Oil Pulling to relieve chronic conditions and whiten teeth

by Cara | Feb 15, 2010 | holistic dentistry

In looking up natural remedies for keratosis pilaris for a friend I saw the subject of oil pulling come up. Curious, I googled around and found that it’s the kind of holistic treatment that I like- minimal possibility of side effects, inexpensive, not time...

Holistic Dentistry: Root Canals, Oral Allergy Syndrome, and Tooth Soap

by Cara | Feb 8, 2010 | holistic dentistry

Looking back to this spring when I started looking into remineralizing teeth and holistic dentistry, I started using tooth soap, and actually took the step of getting my root-canalled tooth pulled back in September. I know it’s not something to be taken lightly...

Real Food Reading

by Cara | Dec 17, 2009 | natural health

Some generous family members gave me money for the holidays. That means books (and knitting needles) to me. Here’s a peek into my future Amazon boxes ;)The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four MealsHealth and Nutrition SecretsGood Calories, Bad...

Homemade Vaposteam Humidifier additive

by Cara | Nov 9, 2009 | Do it yourself and save, natural health

I just remembered to refill the humidifier that I keep in my little one’s bedroom last week when she had a stuffy nose. We all had stuffy noses, including my little baby, this past winter. After spending something like $7 on a bottle of Vicks Vaposteam to add to...

Recommended Reading

by Cara | Oct 20, 2009 | natural health

Recommended Reading, as talked about back in this post, I prefer getting solid information from books, rather than just reading blog posts. Nourishing Traditions- This is the first book I bought related to Real Food. I found it overwhelming at first; there are...

Fall Reading- Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Eat Fat Lose Fat

by Cara | Oct 1, 2009 | holistic dentistry, natural health

A friend told me that if you request books that the library ‘needs’ through their website, they actually usually get them. So as I see books come up related to real food or other things I’m interested in, I request them. So that’s what...