Tag health

Small totes of OTC medicines on a shelf in a bathroom closet

Flu Preps 2026

Influenza (flu) activity in the United States is still a big concern in every state with hospitalizations increasing. The new highly contagious variant is a mutated influenza A H3N2 strain, called subclade K. The H3N2 strain typically causes more severe…

Collage of butane stove, Pantry Cooking cookbook, storage bins, cyclist's emergency kit

Self-Reliance Gift Ideas

Gift the gift of self-reliance and preparedness this Christmas. Here are some of many ideas for gifts: –Camp stove or butane stove –Solar oven –Rocket stove —Wonder oven –Water bath canner –Pressure canner —Ball Blue Book —So Easy to Preserve…

Home first aid kit in a plastic tool box, a purchased pocket first aid kit, and a homemade emergency first aid kit

First Aid Supplies

A good first aid kit should be serviceable every day as well as in disaster situations. A family first aid kit will be more practical if it is also a medicine chest. Storing all medicines and first aid supplies in…

Fruits, vegetables, grains

“…to be used sparingly…”

In Doctrine and Covenants 89: 12, the Lord states “Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly;…”…

Quote by Russell M. Nelson Never stop preparing

Temporal Preparedness Helps Thwart Satan

Elder Ronald A. Rasband made this statement in his April 2025 General Conference address: “The more prepared we are temporally and spiritually, the more we can thwart the adversary’s cunning attacks.” He echoed Pres. Russell M. Nelson who said in…

Lavendar, home canned carrots, #10 can of rice, and Chicken Noodle Soup in a soup bowl.

With Herbs and Mild Food

D&C 42:43 teaches “And whosoever among you are sick, and have not faith to be healed [by priesthood blessings], but believe, shall be nourished with all tenderness, with herbs and mild food…” Mild foods and herbs can help heal the…