It’s back to school season already and that means it is time to prepare for germ season. Whether you are college student or the mother of a young child, staying healthy is important to all of us, so here are some back to school health tips for all students. Germs, germs, germs! Germs are microscopic organisms that contain bacteria, […]
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All About Herbs
Herbs are used for many different purposes today including: medicinal, culinary and even spiritual like frankincense and myrrh. We can used them fresh, dried, cold pressed or steam distilled (extracted) into essential oils . Since ancient times, herbs have been used for healing the body and they arrived here often from other countries. Before modern medicine, herbs were used frequently. There is an EXCELLENT video […]
What is the ORAC Scale for Antioxidants?
What is an ORAC scale anyways? ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. ORAC is a method once used by the USDA for measuring antioxidant properties in foods such as beans, berries, spices, fruits and vegetables. Antioxidants protect the fluorescent molecule from oxidative degeneration or stress, which is considered to be like rust in the body. In other words, the fewer the […]
