While most of us have medical doctors from the time we're born, grandma and grandpa often play an important role as "health consultants" -- passing down folk wisdom, common sense and advice.

And while the suggestions range from research-based (aloe gel for burns; ginger ale for an upset stomach) to pretty out there (we're not naming names), they are all said with the astounding, over-the-top love that only a grandparent can give. Read on for the greatest hits from the progenitors of HuffPost staffers and then add your own!

Nota bene: The following suggestions are not doctor approved -- just bubby approved. Healthy Living doesn't endorse them as medical remedies.

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  • To eat! My grandparents lived through the Great Depression, so accepting seconds and thirds at their house was very encouraged (and she made delicious tamales, so it was hard to say no anyway). My mom also says that my grandmother used to cut up potatoes, soak them in vinegar and place them on her temples to relieve headaches. -- Andrea Rael, Associate Editor, HuffPost Denver

  • My maternal grandmother always said that if you have a goose egg of some kind (I fell down a lot as a child so I had my fair share of goose eggs...) that you should put salt on it to reduce the swelling. Worked every time! -- Stephanie Hallett, Associate Editor, HuffPost Weddings

  • My German grandmother had a cold remedy. Freshly-squeezed onion juice. I did in fact drink it once, and it does make you feel better -- only because you can't possible feel any worse when drinking it! -- Carrie Niland, HuffPost Picture Editor

  • Carmelita Massara told me to get enough sleep and don't worry too much about anything. (She never takes her own advice, though!) -- Kathleen Massara, HuffPost Arts & Culture Editor

  • My grandma didn't so much tell me this as she just led by example, but she was an exercise fiend. I remember sleeping over when I was about six or seven and she'd wake up at 5 a.m. to make sure she could do her exercises before I woke up. When I was older, I remember struggling to keep up with her fast pace as she walked the halls of her apartment complex. She could do 10-minute miles into her 70s! -- Sarah Klein, Associate Editor, HuffPost Healthy Living

  • "If you sit on a cold floor, you will become barren." -- Dominique Mosbergen, Associate Editor, HuffPost Trends

  • When my grandpa's knees hurt, he put WD-40 on them. SERIOUSLY! That was his logic to a T: "Squeaky hinge? WD-40. Squeaky knee? WD-40." -- Elizabeth Kuster, Editor, HuffPost OWN

  • Walk everywhere you can if it's possible. Americans drive too much -- even short distances. Europeans walk and therefore live longer! -- Curtis M. Wong, Associate Editor, HuffPost Gay Voices (pictured with his Oma at Disneyland in 1986)

  • My grandmother is almost 91, but her mental acuity is as sharp as ever. She credits her decades-long habits of playing bridge and spending a little time each day working on the <em>New York Times</em> crossword puzzle with protecting her from dementia. I doubt these activities are the sole factors at play, but she's probably on to something. -- Clay Chiles, HuffPost Blog Editor, Special Projects

  • My grandmother advised me (circa age 8) that I should always keep meat tenderizer handy in case I got a bee sting. I wonder if there are a lot of Michigan third-graders who keep meat tenderizer handy... -- Travis Korte, Associate Editor, HuffPost Science

  • My grandmother was a nurse, and whenever we had stomachaches, she would take a can of ginger ale out of the fridge, leave it on the kitchen counter until it was warm, and then make us drink it. Works like a charm. -- Jason Gilbert, Technology Columnist for The Huffington Post

  • Eat almonds for a healthier brain. -- Sabrina Siddiqui, HuffPost Politics Reporter

  • Matzoh ball soup will soothe the soul (and cure a cold, disease, virus...) -- Kate Bratskeir, Associate Editor, Healthy Living

  • Find a good bra. (This is very important for Italian women, apparently.) -- Annemarie Dooling, HuffPost Senior Community Editor

  • My Nonnie told me to dance to one rock song every day -- for exercise and energy, and also to make myself laugh ;) -- Gina Carey, Programming Director, HuffPost Live

  • No soft white bread, store bought or otherwise. "It makes balls in your stomach," according to my Ukraine-born maternal grandmother. Vicks VapoRub for any cold or ailment (the Windex of the Jews), also from maternal grandma. ONE shot per night at 6 p.m. of Crown Royal Whisky (maternal grandfather): "Good for digestion." "Never go to bed angry with each other," (paternal grandmother in midst of 65-year marriage to parternal grandfather.) -- Howard Fineman, Editorial Director of Huffington Post Media Group

  • My grandpa used to take me to kindergarten, and there was a very heavy, thick metal door in the building. One day, he stopped me in front of the door, pulled out a small, white cardboard (think the kind that powdered doughnuts come in) box, and jammed the box in the door hinge. He then slammed the door shut, which of course destroyed the box. He then turned to me and said, "If that door can do that to a box, just imagine what it would do to your fingers." I have kept my fingers away from door hinges ever since. -- Hilary Hanson, Assistant Editor, HuffPost Crime and Weird News

  • Whenever something would spill, like a drink at the dinner table or water on the kitchen floor and we kids would get upset, my bubby would always say, "It's not blood." It still helps me have some perspective to this day (and so much better than "don't cry over spilled milk!"). -- Rebecca Zamon, Living Editor, Huffington Post Canada

  • Grandma's health advice goes one of two ways. Either "finish your plate, you're so skinny" or "you're getting a little chubby, lose some weight." I preferred/prefer the former. -- Nate Baskin, Recruiting Coordinator at The Huffington Post

  • Apply a quarter size amount of Jergens original scent hand lotion to your hands before bed and first thing in morning, because women with rough hands don't get married. -- Danielle Cadet, Associate Editor, HuffPost Black Voices

  • My maternal grandfather used to say to just pee on everything. Apparently this worked particularly well for athlete's foot and poison ivy. -- Rebecca Dolan, Associate Editor, HuffPost Travel

  • Don't sleep with wet hair. Don't eat sweets if you are coughing. If it's raining, make sure your feet don't get wet. -- Amanda Chan, News Editor, HuffPost Healthy Living

  • I secretly think my grandma LIKED when people accidentally burned themselves because she loved cutting open the aloe vera leaves and smearing the gel on our skin. My grandpa took a long stroll around the neighborhood after EVERY SINGLE MEAL, EVERY SINGLE DAY without fail. I have the same need for getting up and moving my feet! -- Janet Varney, Host/Producer, HuffPost Live

  • My Grandmother believed in drinking COLD CASTOR OIL straight from the refrigerator, and I had to every morning before school Ugh! -- Samara Winfield, Community Moderator at The Huffington Post

  • German maternal grandmother: Walking around barefoot at home (no matter what the season) will almost certainly cause you to get sick. So will drafty rooms. Or drafts of any kind. -- Kerstin Picht Shamberg, HuffPost Senior Social Media Editor

  • Puerto Rican grandparents: There's nothing in the world a swim in the Caribbean sea won't cure. Jewish grandparents from Queens: There's nothing in the world Nana's (yes, that's what we called her) matzoh ball soup and some rugelach for dessert won't cure. They left me confused, but very, very loved. -- Miguel Ferrer, Managing Editor of HuffPost Black Voices, HuffPost LatinoVoices and HuffPost Voces

  • "Take a Bufferin and stop sufferin'" This was my grandmother, Gammy's all-purpose advice during times of physical -- and emotional -- distress. Surprisingly effective, even without actually taking a Bufferin. -- Harry Bradford, Assistant Business Editor, The Huffington Post