Eat what your ancestors did. Real Food.

The modern diet is markedly different from what our ancestors ate. At Real Food Forager, you'll find:
  • recipes (SCD/GAPS-, Paleo/Primal-compliant)
  • video tutorials
  • issues in food politics
  • instructions on incorporating ancestral & healing diets into your lifestyle

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Recipe: Red, White and Blue Potato Salad

May 22, 2013 · 1 comment

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I rarely make a starchy dish like potato salad, but for Memorial Day I thought the colors of the flag would be cool for a side dish. In the produce aisle, I looked around for colorful ideas and saw a bag of gourmet potatoes. They were small red, white and purple (but they can pass for blue) potatoes perfect for potato salad for my starch eating guests. [click to continue…]

Why I Stopped Using Sunscreen

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I am a sun worshiper. I admit it. I love the feel of the sun on my skin and I love how I feel after being in the sun. I believe that blocking the sun’s rays can be detrimental to your health and use of sunscreen can be harmful. Sunbathing and sun exposure is part [...]

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Fat Tuesday: May 21, 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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Loving Our Germs: The New Normal

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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 [...]

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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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