If you love reading academic research and the science behind what you eat, this is the section for you. Join us as we try to understand how our bodies, earth, and food work and the causes of disease.
To buy organic, or not to buy organic? Does it make a difference? It might as well be the existential, soul-defining question of our age, the way it’s debated hotly in popular media, academic circles, and blogs. Organics, of course, have zero to do with the soul but can sometimes feel as important as religion […]
I was Compelled to Buy Organics for My Cancer-Fighting Arsenal Read More »
Yesterday I shared a little of our family’s story, of discovering that my dad had cancer, the shock and aftermath, and my drive to DO something to help him (plus the top 10 fruits and vegetables to fight cancer). Armed with the power of the Internet, I drove north to do some food education and
When I was pregnant with my first child, I was still teaching third grade at a Catholic school. I have a number of vivid memories from that time, when my journey to real food and natural living was on its first shaky baby steps (like switching from margarine to butter and letting my husband clean
Do You Need to Detox from Radiation After Flying on a Plane? Read More »
I had an absolute ball Monday night interviewing two ladies with incredible stories of health transformations via diet. Amanda Torres from The Curious Coconut and Orleatha Smith from Level Health & Nutrition and Batch Cookery joined me on the KS Connect *Plus* Google Hangout and shared about their healing with the Paleo diet, which literally
3 Trillion Dependents in Your Gut–What are you Doing with Them? Read More »
I am not really a tea person and never have been. But because of this ginger challenge and learning how super easy it is to store ginger, I decided I’d better try it. This ginger tea, which I’m guessing shouldn’t even be called “tea” since it’s not made from leaves (?), is something special: It turns
Wake Up to a Cup of *Spicy* Ginger Tea {The Ginger Challenge} Read More »
Almost 40,000 people thought the “Organic, Schmorganic” article last week at Slate.com was worth sharing with their friends, including a sharp KS reader who was disturbed by the claims made, namely that buying organic produce, even for kids, is a total waste of money and not one iota safer than conventional produce. Articles like this
Are Organic Pesticides–or the Fruit Itself–Really Worse Than Conventional Farming??? Read More »
You know how some kids put ketchup on everything? In our house, it’s all about mustard. We go through mustard like nobody’s business, seriously. I should buy stock in the stuff. Which means, of course, that I should also buy stock in laundry stain treaters and ultimately, clothing since mustard is a bear to get
Turmeric Chicken Soup with Cabbage and Coconut Recipe Read More »
“Less cellulite at 30 than 20?” My friend was ready to eat the next words out of my mouth when I told her I blamed one dietary change for my incredible loss of cellulite. Quite often others counter my claim with a strange question: “How do you know?” I’m sure their intentions are simply curious,
10 Real Foods Women Should Eat More Often for Good Health Read More »
Trans fat has been proven to cause heart disease and all sorts of other health evils, to the tune of 30,000 to 100,000 deaths from heart disease pinned on trans fat every year. The FDA recently removed the GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status from trans fat, 7 years after requiring companies to disclose trans fat
Parenting is hard stuff. Balancing baby’s needs and new mommy’s needs is hard, figuring out when to start feeding solid food and what kind is hard, watching a child get sick is hard. Deciding on boundaries is hard, using consistent discipline is hard, facing down a stubborn 4-year-old who is screaming at the top of
Substituting coconut flour in recipes can be tricky! Learn how to bake with coconut flour and make the right coconut flour substitutions so you can make awesome coconut flour breads, coconut flour pancakes, and more! This one is really a “how NOT to” post, which is of utmost importance when it comes to baking with
The most versatile, brain-dead easy healthy pumpkin muffin recipe ever – gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, allergen-free AND one-bowl simple. Friends will beg you for this simple and delicious recipe! And you can feel good about it since it has no white sugar. There’s a little girl with egg, nut and dairy allergies on my daughter’s soccer
I’m a people watcher, when I get an opportunity. I like to wonder about what other people are doing, their motivations, their “story” that day. Lately, I don’t need statistics to tell me that the nation has an obesity problem. I can see it with my own eyes. Sometimes I try to estimate the percentage
Walking into the “diet/nutrition” section of a bookstore is overwhelming, the sheer quantity and variety of books absolutely staggering. I wandered into that section in a bookstore last week and started scanning titles. Almost immediately I began thinking about how many different diets one could embark on and how crazy it was that there were
If I make my mom’s biscuit recipe with unbleached, unbromated wheat flour, home-rendered pastured lard, Real Salt, and organic, grassfed milk, but the flour happens to have all the bran and all the germ sifted out of it, is my resulting biscuit – which will be so fluffy and melt-in-your-mouth smeared with pastured butter that
That Whole Grains Question: Is It Time for “To Soak or Not to Soak?” Read More »
Does “real food” have to mean “organic?” Can conventionally grown produce still be healthy for you? Is buying organic worth foreclosure on your home? I’m going to share some reader emails to open up these questions, and I’m looking forward to rousing conversation in the comments! Should I Prioritize Organic? I received this email from
Strawberry Controversy: Organic, Local, or Just Don’t Eat? Read More »
My husband is a frequent part of Kitchen Stewardship®, popping in and out of posts from time to time. He’s usually the observer or commentator of a situation (like this week’s real food party menu), sometimes the cheerleader, often the skeptic, and every so often, the pawn (think organ meats). Never before has he been
How to Replenish Your Energy After a Workout {Recipe: Kimball’s Coffee Protein Blast} Read More »
Parenting isn’t easy. If you’re not being awakened at night or having to quell arguments between siblings, you’re researching like mad trying to figure out the best foods to feed your brood, and then making the time to cook from scratch and source quality ingredients. You have decisions to make about the health, schooling, and
Oil pulling is a simple technique with lots of big claims and very little risk. Scroll down to learn about the history and purpose of oil pulling, along with some tips from Dr. Bruce Fife, probably the foremost oil pulling authority. Quiz: What did you do upon getting out of bed this morning? Other than
Oil Pulling Tips and Success Stories ~ Do You Swish? Read More »
I’ve really been enjoying squeezing lemon into my water lately and dropping in the wedge to flavor the next refill a bit. I’m already changing my new habit. I’m a pretty faithful produce washer, but as luck would have it, this week I cut a corner while getting my son’s lunch ready. My hands are
