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Confessions of a Sneaky Health Foods Cook
Sneaky ways of fooling people who like fast food. Veggies, salads, and salad dressing.
Laughter Is Not the Best Medicine
When an attempt on my life brought on posttraumatic stress disorder, I found out that laughter is not necessarily the best medicine. It may, in fact, be painful.
Addictive and Non-Addictive Personality Traits and Warning Signs
Let me share from a lifetime of experience which people are not likely ever to get addicted and which people need to watch for warning signs before they get hooked.
The Kneipp Cure
Pastor Sebastian Kneipp discovered nature's miraculous healing wonders. Germans practice the principles which he taught. They are simple and cost nothing, unless you decide to learn them at the many spas throughout continental Europe.
Victorian Pomanders in My Closet, I
If you make your own Victorian Pomanders, you won't need to endanger your health with mothballs. You might want to make some for mom and grandma for Mother's Day.
Allergies Are Fire Alarms
Allergies are fire alarms. Don't disable your body's fire alarm with antihistamines. Just as we teach children the correct responses to a fire alarm, we can teach ourselves how to respond to the body's natural fire alarm system.
Healing Music
The story of the healing of a seriously sick newborn baby through the music of Bach, music which was born in heaven, as told by the mother of the baby who is one of my readers.
Admitting Your Addiction
Addiction takes many forms. All of them are harmful to someone, even those which are condoned by society. Admitting your addiction is the first step in kicking the habit.
When You Can't Breathe
First aid for congestion and breathing problems. Whether you have allergy sniffles or a serious sinus congestion, whether you have a little cold or an asthma attack, here are quick ways of getting relief.
Leaves of Gold
Leaves are the single most important soil amendment for sandy as well as clay soil. They not only keep the soil healthy, they improve the nutrient value of the food grown on that soil.
Pumpkins for Hallowe'en and Beyond
Pumpkins and other squash are a source of rich nutrients, especially the immune system strengthener vitamin A and the healing mineral zinc. Hallowe'en is a good time to prepare for next year's squash and cucumber harvest to make sure it will be your best ever. Pumpkins can be kept all through the winter if you grow the ones with thick skins.
Flu Shot, Yes or No?
Should you get a flu shot or not? Let's look at the background so we can make an informed decision.
Harvesting Herbs
You don't need to dry herbs to make tea. You want to get maximum goodness out of fresh herbs. Learn when to harvest them and how to use them.
Expert by Necessity,
My first installment on why and how I became an expert on natural remedies. I had no choice about it. There was no other help available, certainly not from the medical establishment.
Natural Home Remedies: How to Make and Use a Mustard Plaster
Mustard plaster is a tried and proven first aid solution for respiratory complaints. Learn to use it safely and hear about other important medicinal properties of mustard and its relatives.
How About Eating Your Jack-o'-lantern?
Pumpkins are hard to digest unless you know how to prepare them. Here are some tricks which I use.
Butt Out of Our Bylaw
So you think that Winnipeg's new smoke-free bylaw will keep indoor areas free of smoke. Dream on! Find out what is written between the lines or rather what is not written at all.
Testing for Food Allergies
Food allergy testing does not have to be expensive or complicated. I learned to apply a simple test 45 years ago and have been using it successfully ever since. You can learn to apply it in the time it takes to read this short article, using nothing except a thermometer.
Treasury of Natural Health Tips
A collection of natural health tips which are not covered in other articles. You also get a chance to share your own.
Why Biogardener?
Why do I call myself "biogardener" and why do I talk about environmental gardening rather than organic gardening? Let me explain it to you as a birthday present to myself.
Sacred Trust Family Remedies Contest Judging
Here is your chance to vote for the winner of the Natural Health Contest for 2002. If you are one of the contestants, you get two votes, one for your own, and one for someone else's entry.
Echinacea? Not for me!
People with damaged immune system might be better off staying away from herbs which rev up the immune system and stick to those which strengthen it instead. Learn to use echinacea correctly.
Relax and Think
Have you been puzzling over the Christmas carols from the "Christmas Fun and Relaxation 2001" article? Well, here are the answers.
Sacred Trust Family Remedies Contest
This article on sweetgrass smudging introduced the fourth annual Natural Health contest. The prize is a homemade braid of sweetgrass.
Guardian of a Sacred Trust
The Natives on the shores of Lake Winnipeg knew of the secret magical healing powers of wet clay. It is the only sure cure for poison ivy, but my experiments have shown it to be effective in many other situations.
Peppermint is not a Cure-all
Peppermint is a stimulant which is helpful for breathing problems but will exacerbate problems of an overactive digestive system. Learn when you should use peppermint and when you would be better off using a relaxant herb.
Turning Wine into Vinegar
Turn your wine-making disasters into the best wine vinegar, better than any which would be commercially available.
Comfort Food
A comfort food makes me feel good because it reminds me of my childhood, of my mother, of good times and good friends. It makes me feel protected.
The Healing Power of the Earth
The healing powers of the earth are free for the taking to all creatures. We can learn how to use them by watching animals and little children, and some of us have learned them from our ancestors.
Athlete's Foot and Other Fungus Infections
Fungus infections, on plants and on people, are caused by insufficient airflow and moisture. Fungi thrive at certain pH levels. The infections are therefore easily cured by a change in pH.
The Hyperactivity Myth
What is wrong with being hyperactive? Do we all have to act like peas in a pod? Some of us function better on the move than sitting still. And if hyperactivity is a symptom of allergies, as we are being told, then let's take care of the allergies and forget about drugging the sufferer.
Kosher for Health
Observing kosher dietary rules can improve your health by avoiding allergens and reducing bad cholesterol. You can adapt the rules to benefit your family's health. An article for Lent.
Don't Forget to Eat Your Veggies
Peak of the Market is a Manitoba produce marketing company which promotes good health of people and the environment everywhere. You, too, can receive their free innovative veggie recipes.
The Healing Drum
Women’s drums brought peace and healing to feuding tribes, and their drums are still bringing healing to their Winnipeg community.
Cold Sores and Warts, Remedies and Prevention
Cold sores, warts, and calluses all appear to be different problems, but I have found that they can be cured and prevented by the same remedies.
Natural Remedies: How to Relieve Earache Pain at Home
Earaches are one of the most common childhood complaints and can plague us all through life. They are also one of the easiest complaints to cure with natural remedies.
Brighten the Corner Where You Are . . .
Suffering from a genetic disorder, Phillip's life was a constant struggle for survival, yet he spread a message of love here at Suite101. Although I will miss him, I am happy for him, because he is now at peace.
Chamomile Instead of Herbicide and Pesticide
Herbicides have eliminated the herbs which used to keep the neighboring plants healthy. German farmers are now reintroducing into their grain fields the chamomile which eliminates the need for herbicides and pesticides.
An Apple a Day or an Aspirin or a Niacin Pill
An aspirin a day is supposed to assure heart health, but maybe the same effect can be achieved through an apple a day or a niacin pill. Here is my experience.
Unnatural Health
Reactive health care is unnatural. It relieves one disease symptom while causing another one. Proactive health works at establishing good health, and a healthy body is able to withstand diseases.
Herb Teas Free for the Picking
Why should herb teas cost an arm and a leg when the ingredients grow all around us free for the picking.
Willow, the Aspirin Tree
Aspirin may be the best known pharmaceutical in the world, but its basic ingredient has been known in Europe and North America as a natural remedy for centuries.
No Mosquitoes for Me, Thank You!
You do not have to suffer from mosquito stings. If you correct the underlying nutritional deficiency, the little pests won't come near you.
Variety Salads Free for the Picking
Is your family bored with your lettuce salads? Would you like to expand the horizon of your taste experience? Save your grocery money and don’t even buy seeds. Let Mother Nature grow some variety salads for you.
Natural Health
Natural health is a lifestyle which integrates all aspects of existence, spiritual, emotional, physical, social, environmental. Learn to speak the language of natural health.
I Don't Drink Water
Why drink straight water, when you can enrich it with the goodness of fresh herb teas. And how about diluting your concentrated juice with herb tea instead of with water?
Don't Fight the Dandelions, Use Them as Medicine
Dandelions heal and cleanse, but their milky juice also attacks cells which are foreign to the body, thus getting get rid of warts and calluses. Third article in the series on dandelions.
Healing Trees
The trees in the original Garden of Eden held the secret to life and healing. We can help to recreate our own Garden of Eden by planting healing trees. Rather than worry about the destruction of the South American rain forest, let's each worry about the health of the part of the earth which has been entrusted to our care.
Don't Fight the Dandelions, Drink Them
Dandelions make the most delicious coffee substitute as well as a wine which is as potent as most hard liquors. Second article in the series on dandelions.
Don't Fight the Dandelions, Eat Them
Dandelion salads are delicious if you pick the sweetest part of the plant, the flower, full of nectar. First article in the series on dandelions.
Garlic, Wonder Food
Garlic is more than a herb, it has all the best properties of a food as well as of a medicine. It is one of the most powerful and safest natural remedies.
Garlic, Wonder Drug
Garlic is more than a herb. It has all the best properties of a food as well as of a medicine, and it is one of the most powerful and safest natural remedies.
Naturally Healthy Salad Dressing
Salads can be healthy and interesting. A different dressing can be whipped up fresh daily. Lettuce is not needed either. Various ingredients are waiting to be discovered.
Copper and Magnets to Combat Pain
My experiments with copper bracelets, magnetic insoles, and refrigerator magnets have convinced me of their efficacy in combating pain. Don't take my word for it. Find out for yourself.
Osteoporosis, Are You at Risk?
Manitoba is launching a three year study to assess and improve the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women. There is, however, no mention of prevention.
Benign Breast Lumps
Strict abstention from caffeine, including chocolate, dissolved the benign lump in my breast in 6 weeks, just before it was supposed to be removed surgically.
Comfrey, a Controlled Substance?
Should a herb with such obvious remedial value be banned from use? Should pharmaceutical companies be able to buy the patents to natural remedies. Should all poisonous plants be banned or should we learn to use them safely?
Of Night Owls and Early Birds
From birth, people are destined to be early birds or night owls. Take advantage of your internal clock to get a good night's sleep.
First Aid Naturally
Natural remedies are more effective for me than any commercial first aid kit. Read about the Manitoba Natives' sure-fire remedy for poison ivy and other serious poisonings, infections, and burns.
Smudging
Native North American smudging is reminiscent of burning incense, but besides its ceremonial uses, it has health benefits associated with the medicinal herbs which are used in the smudging.
Catnip, not just for Cats
Herbal relaxants and how to use them effectively. With a bit of cat poetry thrown in, in fact, the first of my poems which I decided to hold onto. © Traute Klein, biogardener
Natural Home Remedies: How to Treat Burns with Vitamins E and A, Aloe, and Wet Clay
Natural remedies for treating burns, including simple first aid solutions which you can carry with you at all times.
How not to Get Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome can be prevented with proper keyboard and mouse habits and it can be alleviated and even cured with natural remedies.
Weed Salads from My Garden
Weeds are the basis of herbalism. While supplying the raw material for delicious salads, they may well help to protect us from disease.
Herb Teas from My Garden
Herb teas are best if picked fresh from your garden rather than being bought dried and packaged. Many herb tea ingredients can be found in every garden. Experiment to determine your favorites.

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