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If you’ve been around the real food community much, you’ve heard many references to the benefits of coconut, especially coconut oil. Ostracized by the medical community for it’s saturated fat content, it seems that coconut oil might finally be making a comeback in the mainstream health community. Coconut oil is the most nutrient dense part [...]
So, I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday, or to do much else for that matter. In fact, I spent most of the day getting a very close view of just how badly the inside of the toilet needed to be cleaned. After a lovely date with my husband on Wednesday night, I started [...]
Here’s a recent question I got from a reader about sun exposure while eating a healthy diet. Perhaps some of you can relate. Leslie asks: Since going grain free, sugar free, etc and incorporating more healthy fats and vegetables about 6 months ago, I’ve noticed I have a higher tolerance to the sun. I not [...]
Kale is a highly nutritious green in the Cabbage family and one of my favorite ingredients to add to healthy recipes. Most kids even enjoy these crispy chips! According to Wikipedia: Kale is very high in beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin and is reasonably rich in calcium. Kale, as with broccoli and [...]
Hippocrates was once quoted for saying “all disease begins in the gut.” Time is proving Hippocrates to be a pretty smart guy, and science is even now linking poor gut health with a myriad of health problems. From eczema to poor immune health, it seems that our gut health influences much more than we [...]
Aside from “healthy whole grains,” vegetable oils and margarine are some of the most misunderstood and over-recommended foods in the health community. You’ve probably heard these referred to as “heart healthy oils,” a good alternative to those “artery clogging saturated fats.” These oils are supposed to help lower cholesterol and blood pressure, increase weight loss [...]
Beans, Beans, good for your heart… To quote a favorite saying among male classmates when I was in second grade. This quote claims that beans are good for your heart, among other things. Not that we can put any stock in a childhood saying, of course, but the general consensus in the health community is [...]
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