What does it mean to be “cultured“ at Birth? As our babies are being birthed, they are literally being “cultured“ by our vaginal flora. “The medical science shows that the flora in the vagina comes from the gut. What lives in the woman`s bowel will live in her vagina… in women with recurrent thrush, no matter how many powerful anti …
What’s all this about ‘Moon Time’? ‘Moon Time’ refers to a woman’s menstrual cycle. Nowadays we refer to the event as as ‘menstruation’, ‘menses’, or ‘period’. Traditionally, a woman’s Moon Time is a sacred time…a time when she would be honored as a mother of the Creative Force, a time when she trusts her body’s natural rhythm of purification. …
Just the other day someone mentioned that winter is a great time to learn a new food preservation skill. I thought that was so insightful. That’s because it seems completely counter-intuitive. After all – preservation usually focusses on fruits and vegetables – both of which are not exactly abundant right now (at least not fresh, local produce). Especially not here …
You know this about sugar right?: 1) Sugar makes you fat. 2) Sugar wreaks havoc on your hormones. 3) Sugar makes you moody. 4) Sugar ages you. 5) Sugar increases inflammation 6) Sugar elevates your risk for developing cancer, diabetes and heart disease While we know that all of this is true, it doesn’t make a bit of difference …
Do you think that sugar isn’t an issue for you just because you don’t have a ‘sweet tooth’? If you can easily say ‘no’ to cake, cookies, chocolate bars and the like, you might be under the assumption that you couldn’t possibly be addicted to sugar. BUT, if you can’t say ‘no’ to any or all of the following …
Have you ever bought one of those health food store detox kits? If you know me well, you know that for many years I worked in the health food store industry. You might be surprised to learn that in all that time, I never once went on a ‘cleanse in a box’. One thing that I know about detox …
If you are like most people, you`ve probably sworn off bread or sugar at least once in your lifetime. The trouble is though, that at the best of times willpower often cowers in the face of a true physiological or bacterial craving. The truth is, if you can`t stop yourself from bingeing on bread or overdoing sugar, it is …
Not being much of a crafty mom, I am always on the look out for something crafty-functional that serves both as play and as something useful again later. This New Year’s morning, Jasmine and I went out for a girl date and I while we were enjoying our hot chocolate & coffee, I started thinking ahead to what we could …
Here’s a round-up of 50 awesome things I meant to Tweet from the Weston A. Price Foundation’s Wise Traditions 2011 conference in Dallas, TX. But hey, we just joined Twitter (our handle is DomesticDivaCa btw), roaming charges are extraordinarily expensive and there was no WiFi in the conference centre! (oh well!). We were also pretty busy taking notes These ‘soundbytes’ are …
You might be wondering, can I feed my children Kombucha? There are varying opinions about this, but generally be cautious in children 4 & under. This not to dissuade you from sharing Kombucha with your children, but to ask you to exercise care in how much and how often you give it to them. Reasons that it might be wise …