In this post: Learn why strep throat often reoccurs, how to make it leave for good and discover an amazing addition to boost what you are using to kill the strep. At the end of this post you will learn how to boost your family’s immune system so that you can avoid getting sick in…
This is What Happens When You Use These Powerful Natural Remedies for Asthma
In this post (natural asthma remedies): Asthma can be controlled and often cured using natural remedies, without the side effects that come with prescription medications. I KNOW this because I was a child whose asthma was healed using alternative, natural treatments, as is my son, Lucas. Here you will learn 18 simple steps that you can…
Alkaline Kids: How pH Affects Overall Health
Yesterday, I took my two oldest children to their well visit. As part of the exam, the pediatrician has them each pee in a cup to test for diabetes, urethritis and kidney health. After reading the stick from Lila’s urine, the pediatrician comes back and asks me if I have Lila drinking alkaline water, to which I reply…
Healthy Ears Start with A Healthy Nervous System
This article is written by by Dr. Jason Tabick, D.C. of New York Specific Chiropractic, P.C. Though pediatricians have been urged to not treat ear infections with medicine right away, this type of infection continues to be the most common reason medical practitioners prescribe antibiotics for children. Unfortunately, it is proven that the infecting agent…
When Strep Throat is More than ‘Just’ Strep
This wasn’t something I planned on writing about just yet, but after so many messages coming to Raising Natural Kids about it, the story needs to be shared now. For my family, our story is two-fold. This issue seemingly affects/affected my son and daughter, but for now, because her story is much simpler, I will…
Illness and Fevers
As a parent, it’s hard to watch your children suffer through an illness, especially one that causes a high fever. Modern society has taught us to fear a fever, when in actuality, the fever is what means the body is working. Without it, the bacteria or virus causing it would defeat the body; it’s the…
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease seems to be going around like crazy, as we get at least one question a day about it on Facebook. Instead of reposting the same question over and over, here are the answers from Facebook threads of the recent past… These involve a child being exposed to and catching the…
The Most Simple, Effective and Healthy Ways to Overcome An Ear Infection
Sometime during my middle school career, my mother came home with candles to put in my ear. I wish I could remember my reaction to this, but it blends in with all of the other things that I once thought were weird and now I embrace. When I first used to tell people that I had…