebuild From Depression with Amanda Rose (KYF057)

6 Ways To Get Started With Traditional Foods & Healthy Eating | If switching to traditional foods is part of your new agenda, instead of pledging to ferment, soak, and sprout all the way, consider breaking this goal down into smaller bites. Here are 6 easy tips to get started with traditional foods for beginners! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

6 Ways To Get Started With Traditional Foods & Healthy Eating

Taproot Farms Alaska with Rick Wilder (KYF056)

Taproot Farms Alaska with Rick Wilder (KYF056)

Real Food is NOT a Savior / GNOWFGLINS.com

Real Food Is NOT A Savior

Essential Survival with Julie Behling-Hovdal (KYF053)

Essential Survival with Julie Behling-Hovdal (KYF053)

3 Snack Bar Recipes! Real Food Sports Nutrition, Part 3

3 Snack Bar Recipes! Real Food Sports Nutrition, Part 3

The Great Sugar Deluge, Part 2

The Great Sugar Deluge, Part 2