March 2012

Sunday Snippets: April 1, 2012

Sunday Snippets: April 1, 2012 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 →

Recipe: Passover Dinner Grain-Free SCD/GAPS, Paleo/Primal post image

With Passover right around the corner I thought I would look through my recipes here on the blog and make up a menu to serve to my guests. This may help you out with a recipe or two as well. All the recipes are grain-free… Click to Continue →

Salt Reduction: The Largest Delusion in Public Health History post image

In my previous post about salt I talked about the dangers of not eating enough salt. As usual, it is the exact opposite of what our prominent health officials recommend. Plenty of research shows that a low salt diet can be very detrimental to health… Click to Continue →

Recipe: Purple Pickled Eggs

Recipe: Purple Pickled Eggs post image

With Easter just around the corner, this has been on my mind -- eggs pickled in beet kvass. I love beets and beet kvass and I thought the combination of beets and hard boiled eggs would work well. The traditional way to pickle eggs is… Click to Continue →

8 Reasons To NEVER Follow a Low Salt Diet post image

I go out of my way to add salt to my food. I actually crave salt. Salt is a taste we have on our tongue and it is there for a reason. Our blood and body fluids are salty. Salt is being demonized for raising… Click to Continue →

Fat Tuesday: March 27, 2012

Fat Tuesday: March 27, 2012 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! Every Tuesday come join in this… Click to Continue →

5 Reasons to Juice and a Basic Juice Recipe post image

Freshly pressed vegetable juices are an important step in moving along with your detoxification. Juicing for health may be traced back to Ayurvedic practices in ancient India. Juicing is a 5000 year old tradition. Experience has shown that the juice of specific fruits and vegetables… Click to Continue →

Sunday Snippets: March 25, 2012

Sunday Snippets: March 25, 2012 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 →

Recipe: Egg Drop Soup (GAPS)

Recipe: Egg Drop Soup (GAPS) post image

Egg drop soup -- literally -- egg flower soup, has become my breakfast during the Detox Challenge and I am loving it! It is fine for Stage 2 if you leave out the seasoning and scallion and by Stage 3, you are good to go… Click to Continue →

Get Grounded

Get Grounded post image

Did you know that your body is mostly water and minerals? Did you know that this makes you a good conductor of electricity? Surely you know that if you are struck by lightening it will travel through your body and cause damage because we are… Click to Continue →

Fat Tuesday: March 20, 2012

Fat Tuesday: March 20, 2012 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! Every Tuesday come join in this… Click to Continue →

Recipe: Fermented Cabbage Juice

Recipe: Fermented Cabbage Juice post image

After some hesitation, I've started to drink fermented cabbage juice. I know that may sound somewhat vile, but it actually tastes very good and is an incredibly powerful food. Vitamin U is the compound in cabbage juice that has tremendous healing properties.  Much like Dr… Click to Continue →

Sunday Snippets: March 18, 2012

Sunday Snippets: March 18, 2012 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 →

Conquer the Sugar Craving Beast: 4 Ways post image

One of the goals for this Detox Challenge is to reduce the use of sugar and sweeteners. Sugar cravings are one of the hardest things to get under control. The bacteria and yeast in the gut feed upon sugar and undigested carbohydrates.  I call them… Click to Continue →

6 Adjuncts to Detoxification

6 Adjuncts to Detoxification post image

There are many natural ways to detox your body. If you have never tried any of the methods suggested below and in the linky, please use common sense and caution as you approach these procedures. Start slowly and gradually work up to the suggested amount… Click to Continue →