E-coli and natural waste
Many of us have tried natural compost piles - after the spinach scare of a couple years back, what are you doing to make sure that your organic garden is safe?
5 ways to Protect yourself from E.coli
1-If you're buying bagged or precut produce, only buy it if it is refrigerated or on ice and stored away from the meat cases.
2-Always store fruits and veggies above meats and eggs in th ...
Bread alternatives
What do you eat as a bread alternative?
I have been eating the Trader Joe's bread made from sprouted wheat flour. Is that better than whole wheat flour?
Anti-depressants, Side-Effects, and Alternatives
. Some safer herbal alternatives include St. John’s Wort, 5-HTP, L-Tryptophan, Essential Fatty Acids, SAMe, and Panax Ginseng. Each of these treatments works in different ways to achieve the same effects
Welcome to Alternative Health
If you are looking beyond the mainstream then this is the place. (Although...alternative is the new mainstream, actually.)
Topics and ideas to cover include:
Natural health
Alternative medicine
sugar alternatives
There are so many gorgeous sugar alternatives that it hardly seems necessary to use sugar in baking. Fructose, honey, and dates are some of the best ways of making sugarless muffins, cakes
Mashed Potato alternative
Love those creamy, fluffy mashed potatoes, with some good ol' gravy? MMM. Me too. Try this alternative. It's healthier, and tastes really good. Make mashed cauliflower instead! Cook it the same way
Alternatives to the Boring Salad or Sandwich
Since I've started working full time outside of my home, I've been in a quandary over what to take to lunch (not doing the eating out every day thing again). Any ideas for quick, tasty meals that devi ...
Kelp: 100% iodine, low sodium alternative to salt
Kelp, the wonder gift of the sea. A serving of 1/2 teaspoon provides approximately 6 milligrams of iodine, or 40 times the RDA. Is that safe? It is widely used in Japan and shows no ill effects with m ...
