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Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

Gemma is a Halifax-based freelance writer. She specializes in writing blog posts and creating social media content for creative businesses. When Gemma isn’t writing, she can be found reading, sipping on holy basil tea, thrifting, hiking and doing her best at practicing the art of slow living.
 · 7 min read

6 Ways To Remove Indoor Air Pollution (Step-by-step)

Are you always cold, only to break out into terrible sweats, especially at night time? Do you constantly feel tired or weak, like you are in a fog, and can’t focus? Is every day a question of whether or not you’ll get a headache or have digestive problems? The first steps to combatting these symptoms […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 11 min read

Body Signals: 9 Signs That Your Body is Crying for Help

We may never understand it all, but our bodies have been perfectly and intricately designed. In fact, it even seems to talk to us sometimes – that is, if we choose to listen. For example, our body has mechanisms to warn us when we’re falling ill such as the tickle in your throat or that subtle chill […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 5 min read

How to Help Relieve Any Headache in 10 Minutes Without Pills

Headaches always seem to strike when it’s least convenient. The morning of an important presentation at work, in the middle of your family vacation, or just when you are about to head out to celebrate running your first half marathon. No matter what, they ruin your plans. Headaches can make it difficult to concentrate on […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 8 min read

21 Signs of Iron Deficiency That Every Woman Needs to Know About

It’s a very common scenario: a patient comes into my office complaining of fatigue, struggling to recover from exercise or make it through their workday. Iron deficiency symptoms in women presents itself in myriad ways. These are all classic signs of anemia, a medical condition that occurs when your blood doesn’t have enough red blood […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 6 min read

All the Ways Miracle Product Borax Could Be Used to Change Your Life

Deserving of the accolades normally reserved for white vinegar and baking soda, borax is so much more than simply a laundry detergent booster. Used in many households for more than 100 years, borax is a naturally occurring mineral, a product of the seasonal evaporation of salt lakes. It is composed of boron, sodium, water, and […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 3 min read

Why You Should Never Mix Grapefruit with Medication

While grapefruit is praised for being a low-sugar, beneficial fruit with plenty of vitamin-C, potassium, and fiber – if you’re taking certain medications, this seamlessly healthy fruit, can become rather dangerous. Why are the natural components of grapefruit so risky?  While grapefruit does not directly alter your medication, it does interact with an enzyme in […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 17 min read

37 Facts About the World That Will Surprise the Most Intelligent People

Nowadays, anyone with a Wi-Fi connection has the world at their fingertips. Literally. Thanks to Google and other sites like it, you can know basically everything in and about our world. But, in reality, there are still countless mysteries in the world that are still unsolved. But that said, countless mind-blowing facts about the world […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 3 min read

3 Vitamin Deficiencies Linked to Headaches

This article was originally published. June 17, 2016, and has since been updated Headaches are something that we have all been affected by in our lifetime. Whether it be after not getting enough sleep or drinking a bit too much on a night out, we all know the irritating, pounding feeling of a headache. However, […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 3 min read

14-Year Old Girl Invents A Way for Drivers to See Through Blindspots

Alaina Gassler is a freshman student at Avon Grove Charter School in Pennsylvania was recently announced as the winner of the 9th annual Broadcom MASTERS®, the nation’s premier Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) middle school competition.  Placing first of thirty competing middle-school students, across 13 states, and representing a total of 28 schools, this […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 6 min read

7 Lifestyle Cancer Prevention Tips

Everyone’s had to deal with cancer in some capacity, whether you’ve had it yourself or a loved one has suffered from it, it’s a disease that touches so many. Approximately 38.4% of people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetime (1). But you have more control over getting […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer

 · 4 min read

Old-Person Smell Is Actually A Thing, And Here’s Where It Comes From

It’s no longer a major wonder that elderly people have a certain peculiar smell about them. Sometimes, when they try to use deodorant and fragrances, they can’t entirely mask this ‘grandparents’ scent. Most people think it’s because of their clothes, or hair, or perhaps, their sweat, but it’s not particularly any of these. Even when […]

Gemma Fischer

Gemma Fischer

Freelance writer