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Test Your Grains: More Survey Results

January 7th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Upgraded Nutrition

Before the holiday break, I shared with you the first set of results from the Test Your Grains Challenge, in which participants committed to eating grains only prepared in a certain style for 7-10 days: all refined grains, all whole grains, soaked, sprouted, sourdough, gluten-free, or no grains were the choices. To recap: People observed [...]

Test Your Grains Challenge Survey: Initial Results and Some Anecdotes

December 22nd, 2010 · 15 Comments · Upgraded Nutrition

I wish I knew why my procrastination kicks in especially intensely on projects like this Test Your Grains Challenge. I should have been evaluating the responses over a month ago, but it was always the item on the list that I skipped for something else, even boring things like bringing some semblance of sanity to [...]

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

October 27th, 2010 · 39 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 [...]

The Test Your Grains Challenge Survey is Here!

September 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Call to Action, Science of Nutrition

How are you digesting? On our no-grains diet, we’ve definitely noticed some changes at the Kimball house, all for the positive. Remember that the Test Your Grains Challenge is not to meant to cut all grains out of your diet. It’s simply asking you to eat all your grains the same way for 7-10 days. [...]

A Grain-Free Life: Menu Ideas to Keep it Simple

September 28th, 2010 · 63 Comments · Recipes, Special Situations

I was so naive. I thought I used to chop a lot of veggies in a normal day. Q: What’s the quickest way to end up eating more veggies (and spending more on meat)? A: Stop eating all grains and legumes. It’s been about a dozen days so far for my husband with no grains [...]

Take the Test your Grains Challenge

September 23rd, 2010 · 22 Comments · Big Changes

It’s time to put your name on the dotted line, your money where your mouth is, let the rubber meet the road…it’s time to embark on the Test Your Grains Challenge to pool our resources and collect anecdotal evidence to add to the soaking grain issue. Will you be a lab rat? I’m challenging all [...]

Some Changes at the Kimball House

September 22nd, 2010 · 88 Comments · Big Changes, My Story

I have some news. I hope you won’t be disappointed about the delayed schedule, but I won’t be baking bread as often as I promised this fall. And there’s a good reason for it. I know, I know, you’re all thinking there won’t be buns in my oven because there’s…you know…a bun in the oven. [...]