Let’s take a closer look at why you might want to replace sugar with healthier alternatives. What’s wrong with sugar? With the average American consuming close to 200 pounds of sugar per year (up from just a few pounds per year in the 19th century), it’s not hard to connect the dots and see how…
Healthy Foods
Life With Liver: Learning to Love Your Grandmother’s Favorite
When I was a kid, my mom told me “horror” stories about eating liver once a week growing up. Liver sounded pretty disgusting to me back then, and up until last year I was thankful to have been spared from ever having to eat liver as a child – and I didn’t plan on eating…
Why I Eat Raw Egg Yolks Every Day
Have you heard the crazy news? I eat raw egg yolks every day. Well, maybe not every day, but on most days, I include at least 2-3 raw egg yolks in my diet. Here’s why I eat raw egg yolks almost every day… Eating raw eggs may not be what all the popular kids are…
My Version of Easy Homemade Raw Milk Yogurt
I have to admit I was intimidated by the idea of raw milk yogurt; kefir seemed pretty easy to me, but yogurt was just too daunting. Like I shared earlier this week on my post about making homemade raw milk kefir, I have to really make sure something is simple and doable before I’ll try…
Is vegetable oil bad for you? Three huge factors
The change I’m addressing today is fairly simple, but don’t let how easy it is fool you: this is one of the most important changes you can make in your diet. I’m talking about cutting out polyunsaturated oils. Cheap vegetable oils aren’t benefiting your health in any way, and here’s why: The main difference between…
My Version of Homemade Raw Milk Kefir
I delayed making my own raw milk kefir for the longest time because I thought it would be too much of a hassle. But as I learned more and more about nourishing foods, I realized kefir offered a lot of important benefits. Namely, it’s loaded with its own unique package of probiotics, which are vital for gut…
Homemade Broth: A Food That Heals
Homemade broth is one of those foods that anyone can make–and a food that everyone should make. Canned broth must have seemed like a great invention at the time, but stocks and broths found on grocery store shelves are devoid of nutrients and real flavor. Large amounts of refined salt and harmful additives like monosodium…
Book of the Month: Eat Fat, Lose Fat Book Review
About the Book Eat Fat, Lose Fat… Right away you can tell that Eat Fat, Lose Fat marries the foundational topics of Nourishing Traditions with helpful information for those trying to lose weight. This book does a fantastic job of helping people understand how nourishing food is the key to both health and weight loss, while dispelling the…