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Guest Post: Food and Mood – The Link Between Diet and Depression by Cheryl Harris, MPH, RD

Hi everyone. This week I’m pleased to share with you a great guest post by RD Chery Harris all about the link between diet and depression. Thanks Cheryl. -Michelle Food and Mood – The Link Between Diet and Depression By Cheryl Harris, MPH, RD www.harriswholehealth.com www.gfgoodness.com As an all-natural-kind of gal, I was delighted to […]

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Recipe: Chunky Monkey Banana Ice Cream

Have you heard of “Banana Soft Serve” or ”one ingredient ice cream’? Well this recipe is an adaption from those ice cream recipes (which are both simply just frozen and blended bananas!).Â This ice cream is really too good! And the main ingredient is Banana! I kid you not! Speaking of kids, I gave some […]

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An Objective Look At Phytic Acid: Actions, Sources + Dephytinization Methods

There is a lot of talk these days about the enzyme phytase, phytic acid and how we can neutralize these anti-nutrients from certain foods such as legumes and cereal grains. The process of eliminating these anti-nutrients, seems to have been popularized much due to the Weston A Price Foundation and Sally Fallon’s book Nourishing Traditions […]

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Recipe: Spicy Chickpea Curry with Cucumber Raita

I’ve noticed lately I’ve been posting quite few sweet recipes and not very many savoury recipes. And what kind of Health Food Lover would I be if I didn’t post savoury recipes? So here is a healthy savoury curry recipe and it’s a vegetarian recipe one to boot! This is a curry made out of […]

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Recipe: Fermented Buckwheat Pancakes with Biodynamic Currants & Cultured Butter

Certain food preparations can help increase nutritional content of foods. Such food preparations include sprouting (see: sprouted wheat crepes, sprouted sunflower seeds, sprouted wheat cookies), soaking and fermenting (see: guest post on fermented foods, ) grains, nuts, seeds and legumes. These practices are all beneficial as they help to neutralize anti-nutrients as well as increase […]

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Wholesome Whole Foods #19- 8th of October

Welcome To Wholesome Whole Foods Happy Friday Everyone and Welcome to this weeks edition of Wholesome Whole Foods! Another week gone, another week to be healthy for our mind and bodies! What is Wholesome Whole Foods all about? Wholesome Whole Foods is a blog carnival where you can share your wholesome, healthy, real food posts. […]

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Banana & Coconut Ice Cream (Vegan, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free)

I just made a batch of Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Sugar-Free Soft Serve Banana & Coconut Ice Cream! Of course I won’t tell you that it tastes exactly like a dairy-based ice cream, but what it does taste like is creamy and delicious! It’s better than you may think! (Give it a try and let me […]

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Giveaway: Winner of Ani’s Raw Food Essentials

Hi Everyone. Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway to win Ani’s Raw Food Essentials! You all had some great answers. And the winner is (chosen via random.org)… Henria O. Congrats Henria O. ! I’ll be contacting you soon! – – – By the way, for those that haven’t seen this, check out fellow […]

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Wholesome Whole Foods #18- 1st of October

Welcome To Wholesome Whole Foods Happy Friday Everyone and Welcome to this weeks edition of Wholesome Whole Foods! Another week gone, another week to be healthy for our mind and bodies! Ps. Sorry for missing last weeks carnival! Blog Carnival Buttons: What is Wholesome Whole Foods all about? Wholesome Whole Foods is a blog carnival […]

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Happy 1 Year of Health Food Lover- Four Giveaways!!- Jaffa Cake Recipe with Jaffa Frosting

My Blog has turned 1! So the time has come, my little ol’ blog has finally turned one year! It’s all grown up! Thank you to everyone who has been reading my blog since I first began it on September 27th 2009. I originally started this blog because I had created a whole lot of […]