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Category: Health & Nutrition

Natural Remedies for Burns, Bites, and Stings | Summer goes hand in hand with outdoor adventures. With the sun shining and the lure of swimming, kids out of school are free to spend their days playing outside. But burns, bites, and stings can stop that summer fun dead in its tracks. Thankfully, several natural remedies will have you back to enjoying summer activities in no time! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Natural Remedies for Burns, Bites, and Stings

Homemade Essential Oil Bug Repellent

Homemade Essential Oil Bug Repellent

Food Fight Against Cancer | Cancer. It used to be a scary, foreign, medical word. Now it's a scary, common word that people assume they will have one day. According to The World Cancer Report, reported cancer cases hit an estimated 14 million in 2012. In the next twenty years, new cancer cases are predicted to rise by 57% and reach an astounding 22 million. It's a scary thought, and one that encourages us to rediscover foods that help fight cancer. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Food Fight Against Cancer

How To Make A Pepper Juice Tincture | Pepper juice is the cringe-worthy yet beloved name of my go-to tincture for all things sick-related. As my kids know, it's the answer to everything. Sore throat? Sniffles? Cold and flu season preventative? Pepper juice! Here's how to make a pepper juice tincture! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Pepper Juice: An Immune-Boosting Miracle Tincture

This Superfood Increases My Vitality | Did you know there's a Peruvian root that's been cultivated for thousands of years that can help with energy, fertility, hormonal dysfunction, depression, circulation, mental acuity, and more? Here's my experience with it, plus the potential benefits of maca, where to find it, and how to use it. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

This Superfood Increases My Vitality (and you should try it, too)

7 Keys to Abundant Life, Bible-Inspired | Chiropractor and homesteader Dr. Eric Z shares the 7 key areas to an abundant life (based on Biblical principles) and we talk about the urban homesteading legacy he and his family are passing on to their children, local community, and even online through a weekly video series. You will love every minute! Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/82

7 Keys to Abundant Life, Bible-Inspired (KYF082)

Is Your Hot Dog Toxic or Nutritious? | Does hot dog = junk food in your mind? A hot dog can definitely be one of the more horrible junk food meals you feed your family, but there are actually many ways to turn a toxic hot dog into a nutritious meal. Don't "give in" to eating a hot dog at the family bonfire -- just take some extra steps to ensure you're eating the right ingredients, not the toxic ones! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Is Your Hot Dog Toxic or Nutritious?

Start your day with this! | The best thing you can do for yourself each day is so simple, but it's often overlooked. I know this because I myself -- a person who cares a great deal about healthy living -- have neglected it for years. What is it? Drink enough water. But even more than that... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Start Your Day With THIS!

This is my story... what's yours? | Coming out of high school, I was all about “healthy living” -- except I had no idea what healthy was. I exercised excessively and ate low-fat vegetarian. I lived by and obsessed over an unhealthy desire to be stick thin. I chased after accolades and accomplishments. The cost was high. Here's my story... what's yours? | GNOWFGLINS.com

This is my story… what’s yours?

Going Gluten-Free: Fad or Necessity? | I went gluten-free a little over a year ago. Since then I've heard gluten-free eating called a "craze" that lacks common sense, hurts the wheat industry, and randomly condemns an entire food group. Is gluten-free eating a fad -- or is it a necessity? After intense soul-searching and research, here is my answer to this question. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Going Gluten-Free: Fad or Necessity?

10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child's Lunch | Fermented foods pack a nutritional punch for any meal. But, what to pack and how to provide variety? Here's how to make the most of your child's school lunch with fermented foods -- without adding lots of prep time. | GNOWFGLINS.com

10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child’s Lunch

What's Right for Your Family: GAPS or Traditional Foods? | The Traditional Foods Movement has been an impressive agent of change in thousands of people’s lives. Out of this movement have come many heroes: WAPF, Paleo, Primal, GAPS, AIP, Grain-Free, etc. But what are the differences? And what is right for your family? | GNOWFGLINS.com

What’s Right for Your Family: Traditional Foods or GAPS?

Why We Love Cast Iron | My husband asked about the black specks in the mashed potatoes. "Oh, that's just my frying pan. The non-stick coating is wearing away." Then he brought home a box of old cast iron pans from a garage sale. I ignored them as long as I could, but now? I'm the biggest fan ever -- here's why we love cast iron. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Why We Love Cast Iron

Easy Homemade Essential Oil Deodorant | I've tried so many deodorant alternatives I can't even count them all. Then I found this one: an easy homemade essential oil deodorant that meets all of my expectations: it smells good, it works (even combating stress-sweat, intense exercise, and hot, humid summer days), it’s economical, it doesn’t stain my clothing, and I feel great about the ingredients. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Easy Homemade Essential Oil Deodorant

Is It Possible To Heal From Multiple Chemical Sensitivities? | Teresa suffered for years but doctors told her there was nothing wrong (yet she would probably be on prescription medications for the rest of her life!). After research of her own, she found out that she had multiple chemical sensitivities and embarked on her own healing journey with alternative health care and whole foods. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/86

Is It Possible To Heal From Multiple Chemical Sensitivities? (KYF086)

CrossFit and the Traditional Food Lifestyle (KYF087)

CrossFit and the Traditional Food Lifestyle (KYF087)

Nourishing Broth | Arguably the most nourishing food in the world: broth. It's old-fashioned, yes, but still one of the best remedies for what ails us today, including bouncing back from illness and disease, healing pain and inflammation, and retaining youthful skin and bones. Join me and the Naughty Nutritionist, Dr. Kaayla Daniel, as we explore this age-old remedy that stands tall among all superfoods. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/88

Nourishing Broth — An Old Fashioned Remedy for the Modern World (KYF088)

The Secret Of Fish Stock | Fish stock doesn't usually make a person's top 10 "I need to try this!" list. But when I read about the health benefits of fish stock, I had to give credit where credit is due -- fish stock is in a class all by itself. Learn how to make fish stock, too! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

The Secret Of Fish Stock