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Tips to Keep in Mind when Starting a New Restrictive Diet (GAPS, gluten-free, etc.)

February 27th, 2013 · 17 Comments · Big Changes, Natural Health, Tips

We told the kids this was going to be our “weird food week” – luckily none of them are quite old enough to crack sarcastically, “You mean weirder than normal?” I thought our family might do the GAPS diet this Lent to see what it would do with my husband’s Crohn’s and my kids’ cradle [...]

How to Boil a Husband {Eat Well, Spend Less}

January 29th, 2013 · 73 Comments · Big Changes, My Story

This is good advice, I promise. And no, I’m not upset with my husband and taking it out on men everywhere. It was my husband’s idea, in fact. (photo source) As part of the Eat Well, Spend Less series, we’re talking about getting back to basics this month – the basics of eating well – [...]

The Single Most Important Step to Clean Eating Success

January 8th, 2013 · No Comments · Big Changes

You know you want to get going on a real food diet full of unprocessed foods, but where to start? Does it mean you’ll have to eat salads every day? The answer is simpler than you think, and it doesn’t mean you’ll have to empty your cupboards and go on a trillion dollar shopping trip [...]

Back to Basics 10-Week Baby Step Mini Challenge

January 4th, 2013 · 13 Comments · Big Changes, KS lifestyle

This might not be obvious in my online home here, but I’m a bit of a perfectionist and very tight-fisted when it comes to delegating and sharing responsibility. I’m totally selfish about being in charge. Every so often, I’ll entertain a guest post, but most of the time I don’t relinquish the reins so easily. [...]

Monday Mission: If a Food Causes You to Hurt, Cut it Out

June 25th, 2012 · 23 Comments · Big Changes, Special Situations

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to choose to accept what you need to do in your diet to be healthy. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Leap of Faith In today’s giveaway post, you’ll hear from Lenetta, a friend of mine who had to cut out gluten because of the possibility of a [...]

What??? You’re Not Eating THAT??? (Don’t be Overwhelmed by Humongous Dietary Changes)

January 26th, 2012 · 30 Comments · Big Changes, KS lifestyle

This post is sponsored by Plan to Eat. When we decided to go grain-free to see if my husband might have a gluten sensitivity, I admitted here at KS that I was a little nervous, and that I expected some difficulties. I can’t even figure out which post they’re on, but there were some folks [...]

The Comparison: The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), GAPS Diet (Gut & Psychology Syndrome), and The Maker’s Diet

October 27th, 2010 · 48 Comments · Big Changes, Food for Thought, Natural Health, Science of Nutrition, Special Situations

Ready for an epic post? Over the last month or so as the adults in the family went grain-free to combat some symptoms of Crohn’s Disease (Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD) in my husband, I’ve mentioned in passing a couple gut-healing diets. Although we didn’t actually go on any of them officially, I gleaned information [...]