Since beginning this 12 Steps to Change Everything, we’ve been working through my recommended foods to attempt to consume every day. These recommendations are outlined on our free Real Food Cheat Sheet printable. We’re almost done with the daily list! It’s easy to eat carbohydrates with meals, whether you make good choices like vegetables, fruit,…
Step #6: 5 Veggies
It’s Change #6 in our 12 Steps to Change Everything series: Eat 5 Veggies Every Day We all know we are supposed to eat more vegetables, so I don’t wish to pontificate on this one too much except to offer some fabulous recipes and resources for you in this post! The truth is there is…
Step #5 Cultured Foods
Do you eat “cultured” food? By “cultured”, I mean food that has been fermented in a way to develop- or culture- beneficial bacteria, yeast and other organisms that will enhance health. Our favorite examples of cultured foods are: yogurt kefir sauerkraut and lacto fermented vegetables lacto fermented juice kombucha tea Cultured food is our dietary…
Step #4 Eggs
Last week we discussed milk, but what about eggs? Many of the same issues with milk come with eggs, too. Eggs have received completely unnecessary and unscientific attacks from the nutrition world. There are also legitimate ethical concerns over modern egg production. Just like milk, the quality of eggs you choose makes all the difference,…
Step #3: Milk
Milk. Dietary angel or demon? Milk and eggs are the topic of Change #3 and Change #4 in our “12 Steps to Change Everything” series. As simple as these two foods should be, the nutrition world has yo-yo’ed back and forth with our minds and mouths over whether they are “healthy” or not. Some people believe…
Step #2: Vitamins
Do we really NEED vitamins? Yes, of course. Our bodies cannot survive without essential vitamins and minerals. Do we really NEED vitamin supplements? No, of course not. We can get essential vitamins and minerals from nutrient-dense foods! However, high quality nutritional supplements are a modern luxury that we SHOULD take advantage of. For optimal health, we should nourish our health…
Step #1: Follow Our Steps to REAL Health
Welcome to Change #1 in our “12 Steps to Change Everything” series! Our first change is to learn about our STEPS TO REAL HEALTH. WHY? After years working with families and clients, reading endless blogs with sensationalized headlines, getting frustrated with modern medicine and passionate health debates, I’ve landed on an approach to health and…
12 Steps to Change Everything for your Health
We believe in taking life and health changes one step- or change- at a time. Here are 12 simple health changes that are simple to implement and can potentially change everything as you pursue a healthier lifestyle. 12 Steps: Follow Our Steps to REAL Health Vitamins Milk Eggs Cultured Foods 5 Veggies Protein & Fat Broth…
Book Review: French Kids Eat Everything
I tend to be drawn to perspectives that fly in the face of mainstream thought and norms. When I found French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Fmaily Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters by Karen Le Billon, I added another notch in my…
3 Essential Salad Dressings
My philosophy on dieting and eating is to get married instead of getting divorced. When we focus on breaking up with foods we are passionately in love with, we are setting ourselves up for relapse and heart break. When we allow ourselves to fall deeply, madly in love with foods that we don’t ever have…