5 Steps to Heal Leaky Gut
Do you have multiple food sensitivities? How about chronic fatigue? Maybe you’ve got Hashimoto’s, arthritis, lupus, or another autoimmune disease. Do you have seasonal allergies? Digestive issues like IBS, gas, or bloating? Then you might have a leaky gut. Now, I’m...
Top Natural Fertilizers For Your Home Garden
Traditional fertilizers focus on three nutrients – N, P, and K. That’s all your plants need to live, right? (That and sun and water) Nope. If you want fruits and vegetables that are going to provide you with actual nutrition and flowers and plants that will make your...
How to Make (Immune Boosting) Bone Broth
If you’re not making bone broth yet, you definitely should be. Even though one of the primary benefits of bone broth is to boost your immune system, you shouldn’t wait until you’re sick to make it. Plus, bone broth will boost your joint health, provides a bunch of...
5 Weight Loss Tips for the Busy Person
Are you super busy? Can’t find enough time in your schedule to get to the gym, drink more water, or even get on a decent sleep schedule? Do you just grab whatever food is convenient because you don’t have time to cook? Plenty of people have this problem. It’s all too...
The Hardest Workout I’ve Ever Done
Today, I went for a run. And it was the hardest workout I’ve ever done. I’ve done a lot of different workouts too – EDTs (15 continuous minutes of a high intensity exercise), tabatas (with weights and without), heavy lifting sessions – just about everything there is...
7 tips your dermatologist won’t tell you
Having beautiful skin doesn’t have to be reserved for people with lots of time and money on their hands. There are some simple, powerful strategies you can use to get the complexion you’ve always wanted. The first step is knowing your type of skin. Skin Types It’s...
6 Quick and Easy Ways to Get Rid of Stress
Stress gets the best of us all. People yell at unhealthy levels. Some people get road rage because their boss thinks being on time is the same as being late. Some people are strung tightly. What’s clear though is that everyone experiences stress in some way. I had a...
How to Make Your Own Foaming Hand Soap
One of the easiest ways to keep yourself healthy during this time (and anytime) is to wash your hands consistently. You use your hands to open doors, shake hands, and to bring food to your mouth… They’re pits of germ disaster waiting to happen. That’s why you should...
7 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Blood Pressure
Having a stroke is the #5 cause of death in the US. But according the new research published in The Lancet, 90% of strokes are preventable. Researchers used the findings from the first phase of the INTERSTROKE to determine what the top risks for stroke and how likely...
7 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Blood Pressure
Having a stroke is the #5 cause of death in the US. But according the new research published in The Lancet, 90% of strokes are preventable. Researchers used the findings from the first phase of the INTERSTROKE to determine what the top risks for stroke and how likely...
Should You Exercise If You’re Sore?
People say it all the time: “No Pain, No Gain.” But is it true? Do you have to experience pain to gain muscle? And, if you’re already sore, should you still go to your spin cycle class? First, realize what type of pain you have. The Different Levels of Pain On the...
3 Ways to Keep Your Vegetables Fresher, Longer
Your summer harvest is coming in and you’re doing a lot better than you thought. In fact, you’ve got so much produce that you’ve set up a few of your neighbors. Or do you now have a bunch of vegetables going to waste? Carrots that are growing roots, potatoes going...
Natural Pesticides that Won’t Kill Everything
Pests are a problem – otherwise they wouldn’t be called pests. We’d call them “pets” or we’d look at them like we look at butterflies and lady bugs instead of slugs and potato bugs. The easiest thing to do is to go out and buy DDT and just start murdering everything...
17 Tips for Rejuvenating Sleep
Most of us don’t get enough sleep (somewhere between 7-9 hours each night) – even though it’s one of the absolute best things you can do for your health. Some of that because you’re laying in bed for hours without being able to get to sleep or maybe you feel work is...
5 Misunderstood Facts About Vitamin D
Vitamin D regulates over 3,000 genes and over 50% of people in the world don’t have enough. This means 50% of the people in the world are believed to be at a higher risk for cancer, obesity, heart disease, and osteoarthritis. You’re also likely to get sick because...
Make Your Own Natural Sunscreen
My skin has always been fairly sensitive during sunny/hot summer months. But especially after going through chemotherapy, I've noticed that this last year, I've become overwhelmingly sensitive to the sun. Because of this, I've spent many hours researching some great...
Easily Banish Bad Breath
Bad breath, morning breath… they’re serious issues and you may not even know you have bad breath. I had a friend who constantly complained about my bad breath. But he was actually smelling his own breath after it bounced off of my face. No amount of offered gum or...
Make Your Own Natural Mosquito Repellent
We’re well into mosquito season, but that’s no reason why you can’t make your own mosquito repellent now. Actually, now is one of the best times to do it. But before I get into the recipe, let’s get into natural ways you can keep the mosquito population down. After...
5 Powerful Ways To Ditch Inflammation
Inflammation is a part of life whether you want it to be or not. It’s part of the muscle-building process and is part of your immune system’s response to an attack... But did you know that inflammation is also one of the most common links in heart disease, cancer, and...
How to Make Natural Deodorant
Many folks, like myself, have tried natural deodorant because of all those nasty chemicals (aluminum, parabens, etc) found in general deodorants. However, if you're like me, you bought some and you didn’t really like it. If you've tried natural deodorant before, or...