Articles: wellness

bone broth

Homemade Bone Broth: A Healthy Diet Staple

Looking for a soup that tastes good AND is good for you? Consider adding this nutrient-rich, immune system boosting bone…

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Mastering the Actions of Herbs

Want to become a master in medicinal herbs? The first step to using these herbs successfully is understanding the actions…

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10 Herbs for Family Health

Growing your own herbs  is a great alternative to over-the-counter medicine. Not only do these plants help with general wellness,…

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How to Decipher and Soothe Coughs: A Guide to Getting Through Cold & Flu Season

During cold and flu season, finding an alternative way to soothe coughs could save you an unnecessary trip to the…

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Facing the Beast: Practicing Courage and Reflection

What does facing the beast mean? In this time of uncertainty, we must practice regular reflection to achieve optimal happiness and health. The…

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The Recipe for Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness

Changing our diet is one of the most difficult, but arguably the single most important thing to do to achieve…

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Car Survival Tips for Severe Winter Weather

Now that temperatures have started to dip below freezing, it’s time to get serious about winter preparedness — especially when…

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Fire Cider: A Healing, Warm Tonic

“It is more important to know what kind of person has a disease than to know what kind of disease…

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Chelsea Green’s Guide to a Healthy Year: New Year, New You

Did you start the new year off with a health-inspired resolution? Are you trying to eat better and exercise more?…

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Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

If you’ve been feeling drained and running ragged from lack of sleep, you are not alone. The average adult gets…

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Autoimmune Diets: Six Principles to Follow When Starting

Inspired by a combination of his work treating patients with autoimmune disease and working in his garden, Dr. Cowan has…

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Resiliency: Becoming an Adaptive Human

They say history is bound to repeat itself if we don’t take the time to learn from the past. Our…

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How to Get Your Kids in the Kitchen

If you’re following a strict diet for health reasons, have picky eaters, or are simply looking for tips on how…

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Kimchi in a bowl

RECIPE: How to Make Three Kinds of Kimchi

If I may be graphic for a moment—my mouth is watering, literally, as I type this. I have a new…

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The Low-Tech Medicine Cabinet

The following is an excerpt from When Disaster Strikes (November 2011) by Matthew Stein. It has been adapted for the…

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The Science Behind Food Preferences: More Than a Matter of Taste

You might remember being a little kid and refusing to eat the broccoli that was put on your plate. But…

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We Become More Human as We Become More Mindful

Connections drive our society forward. When we connect with others we come to a better understanding of what it means…

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Conscious Eating: What Our Bodies Are Trying to Tell Us

When our stomachs growl, we eat. When we feel like we’re about to burst, we stop eating. These are just…

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Miracle Crackers: Grain-Free, Low-Carb, and Keto-Friendly

If you’re anything like me, you know how hard it can be to resist the delectable crunch and pure happiness…

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A Guide to Sourcing Food: Quality Matters

Living a healthy lifestyle can be challenging, especially when it comes to buying and sourcing food. You want to keep…

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The Revolution in Performance

In the past decade, there’s been more time and research dedicated to understanding athlete’s health and working to implement safety…

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Leah Webb with kids in garden

Grain-Free Diets: When Crisis Compels Transformation

As the rate of chronic illness skyrockets, more and more parents are faced with the sobering reality of restrictive diets.…

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Sugar, Fructose, and Fructophobia

We’ve always known that if you sit around all day eating candy, you will get fat. Conversely,  cutting down on…

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How to Approach the GAPS Diet

Most of us are not mindful of the importance of gut health, or just how far we in the modern…

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A cast iron skillet with a tomato and spinach frittata

Breakfast: Keto-Style and Kid-Approved

If you’ve been following a ketogenic diet for a while now you probably have a few hacks of your own…

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