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How to Make Fun New Year’s Eve Noisemakers

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:02:00 +0000

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner, why not start the year off right with homemade fun New Year ’s Eve noisemakers. They’re environmentally friendly because you’ll be repurposing things you likely already have around the home, they’re cost effective and they’re festive. Here are a few noisemaker ideas you can make at home. Shaker Noise [...]

Sweet Seeds

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:02:00 +0000

Seeds have all kind of good fats, fiber, vitamins, and health benefits. So why not include more of these little nutritional gems in your diet? A great place to start is with tasty snacks and sweet desserts. Here are some ideas and recipes for using seeds.

1. Popcorn and Seeds

Here is a great snack for [...]

Coconut Oil – Health Properties Explained

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:02:00 +0000

Coconut oil has long been touted as a natural health remedy as well as a healthy addition to any diet. In recent history, we have been trained that unsaturated fats are good for us and saturated fats are bad, but many people who follow a natural diet don’t believe this is true. While [...]

Prevent and Treat Stretch Marks Naturally

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:02:00 +0000

One of the unhappy realities of pregnancy is the stretch marks that often accompany it. In fact, any rapid weight gain can cause stretch marks, as can changes in body shape (puberty, rapid accumulation of muscle mass, etc.).

Stretch marks can occur just about anywhere on the body that skin-stretching takes place, but the stomach, [...]

Natural Remedies for Sanitizing Your Kitchen Surfaces

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:15:00 +0000

Food-borne illnesses often begin in the kitchen. Bacteria that tend to live in kitchens include staphylococcus (which causes boils, pnuemonia, and surgical wound infections), salmonella (which causes severe diarrhea), shigella dysenteriae (which causes severe diarrhea), and e-coli (which causes bloody diarrhea). These germs tend to proliferate on sponges and cutting boards, but they can be [...]

How to Make a Delicious New Year’s Punch

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:02:00 +0000

New Year’s Eve is right around the corner and with it comes the celebration of the passing of a year and the promise of a new one. It’s a time of reflection and celebration. And it’s a time for food, fun and festive drinks. Enjoy one or all of these Delicious New Year’s Punch recipes. Champagne [...]

Early Springtime Observations

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:02:00 +0000

Getting back in touch with nature is an enjoyable, healthy activity for children and adults. Children are usually fascinated by nature, and enjoy being outside. Adults often find observing nature to be a healing and peaceful activity. With spring right around the corner, now is a good time to teach your children some of the [...]

Biorhythm Explained

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:02:00 +0000

In nature, many things run by cycles – the tides cycle, the weather cycles, the season cycles – even the sun goes through an active and passive cycle, or activity like solar flares. So, if everything around us goes through cycles, shouldn’t we go through cycles as well? This is what the concept [...]

The Power of Seeds

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:02:00 +0000

Seeds are often included with nuts in nutritional analysis, and in fact, a nut is the seed of a tree. However, those foods generally accepted as seeds and called such include flax, sesame, pumpkin, hemp, and sunflower.

Each seed contains the potential life of a plant, so a lot of energy and nutrition is packed [...]

Why Common Table Salt Can Destroy Your Health

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:15:00 +0000

The average American consumes between 4000 and 8000 milligrams of salt a day. Around 2400 milligrams daily is considered a moderate salt intake. Most of us consume far more salt than we need. So what’s the problem? Is it such a big deal?

Common table salt is not a whole food. It has been refined so [...]