Supermarket Comedy Hour: food that makes ZERO sense

Ohhh, the supermarket. The Wegman’s Vortex and the Whole Foods Black Hole never cease to amaze. Every now and then the time comes to dump my dinosaur iPhone 1 photo cache, and combing through the accumulated ridiculousness is nothing if not an opportunity to exercise my eye roll. 1) Is this why they’re GMO-ing corn? […]

Diet or drugs? This report has it wrong.

A quote from this video, which takes me from wildly enthusiastic and encouraged to absolutely dumbfounded with the thought processes of our pharmaceutical-driven world in about five seconds: “But the researchers are quick to point out that what happened to the mice does not mean that people with kidney disease should switch to a high-fat diet, […]

Thoughts on body image

I have a LOT to say about my own body image (here, and here, and here). It seems to be a hot topic in the community right now – we moved from “low-carb” to “safe starches” to women’s health and body image considerations, and I’m happy to stay here for as long as we care to […]

Obesity, the weight of the nation, and what’s really behind the obesity epidemic

According to the well-intentioned yet somewhat Barn-Door-Oblivious HBO Documentary Weight of the Nation, the Center for Disease Control tracks the beginnings of our obesity epidemic to the early 1980s. What else happened in the early 1980s? Among other things, we began pillaging our diets of the NATURAL saturated fat and cholesterol that stabilizes our appetite […]

For my Dad.

  Happy Father’s Day, Dad. I am so very blessed to have you as my father. My doting, loving, hugging, supportive, stupid-movie-quoting father. (Mawwwiage!) Thank you for walking me all the way to the classroom door in elementary school. I have always felt fully supported, and that’s because I’ve always been fully supported. I’m so […]

What’s in your refrigerator?

I’m sure with the very – well, different dietary choices many of us make (cougheatingrealfoodcough) many of our loved ones are left wondering, What the heck is in their refrigerator? That was one of my early questions, before adopting a real food (like, REALLY real food – Paleo, Primal, junk-free, conventional-wisdom-busting) diet. I just knew that refrigerators were for cartons of milk, noodle […]

Where will I get Calcium on a Paleo diet?

This post was originally published in 2012. It has been revised, updated and republished! It’s inevitable. Those who choose to limit or eliminate dairy products, whether because they’re “Paleo,” allergic, or simply don’t like the stuff, get the concerned question from family and friends: “You don’t eat dairy?! But how do you get CALCIUM?”  They’re convinced […]

Balanced Bites Podcast #32: Women’s Health, part 2!

Remember – If you’re enjoying these podcasts, please leave us a review in iTunes. Thanks! Episode #32 focuses on questions we commonly receive from female listeners – but that does NOT mean No Boys Allowed! This information is applicable to all listeners! News: The Balanced Bites Podcast will now be released on THURSDAYS. Liz is […]

Balanced Bites Podcast – Episode 30 with Jimmy Moore!

Today Diane and I were fortunate to have Jimmy Moore of Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb on the Balanced Bites Podcast. Click here to download the episode as an MP3. The episodes are also available on iTunes, Stitcher & Blog Talk Radio. Jimmy has integrated Paleo principles into his long-running Low-Carb journey, and works tirelessly to help others do the same. […]

2 Days on Polyface Farm (goodbye, life as I knew it)

I’ve been quiet for a week or so, but for good reason. I’ve reached a turning point in my “Real Food” journey. It’s been “going” for awhile, but now it’s gaining greater direction. Months ago, I had a sudden realization: If all the grocery stores and all the markets and all the farmers went away, […]

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