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How Conventional Bacon & Hot Dogs Are Made

You may have seen on twitter or facebook that I’ve been making my own bacon..it is not only delicious, but it is MUCH better for you than ordinary bacon you can find at the shops. But let’s review how CONVENTIONAL bacon is made first… How Conventional Bacon Is Made: According to the above video, commerical (non [...]

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Book Review: ‘The Healthy Skin Diet’ By Karen Fischer (Plus An Adapted Recipe)

Today I’m reviewing a book that I’ve been reading lately (and trying recipes from) called The Healthy Skin Diet: Your Complete Guide to Beautiful Skin in Only 8 Weeks! by Australian Nutritionist Karen Fischer (BHSc. Dip. Nut.). You may recognize Karen’s name from my review and giveaway of her Children’s health book called ‘Don’t Tell [...]

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

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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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Guest Post/Q & A with Nutritionist Karen Fischer on Healthy Skin

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Most of us want beautiful, glowing healthy skin. But how do we achieve that? Our skin is part of our first line of defense and to keep up that part of our immune system it needs to be a strong barrier in order to protect us from pathogens, so we must keep it healthy. Here, [...]

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Introducing a New Course to Help You Master Cooking Wild Seafood and Grass Fed Meats

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Do you ever get stuck wondering how to cook certain meats, certain ways? Or do you need a bit of inspiration for cooking meats? Do you want to know how to cook organ meats or seafood? How about grass fed meats? Well I’m here to tell about a new online cooking course called SURF & TURF soon to start which will tell us all that and more!

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Guest Post: Five Tips for Starting a Gluten-Free Diet by Amy Green

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Amy Green author of ‘Simply Sugar & Gluten Free’ gives us 5 big and helpful tips on how to start a gluten free diet.

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Book Review + Recipe: Ani’s Raw Food Essentials

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Wanna know what I think of raw-food-goddess,Ani Phyo’s latest book, Raw Food Essentials? Read on to find out!

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Guest Post: Catching on to omega 3’s with Emma Stirling APD

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Hey Everyone. I’m so happy to have Emma Stirling, an Australian Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD), guest posting for you today. I hope you all enjoy her post on omega 3s. To read more about Emma, have a read at the end of the post. – – – Guest Post: Catching on to omega 3’s with [...]

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A Little Kitchen Tweak To Help You Get More Greens In Your Diet + Recipe

Do you have trouble getting dark leafy greens in your diet? Sautéing your greens is a great little fast and tasty trick to help you eat more of those good-for-you-greens! If you sautée with a little bit of fat such as olive oil, butter, ghee or coconut oil this can actually help you to absorb [...]

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Like What I’m Blogging? Thank Me By ‘Buying Me A Cup Of Tea’

You may have noticed that I have removed the ads from the front page sidebar of my blog (except the directory website badges which I have to keep there). I have however moved them to a page called Recommended Products. I’ve added the bookstore and health products because there are so many good books about [...]

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