Eat the Orange, Skip the Juice
Ever heard of an orange juice tree? Dug up a potato, only to find it skinless? Seen a picture of people harvesting white rice? In…
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Research
If you love reading academic research and the science behind what you eat, this is the section for you. Join us as we try to understand how our bodies, earth, and food work and the causes of disease.
Vitamin D: Why Your Levels Didn’t Go Up After Supplementing
Take your pick: pill, drops, or rays? What’s the best way to get adequate Vitamin D? Could that sunshine (gasp) be healthy for you?? The…
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How to Boil a Husband
This is good advice about husbands and real food, I promise. And no, I’m not upset with my husband and taking it out on men…
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Balance Your Blood Sugar to Balance Your Hormones {Women’s Wellness GUEST Series}
Learn how to balance blood sugar with foods. Here’s the best diet for blood sugar balance. Hint: It may not be what you expect! This…
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Low on Energy? Time to Support Your Mighty Mitochondria {Women’s Wellness GUEST Series}
This post is from guest writer Lori Valentine Rose, PhD, CNP, BCHN, FDN-P, RH (AHG), NBC-HWC of Lori Rose Holistic. Are you ready to start…
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Eve’s Curse: Not PMS! {Women’s Wellness Series}
Is there a diet for PMS? What is the link between diet and PMS? Is it possible to get relief from PMS? This post is…
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Why Essential Oils are Better Than Penicillin
I’ve been fascinated with bacteria and how our bodies interact with them ever since I did an experiment in college about hand-washing and learned how…
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The Perfect Birth Won’t Guarantee Healthy Gut Flora for Baby
That moment when I saw a young pregnant mom in a bar drinking a beer (or two or three), long before I was a real…
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7 Ways YOU Can Help the Bee Population Survive!
“How did I get myself into this? What am I doing?” my mind kept asking. Nervously, I glanced in the rear view mirror of my…
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Easy Kid-Friendly Meatball Recipe {Egg Free, Grain Free}
It’s the kind of comfort food you pine for when it’s gray and cloudy outside. There’s not too much heat to make you want to…
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Is There MSG in your HOMEMADE Soup??
Although it seems like we’re uber strict about food in our household, we have only had ONE rule that can never, ever be compromised on,…
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WiFi May be the New Cigarettes
A man drove his car into that pond next to a busy downtown road nine years ago. Last fall, someone finally noticed his car. He…
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New Ways to Overcome Candida and Yeast
Coal miners had their canary, I have the itchy spot on the base of my hairline. Ever since I fought candida off and finally had…
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15 Tips to Combat Winter Blues: Dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder
Please welcome our new contributing writer Lori from Third Day Farms! She lives in the same town as me and we’ve connected over raw milk…
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No Five-Second Rule? Why Kids Shouldn’t be TOO Clean
This is a guest post from Jena Halman-Kincaid, RN, board member at CSU. Kids love to get dirty, don’t they? At least it seems like…
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Baby Steps to Managing IBD with Diet
It’s never good news to find out someone you care about has a chronic disease and needs medication. A while ago a good friend of…
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10 Exercises to Help You Escape Chronic Pain
Confession: I’m a shoulder cracker. Since high school, when I was a cheerleader and dancer with an imperfect back handspring, I’ve ritualistically popped my right…
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Why I Stopped Eating Gluten-Free
This post is from KS contributing writer Mary Voogt of Just Take A Bite. Some people think eating gluten free is a fad. Some say…
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5 Ways Einkorn Is Different Than Wheat Flour
Some people with gluten sensitivities have discovered that einkorn bread and other products don’t make them hurt! Einkorn DOES contain gluten, but there are some…
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Are Overnight Oats Safe? Are They a Traditional Food? | Nutrition in Uncooked Oats
“Overnight oats” have become a big hit in the last decade. If you haven’t seen the concept yet (what hole are you hiding in, seriously…
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