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Category: Health & Nutrition

Cinnamon Licorice Tea To Boost Your Immune System | Have you ever choked down a medicinal tea that leaves much to be desired in terms of taste and smell? Me too. But don't worry, this cinnamon licorice tea both boosts your immune system and makes your kitchen smell delightfully cinnamon-y and tastes delicious! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Cinnamon Licorice Tea To Boost Your Immune System

Why We Steam Kale and Other Greens | Nutritional powerhouses like kale, collards, spinach, chard, and beet greens all contain oxalic acid, which binds with calcium and other minerals (like magnesium and iron) in order to be excreted from the body. Calcium and magnesium are precious minerals our bodies need to function and grow properly. The good news is: oxalic acid is easily reduced by steaming, boiling, or wilting the leaves of any of these vegetables. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Why We Steam Kale (and other dark leafy greens)

How To Make Healing Homemade Broth & Stock + Why You Should

How To Make Healing Homemade Broth & Stock + Why You Should

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

Quick & Easy DIY All Purpose Pine Cleaner | I'm not going to sacrifice cleanliness just because I own and operate a muddy homestead. So, I whipped up my own DIY All Purpose Pine Cleaner to keep on top of muddy floors. Not only are the ingredients familiar and easy-to-find, the recipe is quick and my floors smell of fresh pine. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Quick & Easy Homemade DIY All Purpose Pine Cleaner

KYF #070: Healing Chronic Fatigue | For 30 years, Ruth Almon lived with debilitating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. And now? She feels better than she did at 19, thanks to the healing power of nutritious real foods. Today, you get to hear her story -- including her refreshing, non-purist take on the Paleo diet and about her eBook Step by Step Paleo. Get to know Ruth through this podcast. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/70

Healing Chronic Fatigue with Real Food (KYF070)

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

The Need For Magnesium (with supplemental food list) | The news has been abuzz with magnesium lately, and for good reason. Every system and function in our body depends on magnesium! Learn the signs of magnesium deficiency, plus the top 11 sources of magnesium so you can restore your body's magnesium level. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

The Need For Magnesium (with supplemental food list!)

Natural Healing for IBD | Nutritional therapist Lydia Shatney is back! Today, she's helping us understand (and implement) natural healing therapies for Crohn's and ulcerative colitis. Lydia is the teacher and creator of the online class Heal Your Gut. If you have questions or comments for Lydia, be sure to share in the comments. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Natural Healing for IBD: Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis

Amish Butter: Really? | Is this Amish butter or not? Come along with me, and we'll find out! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Amish Butter: Really?

Some Things Don't Change: Vintage Food Ads

Some Things Don’t Change: Vintage Food Ads

The Gelatin Secret, Part 1 of 2 | Who knew gelatin could be so beautiful... or so marvelously healing? As Sylvie McCracken found out, gelatin is one of the foods we should all be eating more. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

The Gelatin Secret, Part 1 (KYF072)

Anthocyanins: More to Love Than Color | Colors weren't just created to please our eyes. Take fruit for example -- red strawberries, dark red or purple raspberries, and the deep blue blueberries. Anthocyanins are responsible for these colors, and the purpose goes much deeper than mere (and miraculous) beauty. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Anthocyanins: More To Love Than Color

Our Experience with Newborn Chiropractic Care

Our Experience with Newborn Chiropractic Care

10 Herbs For Iced Tea All Summer Long | You already know the many benefits of drinking herbal tea. Enjoying them on ice is a great way to reap the health benefits and beat the heat, too! Here are 10 common herbs to use in your iced teas all summer long... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

10 Herbs for Herbal Iced Tea… All Summer Long!

The Gelatin Secret, Part 2 (KYF073)

The Gelatin Secret, Part 2 (KYF073)

Ginger-Lemon Mocktail |Today I want to share with you the beverage that makes summer bearable for me. It's my version of a bubbly, non-alcoholic cocktail that detoxifies, invigorates, and allows you to pretend for a few precious moments that you're lying in a hammock on a white sand beach in Fiji... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Ginger-Lemon Mocktail: The Perfect Summer Drink

Save Money on Whole Food Supplements by Using a Capsule Filler | Are you taking any whole food supplements like maca, cayenne pepper, or spirulina? You can save quite a bit of money by filling capsules yourself with the less expensive bulk powder options. I did the math. We save around $10 per month on just one person's supply of one supplement. Here's the whole scoop! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Save Money on Whole Food Supplements by Using a Capsule Filler