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Informed Consent for Medical Treatment – What Are Your Rights?

Over the last week I’ve been having some involved discussions with people about the topic of conventional medicine steamrolling the alternative sector of health. If you have a health issue and you seek help from a conventional doctor, what are the chances that you’ll be offered a full range of choices about your health condition? […]

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Deceptions in the Food Industry: Low-Sodium and No Salt Added

As we continue in the Deceptions in The Food Industry series, today we’re talking about salt. Has your doctor advised you to lower your salt intake for your health? If so, there are a few things you ought to know about processed foods in the stores, many of which claim to be healthier because the […]

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Rawesome Foods Raid: The Insanity of the U.S. Legal System

For the last several years, there’s been a big stir in the news about raids on raw dairy farmers.  On August 3rd, 2011 the latest raid at gunpoint conducted by the L.A. Sheriff’s office, the CDC, and the FDA occurred on the premises of Rawesome Foods, a buyer’s club in Venice, CA. The picture at […]

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Why Our Family Chooses Raw Over Pasteurized Milk

If you are still wondering about raw milk, now’s the time to give it a try! It is one of the most complete, healthy foods you can consume and provides many critical nutrients we are missing in our modern diets. Our family has been drinking it for 4 years and it’s been one of the […]

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What I Think of Meatless Mondays

The term “Meatless Mondays” has become synonymous in health communities with “going green” and having a lesser impact on the environment, and its supposed positive effect on human health. You’ll see this highly marketed term used in many places, and especially where vegetarian diets are promoted.  While I’m not necessarily being critical of vegetarian diets, […]

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Deceptions in the Food Industry: Whole Grains

In this installment of Deceptions in the Food Industry, I’m going to talk about “whole grains”, a term which has received a great deal of abuse both on product labels and in recommendations for better health from mainstream health professionals. In the past, the Food Pyramid told us to eat 6-11 servings of grains per […]

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Healthy Living Healthy Meat Real Food

Deceptions in the Food Industry: Lean Meats

Continuing on with Deceptions in the Food Industry series, last week I talked about the term “natural” on food labels and how misleading it is. This week I’m covering the myths about “lean meats” touted by so many conventional health experts. Modern, developed societies have cultivated a fear and avoidance of fatty animal products. Doctors […]

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Deceptions in the Food Industry: Low-Fat Foods

In this new series, I’m going to show you the fallacies of processed foods, and the claims made on the labels of many foods you will find in the grocery store. One by one, I’ll go through various types of packaged foods you may recognize and eat, and may even be under the false assumption […]

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Cholesterol and Why Statin Drugs are Harmful

  For decades, health experts have told us to watch our cholesterol levels, lower our intake of saturated fats, and consume low-fat diets. An estimated 102 million Americans have cholesterol levels higher than 200. More than 20 million Americans are on statin drugs to lower cholesterol. In theory, if we were following recommendations from doctors, […]

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Breaking the Eating-While-Stressed Cycle

On this web site, we talk a lot about eating real food, being mindful of what substances we put into our bodies, and how it affects us. But it’s also important to remember to slow down and stop to eat a nourishing meal, without stress. Stress can affect us in so many negative ways, more […]