Real food for Pregnancy is a MUST-READ for every pregnant person! It’s something to be kept at the bedside throughout your entire pregnancy and beyond. It has well-researched information regarding dietary recommendations, nutrient needs and countless other tips that I haven’t found collected together anywhere else. Most importantly, for me,Continue Reading
Strawberries & Cream Lactation Bites These no-bake snack bites contain oats and brewer’s yeast, both of which tend to encourage milk production. But they’re not just for lactating mothers- they can be used as energy bites for anyone (I might keep some at my bedside for midnight feedings!) I used mixed nut and seed butter IContinue Reading
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon: A Book Review Find the book on Amazon here PROs Sally Fallon does an excellent job detailing what ancestral nutrition is and explaining how traditional practices can maximize the nutrient density of foods and beverages. She reviewed the lipid hypothesis and how our country cameContinue Reading
Breakfast Enchiladas (with and without meat) Recipe makes approximately 22 small enchiladas (6 egg/veggie, 16 with meat) 2 bell peppers chopped 1 large onion, chopped Olive oil for cooking (or cooking fat of choice) 10 eggs 1/4 cup milk of choice 1/2 of a 15-oz can black beans, rinsed andContinue Reading
Fertility-related books Awakening Fertility: The Essential Art of Preparing for Pregnancy Beautiful Babies: Nutrition for Fertility, Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Baby’s First Foods Taking Charge of your Fertility How to Conceive Naturally and Have a Healthy Pregnancy after 30 Woman Code: Perfect your Cycle, Amplify your Fertility, Supercharge your Sex DriveContinue Reading
Why Stomach Acid is Good For You: Natural Relief from Heartburn, Indigestion, Reflux and GERD (Click the link above to grab this book!) I remember previously reading related articles and hearing podcast hosts recite the benefits of stomach acid, but this book has shed a bright light on how integralContinue Reading
The menstrual cycle has 4 phases: the follicular phase, the ovulatory phase, the luteal phase and the menstrual phase. Below, I will break down the average lengths, the hormone activity and the effects on your mood and lifestyle that each phase is likely to have. I even address which foodsContinue Reading
There is a wildly popular misconception that “if you eat fat, you’ll get fat.” This is an incredibly damaging myth based on reductive and blatantly false science, and it has actually contributed to the obesity epidemic. When the concept of fat making people fat became popular, there was a fundamentalContinue Reading
Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes Buy it here This book was eye opening, largely because the answer referred to in the title is shockingly simple: carbs. But not just any carbs- refined sugar, flours, and starchy and sweet foods. This shouldn’t really be news to any of us,Continue Reading
The End of Illness by David B. Agus, M.D. (Buy it here) My rating: 7/10 To be honest, I was nervous about this book and whether I would agree with the philosophies in it. I had just read Super Immunity which had lots of dogma and recommendations with which IContinue Reading