So I got blocked by someone over at Truth Social who was pushing Amazon products in health groups. First, why anyone still supports a company that refuses to crack down on both plagiarism and digital art theft, amazes me. As an author with friends in the artistic space affected by this behaviour, I left and took my books elsewhere. Second, encouraging people to buy what they can often get for free in their backyard or in wild spaces, also doesn't make sense, because free sources make health and wellness more affordable. It's called foraging.

A recent push for a herbal supplement was for spurilina. The big claim to fame here is the chlorophyll. Dr Mercola, in a 2017 article shared a substitute that only requires gloves and maybe snips to get - stinging nettle:

"Nettles Compared to 'Superfood' Spirulina
Although spirulina technically does grow in 'the States,' it's only one — Hawaii, as well as other exotic areas of the world, so it's understandable that many think of it as not exactly around the corner. But first of all, what is it? If you've heard of blue-green algae, you're halfway there.

Spirulina's deep blue-green color reveals its active ingredient — chlorophyll — clearly. Health . com explains it as one of the oldest life forms on Earth and possibly consumed in Aztec and African diets centuries ago.

Today it's touted for its ability to strengthen the immune system, reduce fatigue and combat allergies. Nettles are another plant with chlorophyll that even rivals the amount found in spirulina, but they're often found in ditch banks, forests and riverbanks.

"Taken over time, nettle will strengthen your circulatory, immune, and endocrine systems to promote peak function. The stronger these systems, the better position our bodies are in to deal with whatever might come our way."

Cooked or dried, though, this pesky stinging problem goes away completely; good thing, too, because this free foraging food is highly nutritious, containing fiber, lecithin, chlorophyll, sodium, iron, phosphorus, sulfur, potassium and vitamins A and C, according to Mother Earth News. It's been used in birth rooms and battlefields to stop bleeding, both internally and externally, and is considered to purify blood, as well. As a tea:

"It has been found to help cure mucus congestion, skin irritations, water retention and diarrhea … stimulate the digestive glands of the stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas and gall bladder. Applied externally, nettle tea … relieves rheumatism in both people and animals, makes a first-class gargle for
mouth and throat infections, helps to clear up acne and eczema and promotes the healing of burns."

My daughter and I began foraging over 10yrs ago, and we will either take the top 8 inches or so, or if the plant insists, the whole thing. We learned how to use gloved/sleeved hands to snap off what we want. The seeds are useful in cooking and tea as a fennel replacement. So we dry both mature and young leaves at all stages of growth.

This article has had it's second update in a single month! This time around a variant of vit B1, that most people think of as a lab creation and not a naturally-occurring compound. Today's edit isn't too far down the page this time, following on a gut health quote from Dr. Mercola. Bioavailability is a big deal to me, because without it, the idea of food as medicine is moot! If your gut can't process it, your body won't benefit from it.

Catch up on the latest update for this article here:
https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2023/09/11/weight-loss-and-diabetes-factors-that-lead-to-them-and-food-as-medicine/

An article on the local mainstream news source claims that doctors and health groups are lobbying the Canadian federal government to step up action against a growing number of cervical cancer cases across the country. They want an increase in use of the HPV vaccine, calling it "highly effective".

The so-called "highly effective vaccine" is known to cause severe side effects in people over the years, even killing some of them in the years my kids had been in high school. The better course of action to prevent cervical cancer, is for women to choose chaste lifestyles until they are married, and only marry a man who was chaste before his vows as well. This not only prevents most cases of cervical cancer, it prevents most cases of STD's as well.

If after taking those measures, a person is still concerned with potential cases of either STDs or cervical cancer, there are herbs that can help, either because they are considered anti-cancer, meaning they have compounds that prevent cancer, or because they have been tested or used historically against various forms of STD, or both.

Click here to read the full piece and learn the herbs I speak of.
https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2026/02/25/cervical-cancer-it-doesnt-have-to-be-a-life-or-death-decision/

So Tuesday afternoon's Pine Syrup Advanced Foraging Workshop ended up with more adventure than originally planned. Click here to read all about it and see some of the pictures.

https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2026/02/18/wintry-pine-syrup-adventure/

I've written about Diabetes directly three times on my blog, and 18 times indirectly around other discussions. But today I updated this article with a quote from Children's Health Defense, who published a review paper commentary on Feb 17th, featuring over 280 paper citations showing a troubling connection between electro-magnetic radiation and the growing number of diabetic cases, particularly among children.

You'll find the recent update under a list of causes provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (a foundation you want to be very wary of!)

Click here for the article update.
https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2023/09/11/weight-loss-and-diabetes-factors-that-lead-to-them-and-food-as-medicine/

Taken from the blog article: "What to Do if Anti-depressants are harming you: Guidance from Scripture and Wholefood as Medicine", this PDF ebook is available free of charge to anyone who needs it, whether a person battling depression, or those caring for them.

May this free gift be of benefit, from my heart to yours this Valentine's weekend.

https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/product/scriptural-anti-depressant-wholefood-guidance/

While my focus as your Biblical Natural Health Coach is on wholefood as medicine, there are people out there who, for various reasons whether it's difficulty with mobility, issues in the kitchen, etc, can't make use of food to deal with their daily needs. For them, supplements are important.

Essential nutrients and natural remedies should not be treated as dangerous chemical drugs. Shawn Buckley of the NHPPA is pushing for fellow Canadians to get on the Federal Government's back over what they've done in recent years around natural health products. He says:

"Natural health products are natural remedies and essential nutrients people need to be maintain their health.

Before 2004 they were not classified as drugs. It is only with the ill-advised Natural Health Product Regulations that for the first time it became illegal for Canadian companies to sell vital nutrients without Health Canada permission.

NHPs should go back to being foods like they were before 2004, and like the same products are in the U.S.

Let’s make protecting access to natural health products a key issue. Ask your MP to Speak up for Natural Health and vote in favour of Bill-C224.

Visit https://nhppa.org/bill224/ for everything you need to get involved. Send emails, print letters, download pre-made social media posts, contact candidates, and more."

For my full article on this issue, click here: https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2026/02/14/help-push-to-return-natural-health-products-to-food-status/

It appears I am not the only one that doesn't think very highly of trending dietary fads. The peer pressure seems to be among those choosing gluten-free as the wise, gut-healthy option, making others around them feel less-than if they don't make similar choices.

But the other half of the gluten-free push, has been the discovery that farmers spray their crops with glyphosate. This has caused many to avoid gluten like the plague, because they mistakenly blame the gluten instead of the glyphosate.

Mercola released an article today that is aimed squarely at parents, but anyone of any age and stage can make use of this information. His article is talking about the health risks that parents inflict on their children when they choose gluten-free without a firm diagnosis. Mercola gives suggestions for how to eat that strengthen the gut, allay fears, and perhaps even allow the gut to handle wheat gluten in time.

What passes as healthfood these days, often is either ultra-processed in some fashion, or loaded in heavy metals while skimping or even missing basic necessary nutrients (or as my late mom would say, getting them from the wrong sources, ie: folic acid instead of folate)

So consider this one very long introduction to an article I've already saved to my gut-health folder.

To read the rest of my rant and get the link to Mercola's article, click here.

https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2026/02/06/gluten-free-gut-health-rant-and-go-read-mercolas-article/

"A recent survey in Esquimalt showing an increasing number of residents relying on paid-subscription-based primary care clinics is the predictable result of an ongoing shortage of family physicians, says the B.C. Conservatives’ rural health critic.

“There’s no walk-in clinics left down there anymore, . . .other than to go and sit in an ER for 12 hours, potentially.”"

Doctors and nurse are not merely being "poached" by private medical clinics but most have not been hired back after mandates lifted for the public.

"Subscriptions range from $80 to $250 a month for individuals, with a discount for paying annually, and $120 a month or about $1,200 annually for a family."

"Osborne said the Health Ministry is committed to making sure access to quality health care “is based on need, not ability to pay.”"

Here in Canada, our taxes pay for basic healthcare. The way Canadians look at accessing healthcare services is shifting, and the more Canadians will need to pay out of pocket for services they used to take for granted.

Accessing natural health options requires a mindset shift, moving from emergency care to preventive care, to giving the body the tools it needs to begin the task of healing going forward.

People who want herbal medicine while still respecting what modern science has taught us, will appreciate the phytotherapeutic approach given in my current book project. When this project is done, it will inform other book projects in the pipeline.

But it's time Canadians get used to the idea of paid health care, because the alternative is increasinly, death.

For the full article and additional links click here:
https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2026/02/03/paid-health-care-growing-in-canada/

Because it happened during the week of the World Economic Forum's meetings in Davos, Switzerland, consider the following three articles to be your PSA that if you weren't including certain foods, herbs and spices in your winter regimen before, now is the time to start. None of these articles I'm about to share are short! I recommend putting together your favourite beverages, maybe one per article, your favourite snacks, a comfey chair, and perhaps put on a fireplace movie if you don't have an actual fireplace. Then open each of these articles one by one, with a notepad and pen handy, and maybe have a pillow nearby to scream into if you feel it necessary.

Use your notes to inform your shopping and meal/snack plans going forward. If you'd like assistance with this, do reach out to me.

Imperatively important Background Information
https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2022/08/10/henipavirus-a-timeline-and-introduction-to-key-players/

How to understand, prepare, and prevent potential infection:
https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2022/08/10/building-defenses-against-henipavirus-and-other-rna-viruses/

Because Nipah can cause encephalitis, and because encephalitis is a known side effect of the covid shot, read up on that condition here:
https://naturalhealthgodsway.ca/2024/08/26/eastern-equine-encephalitis-or-covering-for-future-mass-neurological-nightmares/