Living long while remaining pain free and mobile is a goal many of us are striving towards as we age. Unfortunately many of have ‘Arthur’ ( arthritis ) in our family that tries to prevent us from reaching our goals. Beat the pain and stiffness old ‘Arthur’ tries to visit upon you with these seven ...
Dry eyes are a problem for many people; however, they do not want to turn to over-the-counter medications or prescriptions to treat their symptoms. There are some natural remedies that you can try to treat dry eye syndrome that may provide you some relief without medications. Warm compress Place a warm washcloth compress on your ...
As children, my brother and I were constantly subjected to my mother’s host of home remedies from dandelion root tea to fat back poultices. The granddaddy cure of them all, however, was cod liver oil. Even the family dog wasn’t safe from its fishy grasp. My mother regularly mixed a little cod liver oil in ...
Vitamin D2 is in the family of D vitamins. These vitamins are essential for so many reasons. Vitamin D2 is in a group of fat soluble prohormones. This means that it is acts like a hormone. We absorb D vitamins from food and sun exposure. Vitamin D2 has so many functions within the body. This ...
Those of us who had to endure taking spoonfuls of cod liver oil as a kid have the disease rickets to thank for that most unpleasant of taste bud tortures. Rickets is a disease found mostly in children in whom a lack of certain vitamins results in a softening and weakening of the bones. Rickets ...
Vitamin D, while important for proper bone development and calcium utilization, can also cause serious problems taken in high doses. Vitamin D overdose and toxicity is very rare, and can only occur by taking supplements since there are no foods that have high enough concentrations to cause blood levels to rise to dangerous levels. The ...
With such an overwhelming variety of products available for baby, a new mom can easily feel exasperated when it comes to making a simple decision, like how do I choose a product for diaper rash? Friends and family members always have suggestions, and a new mom is bombarded by free samples, coupons, and buy 1 ...
Although many people associate tear stains with only certain breeds of dogs, such as Maltese, Poodles, and Bichon Frise, most dog breeds are affected with the common problem of tear stains. However, tear staining is much more prominent and noticeable in breeds where the dogs have white or light colored fur around the eyes. Just ...
Vitamin D, as most of us know, can be obtained directly from the sunlight. Our body absorbs it, when we spend time outdoors under the sun. If we are deficient in this vitamin, we will also probably have weak bones as well. This is because vitamin D aids our body in its absorption of calcium. ...
Ointment A+D ointment has been a necessity with every baby we have had, and we have five children. I, like a lot of other moms out there, have had to deal with a lot of diaper rashes in my time. I originally used Balmex for occasional diaper rashes until one bad rash that Balmex didn’t ...