There are so many benefits and uses for aloe vera that you would think it is some kind of super plant. Well, if you want the truth, it kind of is. An aloe plant may not wear a cape and tights, but it is definitely capable of near miracles when it comes to healing cuts, burn, and other skin irritations. In addition, there are numerous health benefits of ingesting aloe vera juice (or gel in a capsule formula). It's nature's wonder drug and the reason why I have half a dozen aloe plants growing in … [Read more...]
10 Tips For More Natural Skincare
The beauty/makeup/skincare industry is a major multi-billion dollar industry. These companies rake in so much money that they can afford so spend many millions of dollars bombarding us with ads in magazines and on TV that tell us beauty comes neatly packaged in a bottle. They make moula hand over fist selling products to us that are "supposed" to make us look ten years younger, give us soft, glowing skin, and hide all our imperfections. The ads want us to believe that if only we buy their … [Read more...]
Best of 2011 on NatureMoms
Many bloggers are listing their most popular posts of the previous year and I probably would not have followed suit but a reader asked me to, so here I go. In terms of traffic here are the most popular posts of the past year: 10 New Ways to Cook Quinoa - Over 20,000 people have visited this post and I didn't write it until late summer. Wow! I hope it has provided Quinoa cooking ideas for lots of people. Are You Eating the 30 Healthiest Foods? - I listed the healthiest foods selected by a … [Read more...]
Greener Tips for Healthy Skin
The beauty industry is mammoth in size. They make billions each year selling to women the idea that beauty comes in a bottle. They tell us we need anti-aging miracle creams, moisturizers that will return our skin to the youthful state of our childhood, and numerous products that hide all our imperfections. And yet if they really worked why would women be so desperate to try the newest, greatest product on the market? Most of these products have us chasing after an illusion and worse yet they are … [Read more...]
Ancient Minerals Magnesium Oil
In general I am a believer in supplementation. While I do believe that we should always aim to get everything we need from food I think this is not always possible. Soil pollution, food processing, cooking, chemical exposure, and various other external factors certainly effect what we "get" out of our diet. Deficiencies are a part of life and I believe in being proactive about identifying them and supplementing when needed. There is one mineral though, Magnesium, that is absorbed rather … [Read more...]
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