I didn't really want to write this post. I know it's going to offend someone and leave a few people disillusioned with whatever program they're doing or product they're taking. I know that my friend requests are about to go down as people stop adding me for the sole sake of "getting me on their team." My "friends" might not want to be "friends" anymore because I'm not a ...
Is the Tdap Vaccine Safe For Pregnancy?
Is the Tdap vaccine safe for pregnant women and their babies? That's a really good question every single woman who gets pregnant will eventually have to face. I've kept my distance with my stance on this vaccine for some time, but when I saw a study in Pediatrics this month that was an embarrassment to all that is science and the good common sense of the female brain, I ...
Taking Folic Acid During Pregnancy Could Cause Food Allergies
"Just take folic acid," they said. "You need it or your baby won't be healthy," they said." How many doctors over how many years have been telling pregnant women that they need to be on a folic acid supplement (in addition to eating foods fortified with it)? Before I "woke up" eight years ago and realized that 99% of what we're told to do when we're pregnant is ...
How to Choose the Right Magnesium Supplement
I interrupt your day to bring you the 411 on all things magnesium. It all started when I saw a post hating on one of my favorite magnesium supplements and a little verbal jousting that occurred over which supplement was the best of the best. What I realized, is that there are a lot of misconceptions about magnesium -- when you should take it, how you should use it, whether ...
What You Need to Know About the FDA’s War on Homeopathy
The FDA is a joke. There's really no nicer way to say it. By now you've probably heard that instead of cracking down on the drugs fueling the opioid epidemic, they are attempting to regulate homeopathic remedies, which is kind of funny because they supposedly contain no active ingredients whatsoever and cause about zero deaths each year. (Except when we're making stuff up to ...
Roasted Garlic Aioli
Aioli. Aioli. Aioli. It's a silky, smooth, Mediterranean sauce that looks a lot like mayo ... except that it isn't. It's better. Much better. Aioli's literal translation is "garlic oil" and what makes it different from mayo is that it's made using garlic and extra virgin olive oil (which we all know is all sorts of good). There was a time when I didn't use sauce in my ...
