“I can’t overdo it on the chocolate or my bed sheets get drenched with sweat.” -Matt Stone, Eat for Heat Whew! How’s that for a snack to get your temperature rising?! In more ways than one, I can assure you. (A high body temperature is associated with a high metabolism… and well, let’s just say…
Sleepy Milk: A Delicious Bedtime Remedy for Insomnia
Warm milk. Just the thought of it kinda makes you want to curl up and climb into bed, huh? This, is warm milk supreme. My secret sleepy weapon. My ultimate stress-busting, warm-and-fuzzying, snooze-inducing favorite addition to my nighttime routine. Sweet and caramely, rich and creamy, this milky concoction is sure to become a favorite in…
Stressed, Sick, and Tired? How to Nourish Your Metabolism Back to Health
Metabolism is probably the most poorly-understood aspect of health there is. From both the so-called experts in nutrition and medicine, to the perceptions about it by the general public, everyone is pretty confused about what metabolism means, and what influences it. We tend to think metabolism is a part of our genetics—you’re either a skinny-mini…
Sunday School Blog Carnival 5/26/13
Welcome back to Sunday School! This is our weekly time for bloggers to come to link up their posts and teach us about real food and healthy living. I learn something new every week! Show & Tell — It’s Blog Hop Time! Classroom Rules: Please only link to posts covering real rood, nutrition, or healthy lifestyle-related topics….
Is CAFO Meat Ever Okay to Eat?
If you’ve been following my blog or Facebook page for a while, or especially if you’ve read my ebook, you’ve probably picked up on a running theme around here: it doesn’t do you any good to freak out over eating a perfectly healthy diet. I’m anti-perfectionism. Anti-food-obsession. Anti-dogmatic, puritanical following of any particular diet religion….
Recipe: Coconut Oil Mayonnaise
Store-bought mayo is pretty incredibly nasty. Aside from other questionable ingredients, it’s always, and I mean, always, made with a “veggie” oil like soy or canola as the base. Those industrial oils are filled with damaging polyunsaturated fat, are are completely rancid and awful for you. Just look at the ingredients of this typical jar of…
Low Body Temperature? What Your Thermometer Can Tell You About Your Health
Do you have a low body temperature? Or did your doctor tell you that a lower body temperature below than the standard 98.6 was still “normal,” and not to worry? A low body temperature, while becoming increasingly common, is still not in fact, “normal.” It’s actually indicative of poor health. Why? Because a low body…
Giveaway: 4-Quart Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Maker
Time for another giveaway! This week, you can enter to win an ice cream maker! This little machine is electronic, but it also works the old-fashioned way by adding rock salt and ice to the bucket. This is kind of a benefit over other ice cream makers, because you don’t have to freeze the canister…
The Nourished Metabolism Giveaway Winners, Plus a Sale Ending Soon!
It’s time to announce the winners of our giveaway for The Nourished Metabolism, by Elizabeth Walling! Thanks to everyone who entered—there were lots of people who were really interested in reading this book! Actually, a lot of people were echoing similar statements in the comments about how much they think they could benefit from reading The…
Is Water Fluoridation Good for Dental Health? 8 Reasons Why Fluoride is Toxic to Teeth, the Environment, and You
The dangers of water fluoridation have been hotly debated for decades. But this week, they’re hitting a little too close to home for me. My city of Portland, Oregon is putting to public vote a measure that would allow for the first time in history, the chemical fluoridation of Portland’s water supply. Our water comes…