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Allene Edwards first became interested in alternative medicine and holistic treatment modalities when she successfully used diet therapy to manage her children’s ADHD. Later when she became chronically ill with an auto-immune disease that multiple doctors could not identify, much less cure, she successfully treated both the symptoms and the cause through naturopathic treatment and nutrition.

How To Quit Smoking Naturally

November 13, 2014 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: February 20, 2016

Smokers are adept in compartmentalized thinking. All the expense, the fuss, the mess, the smell, the frustration of addiction, and the very real fear of cancer and other medical consequences are pushed aside or buried deep in the psyche when… [read]

Flu Shot Season

November 7, 2014 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: February 9, 2017

Fall and winter is flu season and many Americans respond to this threat with an annual flu shot. Posters on drug store walls and entryways ask, “Have you had your flu shot yet?” There is a clear expectation in the… [read]

Herbal Remedies to Eliminate Candida Overgrowth

November 5, 2014 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: June 24, 2018

The first step in eliminating an overgrowth of candida is to stop feeding it. Sugar is your worst enemy. This means eliminating all forms of sugar including simple carbohydrates that the body turns into sugar as well as yeast and… [read]

The Reasons Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease Are On the Rise

November 5, 2014 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

It seems that every few years we hear of another diet fad or food fad. In the last few years gluten is getting all of the attention. How can wheat or other common grains–fixtures of the American diet–be causing such… [read]

Heal Cavities, Gum Disease, Naturally with Organic Oral Care – Toothpaste Recipes Included

October 22, 2014 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: April 4, 2019

Dentists will tell you that genetics and “proper” dental care and fluoride treatments will result in healthy teeth and gums. However, we know that indigenous tribes who ate healthy diets enjoyed remarkably good dental health. When indigenous tribes were introduced… [read]

Natural Medicine Cabinet – My Organic Pharmacy

October 20, 2014 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: October 14, 2016

In our family, we haven’t taken antibiotics for more than twenty years. We no longer catch annual or biannual colds and flu. The years of chronic sinus infections and ear infections are long gone. The young children in our family… [read]

What’s the Best Water for Detoxifying and For Drinking?

October 16, 2014 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: October 14, 2018

Earth is the water planet. Oceans, rivers, lakes, streams–water abounds. Unfortunately, most of it is polluted. Our industries use our waterways to dump their waste; industrial farming pollutants leach into waterways and ground water. Even jet fuel is found in… [read]