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What’s the real scoop on cholesterol? Do you really need to lower your cholesterol? Is there really good and bad cholesterol? Do you need a cholesterol-lowering drug? Does cholesterol cause heart disease?
Or is it possible that cholesterol is actually good for you?
Former vegetarian (read about his experience with vegetarianism here) and really smart [...]

We have all had those nights when you don’t have anything ready and need to get dinner on the table ASAP. When this happens, you need a back-up plan.
Here’s one of my favorites — Mexican Rice & Beans. This is an easy recipe to throw together at the last minute. And it’s very [...]

I spent most of my time at the WAPF Wise Traditions Conference meeting with sponsors. And my photos reflect that. Here are some pictures I took of all the wonderful people who bring us food and books and supplements, etc.:
Dave Wetzel of Green Pasture Products (makers of the fermented cod liver oil and butter oil):

At [...]

Well, I guess I’m off the Intro Diet. I couldn’t stand it anymore and I had to eat something else yesterday other than meat and broth and duck fat! I’m pretty proud of myself considering I lasted a full five days.
OK I guess I really didn’t last that long because technically I guess you’re [...]

I have so many pictures from the WAPF conference last week in San Francisco, I wasn’t sure how to post them all. So I’m going to break this up into a few posts.
This first one will be about the food I ate. There was so much good food there. The lunches and dinners were [...]

I will be doing a few posts about the Deidre Currie Festival. I took a lot of notes at the seminars and will share as much as I can with you all.
Today I’ll start with a few photos…
Here’s Archie with Baby Jack:

And here they are the morning of the festival:

Archie played a slideshow of [...]

I’ve been thinking about this question a lot lately. How do you choose the best food to buy when weighing local vs. nutrition vs. cost?
There are a lot of people these days who are trying to eat a local diet. Local means eating food that was produced within 100 miles of your home.
There are online [...]

I worked all day today and don’t really feel like making dinner. But I can still make a healthy meal — quickly and easily.
We’re having:

US Wellness Meats Hot Dogs (all-beef, nitrate-free, from grass-fed cows) with Homemade Lacto-fermented Sauerkraut and Pickles on Alvarado St. Bakery Sprouted Bread
Organic Green Salad with Tomatoes (from CSA box), Raw Milk [...]