Here is a link to the supplement schedule that we followed while Jill had an NG tube.  We mixed the supplements in with her feeds/formula which was a bolus of 40ml every hour.  These are the items we used:
Ambrotose
Immunostart
AO
PhytAloe
GlycoBear
Vitamin C
Astragalus
Garlic
Kefir
Kelp
Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO)
Sennakot (for constipation caused by chemo)
Reishi Mushroom Powder
Cod Liver Oil (CLO)
Selenium
Spirulina
Coral Calcium
When her [...]

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I’ve had many many questions from people about the food bill our large family has while trying to eat a healthy.  So I thought I’d sit down and work it out for ya’ll.  I’ve been meaning to do this but well…there was always something else stealing my brain cells.
This post is part of Real Food [...]

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It’s time for Real Food Wednesdays again.  I am going to share some meal ideas that I meant to share several weeks ago.  Please go visit Cheeseslave to see the other Real Food Wednesday folks.

Here is my breakfast the other day.  Jeff made me two fried eggs (leave the yolks runny, Mercola says they are [...]

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So my friend Carey called me the other day and said “Hey, your cook alongs have been pretty lame lately.  I mean really, chocolate milk?” then she invited me over to watch and document her making of the Nourishing Traditions cow milk based formula.
It was a totally new experience being able to photograph and [...]

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Ok, I’m sorry and I apologize.  You know how when you know something and you know it well you forget that you used to not know and others still don’t know?  Yep.  So let me try again.
These are kefir “grains”.  Simply said they are a collection of yeasts and bacteria that can then ferment milk [...]

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Hold on to your hat we’ve got alot of pictures coming up in this here tutorial. Hope you aren’t still suffering with archaic dial up. That is truly sad. There oughta be a federal grant to help the poor souls that must toil and persevere through 56K.

These are the ingredients. Kefir [...]

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After our fabulous weather yesterday and the fun time the kids had at the property yesterday I am actually looking forward to a blustery day.  75 degrees yesterday and 33 today.  I’m liking the constant change it seems. 
Well this week should be  fun.  I have one more day of school to show you  (Hoorah [...]

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Because when the trees look like this…

 
The skies look like this.

 
Today I took 3 kids to the Tea Room.  I met Debbie and we had a great time aside from the 45 minute wait for a table.  Oh ya, it’s Saturday. Duh!!  Donut was not feeling well while we were [...]

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Once again it is time for some housekeeping.
You all know how much I love the Mannatech products. Jillian is still taking them and we are still being sponsored by the MannaRelief program which makes it all possible because the supplements can get expensive. Also, we likely would have never tried the products without [...]

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It seems there is a bug going around.  I am reading about it all over the Internet.  Blog after blog and people are sick, staying sick and only getting well after a week of suffering.  Then, it seems, they start the cycle all over again one or two weeks later.  I read about the disinfecting [...]

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