Author: Roz

  Changes #2-#8 in our “12 Steps” series officially covered all the daily food requirements, in detail, from our Real Food Cheat Sheet printable. Hopefully by now you understand our silly collection of words on the cheat sheet: Violet Made Eloise Chew 5-Valuable Pickled Blue Feathers… That’s our funny sentence that helps us remember to eat: Vitamins, Milk, Eggs, Cultured foods, 5 Vegetables, Protein, Broth and Fat Do you...

  “A good broth will resurrect the dead.” Not really. That’s exclusively a job for Jesus. But apparently this is a traditional South American proverb because of bone broth’s amazing healing properties. A good bone broth is an incredible and essential food for every home. I’m thrilled the bone broth is gaining plenty of attention...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...