nutrition

Wise Traditions London 2011 – DVDs Available Now

With the Wise Traditions conference here in the US just around the corner I thought it appropriate to post this series of DVDs from the London 2011 Conference. Great series. Samples from many of the talks are available on Vimeo here. Unfortunately I’m not gonna be at the conference this year. Too much going on! I am just barely getting back on my feet after a week of a biodynamic craniosacral therapy training followed by the Raw Milk Rally with Michael Schmidt on day 33 of his hunger strike. Thanks be to God he is eating again now.

Epigenetics: Is Our Health Determined By Our Genes?

Epigenetics: Is Our Health Determined By Our Genes?

We are starting to hear more and more about epigenetics now that the genome has been mapped. It turns out that environment etc actually does have as much an impact on us as our genes. (Most of us are not in the slightest surprised), it also turns out that what we do nutritionally can affect our chil ...

I’m No Patriot

I’m No Patriot

I have a confession to make, I'm no patriot. In fact the very idea makes me nauseous. This is a post I have been thinking about writing for a long time now in the interest of transparency--but have been avoiding it as I know it will probably piss a lot of people off. To be honest I have a lot of co ...

How to Get a Meal for A Dollar

How to Get a Meal for A Dollar

The Internet Celebrities bring you the amazing Bronx bodega and how to get a full three to four course meal for $1.25! One of them even keeps within the 'yellow food group' and they release a whole new food pyramid for bodega shoppers (by the way you can buy a t-shirt with this food pyramid on it he ...

Natural Diet – Masanobu Fukuoka

Natural Diet – Masanobu Fukuoka

The One-Straw Revolution is Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about natural food and farming. It is a collection of short essays that were translated from Japanese. Masanobu was trained as a scientist, but rejected modern agribusiness and centuries of agriculture lore. He perfected what he called the "do ...

Big Pharma’s Weak Link

Big Pharma’s Weak Link

A while back I discovered Sepp Hasslberger's website which has an amazing amount of resources and information about a wide variety of topics. He recently posted a discussion he had with some friends on facebook about health reform and how to have health reform when there was a whole underlying probl ...

Starting The GAPS Diet

Starting The GAPS Diet

Most of my life I have been excessively healthy. No cavities, never sick, and with rapid healing powers so that I have no scars despite the multitude of oven burns and other disasters that being a chef generally involve (I have chopped off the tip of my left pointer finger several times--but you wou ...

Guidelines to Choosing a Good Probiotic

Guidelines to Choosing a Good Probiotic

As we all know the supplement industry is run by greed and money almost to the same degree as the pharmaceutical industry (if that's possible). I personally believe that we can get everything we need from our food, but at times we may not be able to afford to buy all organic or from farmers markets, ...

Blame it on Genetics

Blame it on Genetics

After reading Anna's positive experiences with the GAPs diet I ordered the book and have just finished reading it, I have tried a lot of diets over the years especially after living in a moldy apartment in Wellington, NZ which has resulted in problems with my digestive tract ever since. November las ...

Carrot, Blueberry and Spaghetti Squash Muffins

Carrot, Blueberry and Spaghetti Squash Muffins

My copy of Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride arrived last week and over the weekend I had leftover spaghetti squash. On page 149 I found a recipe for egg-free bread/cake/muffins which called for mashed squash. Spaghetti squash is a little watery so it comes out quite dense, ...