Did You Know That Standing Up Makes You Lose Fat?

Did you know that? Yep. According to Realge.com, people who sit around too much have their enzymes that breaks down fat, practically turned off. But no worries, you can turn it back on again. How? Well, for one, stop being a couch potato! Their studies on animals show that cutting back on time spent moving around had a big impact on the enzymes that helps ...

Do You Need To Detoxify?

If you’re having unexplained headaches or back pains, brittle nails and hair, frequent allergies, exposure to cleansing solvents, pesticides, diuretics and certain drugs, etc. or having memory problems, it could be a sign that you need to detoxify. Detoxification is the process of eliminating toxic substances in our body caused by environment, our exposure ...

Mom Tips On Repelling Mosquitoes Using Essential Oils

I was ranting at facebook and twitter about my frustration with mosquitoes this summer. It’s just horrible! Add the fact that they love to feast on me, but won’t bite my husband. Not that I want him bitten, I just think they love me more, and it’s not fair! Spray some insect repellant! There. Problem solved. Uh, no, thanks. Really. I don’t like slathering ...

To Tap, Spring, Or Purify? Oh The Choices We Have!

When I was growing up in the Philippines, we didn’t have any water filters. We only drank tap water coz that’s all we had. What my mom did was to filter the tap water using layers of cloths that she would cover the faucet with, when she fills out our glass bottles for the fridge. And I remembered seeing rust like particles on the cloths after filtering ...

See How Electronic Devices Affect Your Body

David Wolfe demonstrates on the video below how much radiation and voltage we get exposed to from common electronic devices such as laptops, kindles, iPads, etc. He further explains the serious problems associated with such devices and how you can protect yourself from further exposure. I’ve learned about this while studying the effects of EMFs (Electromagnetic ...

Back To School Mom Tips On Sickness Prevention

My kids start school on September 14, which means exposure to more germs, virus, and sickness… again! If you’re looking for back to school savings tips, this is sooo not that post. Anyway, so I was looking for some helpful mom tips on how to send our kiddos to school not only smarter, but healthier and stronger to ward off these pesky viruses. Handwashing. ...

Manage Your Stress

How stressful could it be to be asked by your eight year old daughter about sex? My husband and I were awfully tensed the first time she did that. We tried to brush the subject off but she kept asking, to the point that hubby had to take antacids already. And he doesn’t suffer heartburns, ever! Except for this time. It wasn’t something we were prepared ...

Children’s Motrin Caused Severe Burns & Probable Blindness To Young Mom

OMG! I was reading this article called “Rare But Real Dangers Of Ibuprofen from The Momnificent Blog. This young mom apparently ingested a few doses of her son’s Children’s Motrin to treat her headaches and fever but ended up almost losing her life to Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. She was in a coma with feeding tubes and on life support because her body ...

On Mom Cafe: Is relaxing on your agenda?

Top pick for mom cafe this week. I can’t wait for the weekend! I soooo wanna be this cat right now… Thanks to liquene for this very relaxing photo… What are you doing this weekend? Is relaxing on your agenda? I was just chatting with a friend who seems to be all booked up this weekend that I got exhausted just by reading her schedule. As moms, this ...

How Authentic Is Your Mom Care?

I had the privilege of having a healing session from Ellen Capobianco, an intuitive consultant / healer, last night over the phone. According to her, a lot of my chakras are blocked. Chakra what? Chakras are our energy centers. They are the openings for life energy to flow into and out of our aura. Their function is to vitalize the physical body and to ...