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10 New Year’s Resolutions That’ll Do You Good

January 1, 2010 By jenny 16 Comments

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1. Give up refined foods: sugars, oils and flours. The single most effective thing you can do for your health in the new year is simple: remove all refined foods from your cupboards. Give them up. Just like that. Yes, you may have paid good money for that bag of sugar, the gallon of vegetable [...]

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Eat Your Beef & Butter: CLA, Disease and Diet

September 9, 2009 By jenny Leave a Comment

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A healthy dietary fat, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) was discovered fairly recently; however research into its potential benefits to human health are extensive. CLA is a natural trans-fatty acid that shows strong promise in inhibiting cancer, reducing the risk of heart disease and fighting inflammation. (Learn more about CLA in this post: CLA: The [...]

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Disease and Vitamin D Deficiency

September 3, 2009 By jenny 12 Comments

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I recently had my vitamin D levels checked with a simple blood test. While my results came back within the optimal range (35 – 50 ng/ul which should be a minimum of 40 and preferably over 50 ng/ul), the test itself gave me pause for reflection. Vitamin D is critically important to overall [...]

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Review: Devil in the Milk

April 22, 2009 By jenny 13 Comments

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Keith Woodward’s ground-breaking work Devil in the Milk published by Chelsea Green outlines a scientific tale of modern diseases and their relationship to the food we consume. Further, Devil in the Milk outlines how corporate interests can shape the way in which information about food and health is relayed to the public. Woodward [...]

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10 Reasons NOT to Give Up Red Meat

April 7, 2009 By jenny 55 Comments

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1. Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Found in the meat and milk of grass-fed ruminants, like cows, Conjugated Linoleic Acid or CLA is a potent nutrient. Researchers are just beginning to understand the mechanisms behind the potent and positive health effects traditional peoples have enjoyed since the days of hunting and gathering. CLA is known [...]

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Modern Sweeteners: What They Are & What They Do

January 12, 2009 By jenny 22 Comments

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This post is part of the 2009 series – The Traditional Foods Primer which addresses a different aspect of the traditional foods movement each month. January’s focus is on sweeteners: modern sweeteners and their accompanying problems, natural and traditional alternatives and how to transition from the modern to the traditional. Before you can [...]

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