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It’s that time again — Real Food Wednesday! This week our theme is Real Food Testimonials: Share Your Success Stories! I am super excited about this topic. I know it will inspire so many people to start eating healthy. I for one have a very, very long list of amazing things that have happened to [...]

I’m so sorry I’m late getting Real Food Wednesday up today. Yesterday I got up to start work at 3 am, and kept going for over 18 hours. Last night when I was trying to write the post for Real Food Wednesday, I literally fell asleep sitting up at the computer. Kelly the Kitchen Kop [...]

Having trouble getting pregnant? According to a new US study, eating full-fat dairy foods like butter and ice cream can improve fertility in women.

Nobody likes weeding. Garden weeds are a menace. Instead of using a toxic pesticide like Roundup weed killer, why not try a more natural approach and go with organic lawn care? This small goat farm in Tennessee has a solution: rent a goat to do your weeding for you! From Hidden Springs Farms just north [...]

If you read my blog regularly, you know I love eggs. We typically go through about 3-4 dozen eggs per week. Our little family consisting of 2 adults and one toddler. Eggs are one of the most economical ways to increase the nutrients in your family’s diet. Eggs are full of vitamin D, vitamin A, vitamin E, omega 3 fatty acids, beta carotene, cholesterol (which is good for you), and saturated fat (also good for you). Why Pastured Eggs? I don’t just buy any eggs. I only buy pastured eggs from local farmers who keep their chickens outdoors and let them roam around in the sun, eating bugs.

When I was in my twenties, I spent two years on a wheat free diet (I also avoided all sugar and took therapeutic-grade probiotics). I was recovering from candida overgrowth which was caused by the large amounts of antibiotics I was given during my childhood, and a diet full of white flour and sugar.

My two-year gluten-free sugar-free diet was worth it. I completely reversed my rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue, and respiratory allergies. I went from having constant colds and being sick all the time with sinus infections to being vibrantly healthy again. The chronic joint pain and physical exhaustion had vanished.

I want to share with you a letter Sally Fallon Morell wrote to President Obama (then President-Elect Obama) regarding the diet inmates in the Illinois prison system are being fed, made up largely of soy foods, and the widespread health problems these prisoners are experiencing from eating this soy diet.