Don’t Pinch Blooms Off Pepper Plants
This past spring I read that it is a good practice to pinch the first few blooms off your pepper plants to encourage prolific production of peppers. This would, of…
How to Make Wine from Grapes
Equipment One 4-gallon food-grade-quality plastic bucket and lid to serve as the primary fermentation vat Three 1-gallon glass jugs to use as secondary fermentation containers A funnel that fits into…
The Gut-Brain Connection
I have never gotten past the fact that my mom started experiencing confusion, disorientation and dementia-like symptoms at precisely the same time she started having severe gut issues. When the…
Candida Die Off
If you experience a Die Off crisis, don't be hard on yourself. It happens to almost everybody. If you find you have pushed your body too hard and you are…
An Important Note About Thyroid Hormone Levels
It's almost impossible to have a low body fat, let alone optimal health or fertility, with an improperly diagnosed or managed case of hypothyroidism. And four tests - TSH, Free…
How Elevated Cortisol Negatively Affects the Thyroid
High levels of stress hormone cortisol may prevent the activity of thyroid hormone in the body. It also prevents the conversion of thyroid hormone from the inactive (T4) form…
Nutritional Supplements for Seizures / Epilepsy
Common Nutritional Supplements used in Epilepsy: Deficiency of folate (the naturally occurring form of folic acid and a form of vitamin B complex ) can be caused by some anti-epileptic…
Curcumin / Tumeric for Seizure Control
According to The National Institute of Heath, Epilepsy as well as chronic use of most antiepileptic drugs predisposes patients to cognitive impairment. This is a concern I had ever since…
Tumeric for Leaky Gut, Auto Immune Disease, Inflammation
Tumeric (also available as curcumin which is the active ingredient in tumeric) is very helpful for healing leaking gut, auto immune disease and inflammation within the body. It is also…
How to Make Bone Broth… for Health and Weight Loss
Making bone broth is a fairly straight forward process, but there are important steps that need to be followed. You can use any kind of bones - beef, chicken, pork,…