Archive for category Eat Naturally

Food Skeletons

Maybe we forgot about them. Or maybe we’re trying to hide them and pretend they never existed. But… they’ll always be there. The pantry may be dark. It may even be locked, boarded up and forgotten about. But they’re in there. Those food skeletons of years past that we pretend didn’t happen are still there… […]

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5 Foods That Changed My Health

A few days ago someone asked me what food had the biggest impact on my health. It was a fascinating question that I didn’t have an immediate answer to. Of all the dietary changes I’ve made over the years, which one was the best? That’s like asking what the most impactful exercise is or the […]

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Be A Gluten Detective

Very few people need to completely avoid wheat and gluten but nearly everyone I’ve come across feels, looks and performs better by limiting their exposure to it. Mostly found in “food products”, wheat and/or gluten is becoming a universal ingredient added to prepared and processed food and is almost everywhere these days. That being said, […]

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Carrageenan & Friends: Gummy Troublemakers

As a general rule, the less processed a food is and the more “whole” it is the better. Food products are becoming pretty ubiquitous these days, as the food industry combines more and more things to create food like substances that keep up with changing trends and food fads. One of the most recent and […]

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Top 5 Health Tips

I recently gave this list to someone and thought it would be nice to share… Bare 5 Top Health Tips 1. Turn off the lights. After the sun goes down, turn off the bright lights. You don’t have to go to sleep but dim the lights. Lamps and counter lights are fine, as is firelight […]

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Salads = Diabetes?

So many people eat salads, thinking that they are doing something healthy. If it was just up to the vegetable matter, they probably are. When it comes to the dressing however, they just might be hurting their health. Most salad dressings are made with soybean or canola oil (with plenty of additives) and are likely […]

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Get Connected

Wrapping up my series on the craving for connection, let’s get right down to it. If our bodies are craving natural stimulus and behaviors, how do we reconnect in our modern, artificial world? The answer is simple: in any and every ay we can. Connection is all around us and the more we can seek […]

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Rich Food Poor Food

Of all of the food guides I’ve come across over the years, this could be my favorite. Rich Food, Poor Food by Mira & Jayson Calton gives us a simple, well thought out and super practical resource in the pursuit of better health. Based on the premise of finding nutrient rich foods and limiting nutrient […]

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Is Breakfast That Important?

Breakfast: the most important meal of the day. This is what conventional wisdom would have us believe. Like most of our health truths, I ask, “Are we sure?”… Rethinking Breakfast An interesting concept: breakfast. What is breakfast? Simply put: the first meal of the day. What does the word mean? To break a fast, often […]

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Nature’s Energy Drink

Last night was a long night. Got to bed late (10:30) and then shortly after 11 the power in our neighborhood went out. Not usually a problem if you’re sleeping unless it happens to scare two of your young kids who won’t go back to sleep (thankfully the baby slept through all the commotion! he’s […]

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