Why I Don’t Eat Paleo (or Primal)
Despite the many grain free recipes on this blog and my frequent admonition to eliminate refined grain based carbs from the diet and limit even …
Healthy Living
Health Lessons Come in Strange Places
Like many families, we took our kids Trick or Treating last night for Halloween. The rule in our house is that a few pieces can be saved at the end of …
School Lunches Are Microwaved FrankenFood
Did you know that public school cafeterias don’t even have real kitchens anymore? School cafeteria workers only have access to giant microwaves …
Pudgy Preschoolers Hit the Gym
Childhood obesity is not just a problem in the United States anymore where presently about 1 in 3 children are either overweight or obese. While not …
Toy Police to Children: No More Balloons
The European Union (EU) recently approved a new toy safety directive which states that children younger than eight are not permitted to blow up …
The Real Food Fountain of Youth
I got carded today. At the healthfood store. For buying a bottle of kombucha. My friend Cindy Y. was there so you can ask her if you think I’m …
Would You Ever Use Chemo or Radiation for Cancer?
The world lost a true visionary yesterday with the passing of Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple. I remember back in the late 80’s when I was a …
CEOs with Wide Faces Most Successful
In Dr. Weston A. Price’s seminal work Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, the link between the attractive wide faces of isolated peoples …
Commercial Yogurt Won’t Do Squat for Your Health
As I was standing in line at the grocery store the other day, I noticed an older lady in front of me had an entire cart loaded with commercial …
Antibiotic Damage to Gut Flora May Be Permanent
It has always seemed logical to me to avoid antibiotics and other meds like the Pill that decimate beneficial gut flora even though probiotics could …
Sulfur: The Forgotten Nutrient (that we all need desperately!)
How sulfur deficiency may contribute to the inability to raise Vitamin D levels and chronic diseases like dementia. Where to get this critical …
Trust People Not Brands
Last week I posted a funny story about how I discovered a selection of Bob’s Red Mill products at the local Big Lots store. I received a couple …