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Bathe in a bath of honey

Sounds sticky! Seriously though, honey has a large number of healing properties, including antibacterial power and ability to relieve insomnia. CNN released a study that names a specific variety of honey found in Australia as able to kill superbugs and antibiotic-resistant strains of infection.
Honey has been used globally in home remedies for ages. Where [...]

Antibacterials, part 2: Triclosan

Triclosan (not to be confused with Tryptophan – an amino acid in turkey that makes you sleepy) is one of the active ingredients of most anti-bacterials – 75% in fact. But a March study said that the triclosan in those products breaks down rapidly in chlorinated water and produces toxic chemicals including chloroform! [...]

Anti-bacterials: part 1

Walk down the hand-soap aisle of your supermarket and see how many you can spot that are not anti-bacterial. I went to my grocery store trying to buy soap that wasn’t anti-bacterial, and of the probably 40+ varieties on the shelf, I was only able to find one that wasn’t anti-bacterial. A marketplace study in [...]