No matter how calm we remain, being proactive about personal hygiene is of upmost importance. With cities across America on "Safer at Home" measures and stores with very low supplies, it may be a good idea to start making products of your own to help keep your families safe. Lysol may be soldout throughout America but many do not know that the active ingredient that kills 99.9% of bacterias and viruses in Lysol is simply, Hydrogen Peroxide. Yup, that brown bottle that keeps for years (up to 3 years left unopened) in your medicine cabinet. As long as there still some fizz in there when poured into your sink it still works! The fizz is actually the liquid blasting bacterias with...
During these times of self imposed and possibly soon new mandatory quarantine orders, families, room mates and couples will be sharing the same air for long periods of time. Luckily, nature has given us solutions to every one of our problems. If COVID-19 is airborne, we must do what we can to purify the air we breath. Spraying chemical aerosols like Lysol all day to kill the virus isn't a viable healthy solution. To find a solution with only benefits and no harmful chemicals that may effect our children's health, let's dig through nature's medicine bag to see what herbs she so lovingly offers in our time of need. Sage was once called Salvia in Latin which is derived from a word...
Prevention is the best form of medicine and when it comes to super viruses like the COVID-19. Fortifying the lungs of our young ones should be our top priority. As we now know respiratory illness is strongly associated with the virus thus, any additional difficulty with the lungs of our children with a chronic condition such as asthma or bronchitis during a viral attack could prove to be fatal. The lungs are at the center of our body's breathing system (respiratory system) which carry oxygen to literally every cell in our bodies! Oxygen is so important that any cell, group of cells or organs not receiving proper oxygenation will stop working and cease to be. Oxygen is at the center...
When it comes to children's immunity, parents would go to any length to boost their child's immune system. What if there were proven ways to build immune function while nourishing their young bodies and minds? We've compiled a list of our favorite immune system boosting superfoods we use for children and adults alike! #10 Elderberry Elderberries are an incredibly easy way to build a child's immune system. This medicinal berry can be made into a syrup and given daily as a preventative measure. The deep black or purple of the elderberry is proof of the amount of minerals within. Elderberries have strong antiviral agents that can disable a viruses ability to enter a cell and replicate. These sweet tasting...
"Sugar is hidden under many disguises but reading the label is where you will find it..." Dr. Pooch (Excerpt from Sugar From Nature is Always Fine!) Sugar has many different and sometimes confusing names. Sucrose, Aspartame, Fructose, white sugar, brown sugar, maltodextrin...etc.. the list goes on and on. How are we to differentiate between the good the bad and the really bad!?... Buying food for your home and especially your children can be a daunting task. From ingredient labels that have active and inactive ingredients, serving sizes, percentages, grams... uh, how much is a gram of sugar? Is it a teaspoon? More?? Less?! Even if you do read the ingredient label, what exactly are you looking for? Is it just the overall...
