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Superfoods & Supplements

Category: Superfoods & Supplements

5 Anti-Inflammatory Herbs In Your Own Backyard

5 Anti-Inflammatory Herbs In Your Own Backyard

Spotlight on Herbs: Thyme | Since winter is still firmly upon us, it's a wonderful time to think about thyme. Not only is it a great flavoring in all of the warm soups, stews, and roasts we're busy cooking, but it's a natural healer of colds, coughs, and sore throats. Thyme is an important addition to any kitchen or medicinal herb garden! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Spotlight on Herbs: Thyme

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

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

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

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

10 Herbs For Healthy Teeth & Gums + Make Your Own Natural Mouthwash | We all want healthy teeth and gums. But sometimes we brush, we floss, we eat healthy foods, and it still isn't enough. Maybe you just want a whiter, brighter smile, but want to avoid the ingredients in conventional products. Herbs to the rescue! These 10 herbs are healing and restorative, plus a recipe for herbal mouthwash. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

10 Herbs For Healthy Teeth & Gums + Make Your Own Natural Mouthwash!

Homemade Herbal Tooth Powder & Toothpaste | Why would anyone think about making homemade toothpaste? Or homemade tooth powder? Maybe because there are questionable ingredients in conventional products and a high price tag on natural alternatives. Not to mention, the satisfaction of doing it yourself, and knowing exactly what you're putting in your mouth. Convinced yet? Then here are recipes so you can brush your teeth with your own personal mix today! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Homemade Herbal Tooth Powder and Toothpaste

Coconut oil. Tallow. Lard. Pasture butter. Ghee. Duck fat. These are the Traditional fats we typically hear so much about. Then avocado oil made its way into my kitchen. I predict that avocado oil is going to have a secure spot on our list of healthy fats very soon. And here's why. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Avocado Oil: The New Fat in the Real Food Kitchen

Essential Oil Diffusion Methods | Fresh lemons and spicy ginger... Those are the scents drifting over my writing area right now. I love my essential oils, and I love my cool mist diffuser humming along beside me. I've learned and discovered so much about essential oils and diffusion over the last few years -- and am eager to share! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Essential Oil Diffusion Methods

Balm of Gilead: The "Do-It-All" Poplar Salve {it's spring in a jar!}

Balm of Gilead: The “Do-It-All” Poplar Salve {it’s spring in a jar!}

DIY Diffuser Jewelry {necklace and bracelet} Essential oils are rapidly gaining popularity -- and with good reason. I quickly realized that essential oil jewelry would be a breeze to make (and fun, too!). I'll take you through the steps of making both an essential oil diffuser necklace and an essential oil diffuser bracelet -- so you'll be making essential oil jewelry on your own in no time. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

DIY Essential Oil Jewelry {Diffuser Necklace & Bracelet}

ummer comes hand-in-hand with bug bites. Let me introduce the 'bug bite stick' -- a chapstick tube containing a simple salve made from plantain, echinacea, and lavender. I've made this salve for a few years now, and it really works to relieve the itch!

Homemade & Natural Bug Bite Stick

How the word "alternatives" turns gut-healing foods into feasts | Megan and her family have been on a gut-healing diet for more than 4 years. Not only have they experiencing healing, no one's choking down blah, dry, and repetitive meals. No one leaves the table feeling any lack. Why? Because Megan's favorite word is "alternatives" and it should be yours as well -- if you want to thrive on a gut-healing diet. Video and transcript included. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How The Word “Alternatives” Turns Gut-Healing Foods Into Feasts

Why Curcumin Is More Powerful Than Turmeric For Inflammation {and what form to take}

Why Curcumin Is More Powerful Than Turmeric For Inflammation {and what form to take}

Raw Cacao Mint Shake with Avocado, Collagen, & Fresh Mint

Raw Cacao Mint Shake with Avocado, Collagen, & Fresh Mint

With autumn in the breeze, winter soon to follow, and many of our kids back to school, virus season is just around the corner. Oregano oil, or oregano essential oil, is often in the spotlight as an excellent herbal remedy. Here's how to choose and use oregano oil wisely.

How to Use Oregano Oil Safely

It isn't herbal supplements, it isn't vitamins, it isn't magic. At its simplest, homeopathy stimulates the body's innate healing ability. What it is, how it works, and your other burning questions about homeopathy... answered.

Homeopathy On Your Homestead