Winter took a while to set in here in Asheville; November and December were unseasonably warm. But this past week saw our first snow and now the cold seems like it is officially here to stay. Winter can be a difficult time for many, but it can also be a time of great healing. The days…
How fortified milk created a generation of gluten intolerance and autoimmune
Are you one of the very few people who grew up drinking only whole raw milk? Not likely. My family bought our milk at a small local farm, but it was still pasteurized, homogenized, 2% milk fortified with vitamin D. About 100 years ago, only a small handful of distributors brought milk into the big…
What The Research Says About Diet and COVID (Plus Practical Nutrition Guide)
Eric levinson If you think you are already taking precautions and proactive about your health, you may be making even bigger mistakes than those who just eat the Standard American Diet and fast food. It has been my direct experience during the pandemic that many of the “healthiest” people were the ones with the most…
Kitchen Habits to Keep You On Track
As we go through our journey to become healthy the majority of our “work” starts in the kitchen. What sort of habits do you have when it comes to your kitchen space and eating? Some of these habits might be inherited family habits, some might be “bad” habits picked up through years of living alone,…
Everything You Need to Know About Estrogen
Most people think estrogen is just a female reproductive hormone. What they don’t know is that it’s really a stress hormone and when out of balance is a primary contributor to modern chronic diseases. And sometimes the harder we try to be “healthy” the worse we make this imbalance, because the modern food system has…