The Care and Feeding of Your Microbiome
When Michael Pollan, Dr. Oz and two real life formerly-fat women schooled me on the relationship between gut bacteria, antibiotics and weight gain all 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.
7 Everyday Foods NOT Proven Safe for Kids
Most people would agree that the healthiest foods for kids are unprocessed, nutrient-dense, and – when possible – made at home. Your kids can cook…
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Cheat Your Supplements: What Works, What Doesn’t
If you suffer from the morning rush syndrome Monday through Friday, I empathize with you. I’m not a natural morning person (see this week’s earlier…
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You Might be Sleeping All Wrong
My dear friend says I’m the most sleep-deprived person she knows, and that it’s been that way every year since college. As one of the…
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Chemo with Hardly Any Side Effects? Mission: Possible
Chemo = throwing up, right? Admit it, that’s what you think of when you imagine a chemotherapy patient: Someone who is super fatigued, no appetite,…
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Do You Need to Detox from Radiation After Flying on a Plane?
When I was pregnant with my first child, I was still teaching third grade at a Catholic school. I have a number of vivid memories…
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3 Trillion Dependents in Your Gut–What are you Doing with Them?
I had an absolute ball Monday night interviewing two ladies with incredible stories of health transformations via diet. Amanda Torres from The Curious Coconut and…
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Wake Up to a Cup of *Spicy* Ginger Tea {The Ginger Challenge}
I am not really a tea person and never have been. But because of this ginger challenge and learning how super easy it is to store…
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Are Organic Pesticides–or the Fruit Itself–Really Worse Than Conventional Farming???
Almost 40,000 people thought the “Organic, Schmorganic” article last week at Slate.com was worth sharing with their friends, including a sharp KS reader who was…
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Turmeric Chicken Soup with Cabbage and Coconut Recipe
You know how some kids put ketchup on everything? In our house, it’s all about mustard. We go through mustard like nobody’s business, seriously. I…
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10 Real Foods Women Should Eat More Often for Good Health
“Less cellulite at 30 than 20?” My friend was ready to eat the next words out of my mouth when I told her I blamed…
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What’s Going to Replace Trans Fat?
Trans fat has been proven to cause heart disease and all sorts of other health evils, to the tune of 30,000 to 100,000 deaths from…
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How to Bake Grain-free with Coconut Flour
Substituting coconut flour in recipes can be tricky! Learn how to bake with coconut flour and make the right coconut flour substitutions so you can…
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Best Gluten-free Pumpkin Muffins Recipe (Dairy-free, Egg-free, Corn-free, Soy-free, Nut-free)
The most versatile, brain-dead easy healthy pumpkin muffin recipe ever – gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, allergen-free AND one-bowl simple. Friends will beg you for this simple…
Do We Really Wonder WHY We’re Obese?
I’m a people watcher, when I get an opportunity. I like to wonder about what other people are doing, their motivations, their “story” that day.…
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How to Evaluate New Nutritional Philosophies Through a Critical Thinking, Traditional Foods Lens
Walking into the “diet/nutrition” section of a bookstore is overwhelming, the sheer quantity and variety of books absolutely staggering. I wandered into that section in…