Every year around tax time my head starts itching. Coincidence? Maybe. I would imagine the stress can’t help, though I suspect it has more to do with the quick changes in barometric pressure that accompany the march of the seasons around here. Whatever. All I know is that my scalp itches and I seem to […]
Category: Natural remedies
Natural Remedies for Hay fever
It’s spring and that means hay fever season. I used to only suffer from pollen-related allergies in the fall, when the weeds and grasses are at their peak. But, in my early twenties I lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a time, and when the yellow chamisa bloomed in the spring, my nose would […]
Natural Remedies for Spring Itching and Allergies
Aaahhh… springtime. The crocuses are peeking out, robins are building nests, and the trees are heavily laden with cherry blossoms. Spring has come… as if I didn’t notice. Oh, I noticed alright. For me, “spring” is synonomous with “itching”. Yeah, I said it. Itching. As in, just about everything starts itching this time of year. […]
Nutritional Yeast Gives It A Cheezy Taste
Lately, I’ve been tweeting with @ShopOrganic, a tweeter with a website full of great organic items for every part of your life. We were talking about spaghetti squash recently and I learned that sprinkling a little nutritional yeast on something that bakes in the oven will produce a “cheezy” taste without the dairy products and […]
Good Belly makes for a Good Belly
I’ve become addicted to GoodBelly. Have you heard of it? GoodBelly is a non-dairy fruit-based probiotic fruit drink packed full of serious probiotics and nutrients. I’ve begun offering shot of GoodBelly to my kids each morning instead of our regular Juice+ gummy vitamins. Probiotics, or “good” bacteria, are one part of the foundation for helping intestinal […]
