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What Are the Best Multivitamins?
For adults, there is no harm in taking a multivitamin, even if the benefits aren’t clear. In general, I recommend against giving a multivitamin to very young children, for reasons I’ll explain below. My opinion is that high-quality multivitamins for kids six and older are without risk and they may be beneficial.
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Staying Healthy for the Holidays…And Thoughts on Omicron
Once again, December is chugging along with Covid cases ticking upwards across the country. A handful of my friends are currently sick with Delta, and many more are stuck in quarantine from an exposure. Omicron is all over the news and it now seems almost certain that this variant is both more contagious and better […]
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Homeopathy Versus Herbal Remedies
In the last month, Felix and Wolfie have both had colds (thankfully, not Covid), and I’ve been giving them an herbal remedy that I rely on through typical cold and flu season, Umcka. Do you use herbal or homeopathic remedies to treat illness in your house? Or maybe you wonder what the difference is between […]
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The Privilege to Fret Over Antibiotics, Vaccines, Chlorinated Water & Pasteurized Milk
Did anyone read this article about how human life expectancy has basically doubled over the last hundred years? Of note: we can now expect to live to around 79 instead of only 41 thanks to four key discoveries/interventions–ALL of which are things I worry about! 1. Vaccines You’ve probably heard about the rudimentary way that […]
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Red Light Therapy: Is It Safe and Effective?
1. Joov / 2. Mito / 3. Rouge / 4. iRestore / 5. Gemba By John Goss With research provided by Michael Hopkins, PhD. Skip to: The term red light therapy (RLT) has caught our attention several times over the last five years or so. According to those championing this treatment, just a few minutes […]
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Thoughts from a scientist, an MD, two (semi) anti-vaxxers…and me!
UPDATE #1: Video here with my response to some of your comments. UPDATE #2: Here are our thoughts on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. UPDATE #3: No, this is not a sponsored post. (I’ve been asked by more than a few people if big pharma paid me!) When I asked you guys if you’d like […]
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6 Back-to-School Immune Boosters
-Written by Suzanne, resident Grandma and Certified Holistic Health Coach I didn’t think that by September we would still be dealing with Covid-19 and be somewhat quarantined, but here we are. Because of my age (69) and my husband’s age (66), we have been mostly only leaving home to take our daily walks. There’s so […]
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7 Ways You Can Make School Safer from Covid-19
Many of us are still in the thick of debating what school model makes sense–fully remote, hybrid, pods–but if you’d decided that your child will be spending some amount of time physically in the classroom, here are seven ways to reduce the risk of catching COVID or bringing the virus back into your home. 1) […]
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8 Things That Kill Coronavirus
What kills coronavirus? I’ve done some digging on what chemical compounds will kill the virus that causes COVID-19, and I wanted to share my findings with you guys. A complete list from the EPA can be found here. Do I need to remind you that I’m not a doctor or any kind of medical professional? […]
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Choosing a Humidifier for Winter Survival
2020 update: We wrote this post a couple of winters ago, but many of you are in search of humidifiers because of Coronavirus. I hope this makes shopping for one easier! This time of year, I get a lot of questions about humidifiers. As temperatures drop outside, we turn up our thermostats for relief. But […]