Is Midday Sun AND Cod Liver Oil a Good Idea?
When a person receives frequent doses of unprotected, midday sun exposure, is taking a whole food supplement like cod liver oil necessary and how to …
Healthy Living
GT Kombucha Pulled from Store Shelves, What to Do?
I have had numerous emails of late asking about the voluntary recall of kombucha from healthfood store shelves around the country. Â It was supposed to …
Fresh, Local Food at Walmart??
A new member of the local buying club I coordinate recently sent me these pictures of the poultry aisle in a Walmart Super Center in Rosarito Beach, …
GAPS Diet: Heal Your Autoimmune Disease Now
The GAPS Diet is a healing protocol based on the 100 year old, scientifically backed Specific Carbohydrate Diet, also called SCD. It was first …
The Basics of Buttermilk (Guest Post for Kelly the Kitchen Kop)
Americans spend a shocking 90 cents of every dollar on processed foods.   This love affair with all things factory made has caused many of us to no …
Why White Rice is Best
The reasons white rice is healthier than brown rice as determined by research as well as which type traditional societies preferred consuming. My …
Sports Drinks Hide Aspartame
Food manufacturers aren’t stupid. Â They are so savvy and smart with their marketing and labeling tricks that it is at least a full time job to …
Summer Camp Survival Guide
My oldest went off to camp for almost two full weeks last month over a thousand miles away from home. It was the first time he had been away for more …
July is GAPS Month!
Next to Nourishing Traditions Cookbook, which upended my life for the positive nearly a decade ago, the book Gut and Psychology …
Butter Banning World Cup Team Gets the Boot
Fabio Capello needs a history lesson. The retired Italian footballer and current manager of England’s seeded – and now soundly defeated …
Organic Bee Hives Thriving
Inc. magazine recently featured another article about the disastrous effects of colony collapse disorder affecting honey bees around North America. …
Organic Valley Benefits from Major Federal Grant
My call to action to boycott Organic Valley resulted in a firestorm of comments from farmers, consumers, and even an Organic Valley executive. It …