Karen's Place

I remember when I was growing up there was always a withering piece of cut onion sitting on the kitchen windowsill in my Aunty's home. She always said it helps to prevent us getting sick. I also remember when we were bitten by any type of insect my mother would immediately cut an onion in half and rub it on the bite. I carried on these traditions with my own family, but it wasn't until I was older that I looked into just how this dried up piece of onion was stopping us from getting sick and why rubbing onion on a bite always took the sting away. I was amazed to find just how powerful onions are and that they were actually worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. They believed that the onion's rings symbolised eternity. Onions were also a prized food of the wealthy in ancient China. I found so much interesting information about this common vegetable that we have come to think of as just something to add flavour to our meals. My favourite health guru Don Tol...

Have you heard of Solé? A lot of people haven't.  Solé has many health benefits for all of us. Every cell in our body depends on the minerals we get from solé. All of our bodily fluids contain salt. Amniotic fluid, our blood, lymphatic fluid, tears and more. Most of us are mineral deficient and a lot of us are at least slightly dehydrated. Solé will prevent dehydration as your cells will absorb more water after they have all the right minerals. You can use any good quality salt, except table salt. It is toxic and will aggravate most ailments. I use Pink Himalayan Salt.  Known as “pink gold,” Himalayan crystal salt is actually a beautiful translucent pink and contains all of the 84 elements found in your body.   Watch this video to find out some of the benefits and also how I make it. When you drink the glass of water with 1 teaspoon of solé each day you can add a drop of lemon, wild orange or grapefruit essential oil to the glass for added detox an...