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Healthy Fats on Keto
For some people, the idea of doing the keto diet sounds like it’s an unlimited license to eat a lot of fatty foods, but is that the case? While keto is a high-fat, low-carb, moderate protein diet, that doesn’t mean you should eat nothing but...
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Herb-Infused Detox Water Recipes
Herbs are well known for their ability to medicate and heal the human body. For thousands of years, humans have used these simple plants to increase their quality of life, and to treat various diseases, and many of them happen to have a pleasing...
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Avocado Salad
Prep time: 10 minutes Servings: 2-4 Ingredients: 2 avocados 1 lbs. cherry tomatoes 1 English cucumber ½ red onion 1 lemon, juiced 1 tbsp olive oil Salt, to taste Black pepper, to taste Instructions: Wash all...
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What Herbs Help With Headaches?
Headaches are something that everyone suffers from at one time or another. Some people have minor headaches on occasion while others have migraines and severe tension headaches that are affected by stress. What may bother you is that most...
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Types of Medicinal Mints
Menthol-based herbs are some of the more commonly requested and used in home medicinal and health recipes. The problem is, most people do not know how to use them properly, how to harvest them, how to grow them, or even how to store them. As a...
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Why Everyone Should Have Sage in Their Medicine Cabinet
When you think of sage you may think of a bundle of dried leaves used to smudge a home and remove negative energy from the house. This can be a great idea for most people, but others may be a bit put off by the mystical idea behind this method....
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