Herbs and spices are widely known for their high antioxidant content and numerous health benefits. Today’s post highlights some of the less commonly known oral health benefits of several popular herbs and spices compliments of 1Dental.com Blog: Basil A specific type of basil called “Holy Basil” is well known for its antibacterial, disinfecting properties that [...]
All posts for the month August, 2011
Herbs, Spices & Oral Health
Posted by All Natural Annie on August 31, 2011
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Healthy Addition: Sesame Seeds
These tiny little seeds commonly found on bagels actually contain unique lignans (plant compounds), which help to lower cholesterol. Sesame seeds are also a good source of zinc, phosphorous, calcium, and copper. Need one more reason to include them in your diet? They help to protect the liver from oxidative damage. So am I suggesting [...]
Posted by All Natural Annie on August 24, 2011
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Undo Summer Hair Damage
As summer winds down, your hair is probably looking less than its best after beach and pool time took their toll. But have no fear because it’s nothing a good hair mask (and a trim) can’t fix. One ultra nourishing hair treatment I recently tried is by California Sunshine. Their three ingredient “Radiant Beach” hair [...]
Posted by All Natural Annie on August 17, 2011
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Quick & Healthy Pasta Stir Fry
This recipe started out as an attempt to make a new, simple salad using some of my favorite ingredients. However, I wasn’t loving how it turned out – not that it was bad, but it just wasn’t great – and so I decided to turn it into the heart of a pasta stir fy… Ingredients (for 2): 1 [...]
Posted by All Natural Annie on August 12, 2011
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Improve Your Indoor Air Quality
This is the first of hopefully many more plants to come in our new, much sunnier home. Do you recognize it? It’s a Peace Lily and we got it for only $7.99 at Trader Joe’s last week. But not only is it pretty and nicely priced, it’s also one of the best plants for purifying [...]
Posted by All Natural Annie on August 9, 2011
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Time for Some Cocktails…
Happy Friday everyone! I don’t know about you, but I am SO ready for the weekend. We still have a little unpacking left to do, but the bulk of it is done. Time to buy new plants and have some friends over to see the new place. We’re thinking of making one of these cocktails [...]
Posted by All Natural Annie on August 5, 2011
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Exciting News x 2
Hello! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and a great start to the week. For me, the past fews days have been filled with packing. We’re not leaving DC, but moving to a new place. I drastically underestimated how stuff we had to pack (I think that’s typical?). Little by little, we’ve gotten rid of so many things, but we’re amazed at [...]
Posted by All Natural Annie on August 2, 2011
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