Monthly Archives: April 2016

Powerful Herbs That Fight Flu

Herbs have been used medicinally for centuries. Even in the last century herbs were being used by physicians to treat influenza. In 1918, the flu pandemic known as the “Spanish flu” broke out across the globe and killed 20 to 60 million people. At the time, advances in modern medicine were just being discovered, and many physicians still relied on herbs and other natural therapies to treat sick individuals.

By | 2017-05-14T12:01:31-04:00 April 16th, 2016|Herbs, Natural Health, Natural Remedies, No SF, Nutrition & Herbs, Supplements|Comments Off on Powerful Herbs That Fight Flu

Produce Pesticide Residues – EWG’s Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen Annual Updates

If the budget is tight or the selection is scarce, it's good to know which foods have the most leftover pestiside residue.

By | 2016-04-16T09:52:46-04:00 April 16th, 2016|Environment, Home, Natural Health, No SF|Comments Off on Produce Pesticide Residues – EWG’s Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen Annual Updates

South Carolina Businesses Educate Future Beekeepers

About three-fourths of the world’s food crops depend on pollination, according to a report released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. And more than 40 percent of invertebrate pollinators – bees and butterflies – are “facing extinction.”

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