How to Grow Your Own Garlic
Garlic, also known as Allium sativum, is one of the best anti-inflammatory herbs. It's great to grow your own garlic so that you can have it on hand in your kitchen. Homegrown garlic tends to be extra pungent, which is great if you are a garlic lover like me. Autumn is the ideal time of year to plant garlic. [...]
Why You Should Adopt Green Cleaning Practices
This is a guest post by Rachel Breit, who will be holding a workshop on green cleaning at Trillium Natural Medicine. Read on to learn more about green cleaning and see below for event details. A lot of people I talk to think green cleaning is a fad - a way to sell people overpriced cleaning products in trendy [...]
GMOs: What You Should Know
October is Non-GMO month. Woohoo! Wait, what's a GMO? In this day and age, people are paying much closer attention to what they eat and the sources for their food. With that comes several new terms and trends to learn. Sometimes it’s challenging (and a little bit overwhelming) to understand what’s what and most of all, what’s relevant to [...]
Chinese Medicine: How to Stay Healthy During Fall
The autumn leaves have made their yearly transition to beautiful golden, red and bronze hues and are gracefully falling from the trees into the cool, crisp air. Fall is in full swing. As we enjoy boots, sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes (here is a healthier version), there are several health implications to consider. In this post, we’ll explain what [...]
The Environment’s Role in Fertility
If you are trying to conceive, it is important to acknowledge something that can stand between you and your ability to conceive a healthy child: environmental toxicity. When the idea of health comes to mind, we often think about how much we exercise, what food we eat and whether or not it is nutritious. However, our environment, whether in [...]
How to Pack a Healthy School Lunch
While most kids are taking in all of the joys and excitement that summer has to offer, many parents have school looming in the back of their minds. Although every summer’s end is somewhat bittersweet, for many parents it is a relief to get the kids back on a schedule. On that same note, it’s a time when parents [...]