Recipe – Bone Broth
Bone broth is one of the healthiest foods you can consume. In today’s world, soup is rarely, if ever, made from real bone broth. The art of making delicious soup can be transformed by making your stock from the actual parts of the animal most people don’t want to consume. If cooking skills are measured in taste, you’ll take [...]
Tooth Decay: A Different Perspective
I have been thinking about tooth decay for quite awhile, and I feel it is time to offer a different perspective. I was taught as a child that cavities were caused by not brushing well enough–that if you brushed often and with meticulous care, you would not get cavities. I used to dread my annual visit to the dentist. [...]
Losing Weight
It’s not just cut and dried. You would think if you ate less and exercised more, you could take off those few (or maybe not so few) extra pounds. It’s the law of thermodynamics. You eat a calorie, you burn a calorie, and your weight stays the same. You eat a little less and move a little more (or [...]
Sunshine for Vitamin D
So you think sunshine is dangerous - think again! We all need sunshine! We evolved in sunshine and fresh air and we are dependent on sunshine for our very existence on every level. Somehow the benefits of sunshine have been forgotten. We now favor sunscreen made with unhealthy chemicals and an SPF of 50 on our skin rather than [...]
Recipe – Cultured Vegetables
I always like to have cultured vegetables available in my fridge – ready to enjoy at a moment’s notice! Here is an easy recipe to follow to be sure your cultured vegetables are always the freshest possible, all natural, and organic. Use any vegetables you want – the vegetables listed below are only suggestions. [...]
What People are Saying About Kefir
Kefir has many important benefits for the entire body. It completely stops your cravings for sugar. Imagine the benefits! (See my article Sugar is Not Your Friend.) It aids digestion of all foods and has a toning effect on the intestines, even flattening the abdomen! It appears to cleanse the liver. In Chinese medicine, the liver rules the skin, eyes, [...]
The Link between Hormones and Weight: a Rat Study
In the 1970’s, scientists decided to do research on the interaction between hormones, appetite, and weight. Using rats for their study, they surgically removed the ovaries from female rats to see what would result. The result was that the rats became ravenously hungry and ate until they became obese. It appeared that removing the hormone factories (ovaries) from rats [...]
The AMA’s Outrageous 1995 Edict – Fat Will Make you Fat!
The height of absurdity regarding the topic of fats occurred when the American Medical Association (1995) released a pamphlet suggesting that humans can eat anything, including sugar, candy, soda, etc. as long as it was low in fat. “To control the amount and kind of fat, saturated fatty acids, and dietary cholesterol you eat, choose low-fat cookies, low-fat crackers, unsalted [...]