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Have you ever heard of red raspberry leaf tea? I hadn’t, until I read about it in The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth by Genevieve Howland when I was pregnant with my second child.
Apparently, word on the street is that red raspberry leaf tea conditions your uterus for a relatively fast and painless labor and delivery. Before I dive into what this herb is and what it does, let me say that there IS some validity to this “old wives’ tale,” based on my personal experiences with the tea during my two latest pregnancies.
Here’s more about it, and what the science says.
Clean water is essential to staying healthy, hydrated, and disease-free, and often tastes far better than water that comes from wells and municipal reserves. Today, we have access to many types of water purification systems for our homes, which can make it difficult to narrow it down to the healthiest, most economical filtration method.
Nearly everyone understands the importance of taking a shower following a workout. A post-workout shower aids in recovery, helps relieve muscle soreness, and cleans sweat and bacteria from your skin to reduce the risk for infections and breakouts. But did you know that taking a shower BEFORE your workout also comes with benefits?
Infatuation can often be mistaken for love. It’s always been said that love can make you do crazy things, but what if infatuation is truly to blame?
Don’t let the “cheese” in cottage cheese deter you from this healthy superfood! If your goal is to lose weight, build muscle, and improve your metabolism, it’s time to stock your refrigerator with cottage cheese.
Ask most people what they visualize when they hear the phrase “hormonal imbalance” and they’ll describe a middle-aged, PMS-ing, menopausal woman. But what many don’t realize is that hormonal imbalance affects both men and women equally, and is partly to blame for major health epidemics such as obesity, low sex drive, and depression.

