January 2014

Take Back Your Butter — A little Known Component in Butter that has a Tremendous Impact on Your Health post image

One of the easiest ways to start improving your health is to Take Back Your Butter! Get rid of those butter substitutes and spreads! Butter is a sacred food because it is bursting with nutrition. It is full of the fat soluble vitamins A, D… Click to Continue →

21 Day GET HEALTHIER Challenge!

21 Day GET HEALTHIER Challenge! post image

I'm so excited to announce my 21 day GET HEALTHIER Challenge! It starts February 1 and runs through February 21! Each day you will receive an article from me that shares one simple change to make that will help you to get healthier. Now that… Click to Continue →

Guest Post: How I am Healing My Rheumatoid Arthritis with the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol from Phoenix Helix post image

First Impressions When I developed rheumatoid arthritis, I knew I didn’t want to take the lifetime of medications normally prescribed for my condition. So, I searched the internet for alternatives and found information on the GAPS Diet, the Paleo Diet, and the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol… Click to Continue →

Fat Tuesday: January 28, 2014

Fat Tuesday: January 28, 2014 post image

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! Share your special holiday meal! Every… Click to Continue →

Why You Need to Activate Nuts and Seeds – How To Do It post image

There's been a lot of talk about soaking nuts and seeds (and grains and legumes) to neutralize the anti-nutrients that naturally occur in these plant foods. A new term that I've noticed being used is to activate them. I really like this term because it… Click to Continue →

Sunday Snippets: January 26, 2014

Sunday Snippets: January 26, 2014 post image

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… Click to Continue →

Gut Microbiota Associated with Diet and Obesity — But Which Diet is Correct? post image

New research published in Science in 2013 indicates that there is an interaction between a person's gut microbiota, a person's diet and whether or not they are obese. This is one of the first studies to illustrate how a person's diet and their gut microbes… Click to Continue →

Recipe: Peppermint Chocolate Cups

Recipe: Peppermint Chocolate Cups post image

These may look like they took hours to make, but you can make these healthy (relatively) treats for company in a snap with ingredients you probably have in your pantry! I had a hankering for a peppermint patty but I would never eat those anymore… Click to Continue →

Fat Tuesday: January 21, 2014

Fat Tuesday: January 21, 2014 post image

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! Share your special holiday meal! Every… Click to Continue →

Vitamin K2: The Critically Overlooked Vitamin that Protects Your Bones and Heart post image

The Weston Price Foundation emphasizes the importance of the fat soluble vitamins that Dr. Price studied. It was a great day when Chris Masterjohn identified Price's mysterious "Activator X". It turns out to be Vitamin K2 -- an often overlooked and misunderstood -- yet critically… Click to Continue →

Sunday Snippets: January 19, 2014

Sunday Snippets: January 19, 2014 post image

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… Click to Continue →

Book Review: 3 Phase Paleo – A New E-Book from Paleo Parents post image

Are you suffering from health problems that don't seem to go away? There are many problems that are addressed by switching to a Paleo diet. Wouldn't you rather learn how to nourish your body with real food instead of taking a medication with potential long… Click to Continue →

My Article at Greenmedinfo.com

My Article at Greenmedinfo.com post image

Yesterday, I was pleased to be a guest writer at Greenmedinfo.com, my favorite source for cutting edge research and information about natural therapies, alternative medicine, food politics and food supply issues. Check out my article, Why Every Woman Needs To Have A Gluten Antibody Test… Click to Continue →

How To Protect Your Family From Acrylamide (from fried foods) post image

Following a grain-free and moderately low carb diet, the starchiest vegetable I eat is usually winter squash. However, I do splurge on occasion and eat potatoes and even make my own homemade fried potatoes or vege chips (in tallow). I have been concerned with the… Click to Continue →

Fat Tuesday: January 14, 2014

Fat Tuesday: January 14, 2014 post image

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! Share your special holiday meal! Every… Click to Continue →