Do you pay attention to where your food comes from? Do you go to the grocery store and purchase whatever is on the shelf, or do you think about what’s in the food you eat and how it is produced? Do you spend any time considering the preventative side of taking care of your...
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Tags: activism, Antibiotics, commercial farming, corn, factory farms, genetically-modified foods, grains, grass-fed meat, herbicides, industrial food, Monsanto, nutrition, Omega 3s, pesticides, real food, soy, Sustainability, toxins
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If this picture is a familiar activity for you and you have been following conventional health rhetoric about managing your Diabetes, the following information may be of interest to you. Medical experts advise being under the care of a physician to take care of your disease. But are doctors really getting to the root...
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Tags: blood sugar, diabetes, fats, glucose levels, grass-fed meat, health, insulin-resistance, nutrition, protein, raw dairy, real food, refined carbohydrates, saturated fats, sugar, whole foods
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The USDA, Food Pyramid, and many other mainstream sources of health commonly direct consumers to consume more fruits and vegetables every day. It’s true – fruits and vegetables are important, but what’s not widely understood is the importance of animal foods and other healthy fats for sources of important nutrients in our diets. Fats...
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Tags: butter, fermented cod liver oil, grass-fed meat, health, kefir, lacto-fermented foods, minerals, nutrient-dense, nutrition, Omega 3s, Omega 6s, pasture-raised poultry, Probiotics, real foods, vitamins, Yogurt
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Are you a person who believes low-fat foods are healthier than those with fat in them? Have you ever starved yourself or limited your calories thinking that if you did this, you would lose weight? It has become a common misconception that if people eat low calorie and fat-free foods they should be able...
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Tags: coconut oil, conventional foods, extruded grains, grass-fed meat, health, industrial oils, kitchen cleanout, olive oil, processed foods, Raw Milk, real food, saturated fats, soaking grains, sprouting grains
Posted in General Information, Green Living, Healthy Living, Kids & Family, Real Food | 14 Comments »
On this Earth Day weekend, everyone is sharpening their recycling skills and seeking words of wisdom for living a greener life. Hopefully the habits people think about today carry on throughout the remainder of our days, and not just at this time of year where you can find many written topics, books, articles, and...
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Tags: activism, consume, consumer, earth, eco-conscious, emulsifiers, grass-fed meat, home-made cleaners, parabens, recycle, Sustainability
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Is your skin dry in the winter? Besides the air being full of static and moisture-depleted which can contribute to irritated skin, we can experience dryness because of three major factors – environmental damage, chemicals we put directly on our skin, and the lack of healthy, traditional fats in our diets. Water and your...
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Tags: coconut oil, cod liver oil, grass-fed meat, health, lard, olive oil, real food, skin, tallow, traditional fats
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Eating meat in the modern world could be compared to playing Russian Roulette. If it is cooked thoroughly, nine times out of ten you probably won’t get sick from eating it – not immediately anyway. Repeated consumption of what is known as factory-farmed or industrially-produced meats is actually hazardous to your health. This meat...
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Tags: factory farms, grass-fed meat, industrial meat, organic, pasture-raised
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