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 ...
Flumania: What You Need to Know About the Flu Shot & Tamiflu
"Flumania" is a thing and its happened upon us. According to myself, this is a term used to describe the mass hysteria being created over all things "flu" with the goal of driving up the demand for flu shots and Tami(give you the)flu. Let me tell you how it works: First, they pretend the flu shot is actually effective. When people figure out that a double chocolate donut ...
How to Make Elderberry Gummy Lozenges (Cold & Flu Natural Remedy)
I recently posted about the benefits of elderberries and shared one of my favorite recipes for making elderberry syrup. This medicinal syrup is great, but for some us, we need a little something extra. Call it our desire to be creative, our love for all things gummy, or our need to be prepared with multiple forms of one of the best natural remedies ever - this recipe will hook ...
Step-By-Step: How to Make Elderberry Syrup (And Why You Should)
Elderberries. It's time that we talk about them, get some, take some, and turn some into syrup. I don't know if you know this, but elderberries are well-studied, highly effective, and are a legit remedy for preventing influenza and naturally treating whatever it is that ails you. Elderberry is liquid amazing in a bottle, magical powder in a capsule, and a super hero for the ...
Forget Everything You Were Ever Told About Fevers
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently published a report confirming what we've all known to be pretty common sense for a while now: Fevers aren't bad and you shouldn't bring it down in a healthy child. Why? Because fevers are good and suppressing it drags out the illness. (Note, this report has since been removed from the Internet.) Now I know ... you're a ...
