Everything you need to know to be/stay healthy!

Great 5 minute video on how/ what people need to eat. Funny, clear, and totally accurate!

Please please watch!

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OK, now that you have watched, you may ask, "But Karen, I live in the middle of a major city! My best friend is not an organic rancher/farmer. I feel confused as to how to implement this into my life!"

Have I ever left you hanging?

First is to start simple. What is most important to you? Is it the reduction of sugar and grains in your diet? That's a good start. Start slow! Begin with sugary grains: cereal (even the "healthy" kind), no cake/ pie/ cookies for dessert, no waffles, pancakes (recipe for Primal Pancakes to follow). Set a limit for yourself at first, say you only allow yourself 2 slices of whole grain bread per day (I like this). You can then choose a piece of toast with your soft boiled eggs for breakfast, then a half sandwich with soup/salad for lunch. That means dinner will be veggies, protein, fruit dessert. (And maybe some organic chocolate... but I never said that...or a glass of wine...I never said that either...)

Maybe the first place to start is with manufactured food-type products. Raid your kitchen and get rid of boxes of things with more than 5-8 ingredients, packages that contain the direction "just add water". Canned soups (full of aluminum and sodium), foil wrapped "bars" (protein, breakfast, energy, meal replacement), pop-tarts, etc. You get the picture. How you get rid of it is up to you- donate it, toss it, have a "food-type product" funeral!

Margarine! Toss it! The last thing any of us need is more of this ambiguously named "vegetable oil". My Anatomy and Physiology instructor called margarine "tumor in a tub". Try ghee (clarified butter) or raw butter (Organic Pastures at Whole Foods).

Interested in fully grass/ pastured/ organic meat? A friend (Hi Elise!) sent me this great link, it's a guide to all grass fed animal ranches in the US. Get some friends and family together and place an order.

Revisit/ watch this 15 minute video I posted the other day.

Chant with me; "Leaf-y greens! Leaf-y greens!" Add handfuls of spinach to scrambled eggs, steam kale and serve with your favourite salad dressing (homemade preferably- dressing is crazy easy to make). A quote I read about kale, said by an MD, made me laugh out loud "Kale makes colon cancer cells commit suicide."

More to follow...stay tuned!

Supermarkets

Again, another link to cardiologist Dr. Davis' blog. This one is actually mainly a comment from a reader about a recent trip to a conventional grocery store. Around Thanksgiving last year was my first trip into a mainstream grocery store. It was 10:00 at night, and I had realized we didn't have any more water. We popped out to grab just enough to get us through until I could access the Culligan dispenser at a local health food store and fill our glass jugs. It was such an unreal experience! First was the smell...acidic chemical detergents burned my nostrils, hyper-colors burst off the cereal boxes. The meat section had a sour, old blood smell. The cosmetic and hair "care" section was overwhelming. WOW! After years of shopping Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, farmers markets...what a difference. No wonder so many people do not know what food really is!

On to the link.

Here is another link to a "Mom and Pop" ranch in Texas, committed to raising animals for consumption according to the laws of nature.