Archive | January, 2009

Yummy, Yummy Cinnamon! It’s Actually Good for You

By on January 27, 2009 in cinnamon, DIET

I’m always surprised when I find that a common ingredient I keep around the house anyway has an undercover health benefit. In our spice racks, we have many potent flavoring agents, sweet, salty, and bitter – but only one of them has been in the news lately as a natural preventative agent against high blood [...]

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6 Herbal Treatment to Kill your Canker Sores Today

By on January 20, 2009 in canker sores, CONDITIONS

Aphthous ulcers are better known as canker sores, but those of us that get them and feel their effects wish we didn’t know them at all. They’re painful, they keep us from enjoying our favorite foods, and they always seem to get worse just when you don’t think they could. And worst of all, there [...]

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Brace Yourself Naturally Against the Flu

By on January 12, 2009 in flu, PLANT CURES

We’re in the middle of flu season, which lasts from about November to March, and this time of year certainly reminds us that the flu can be terrible. The aches, pains, and sheer mucus production sap your strength, turn you into a social pariah, and make you feel miserable for weeks. And lately in the [...]

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Coca Cola’s Sweet Experiment on YOU!

By on January 6, 2009 in DIET, stevia

As Americans become more calorie-conscious, the search for alternative sweetness intensifies. Recently, Skrewtips reported on the limbo status of the sweetener rebiana. Rebiana is derived from stevia, a plant with a naturally occurring sweetness — it’s the foundation of the Coca Cola Company’s new sweetener, Truvia. In somewhat unsurprising and profit-motivated news, the sweetener has [...]

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