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A Handy Guide For Washing Produce | The beginning of spring is the perfect to time to talk about preserving produce. I don't mean recipes, canning, or lacto-fermentation, though. I want to talk about the first thing you do to produce once you bring it home. Let's talk about the best ways to wash produce! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

A Handy Guide For Washing Produce

My most recent addition to our natural remedies arsenal is homemade cough syrup -- made with one of my favorite kitchen gadgets, the Instant Pot!

Old-Fashioned Homemade Cough Syrup (Instant Pot, Stove Top)

'Will you do a post about amalgam fillings and curing tooth decay? What do you think about biological dentistry? How can I find a dentist with a holistic practice?' asks Michelle A. To begin, let's talk about the historical uses of mercury and what various countries are doing today, as well as the FDA's confusing response to mounting evidence against the safety of mercury in dental fillings.

The Historical Uses Of Mercury & Its Use In Dentistry Today

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DIY Foaming Hand Soap With Essential Oils

Recently I realized that I just couldn't remember the last time I'd woken up feeling completely rested. My lack of energy could have been caused by a number of things; all I know is that I wanted to feel better. Enter: maca. I experimented with it by putting it in all my drinks. My energy now? Extended instead of sporadic! Here is one hot drink that gets my day going with maca!

Black & White Maca Mocha

Easy Homemade Herbal Hair Rinses for Beautiful, Healthy, Hair | Drugstore shelves are full of products that promise to give us healthy, manageable, shiny, smooth, strong, and beautiful hair. The problem is, most of those bottles are filled with anything-but-healthy chemicals. Thankfully, we need look no further than our own kitchens, gardens, or local herb shops to find natural, organic care for truly healthy locks! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Easy, Homemade Herbal Hair Rinses {for Beautiful, Healthy Hair}

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Natural Homemade Deodorant …That Really Works!

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If I Were Starting Trim Healthy Mama With Traditional Foods Over Again… (KYF147)

How Staying Hydrated Can Help You Avoid Candida | Do you know the dangers of dehydration? Migraines, less energy, compromised immunity, and... candida? As an opportunistic pathogen, candida can use an immune system weakened by dehydration to gain a foot hold. Here's how staying hydrated can help you avoid candida!

How Staying Hydrated Can Help You Avoid Candida

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

Herb-Infused Baby Bottom Balm {cloth diaper safe!} | After buying an expensive 2-ounce tube of herbal bottom balm, I decided to make my own -- and I like my version even better! With skin-nourishing oils and healing herbs, this baby bottom balm is even cloth diaper safe! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Herb-Infused Baby Bottom Balm {cloth diaper safe!}

What about using essential oils for those deeper issues... the ones no one sees but we most certainly feel? For relief from PMS or menopause, pain relief during childbirth, hormone imbalances, and even in the bedroom, you need to know about these top 5 essential oils for women.

Top 5 Essential Oils For Women (for hormone balance, PMS, menopause, & in the bedroom!)

What’s the best way to take herbs? It’s the herbal supplement showdown… Tea, infusion, capsule, or tincture? Watch, listen, or read to find out my answer! | AskWardee.tv

Using Essential Oils In Cooking #AskWardee 039

No More Cramps! Essential Oil Roll-On | Argh...cramps. They can feel like your uterus and ovaries are staging a coup. Conventional medicine prescribes over-the-counter pain meds and even hormonal birth control for relief. Is there a better way? This essential oil roll-on brings natural relief for stomach and back cramps before and during your period. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

No More Cramps! Essential Oil Roll-On

Headaches, cramps, and bloating... Then, confidence, focus, and energy... Women run the gamut of weird, cycle-related symptoms! Can essential oils act like or balance hormones in the body? Find out! Plus, learn the 10 essential oils to use during every phase of your cycle -- from menstruation to ovulation to PMS -- for hormone balance, pain relief, libido, brain fog, and more!

10 Essential Oils To Use During Every Phase Of Your Cycle

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5 Foods That Are Wrecking Your HPA Axis

Have you experienced fatigue, insomnia, weight gain, blood sugar imbalance, anxiety, and cravings for sweet or salty foods? A nutrient-dense diet is exactly what sufferers of HPA axis dysfunction (formerly called adrenal fatigue) need! It is possible to find healing through diet with these 5 foods that nourish the HPA axis!

5 Foods That Nourish The HPA Axis

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What Is Rhodiola? (the anti-fatigue, anti-stress adaptogen!)