by Nicole Platte | Uncategorized
I have a toddler, aged two-and-a-half and like many toddlers, he’s adventurous and loves both climbing and eating. So, one day not long ago, I found him with his hand in the sugar can (The sugar, organic and tan, is mainly for tea and some baking, for those of...
by Nicole Platte | Alternative health, Food, Healing, Supplements, Tests
The GAPS (Gut And Psychology Syndrome) diet is increasingly popular as a way to heal the gut. It is a sub-set of the Nourishing Traditions way of eating, with more targeted goals of healing all sorts of gut-related ailments, from ASD to auto-immune disease, to skin...
by Nicole Platte | How to, Tests
A refractometer (Brix meter) measures the sugar content (Brix) of a solution by detecting the degree of refraction of the light passing through that liquid. They are simple to use and have several important uses for good health. (In our house, if the refractometer is...
by Nicole Platte | Healing, Spiritual
Prayer for the acceptance of God’s will O Lord, I do not know what to ask of You. You alone know what my real needs are. You love me more than I myself know how to love. Help me to see my real needs which are hidden from me. I am afraid to ask for either a cross...
by Nicole Platte | Supplements
Vitamin C is a funny thing. It’s absolutely essential for mammalian life, and most animal life. However, humans and guinea pigs don’t manufacture vitamin C, while all other species that need it, make it. So, to make up for that we have to eat it, or...
by Ryan Platte | Leads to Health Stories
We asked some of the people we’ve helped for their stories so we could excerpt them for our testimonials on our front page. When Tina Robinson shared hers, we wanted to share her full story. I wondered whether Nicole was for real, and my husband was completely sure...
by Nicole Platte | Recipes, Supplements
Liposomal vitamin C products are great stuff, but they are expensive! You can afford to make your own; it’s cheaper. But there is a huge time commitment needed for many of the recipes out there. Here is a clever solution that works and costs even less! I used to...
by Nicole Platte | Supplements
Picture a warehouse full of forklifts. They are zipping around, beeping and whirring, raising and lowering their forks to move boxes… …only there are no boxes. That’s what happens in your body if you have plenty of vitamins but inadequate minerals. Your forklifts...
by Nicole Platte | Healing
I got a pretty anxious message from a mom-friend. She was calling about her first baby, a 5-month-old boy who was still nursing full-time. He had developed severe reflux after a stomach “bug” had made him sick for a few days. The sickness had cleared up,...
