It’s Still Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature—Especially When It Comes to Your Immune System Back when I was a kid, there was a commercial for Chiffon margarine featuring Mother Nature herself. She became furious after being fooled into thinking margarine was real butter and declared the now-famous line, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!” Well, that sentiment still holds true—especially when it comes to your immune system. Our immune systems were brilliantly designed...

  It’s that time of year. Summer will soon be winding down, fall is fast approaching, kids will be going back to school, cooler temperatures are around the corner, and the holidays will be upon us before you know it. And you know what all that means… People will be getting sick with colds and flu! Of course, pharma would like you to think that your only saving grace lies in flu shots, Tamiflu and...

  A quick housekeeping note here at Holistic Blends: From July 14th through 18th, the office will be closed. Much like Danielle’s last time off, orders placed will be held for processing until July 21st at which time shipping will commence, and messages will be addressed in the order in which they were received. Barring any unforeseen circumstances or emergencies, this will be the last closure for the year aside from the regular weekends and holidays....

  If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that you have to be very careful who you trust and what you believe, especially where your health is concerned. Because sadly, the medical industry is largely captured by pharma and no one wants to bite the hand that feeds them (or risk losing a lucrative career). Plus, many practitioners don’t even know they’ve been very carefully programmed! Our doctors come out of medical...

  I recently stopped into a local pharmacy to get my cat some melatonin (my poor senior cat Max has dementia and the vet recommended melatonin to help him sleep instead of yowling all night!).  When I entered the pharmacy, looking around to check the aisle listings for what I needed, the clerk at the front of the store asked if I as there for a flu shot and I said no.  Then as I...

  When you think of "stones" in your body, most people will think of kidney stones, gallstones or maybe bladder stones. But those aren't the only areas of your body that are prone to stones—because you can also get stones in your tonsils! To understand how that can happen, it's important to look at these humble little sentinels in the back of your throat called your tonsils. The humble sentinels Your tonsils are part of...