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Wellness Beets Episode 23 Show Notes

Episod 23: Ayervedic Diet, Paperless Products, and Prebiotics Come Chat with Us on Social Media! We love hearing from you all. Facebook – Brittany’s page, Alex’s page Twitter – @brittanymbarton […]

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Protein Almond Butter Fat Bombs

For the most part, my husband and I both enjoy eating a healthy, whole foods diet and have been for a couple years now.  We both feel more satiated, enjoy our […]

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Why Do My Cramps Get Worse with Stress?

Cramps and PMS have become pretty standard terms in the standard American language.  Just like acid reflux, low back pain, and chronic tiredness, we’ve come to embrace horrible periods as […]

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Wellness Beets Episode 24 Show Notes

Episode 24: Significant Others Eating Style and Yoga Practices Come Chat with Us on Social Media! We love hearing from you all. Facebook – Brittany’s page, Alex’s page Twitter – […]

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A Physiologic Link Between Heart Disease and A Sedentary Lifestyle

And A Discussion About Exercises The concept that being inactive and heart disease are related is a pretty well-accepted idea in our society today. There are many explanations for why this […]

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Wellness Beets Episode 25 Show Notes

Episode 25: Workout Recovery and Buying Natural Beauty Brands Come Chat with Us on Social Media! We love hearing from you all. Facebook – Brittany’s page, Alex’s page Twitter – […]

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Natural DIY Vitamin C Mask and the Gut-Skin Connection

Beauty skin stuff, I think, can be a lot of fun.  You get to play around in the kitchen and then pamper yourself silly just laying around your house.  Doing […]

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My Favorite Things: Air Purifying Plants That Are Hard to Kill

Why Plants Are Awesome With my science nerd background, it’s not surprising that I find plants to be really fascinating.  It’s estimated that plants have been around on Earth for […]

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Melatonin, Cortisol Release, and Why You Should Go To Bed Earlier

I’m willing to go out on a limb to say that most of us have been told to get enough sleep since we were about 2 years old and pretty much […]

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Wellness Beets Episode 26 Show Notes

Episode #26: Food Allergy Remedies, Multivitamins, and Filtered Water Come Chat with Us on Social Media! We love hearing from you all. Facebook – Brittany’s page, Alex’s page Twitter – […]

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Homemade Almond Milk

When I went entirely dairy free as part of an elimination diet, one of my least favorite things was how hard it was to find a decent coconut and/or nut […]

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Why A Heart Rate Monitor is One of My Favorite Health Measures

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been tracking and making healthcare based decisions off of a persons heart rate for centuries (actually, even longer than that based on a lot of accounts!). […]

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Wellness Beets Episode 27 Show Notes

Episode 27: Hormonal and Adrenal Health Q&A with Megan Rand Come Chat with Us on Social Media! We love hearing from you all. Facebook – Brittany’s page, Alex’s page Twitter […]

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Non-Drying, Non-Toxic DIY Hand Sanitizer

Since I work in the health care field, I end up using hand sanitizer ALL. THE. TIME.  It’s not really my favorite.  It’s drying, it smells bad, and besides killing […]

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How Dry Brushing Works & More On Lymphatics

A while ago, I put dry brushing in the same unicorn-based category as oil pulling. The articles out there on the subject made claims that were wildly broad, that sounded […]

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Wellness Beets Episode 28 Show Notes

Episode 28: The Alternative Medicine Controversy, Interpreting Studies, and Preserving Vegetables Come Chat with Us on Social Media! We love hearing from you all. Facebook – Brittany’s page, Alex’s...

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How to Make A Moisturizing Magnesium Oil Lotion

Topical magnesium oil has become a staple in my self-care regiment. This is because so many things in our modern day culture deplete magnesium in our bodies: junk food, processed […]

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Best DIY Hair Gel Ever

That’s right. I said it. Best hair gel ever. A little presumptuous? Maybe. But as a DIY addict, I’ve tried a whole lot of hair gels (like this flaxseed one) […]

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My Favorite Things: Air Purifying Plants That Are Hard to Kill

Why Plants Are Awesome With my science nerd background, it’s not surprising that I find plants to be really fascinating.  It’s estimated that plants have been around on Earth for […]

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How ‘No Pain, No Gain’ Applies to Health

The message of ‘no pain, no gain’ is so prevalent in our culture that it’s become a sort of given. You’re supposed to work out until you palms bleed and […]

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