Renee’s Ravishing Recipes And Health Facts: January 2026

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

How To Make A HEALTHY Aspirin

Going to 2 Kings 4:19, He said to his father, “My head! My head!”

We read about this young man who is having a heat stroke he eventually died of a heat stroke. But I can imagine that before he died he had a really bad headache.

There was probably an elevation of his blood pressure.

Here is how to make your own HEALTHY aspirin.

Ingredients:

½ part cayenne pepper

2 parts white willow bark

½ part hawthorn berries

Mix it all together. Take three capsules of this mix three times a day. It will protect you like an aspirin will without the side effects of an aspirin.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

How To Make A Charcoal Poultice

Equal Parts Of Each:

Flaxseed, ground
Charcoal
Water
Olive oil

Mix all together and place on paper towel and wrap and then place on affected area.

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Monday, January 19, 2026

How To Get Rid Of Skunk Smell

1/4 cup baking soda

1 tsp. baby shampoo

1 quart (3.%) hydrogen peroxide

Lather. Sit for 5 minutes then rinse. (Repeat as needed)

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

How To Get Rid Of Herpes Overnight With One Simple Trick

Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus. This is a very contagious virus and is spread easily by touching an active sore. Garlic has been used for medicinal purposes for about 5,000 years.

Try this simple trick to get rid of cold sores. All you need is a single garlic clove. Garlic in all its forms strengthens immunity, facilitates the work of the stomach, the heart, and thyroid, “cleans” the vessels, prevents the formation of tumors, and rejuvenates the body.

Garlic is composed of nitrogenous substances, sodium, potassium, selenium, calcium, magnesium, silicon, sulfuric, phosphoric acid, vitamins C, D, B, phytosterols, extractives, and essential oils. Additionally, garlic is rich in phytoncides, such as allicin, which is formed by the mechanical destruction of plants, that is – crushing or grinding cloves of garlic. According to some researchers, allicin has a strong bacteriostatic effect which helps cure infections faster. Garlic can also fight fungal infections, which makes garlic a much more valuable medicine than many of today’s antibiotics.

HOW TO GET RID OF HERPES OVERNIGHT WITH ONE SIMPLE TRICK

Finely chop one garlic clove. Then press the garlic gently on the cold sore or sores. If the cold sore is large repeat several times with new pieces of garlic. Leave it for ten minutes, then rinse with lukewarm water. It will sting, but you will notice immediate relief. In many cases, garlic kills the cold sore immediately and the affected area will heal overnight.

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Saturday, January 17, 2026

How to Get Rid of Flatulence Naturally

WHAT A RELIEF: These four natural seeds, available in grocery stores, can be brewed into teas that can help solve the problem of how to get rid of gas and flatulence.

Caraway Seeds

Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1-2 teaspoons freshly crushed caraway seeds. Steep 10-15 minutes, then strain. Drink a cupful two to four times a day between meals.

Dill Seeds

Pour 1 cup just-boiled water over 1 teaspoon ground dill seeds and let sit for 10-15 minutes. Strain, then drink before or after meals.

Anise Seeds

Pour 1 cup just-boiled water over 1 teaspoon ground anise seeds. Let sit for 10-15 minutes, then strain. Drink before or after meals.

Note: Some people may be allergic to anise, so check with your doctor first.

Fennel Seeds

Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1-2 teaspoons crushed fennel seeds, steep for 10-15 minutes, and strain. Drink before or after meals.

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Friday, January 16, 2026

How To Get More Energy

Improve Sleep Quality

Bed by 9m and sleep 7-8 hours.

DO NOT skip breakfast!
People who eat breakfast every morning report less fatigue and stress than people who skip it. High-fiber foods, like hot oatmeal, stick with you longer than a sweet roll or pastry.

Some of the best herbs that have been shown to boost energy and combat low energy in females and males alike include:

Ashwagandha
Rhodiola
Holy Basil
Ginseng

MORE WAYS TO GET MORE ENERGY:

Eat Chia Seeds

Eat Whole grains

No Refined Sugar

Increase Your Magnesium Intake

Drink Proper Amounts Of Water

Exercise, Fresh Air And Sunshine Daily, Walking Outside 3-4 Miles

Inhale or diffuse Peppermint oil

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

How To Explain A Plant Based Diet To A Meat-Eater

THE HUNGER ARGUMENT

Number of people worldwide who will die as a result of malnutrition this year: 20 million
Number of people who could be adequately fed using land freed if Americans reduced their intake of meat by 10%: 100 million
Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by people: 20
Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 80
Percentage of oats grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 95
Percentage of protein wasted by cycling grain through livestock: 90
How frequently a child dies as a result of malnutrition: every 2.3 seconds
Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on an acre: 40,000
Pounds of beef produced on an acre: 250
Percentage of U.S. farmland devoted to beef production: 56
Pounds of grain and soybeans needed to produce a pound of edible flesh from feedlot beef: 16

THE ENVIRONMENTAL ARGUMENT

Cause of global warming: greenhouse effect
Primary cause of greenhouse effect: carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels
Fossil fuels needed to produce meat-centered diet vs. a meat-free diet: 3 times more
Percentage of U.S. topsoil lost to date: 75
Percentage of U.S. topsoil loss directly related to livestock raising: 85
Number of acres of U.S. forest cleared for cropland to produce meat-centered diet: 260 million
Amount of meat imported to U.S. annually from Central and South America: 300,000,000 pounds
Percentage of Central American children under the age of five who are undernourished: 75
Area of tropical rainforest consumed in every quarter-pound of rainforest beef: 55 square feet
Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical rainforests for meat grazing and other uses:1,000 per year.
Animal waste contains disease-causing pathogens, such as Salmonella, E. coli, Cryptosporidium, and fecal coliform, which can be 10 to 100 times more concentrated than in human waste. More than 40 diseases can be transferred to humans through manure.
In this country, roughly 29 million pounds of antibiotics -- about 80 percent of the nation's antibiotics use in total -- are added to animal feed every year, mainly to speed livestock growth. This widespread use of antibiotics on animals contributes to the rise of resistant bacteria, making it harder to treat human illnesses.
Ammonia, a toxic form of nitrogen released in gas form during waste disposal, can be carried more than 300 miles through the air before being dumped back onto the ground or into the water, where it causes algal blooms and fish kills.

THE CANCER ARGUMENT

Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to less than once a week: 3.8 times
For women who eat eggs daily compared to once a week: 2.8 times
For women who eat butter and cheese 2-4 times a week: 3.25 times
Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer for women who eat eggs 3 or more times a week vs. less than once a week: 3 times
Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer for men who consume meat, cheese, eggs and milk daily vs. sparingly or not at all: 3.6 times.

THE CHOLESTEROL ARGUMENT

Number of U.S. medical schools: 125
Number requiring a course in nutrition: 30
Nutrition training received by average U.S. physician during four years in medical school: 2.5 hours
Most common cause of death in the U.S.: heart attack
How frequently a heart attack kills in the U.S.: every 45 seconds
Average U.S. man's risk of death from heart attack: 50 percent
Risk of average U.S. man who eats no meat: 15 percent
Risk of average U.S. man who eats no meat, dairy or eggs: 4 percent
Amount you reduce risk of heart attack if you reduce consumption of meat, dairy and eggs by 10 percent: 9 percent
Amount you reduce risk of heart attack if you reduce consumption by 50 percent: 45 percent
Amount you reduce risk if you eliminate meat, dairy and eggs from your diet: 90 percent
Average cholesterol level of people eating meat-centered-diet: 210 mg/dl
Chance of dying from heart disease if you are male and your blood cholesterol level is 210 mg/dl: greater than 50 percent

THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARGUMENT

User of more than half of all water used for all purposes in the U.S.: livestock production
Amount of water used in production of the average cow: sufficient to float a destroyer
Gallons of water needed to produce a pound of wheat: 25
Gallons of water needed to produce a pound of California beef: 5,000
Years the world's known oil reserves would last if every human ate a meat-centered diet: 13
Years they would last if human beings no longer ate meat: 260
Calories of fossil fuel expended to get 1 calorie of protein from beef: 78
To get 1 calorie of protein from soybeans: 2
Percentage of all raw materials (base products of farming, forestry and mining, including fossil fuels) consumed by U.S. that is devoted to the production of livestock: 33
Percentage of all raw materials consumed by the U.S. needed to produce a complete vegetarian diet: 2

THE ANTIBIOTIC ARGUMENT

Percentage of U.S. antibiotics fed to livestock: 80
Percentage of staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1960: 13
Percentage resistant in 1988: 91
Response of European Economic Community to routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock: ban
Response of U.S. meat and pharmaceutical industries to routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock: full and complete support

THE PESTICIDE ARGUMENT

Common belief: U.S. Department of Agriculture protects our health through meat inspection
Reality: fewer than 1 out of every 250,000 slaughtered animals is tested for toxic chemical residues
Percentage of U.S. mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT: 99
Percentage of U.S. vegetarian mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT: 8
Contamination of breast milk, due to chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides in animal products, found in meat-eating mothers vs. non-meat eating mothers: 35 times higher
Amount of Dieldrin ingested by the average breast-fed American infant: 9 times the permissible level

THE ETHICAL ARGUMENT

Number of animals killed for meat per hour in the U.S.: 660,000
Occupation with highest turnover rate in U.S.: slaughterhouse worker
Occupation with highest rate of on-the-job-injury in U.S.: slaughterhouse worker

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

How To Clean and Freshen Your Mattress

Before you start it’s a good idea to strip off all your bedding and wash it in HOT water (at least 130 degrees)! This will kill the dust mites in your sheets and blankets. While your bedding is in the washing machine, pour enough baking soda through a sifter or strainer to lightly dust your mattress with it. Leave it on for an hour or more, allowing it time to draw out dirt, moisture, and odor.

Put approximately 1 cup of baking soda into a small mason jar and add 4 to 5 drops of Lavender essential oil (you can, of course, use your favorite scent) and give it a good shake! This is enough to do half of a king-sized bed. Just quickly shake up another batch for the other side.

Using the hose end of your vacuum and an upholstery attachment, thoroughly vacuum the mattress. Vacuum slowly so that you’re using the vacuum suction efficiently to pull out as much debris from within the mattress as possible.

The baking soda not only draws out moisture and dirt, but it also deodorizes and leaves the mattress smelling fresh and clean. The Lavender oil helps calm stress and anxiety and promotes sleep….plus it just SMELLS wonderful!

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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

How To Choose The Best Types of Honey

Honey, remember to buy some honey, please! Off to the store you go, and you suddenly find yourself staring at the honey shelf with absolutely no idea which honey to choose! You're in a rush and got no time to fine comb labels.

With many honey varieties available at the local grocery store and online, how do you choose the best type of honey that will offer all the health benefits?

How do you avoid another sugar source with empty calories and zero nutrients? After all, there's a reason we choose honey over sugar - its beneficial properties.

Allow us to explain the differences and how to choose the healthiest honey for your family! Bee-cause we care!

The Problem With Regular Honey
Unfortunately, many of the honey products we find in the stores are highly processed fake honey. Fake honey often consists of only one-third raw honey. It is usually mixed with water and sugar syrups like cane, corn, or rice sugar.

Food Safety News decided to test honey sold all over the U.S, so they analyzed 60 jugs, jars, and plastic bears of honey from 10 different states. The contents were analyzed for pollen by Vaughn Bryant, a professor at Texas A&M University, and melissopalynologists (investigators of pollen in honey). Among all the containers of honey provided, 76 percent or more had the pollen removed.

Many "commercial" honey has been pasteurized (a process where high heat is applied) to extend its shelf life and helps to keep it in liquid form. Another undesired step is filtration of the honey to remove all the air bubbles giving it a cleaner, smoother, and more appealing consistency.

But pasteurization and filtration counteract all the goodness we wish to get from honey.

These processes remove many of the phytonutrients that give honey its healthy rep. They also destroy almost all the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant properties you would have found in raw honey straight from the beehive. In some cases, honey is filtered so much that no pollen is present anymore.

As The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states, honey that has been ultra-filtered is not really honey, and the medical advantages of honey can't be expected. Unfortunately, the FDA does not conduct quality or control checks on honey sold in the U.S to see if it contains any pollen.

So, if you desire any health benefits from honey, it is time to get to know the different types of honey and make informed choices for your family.

Different Types of Honey – Raw, Pure, Organic, Unpasteurized, Unfiltered, and Regular
Don't let all the words and jargon confuse you! Once you know the different terms, you will know how to choose honey the next time you go shopping.

Raw Honey
Raw honey comes directly from the beehives, which the bees produce from the nectar of flowers and is placed in packaging or eaten as is.

It is unheated, unprocessed, and unpasteurized. It may contain chunks of wax, dead bees, and rough pollen particles. The rawest form of honey you can eat is honeycomb.

Pure Honey
Pure honey is still 100% raw honey but is taken from the beehives and gently strained by spreading it over a nylon cloth to remove nasties such as dirt, chunks, and dead bugs. Unheated or unfiltered honey is entirely natural, retaining all the enzymes, nutrients, and medicinal compounds beneficial for our health.

Pure honey is also not mixed with synthetic sugars like corn or cane sugar and does not contain added coloring or preservatives.

Organic Honey
To be classified as organic, honey producers need to prove that their bees only foraged organically and follow organic practices and standards.

Hives must be treated organically, and the flowers cannot be sprayed with pesticides. Organic honey can be strained and may not be heated above 95 degrees F.

Honey labeled as organic is also not necessarily raw and can be filtered and pasteurized. Yes, there is honey that can be both raw and organic, but you should not assume honey is raw because it is organic.

To prove honey is organic is a challenging task as bees can fly within a 9-mile radius. Farmers can seldom guarantee that their bees have not flown off to the neighbors where pesticides are used.

Unfiltered Honey
When honey is filtered, tiny particles are removed, even as small as the pollen. It is also often heat-treated to change to a liquid state and thus no longer raw.

Unfiltered honey is not necessarily raw, but it will be closer to the natural state, preserving all the good for you properties. When possible, it is best to choose a product labeled raw and unfiltered.

Regular Honey
Regular honey is the kind you want to avoid (and, most times, the cheapest!).

Regular honey goes through pasteurization and filtration, removing all the characteristics that make honey so remarkable. The bees may have visited pesticide-treated crops, been treated with antibiotics, and gotten winter nourishment with sugar or low-cost syrup.

It essentially becomes just another sugar-ridden item in our pantries with no beneficial properties.

How to Choose the Best Types of Honey
It can be hard to tell the difference between types of honey or make a choice when labels are vague. Here are a few things to look out for to make the right choice:

Look At The Label
Look for the words' unpasteurized, 'unfiltered,' 'raw,' 'organic,' or 'true source certified.'

Consider The Price
If the price looks too cheap, it probably is cheap honey. More expensive honey reflects the time and care that went into producing the honey.

Evaluate The Consistency
A cloudy, opaque, or cream-colored honey is often a sign that the honey is more in its raw state. But, that's not to mean the honey is not pure or unfiltered; it is simply a guideline.

Do The Spread Test
Pour honey on your thumb - If it spreads right away or drips, it's not pure, and if it stays intact, it's pure.

Do The Water Test
Add a tablespoon of honey to a glass of water - if the honey forms a lump and settles at the bottom it is pure. If it dissolves, it is artificial honey.

Observe The Shelf Life
Pure honey will start to crystallize over time, whereas fake honey will remain in a liquid state like syrup.

These are general guidelines to help you choose but not set in stone, and may differ from supplier to supplier.

What Type of Honey is the Best?
At the end of the day, the most natural, raw state of honey is the best for our health if we want to reap all the fantastic benefits.

Not only is it better for you, but also for the bees and the environment as you are supporting sustainable bee and honey farming.

Unfortunately, there are no strict regulations and requirements for labeling, so the best you can do is choose honey in its most natural state that is pure, organic, and unfiltered.

You can also research the source or honey producer for more info on their honey-making practices. Lastly, look for small, artisanal honey producers at farmers' markets, natural food shops, or trusted online shops like Country Life Natural Foods.

At Country Life Natural Foods, we are serious about selling only natural foods from our network of trusted producers. We selectively choose only the best products for our customers with the utmost highest standards.

The honey we sell is pure, unfiltered, unpasteurized, and tastes fantastic.

We bee-lieve in goodness and natural, just like mother nature intended it to bee!

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Monday, January 12, 2026

How To Check Your Thyroid

Use a Basal thermometer and 1^st thing in the morning take your temperature and write it down.

Do this for 7 days and then add up the temps. Then divide by 7 to find the average.

IF your average temp is 1 or more degrees below 98.6 OR above then your thyroid is NOT working right.

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Sunday, January 11, 2026

How To Boost Your Immune System With Herbal Remedies

During a virus crisis

• Goldenseal & Oregano - alternate each night before bedtime i.e. on the first night use Golden Seal and on the following night use Oregano Oil

Goldenseal Powder – 1/2 teaspoon to 4 oz. water
Oregano Oil – 4 drops to one 8oz water

• Increase vitamin C – Camu Camu Powder 2 teaspoons three times daily (highest source of vitamin C), lemon, sweet red pepper, guava, orange, lemon, kiwi, tangerine, lettuce, strawberries, greens (kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, watercress, chard and spinach). Fresh herbs such as cilantro, chives, thyme, basil and parsley are high in Vitamin C.

1 cup of thyme has 160 mg of vitamin C
1 cup of fresh parsley has over 130 mg. Vitamin C

Supplement from natural source 3,000 mg daily Echinacea

• Effective blood and lymphatic cleanser. Also used for fevers, intestinal antiseptic, lymphatic congestion, acute bacterial and viral infections, prevent and treat upper respiratory tract infections as well as the common cold.

Charcoal – Absorbs virus, bacteria, and toxins.
• 6 plastic teaspoons to 8 oz. water. Drink 2 more 8 oz. glasses of water.

Nature’s Immune Builder
• 4 Cloves of garlic
• 2 Lemons
• Ginger about 1 inch
• ½ large onion or 1 medium onion
• 3-4 T. honey

*Add horseradish for a triple threat

Peel and blend all ingredients. Add a little bit of water if needed to help with blending. Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. Best if taken at the first sign of a cold, flu, or sore throat. tablespoons. Several times a day. Children 1⁄2 tablespoon.

Nature’s Flu Tea (quinine component)
• 1 orange sliced
• 1 grapefruit sliced
• 3 lemons sliced
• 1 medium onion, peeled and sliced
• 3 bulbs of garlic, cut in skin

Put in a pot. Add 6 cups of water and boil for 3-5 minutes.
Next, pour in colander to strain and let cool - add honey if desired. Drink 2oz. 3-4 times daily, or 1 cup daily

Onion Cough Syrup
1. Slice onion in half to make little half rings.
2. Place onion in a saucepan and cover it with honey.
3. Cook gently for 30 minutes or so until the honey is nice and warm and the onions turn soft.

Cough Syrup
• 1 cup boiled honey
• 8 drops of Eucalyptus oil

Mix the above ingredients in a small jar and bring to a boil.
When needed, take 1 tablespoon every 30 minutes as needed. One teaspoon for children.

Remedy For Coughs:
Warm foot bath with eucalyptus leaves. 2 Selected Messages p. 301

Other helpful herbs: any one of Olive Leaf Extract, Turmeric, Astragalus Root, Mullein leaf, Peppermint:
2 tablespoons dried herb to 4 cups of hot water, draw for 40 minutes to 3 hours then drink 4 cups daily if a root boil for 15 minutes then draw for 40 minutes to 4 hours and drink 4 cups daily.

• Ginger root Tea – caution this elevates blood pressure
• Four Bandits Anti-Germ Oil applied externally is known to prevent contracting viruses.

Essential oils of cinnamon leaf, eucalyptus, oregano, clove, rosemary, sage, lavender, ravensara, lemon, camphor, peppermint, lemongrass, thuja, peru balsam, litsea cubeba, and black pepper.

CINCHONA BARK ESSENTIAL – inhibits virus cell replication
Key ingredient is quinine and successful in fighting Malaria and fights Coronavirus
(USE ONLY IF YOU HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CORONAVIRUS OR EXPOSED TO PATIENTS WITH IT)

Directions: Bring to boil 4 cups of water then add 1 teaspoon of Cinchona Bark and let it boil for 15 minutes. Next, draw or steep for 40 minutes. Strain and drink 6 oz daily for five days. Repeat and drink for six days to ten days only.

Caution: DO NOT exceed the 6 oz. for daily serving or increase this recommended dosage of cinchona bark.

Other Natural sources of Quinine:
• 12 Papaya seeds:
• Tea from - heated grapefruit

Anti-malarial and respiratory helping herbs
7 leaves to 4 cups of hot water, draw for 40 minutes to 3 hours then drink 4 cups daily
• Soursop Leaves - Inhibits virus spread
• Mango Leaves – cold, bronchitis, and asthma
• Wonder of the World Tea – relieves cold, flu and headaches
• Bitter melon eaten – for cold, coughs and respiratory problems
• Castor Oil Pack – helps to break up mucus in the lungs
Take 12 seeds, crack outer shell, quickly swallow all of them. They are very bitter. Take
12 seeds every second day thereafter.

The 8 Laws Of Health The True Remedies
Gospel Medical Missionary

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