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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

is Magnesium the Mineral we All Need?

This month PART 1: background, digestion, muscle tension. Next month PART 2: bones, heart, brain, and emotions. Magnesium is necessary for brain, nerve, and muscle function. It helps calcium absorb into the bones,

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When to Supplement Iron (and what kind) (and how much) Iron is one of the most consumed supplements in the world, an everyday ritual for countless adults and children. It can also be confusing, frustrating, and even potentially dangerous. Why...

Creatine is Having a Moment Creatine has been on the market for decades. Well-researched for decades. Established as safe and effective, for decades. So I don’t know why it’s having its moment in the sun right now. Why...

Supplements for Travel Part 2: Altitude Sickness, Traveler’s Stomach, and Travel Anxiety For those who read last month’s newsletter, you’ll remember that Part 1 was all about jet lag. I talked about melatonin a bit, but mostly I focused on the two herbs, Cordyceps and...

Supplements for Travel Part 1: Jet Lag Part 2 Next Month: Altitude, Traveler’s Stomach Let’s talk jet lag! You land somewhere you’ve been dying to get, and… the first three days you’re too much in a fog...

Let’s Talk about Regularity (and how Natural Medicine can Help) Plenty of people are medically, diagnosably constipated. However, many more are somewhere in the range of “normal,” but still a little backed up sometimes. These suggestions are for everyone who could use...

Zinc: Lozenges vs. Pills: Does it Matter? A lot of people are reaching for zinc, based on some of the research where it shortens duration of viral infections. The original research involved lozenges. Meanwhile, the research on pills has...

Everyone Should Take: NAC! Last time I wrote a whole article about n-acetylcysteine, it was 2010, and there was already a impressive body of research on NAC. But now – wow! As of today, PubMed (the...

Nutrition & Politics It would be naïve to think I could avoid politics entirely. After all, I own a health food store… Food is inescapably political. Always has been, always will be. What we grow roots...

Adaptogenic Herbs (and Common Sense) to Survive the Holiday Season Let’s start with one true thing: the real holistic approach to intense stress isn’t to survive it so much as it is to remove yourself from it whenever possible! Let...

In Praise of Herbal Antivirals ‘Tis the season when our beloved customers descend upon us in droves, asking after herbs and supplements to “boost the immune system.” Good news: there are supplements for that, and...

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...

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. Frankly, we make more money selling selling almost every other kind of oil… I just get frustrated when health misinformation proliferates. ...

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