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A Healthy Dose

Almost two decades of writing on natural health from our monthly newsletters, and the Debra’s braintrust. A deep dive into herbs, vitamins and common sense.

This Month

Herbs Against Acne (2024 edition)

We cover this same topic every decade, but it’s always new, because there’s always a new generation of sufferers. If “suffer” sounds like a big word for what’s basically a

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Bergamot & Artichoke for Cholesterol Bergamot is a citrus tree, native to Italy. Its fruit is green and wrinkly and tart. The peel has an otherworldly aroma. If you’ve ever had a cup of top...

Natural Medicine for Depression This article could be a dozen pages long. Let’s keep it to two. To do that, we’re going to skip the whole intro where I make sure we all understand...

Beyond Yogurt: Other Fermented Foods for Health & Delight First, you have to get over the idea that “bacteria” is a dirty word. Yes, there are “bad” bacteria that can make you sick or kill you. Anthrax and bubonic plague come...

Canola Oil: It’s NOT Bad for You! I have no vested interest in selling canola oil to anyone. I also don’t use canola oil at home. I just get frustrated when health misinformation proliferates. So here we are. Canola History: Cultural and...

Smoothies 101 (2023 edition) Throughout my life, smoothies have been a staple, a balm, a lifesaver. The idea is simple, and the execution is simpler. You dump a bunch of things in the blender;...

But isn’t it BAD for me?! 4 ostensibly "bad-for-you" foods that that are much better for you than you might have heard...

cultivated cordyceps mushrooms

Cordyceps Revisited: “For more than just the Zombie Apocalypse” Medicinal Mushroom for Energy, Vitality, Immunity, Jet Lag, and More. Trending on social media, but is it for real?

Why Amy LOVES Queen of the Thrones Castor Oil Packs Better sleep? Better digestion? Reduced pain and inflammation? Amy says “yes,” and then some. 

Help for IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome is tricky. Basically, you show up at the doctor’s office with lower GI symptoms – alternating constipation and/or diarrhea, gas and bloating perhaps, maybe bowel pain and...

vitamins

Picking a Multi, Part 2 (See part 1 here) Multivitamin technologies fall into four basic categories. I have my favorite! And I’ll tell you what it is — eventually. In the meantime, as I go...

vitamins

How to Pick a Multivitamin, Part 1 So… do we really need a multivitamin? Well, “need” is a strong word… Okay, should we take a multivitamin? Some of us definitely should! You definitely want to consider a...

Herbs for Long COVID A subset of people have always suffered from diverse, chronic symptoms following viral infections -- although they haven't always been taken seriously. Long COVID may be worse, or more prevalent....

Picking the Perfect Protein In the fall of 2000, I wrote my first article ever for the Debra’s newsletter, an ode to and an appreciation for whey protein. Obviously, it was a favorite! 20...

Asthma + Natural Medicine, Part 2: Herbs & Supplements We can't cure asthma, but we can help, with obscure medicinal plants and at least common culinary spice (common in India...)

Asthma + Natural Medicine This is Part 1: What it Is, What to Do. (Find Part 2: Herbs and Supplements HERE) Asthma is a condition effecting the lungs. People who “have” asthma can go...

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