Fat – high-fat foods make your digestive system work double time and can also increase heartburn. Liquor – alcohol may seem relaxing at first but it screws up your blood sugar levels and interferes with your brain function including the production of serotonin, the natural chemical your body produces to make you sleepy. Artificial sweeteners – worse than sugar, artificial sweeteners will literally keep you up all night. Aspartame and NutraSweet contain aspartic acid which will excite your nervous system. Caffeine – coffee and tea... 

Here’s the headline of an article I read from the Organic Consumers Association; it’s a little disturbing: “Aspartame Found to Cause Breast Cancer, Leukemia and Lymphomas” Doesn’t this make you stop and think of all the people that drink diet sodas and the quantity that is consumed on a daily basis? I know of several people in my life that consume very large amounts of diet soda. They are thinking that it’s safe and they want to avoid the extra calories in regular soda. A new study on aspartame conducted by the Ramazzini... 

Green tea is one of the most popular beverages and rightly so. After all, it tastes great (in my opinion) and it’s good for you. Green Tea has some amazing health benefits and powerful antioxidants, which help cells live longer, but did you know that green tea is good for your skin and may help you live longer and healthier? Applied topically, Green tea can help re-energize dying skin cells, making your skin look fresher and more vibrant. Green tea is also an anti-inflammatory that will calm and cool the skin. Not only will Green Tea help you look... 

Salt is a wonderful stain remover. With salt you can remove grease stains, ink stains, blood stains and more. Using salt in your laundry will also help preserve bright colors and reduce the yellowing of white clothing. 10 ways to use salt to clean your laundry Remove grease stains on fabric by sprinkling the stain with salt. Allow the salt to soak up the grease and wipe off. Repeat if necessary. Remove a fresh blood stain by covering it with salt. Then dab with a clod water cloth. Continue to add water until the stain is gone. Remove ink stains by rubbing... 

We all know how difficult it can be to keep our kitchens clean with high traffic, spills, drips, dirty dishes, and greasy pans. It seems like it is a never ending battle sometimes. Thankfully our ordinary table salt can be of greater use other than seasoning our foods. 10 Ways to Use Salt to Clean Your Kitchen Clean up stove top spills by sprinkling with salt. It’s naturally mild abrasive quality; salt can easily remove stuck on spills. Mask the odor of burned-on foods on your stove top burner by sprinkling the food with a mixture of salt and cinnamon.... 

Here are some extra tips from the great readers at d.i.y naturally. Thanks all! Diane from The Mommy Spot – She uses baking soda to clean her parrot cages. She doesn’t have to worry about her parrots eating any residue. Jan from Skincare Naturals – She suggests using baking soda in your dishwasher to help grease build-up. Thanks for the great ideas! Your blogs are great with a ton of great information. ~ DIY Naturally Baking Soda | Natural Home Cleaners  Read More →

The last several articles have been about using baking soda for various household cleaning tasks including the kitchen, bathroom, laundry room and a few other uses such as, taking care of your kids and pets and as a beauty product. To continue with our “No more chemical cleaners” series, we are going to shift to table salt and its many uses around your home. A natural compound, Sodium Chloride or as we know it, table salt; has some amazing power. It can preserve foods, soothe aches and pains, and clean your home. Salt is also a key ingredient...