Homemade Mayo in About a Minute (and Why I Still Buy the Jar)
Four ingredients, an immersion blender, about a minute. The one reason to bother is that you control the oil, and new UC Davis testing says that matters more than it used to.
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Four ingredients, an immersion blender, about a minute. The one reason to bother is that you control the oil, and new UC Davis testing says that matters more than it used to.
My honest ranking of the bedroom changes that actually improved my sleep, cheapest and dullest first. The pillow beat the mattress by a wide margin.
Most healthy swaps last about a month. These five earned a second order, and a third, over years. What survived my cupboard and what did not.
Ten years of buying things in the scalp aisle, down to three bottles and a boring system for using them. Why rotation beats picking a favourite.
I installed a reverse osmosis system around 2009 and it has moved house with me since. What the filters actually cost over seventeen years, and the schedule that works.
Marine vs multi-collagen, and the collagen peptides I’ve bought over and over: an unflavored multi-collagen and a marine collagen for skin.
Enzymes vs probiotics, and the digestion supplements that earned a reorder: NOW Super Enzymes, Zenwise all-in-one, and Garden of Life.
Same mineral, completely different results. The magnesium I actually take — liquid, topical spray, muscle lotion, tablets and a 7-form blend — and which form to start with.
The three heart-focused supplements I kept buying after 40: ubiquinol CoQ10, nattokinase, and a lemon fish oil that doesn’t repeat on you.
Plain water isn’t always enough. The sugar-free electrolytes I actually drink, from Ultima to Trace Minerals ConcenTrace and liquid magnesium.