Food First, Pills Later

It happens time and time again.  A friend, or family member or blog reader shares their all too similar tale: They’ve gone to their doctor after not feeling great and have come home with a fist full of prescriptions.  The doctor hasn’t asked about what they eat, whether or not they engage in any physical […]

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Are Prunes Really Such a Great Source of Fiber?

I have fond recollections of spending weekends with my grandparents; my grandmother was never anything but kind to me and it was through her that I first found my love of cooking.  She seemed to be able to prepare a lovely meal out of the very basics without ever presenting anything less than fantastic.    […]

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Gutsy Eating

I’m not exactly sure how this happened over the course of probably a couple hundred years, but why does it seem that many people are happy to eat skeletal muscle of animal, but distgusted to eat any other ‘bits’, like organ meats or marrow? Before you were Paleo, did you ever eat a hot dog? […]

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