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The modern diet is markedly different from what our ancestors ate. At Real Food Forager, you'll find:
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Loving Our Germs: The New Normal

May 19, 2013 · 0 comments

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You can image my delight when I opened the New York Times magazine section this week and saw on the cover an article entitled Some of my Best Friends are Germs — written by none other than Michael Pollan. I’m kind of jealous — his articles get a lot more readership than mine…

But I guess I should not be surprised that Micheal Pollan would be interested in American Gut and the Human Food Project and has written about his participation in it. I participated too, but have not received my results yet. Pollan did a lot of research about the emerging studies in the area of germs — now known as our microbiome. [click to continue…]

Sunday Snippets: May 19, 2013

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Welcome to Sunday Snippets. This is a weekly feature that allows you to take a quick peek at posts that I loved from my FAT TUESDAY carnival this past week. I’ll also summarize some posts from my blog from the past week. If you missed some or didn’t have time to read the whole post [...]

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Small Farmer Made Criminal for Supplying Real Food

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Wisconsin farmer, Vernon Hershberger is facing criminal charges for feeding his community.  Vernon supplies wholesome food to a private food club of 200 members.  The outcome of his trial will set precedent for all food clubs around the country! If you buy food and/or raw milk through a buyer’s club you could be shut down!

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Op Ed: Oppositional Editorial — Double Mastectomy

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This is a new feature where I let off some steam about events related to health and nutrition in the media. This is where I let my inherent sarcasm rise to the surface and splinter the lunacy we call evidence based medicine.

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Foam Mattresses And Cushions: More Dangerous Than We Thought

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If you were worried about the flame retardants in mattresses made after 2007, you better sit down. Wait — don’t sit on your mattress if it is made of foam! A few weeks ago, Ian Urbina reported in the New York Times a news story that will curl your hair.

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Fat Tuesday: May 14, 2013

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It’s that time of the week when real foodies come together for a food festival! Fat Tuesday is the official end of Mardi Gras and here at Real Food Forager we are having our own Fat Tuesday Forager Festival!

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Recipe: Spring Fritata

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A fritata is slightly different from an omelette and perhaps a little more trendy. Fritata is from the italian word, fritta, the feminine past participle of the verb “to fry.” But it is way more than just fried eggs or even an omelette. This is the perfect fast food breakfast that can be made ahead [...]

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Sunday Snippets: May 12, 2013

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Welcome to Sunday Snippets. This is a weekly feature that allows you to take a quick peek at posts that I loved from my FAT TUESDAY carnival this past week. I’ll also summarize some posts from my blog from the past week. If you missed some or didn’t have time to read the whole post [...]

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New Study: A Novel Method of Transferring Bacteria to Your Child

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The very first contact a newborn has with the mother’s bacteria is via the passage through the birth canal. The infant’s next contact with bacteria is through breastmilk. Researchers in Sweden have studied a novel, low tech method of introducing your own bacteria to your baby.

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March Against Monsanto May 25th: EVERYWHERE

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On May 25th there will be a world wide march showing opposition to what Monsanto is doing to the food supply and the earth. Go here to find a location near you. If there is no location, consider organizing one. This is it people. We need to speak up now or it will be too [...]

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New Peer Review Study Finds Commonly Used Pesticides (Glyphosate) Induce Disease

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If you think that organic produce is no different than conventional produce I beg you to think again. A new review article published in April 2013, in the peer-reviewed journal, Entropy, by Drs. Seneff and Samsel indicates that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, has been found to be pervasive in the food supply.

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