Why You Can’t Out Supplement A Poor Diet

Supplements

One trend I’ve noticed in the real food and health communities lately is an almost fanatical obsession with an certain aspect of healthy living, while completely ignoring (or just not doing) other things that are just as important for health. I’m calling myself out on this one! For instance, I wrote my post about The [...]

The Best and Worst [Giveaway!]

Vitamin D for weight loss cancer prevention

This week, the focus is on adding in all the extras. I’m not a big fan of taking a lot of supplements, but Vitamin D is the one exception! There are a lot of Vitamin D supplements available, but  fermented cod liver oil is the cream of the crop when it comes to absorption. In [...]

The Best Health Advice…[Cultures for Health Giveaway]

Cultures for Health Giveaway

 With the focus on “Getting adventurous” this week, a contest featuring the great stuff at Cultures for Health seemed appropriate! If you haven’t entered the other contests that are still going on, check them out here: Best Meat Recipe (Win Grass-Fed Meats or Bacon!) The Strangest Food I Ever Ate (Win Gnowfglins eCourse!) Share Your [...]

The Strangest Food I Ever Ate… [GIVEAWAY!]

the strangest food i ever ate was

“Getting Adventurous” week is going great so far! It is hard to believe that we are over halfway through the Wellness Challenge! Are you still going strong? The Best Meat Recipe Challenge to win Grass-fed meat from US Wellness Meats is still going on! Enter now if you haven’t already (or enter again, if you [...]

Probiotic Lemonade

probiotic lemonade lactofermented recipe

This week’s theme is “Getting Adventurous” since we’ve gotten the hang of the basic dietary principles and can now start incorporating some of the more exotic and fun aspects of healthy living. I’m a big fan of Water Kefir and Kombucha for their probiotics and beneficial enzymes. They do require specific cultures though (available here) so [...]

Wellness Challenge Week Two [and Winners Announced!]

success for women

I’m back in town and back to regular posting! I’m also enjoying catching up on all the forum activity and reading all the Wellness Journals.  Long story short… you guys are awesome and I’m really enjoying getting to “know” you all through the journals! To keep things from getting too cluttered, I’ll be posting at [...]

The Best Salad Challenge [GIVEAWAY!]

healthy homemade salad dressing recipes

Earlier, I posted my favorite salad ever, so now it is your turn! List the ingredients/recipe for your favorite salad in the comments below. A randomly selected winner will get a copy of Gnowfglins awesome Fundementals ebook that teaches how to make chicken stock, water and dairy kefir, homemade cheese and more! I really enjoyed [...]