I won’t mince words here—deodorant is bad for you. When sweat leaves your body through your armpits, it carries toxins out with it. This is awesome–it’s like your pits are a self-cleaning oven and they help your body’s toxicity level go down. Deodorant with aluminum, however, stops the sweat from pouring out. This also stops …
I don’t know about where you live, but in California in the winter, the air is much more dry than in the summer. My lips crack and my skin is dry. I do try and stay on top of my skin health with my Lazy Girl’s Approach to Oil Cleansing, my homemade facials and pore …
I was paid to write this post. However, I only promote sponsors I believe in. Have you tried Nick’s Sticks?! Until I found Nick’s Sticks, I never ate a lot of beef jerky (or other products like it) because even before I was into eating Real Food, I knew from looking at the ingredient lists …
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I finally feel good! Like, for real good, not just better than before. I think Dave is relieved, although he won’t admit it and is supportive no matter how much of a slug I am. I can focus, and think clearly, and stay up a little bit later without crashing the next day… I guess …
Fermented foods are way less common in our society today than they were even a hundred years ago. People like Laura Ingalls most likely grew up eating a bit of fermented foods at each meal, often served like a sort of condiment (not a main dish). It was necessary to preserve foods in those days …
When you are working on losing weight, it’s very common to hit a plateau periodically, or a period of time in which you stop losing weight. This can be very frustrating and in my experience with clients, it is often the point at which people give up or stop trying so hard. The thing is, …
One of my favorite things to tell clients is that they should find ways to cheat to reach their goals. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t really think there are any free lunches overall… But, I do think there are things we can do to make reaching our goals easier. This actually applies to all …
If I could invent a magic pill for weight loss… I’d make billions! I’ll be honest though, I’m not trying to find ways to get around adopting a healthy lifestyle, I just love researching ideas and testing out theories for how to help people get the most bang for their buck in the food and …
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I am totally in a food rut. It’s super frustrating, and I’m probably just being a whiny pregnant lady, but this week I felt very aimless about food with NO CLUE what to make for dinner. I’m bored. I’m tired. I’m spoiled because Whole Foods is right down the street—but we’re moving next weekend and …
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I’m sorry. I’ll just start by saying that because I have a feeling that most people are not going to like what I tell you in this post. There really is a food that will boost your energy tremendously during pregnancy (and do it in a totally healthy, safe, and natural way). I’ll tell you …
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