The Problem with MSG

Monosodium glutamate, or MSG, is a flavor-enhancing chemical that is added to processed foods. It may sound pretty innocuous, but it can produce many adverse health effects.  It belongs to a category of food additives called excito-toxins.  MSG revs up brain amino...

A Common Weed Got Rid of My Plantar Wart

My very first introduction to medicinal herbs began when I was about 10 years old.  I went to summer camp and came back home with a planter's wart, thanks to those lovely communal showers.   A planter's wart is a wart that grows on the bottom of the foot.  It...

Why Soup is Good For You

There’s just something supremely comforting about a big bowl of hot soup on a cold day. All the wonderful aromas that fill the house as it is simmering on the back of the stove make preparing soup from scratch worth the effort. Soup is really not that much...
Natural Remedies for Colds and the Flu

Natural Remedies for Colds and the Flu

It's that time of year.   The common cold and the flu are going around.  What are you going to do? While many people get a flu shot, I advise against this for many reasons.  First, there are toxic compounds in the vaccines that hamper our bodies natural immune...