I have a low tech kitchen. A fairly low tech life really. No WIFI at home or my natural health center. No cell phone except emergency phone in the car. I only use my food processor for Pureed Cauliflower (Faux-Tatoes) and I do love my 2 old slow-cookers. No fancy pots or electric gadgets... I cook all my own food from scratch on one cooking day a week. With four meals a day it's a lot of food. And no recipes! Want to know how I do this? ... Keep Reading >
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The Healthiest Oil You Never Heard Of
The Healthiest Oil You've Never Heard Of I only eat the healthiest oil I can find, and Tea Oil is one you've probably never used. Here's a little about the one I use and why. (You can find it on Amazon here). What is Tea Seed Oil? First of all, Tea Seed Oil is not the same as Tea Tree Oil. Tea Seed Oil is from the seeds of the Camellia oleifera plant, related to the tea you drink Tea Tree Oil is from Melaleuca alternifolia, a ... Keep Reading >
10 Paleo Salad Dressing Recipes
10 Paleo Salad Dressing Recipes Warm weather, dining al fresco and bountiful summer vegetables overflowing on our plates... Hey, summer is right around the corner! But are you uninspired by the same-old vegetables? Dressings are a simple and healthy way to reinvent your favorite vegetables and fall in love with them all over again. Try these dressings in the winter on your vegetables too. Steam or bake your veggies and add a new ... Keep Reading >
Delicious Obsessions With Jessica Espinoza
Delicious Obsessions is one of my favorite blogs! Anything you want to know about gluten free Real Food and Healthy Living can be found here, including recipes, DIY advice and hundreds of articles and guest posts from Jessica and many health and food experts. Jessica's passion is developing recipes for foods and self-care products. They're gluten free, Paleo friendly, easy and creative. Jessica's a big fan of coconut oil, and in our ... Keep Reading >
How To Prepare Fermented Foods: Book Review and Interview With Lisa Herndon
Here's an excellent step by step guide on how to prepare fermented foods at home. It includes all the hows and whys of homemade Ketchup, Mayo, Chutney, Kimchee, Kefir, Kraut and more... Enjoy these highlights from my interview with author Lisa Herndon (see podcast link below or on my iTunes page). This is the second edition of "Lisa's Counter Culture: Pickles and Other Well Bred Foods". Lisa and I also spoke last year in this podcast ... Keep Reading >
The Perfect Human Diet Documentary: Interview w. CJ Hunt
CJ Hunt had a near-death experience at the age of 24. Sudden cardiac arrest while jogging led him to a decades-long quest for better (heart) health. The result was The Perfect Human Diet documentary. Rated on Amazon as #1 Documentary, and #1 Instant Video Documentary, this film has garnered several other best-selling tributes. Want to go globe-trotting and look behind the scenes at some cool places? Hunt and I speak about the global ... Keep Reading >
How To Do a Food Challenge (and Why?)
Want to know how and why to do a food challenge correctly? What if I were to tell you this is ONE important thing you could do NOW to improve your longevity, skin, weight, digestion, arthritis, sleep, immune system and energy? Your risk of having gall bladder, heart or colon surgery? Maybe reduce your medical expenses, and generally improve the quality of your life in every way? Wouldn't you want to do that? How about if your depression ... Keep Reading >
Humans + Grains…. Do They Add Up?
I am constantly amazed at what occurs in those brave enough to get off gluten and other grains (including rice, corn, wheat, quinoa, millet and more) to see if that improves their health and life in any way. The results I see in clients are wide-ranging and permanent, and can be neurological, emotional, bowel related, pain related and more. Grains are inflammatory to humans for several reasons. Primarily, they are toxic to us because grains ... Keep Reading >
100 Days of Real Food ? Processed Foods Are Out: PODCAST
100 Days of Real Food Jason Leake is here to change your life. Need help planning a family diet makeover? From a makeover-friendly Dad with a couple of kids and a blogger wife and partner? Join Jason Leake of the popular blog “100 Days of Real Food” as we discuss making real changes with a busy family. Start with the 10 Day Pledge, or go for the full 100 Days Plan. Either way, this podcast helps you understand why eliminating processed ... Keep Reading >
Exactly How Do I Change My Diet & Lifestyle: PODCAST
Are you ready for change but not sure where to start? What's the main reason you want to change? Maybe your child has Allergies. Maybe Dad has Diabetes. Maybe Mom is worn out worrying about everyone and is ignoring her own health. In any event, change is coming, so how do we make the most of it? What do we do first? And what happens if one person will change but another won’t? Is there an advantage to making a lot of changes at ... Keep Reading >
The Real Salt Story, and Why Your Type of Salt Matters: PODCAST
Confused about the difference between table salt and Himalayan Salt? Salt expert Dr. Corey Schuler talks on Primal Diet - Modern Health with Beverly Meyer about real salt and its many therapeutic uses. You may think you know about salt, but you'll learn a lot more after listening to Corey and Beverly. Dr. Schuler discusses the power of real salt to support health and tells us why commercial table salt is so dangerous. Beverly adds insight ... Keep Reading >