Epigenetics is a term used to describe hereditary changes in gene function that does not involve a change to the genome or the actual genes. In the 1940s, Conrad Waddington recognized that there was a strong interaction between genes and the environment. The implication of this… Click to Continue →
October 2012
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 →
What with Halloween just around the corner and the barrage of artificial, chemical laden, sugary candy pushed into everyone's face, a real food home needs to be prepared with fun to make and nutritionally sound sweet treats.These flying saucers are fun for the whole family… Click to Continue →
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 →
Have you had your lipid profile lately? If so, inevitably your doctor may suggest that you need statins. Maybe your cholesterol is over 200 -- by one or two. Then it is OUT OF RANGE on the blood test and flagged. This should send shivers… Click to Continue →
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 →
I used to eat raw spinach salads frequently. However, I learned that raw spinach is very high in oxalates. Cooking does help reduce the amount of oxalates a little, but not too much. I'm not particularly sensitive to oxalates but many people are sensitive and… Click to Continue →
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 →
Have you heard of Dr. Jeffrey Leach? He is an anthropologist who is studying one of the few isolated cultures left on this earth -- the San of Namibia. His research design is to study the impact of diet on the gut microbiome. I have… Click to Continue →
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 →
When you are dairy-free it is hard to satisfy that urge for something creamy and cold. Ice cream comes to mind but I am thinking about something that is not as sweet and can be eaten on a daily basis. I was making shakes every… Click to Continue →
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 →
So many of us are working very hard to clean up our eating habits and source fresh, organic, local foods from farmers, but we still live in a toxic environment at home. There are over 500 chemicals in the average home -- many are used… Click to Continue →
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 →
Historically poached pears were served in Europe as a delicacy for their royal families. Typically simmered in wine, they were a welcome sweet treat, easy on the digestion. This recipe calls a syrup made from freshly squeezed organic grapes if you care to add an… Click to Continue →