We all know that lemons are good for us, but do you really know WHY?



After harvesting yet another batch of wonderful Meyer lemons from my backyard trees, I decided it was time to explore the therapeutic and medicinal values of this important and versatile fruit. So here’s my contribution to your lemon knowledge:



The Therapeutic and Medicinal…

Low back pain and stiffness when you get up in the morning could be a sign of dehydration.

TIP:  Take a 12 ounce glass of water to bed with you -- drink the WHOLE thing and IMMEDIATELY lie down (before setting the glass down) -- this is the important part!

If you get up during the night, repeat the process.

I've done this many…

We all spend far too much time doing close-up work, generally staring at the computer screen all day, and our eyes are paying the price.

Our eyes are meant to be used for "all seeing" - both near and far, but with our lifestyles and technological gadgets, we wind up being out of balance by using our "near" ability way too much - at the expense of our "far"…

An abnormal rapid strep test:  An abnormal or positive strep test means that strep bacteria are present.  



A positive test result does not distinguish those people with an active strep infection from those who are carriers of strep bacteria but actually have a viral infection (rather than a bacterial one).…

1 onion

2 large beets

1 cup rice

4 cups vegetable broth

Olive Oil

S&P to taste

1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese



This is such a simpel and delicious dish, if you like beets you will love this! I can't remember where I saw the original recipe, but I morphed that into something I thought my family…

Also check out Whole Food Probiotics 101!

Master Tonic looks like it cures everything and is easy to make and have on hand.

WEAR…

I've wanted to have some healthy placenta for about three years now.   Finding someone who'll share their placenta AND who has a pristine diet and health is another thing...

My wonderful friend offered to share some of her placenta when she birthed recently in exchange for the gift of preparing it for her in the traditional Chinese way.  (I'll include instructions below.)  I want to encourage women to consider embracing the benefits of placenta consumption…

I'm sure this is old hat for many but it's my first attempt so I thought I'd write it here and share some pictures as I go.

I started with some organic wheat berries.   I soaked them overnight and then put them in a large colander lined with cheese cloth.   I rinsed 3 times a day and in 2 days they were ready to dehydrate.

So today I spread them on 6 dehydrator trays and they will dehydrated today.  It will probably take about 8…

Talk to me about irradiated foods! What about whole foods, "organic" foods, are they irradiated too? I've never seen Anything labeled with this information!



Apparently, they've been irradiating wheat flour (since 1963). And meat & poultry since the '90s. It is perfectly safe according to this "fact sheet" prepared... by the UW Food Irradiation Education Group - (an obviously objective…

I have had a small patch of psoriasis on my scalp for years but since the birth of my second son it has spread to where I now have small patches all over! Its terrible I hate it! and the amount of dnadruff it causes is horrible...

I have tried lots of things to help it go away all have helped a little but none have actually cleared it completely those things being: Krill oil supplements, Vit b12 supplements, using pure coconut oil on my head and in my smoothies and pouring…

Dairy intolerance is the number one cause of fluid build up in ears.



"In one study an astonishing 86% of the children tested became free of ear problems once they came off dairy food."

http://www.mothering.com/community/forum/thread/1175531/possible-ear-infection-and-breastmilk#post_14835039



"New research is suggesting that 80% of uncomplicated…