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3 Natural Ways to Combat Depression

3 Natural Ways to Combat Depression

Depression affects approximately 19 million Americans in any given year. That is a large number, and doctors will prescribe antidepressants to most of the people who actually seek treatment. Unfortunately, most antidepressants have at least one side effect, and many… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Mental Health
Causes of “Leaky Gut” and How You Can Heal

Causes of “Leaky Gut” and How You Can Heal

Causes of “Leaky Gut”   The causes of leaky gut will surprise many people.  They go well beyond nutrition and can be found in many obscure places.  I consciously and even subconsciously think about the foods I eat and the… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
Probiotics like acidophilus aid digestion

Probiotics like acidophilus aid digestion

Acidophilus is a type of bacteria that is normally found in the digestive tract of animals and humans. It is a beneficial bacterium that helps aid digestion. Acidophilus is a probiotic, a group of beneficial bacteria. Probiotics have also been… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Holistic Medicine, Home, Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine
Prebiotics To Feed Your Probiotics

Prebiotics To Feed Your Probiotics

A healthy digestive tract has over one hundred trillion bacteria called probiotics living in it from the mouth to the colon (1). Prebiotics are the food that the probiotics feed on, so ensuring that you have lots of prebiotics in… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
Fresh, Frozen, Canned or Dried: What’s the Best Fruit to Use When Home-Fermenting Drinks?

Fresh, Frozen, Canned or Dried: What’s the Best Fruit to Use When Home-Fermenting Drinks?

My kitchen is always brewing up some sort of fermented beverage. Upon switching to a cleaner and healthier diet, I felt the need to eliminate pop, and also to increase probiotics. I am happy that I was able to both,… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine
Learn To Make Raw Probiotic Foods At Home

Learn To Make Raw Probiotic Foods At Home

Salty, sour, and sweet are some of the strong and satisfying flavours that come along with fermented foods. Having a side of fermented vegetables with your meal, spreading raw fermented condiments on your wrap, or drinking a big refreshing glass… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
Sauerkraut: one of the best foods to supercharge your gut

Sauerkraut: one of the best foods to supercharge your gut

Many Americans are affected by poor diet choices, chronic stress, and toxic overload. These factors have increased the prevalence of leaky gut! Many Americans now suffer from food sensitivities, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune disease and thyroid problems. (1) A primal… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
5 Reasons You Need To Eat More Fermented Foods

5 Reasons You Need To Eat More Fermented Foods

Slowly but surely more traditional methods of “health care” are making a comeback, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. People are plugging back into the idea that food is the way to remedy a variety of health… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
Benefits of Fermented Garlic (and How to Make It)

Benefits of Fermented Garlic (and How to Make It)

Garlic – the smelly, vampire repelling spice – has been used over 5,000 years to treat a wide range of ailments. However, garlic, when eaten raw, can be a bit spicy for the taste and cause a pungent breath odor.… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Home, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Recipes
Kefir: The Queen of Fermented Foods

Kefir: The Queen of Fermented Foods

Kefir is by far the most powerful and healing of all fermented foods. Home made kefir made with kefir grains and raw organic pastured milk contain up to 56 types of probiotics. Making your own kefir is quite simple. The… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Recipes