I was excited to receive this Mira Stainless Steel Container Set to try out and review because I’m always looking for safer ways to store leftovers for lunches the next day. Stainless steel and glass won’t leach chemicals into foods, unlike plastic storage containers, but glass can break, which can limit it’s usefulness when you […]
Living Naturally
Natural Cures for Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Cats… and People, Too
Last weekend, our 16-year old cat announced to me that she had a urinary tract infection by jumping up onto my freshly-laundered white bedspread, deliberately squatting, and dribbling a few drops of bloody urine onto the center of the bed. It was an effective message. I scooped her up and deposited her in the backyard […]
Do You Have IBS?
The term Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, gets tossed around so frequently that I find many who think it means something profound about their condition. I hate to break it to you, but a diagnosis of IBS doesn’t mean much in the medical world. For starters, anything that is called a “syndrome” is by definition […]
Natural Solution for Seasonal Allergies
It’s all over the news that spring allergy season has kicked off early across the country. Honestly, I hadn’t noticed. The hay fever that plagued me every spring and fall since childhood – the constantly dripping nose, itchy eyes and palate, and foggy brain– didn’t come this year. Or last year, or for several years […]
Hidden Places Where GMOs Lurk
Here are a few places where you might not think you’d find Genetically Modified ingredients, so be aware. Breakfast cereals. Almost all of the corn and soy crops in the USA are now GMOs; unless your cereal sports the Non-GMO Project or Certified Organic seals, be certain that, by default, they contain GMO corn or […]
