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Natural Cough Remedies

December 3March 27Posted in HealthTagged airways, bacterial, Cough, demulcent, gargle, ginger, hasantibacterial, Health, Home, homemade, honey, illness, inflammation, licorice, liquorice, mucous, natural, pepper, peppermint, remedies, root, salt, steam, syrup, tea, thyme, tips, water, xpectoralLeave a comment

Originally Published by Claire Goodall on everydayroots.com

There are two primary types of coughs, dry and productive. A productive cough is one in which you are coughing up phlegm or mucous-this is not a cough that should be suppressed, as your body needs to rid itself of the gunk that’s in your chest/lungs. While it shouldn’t be suppressed, some of these remedies will address a productive cough by including an expectorant, or something that loosens mucous and makes it easier for the body to get rid of.

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Survival Foods

November 10March 27Posted in FoodTagged Corn starch, extract, food, foods, forever, honey, last, liquor, mape, rice, salt, sugar, survival, syrup, tips, vanilla, vinegarLeave a comment

Originally Published on Healthy Times Blog and Survival Life

With proper storage, knock these items off of your survival food worries list and lighten your load. More details below:

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Artificially Sweeteners or Natural Sugar Replacements?

October 1September 29Posted in HealthTagged aceslulfame-K, advice, agave, alternative, america, artificial, aspartame, chart, honey, how to, hungry, infographic, intake, maple, metabolism, natural, nectar, obesity, processed, reduce, replacement, risk, saccharin, side effects, stevia, substitute, sucralose, sugar, sweet, sweetener, syrup, USALeave a comment

IMG originally published on Be Food Smart

The number of sweeteners available today is staggering. We see high fructose corn syrup, sorbitol, dextrose, xylitol, and sugar in our packaged foods along with white, blue, pink, brown and now green packets to spruce up that iced tea in restaurants. If you are keeping up with the trends, agave nectar and stevia are all the rage. But have you ever stopped to wonder what all the sweeteners really are? Regardless of where you ended up on the flowchart or what you think of your choice, understanding what the sweetener is and where it comes from is the first step.