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At Simple Organic: A Natural Approach to Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

September 2, 2010

Today I'm over at Simple Organic, sharing about my journey with PCOS and natural ways to treat it through lifestyle changes.
Call me naive. I didn’t know that there was something terribly wrong about going 6 months without a cycle.
I was 20 years old and in my last year of university. My health was far from [...]

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How a Hard Lotion Bar Helped my Eczema

August 22, 2010

I've struggled with dry, itchy and painful eczema on my hands for a long time. Some things have made a big difference (like cod liver oil, eating less sugar, keeping my stress down and my sleep up, wearing gloves, etc.).
Other things have never really made much of a difference, including the zilllion types of lotion [...]

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Insomnia: How to Find Sleep Naturally

August 10, 2010

Guest Post by Andrea
Lack of sleep is common when you are raising infants. But what happens when your infants have reached their teens and you still can’t sleep?
Insomnia affects millions of people but is 41% more prevalent in women than in men. For me, lack of sleep has meant I’m not capable of being the [...]

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Introducing My New Book: Real Food on a Real Budget

May 3, 2010
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I am so excited to introduce my newest book to you!
Real Food on a Real Budget has been a bit like having two babies in one year... first, we welcomed Johanna into our family this August. Within a week of her birth, while being told "sit down, rest, stop getting up!" by my loving hubby [...]

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When Good Nutrition Doesn’t Seem to Help

March 24, 2010
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By Anne Elliot, Contributing Writer
I’ve been trying to feed my family with healthy, nutritious food for about thirteen years now. Before that, I ate just about anything, but one day I began reading books that changed the way I thought. I started to care about nutrition because I cared about my family. Over [...]

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Forum Highlights: February

February 26, 2010
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It's time once again to highlight all the fascinating and helpful discussions that are going on in the Keeper of the Home community forum these days!
I love, love, love to see that the number of members is growing every week. Welcome, everyone!
If you haven't joined yet and are unsure of what the forum is [...]

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