[A note from Emily: I’ve written extensively before about gelatin as a superfood for beauty, and in this post my fellow acupuncturist, Leslie Murphy, takes it a step further with the health benefits of collagen supplements – one of my favorite ways to reap the benefits of gelatin.] I try to make every dollar stretch
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Is Sourdough Bread Healthy?
Is sourdough bread healthy? I’ve written about why I prefer white rice over brown, so you may or may not be surprised to read that I actually prefer white bread too. I found that real sourdough white bread is the easiest for me to digest. In this post, Naomi Huzovicova shares why sourdough is WAY better
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6 Surprising Health Benefits of Fermented Foods
I’ve written lots before on the health benefits of fermented foods, and for good reason. Apart from weird crunchy mamas like me who serve my kids sauerkraut with breakfast, make my own cultured ketchup, and have kombucha brewing on my countertop, fermented foods are a part of traditional diets that have been all but forgotten in our modern convenience-driven way of life. I believe
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Is Leaky Gut Syndrome Making You Fat, Tired and Sick?
Do you ever just feel ick, blah, BLECH? I know way too many folks who go through their days feeling exhausted and unwell on a regular basis with headaches, mood swings, digestive upset and more. Days like this can snowball, and before you know it, you start to look pudgy and your clothes fit a bit snug. Dark
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What Do Your Food Cravings Really Mean?
Ah, food cravings. You ever have one of those moments when you want a chocolate Ritter Sport bar so badly, that you NEED it? You must have it so badly that you will get out of bed in your jammies and drive down a windy mountain road to get to the store minutes before they
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Get A Beauty Boost With This Surprising Superfood
Earlier today, I was flipping through my copy of The Gelatin Secret, my friend Sylvie’s beautiful new ebook. I was planning on writing up a nice post for you on how gelatin can strengthen bones, improve brain function, or heal gut health – all super fascinating stuff. Then I came upon the section on gelatin for beauty…
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Soy is Not a Smart Solution for Menopausal Symptom Relief
Call me a scrooge, but I’m not personally a fan of those cynical ‘over-the-hill’ birthday cards that lament each passing year as an embarrassing inevitability. Having lost my dad to cancer when he was only 57 and I was still a teen, I have a deep respect for the privilege of growing older. While I
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Do You Have A Stressed Or Nourished Metabolism?
If you’re anything like me, you may have times in your life when you wonder if your metabolism is broken. You may have thought, “What’s with that odd collection of weight around my middle [or another area of the body] that I never had before and won’t seem to go away regardless of what I
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7 Surprising Foods to Balance Your Hormones
As a grown up, I’ve become somewhat of an expert in hormones, but I really wish I understood more about women’s health growing up. Those sex-ed classes were pointless. And as a teen, my hormones were a hot mess. Dermatologists assured me there were no specific foods to balance hormones to improve my awful acne
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Meal Planning On Steroids (In A Good Way)
Over the years, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with meal planning. Love the organization, but hated feeling like my life was so… regimented and inflexible. So I begged my uber geeky husband to help me out and create a meal planning tool that works for my real, imperfect, and often chaotic life – and yours
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Is Coffee Good For You After All?
I recently saw a collection of studies that showed that drinking coffee is good for you – and consuming up to 6 cups per day (!) was linked to less diabetes, suicide risk, gall stones, stroke, Alzheimer’s and prostate cancer. Dang. While I don’t feel a bit guilty when I enjoy a latte a few
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Why I Don’t Use Cast Iron Pans
Most real food foodies I know practically worship their cast iron pans, and I don’t blame you if you fall in that camp. This cookware is cheap, traditional, and (allegedly) healthier. Cast iron pans have been used for hundreds of years. They tend to retain heat for cooking and can be used over an open
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