More Whole30 Recipes & Meal Plans, Veggies Galore and Transitioning Out (or not?)
I was so awful at first at finding Whole30 approved recipes that satisfied! Those first few days of the Whole30 for my husband and low…
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Our Rookie Whole30 Meal Plans + My Anti-Cavity Diet Menu
The great thing about a Whole30 is that it really makes you meal plan, and you find ideas for so many vegetables in your diet,…
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…
Baby Step Changes May Have Saved My Husband’s Life Without Us Even Noticing
Crohn’s Disease, high triglycerides, heart attack risk…all healed with a real food diet and grain-free elimination meal planner. But it seems like a page out…
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…
How To Help Your Gut Recover Naturally After Antibiotics
My husband has Crohn’s Disease, a chronic autoimmune disorder, and he just finished a round of antibiotics for a sinus infection. Yes, we fought it…
Monday Mission: Do You Have a Naturally Minded Doctor?
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to find a naturally minded doctor, or at least start thinking about it, especially if you have…
How Diet Affects Kids’ Behavior: An Interview with Kelly Dorfman
Have you been convinced yet that what you feed your child has a significant impact on their health? My notes from a talk by Kelly…
Food for Thought: Katie Learns About Gluten
Why is gluten such a problem now? In the 2010s, it seemed like elimination diet recipes were all the rage. Then doctors came out against…
The Comparison: The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), GAPS Diet (Gut & Psychology Syndrome), and The Maker’s Diet
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…
Jordan Rubin and the Maker’s Diet
I’ve been teasing you for a few weeks about the opportunity I had to see Jordan Rubin, author of The Maker’s Diet and survivor of…
Monday Mission: Chew Your Food
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to chew your food. Don’t think I’m going too easy on you for this first Monday Mission…
Why I Choose Raw Milk
This is my opinion, and only my opinion. What works for my family with raw, unpasteurized milk may not be possible for yours, and it…
Monday Mission: Learn About Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance
I continue to run into people, both online and in real life, who have celiac disease or cannot handle gluten, including an elderly neighbor who…