I woke up today with what felt like a mouth full of white school glue. My tongue, teeth and gums were coated with a  thick yucky film – I’ve never been so happy to brush my teeth. But it’s a small price to pay for dropping 18 pounds in just 144 hours. I want to…
We’ve officially decided to end our Water Fast on Sat. Jan 16th – Did I mention that Ray is fasting with me?? Oh yeah and he actually has a job that entails physical labor…. he’s rolling along just like me. Our combined weight loss (in just 5 days of fasting) is a whopping 31 pounds! Ray’s…
Despite a rough night, this morning was pleasantly surprising…. My fasting blood glucose reading dropped to a healthy-normal 83, Ketones are 2.1 (which puts me in the ketogenic, fat burning sweet-spot) and I lost another -2.2 pounds (-13.7 total weight loss). I am over joyed to see that my morning-fasting BG has dropped. Now I’ll be…
Tuesday, Day #3: I woke up at 4:30 am with a POUNDING headache and lower back pain. I felt awful, all of which is to be expected when fasting. My stats today were improved Morning BG 126, & Afternoon BG 86, Ketones 1.7 and I lost another -3.2 pounds (total fasting weight loss -11.5 pounds)…
It’s day #2 of my January Water Fast and I really want a cup of coffee. I’m not a habitual coffee drinker but I do enjoy a cup in the winter, especially on a cold morning like today. My first day (yesterday) was uneventful, I drank roughly 1.5 gallons of water total and hope to…
Rice, the lifeblood of so many nations’ cuisines, is perhaps the most ubiquitous food in the world. In Asia, where an estimated 90 percent of all rice is consumed, the pillowy grains are part of almost every meal. In the Caribbean, where the starch is often mixed with beans, it’s a staple too. Even here in the United States, where…
First of all, kudos to you for eliminating grains from you diet! As the author of the cookbook, Without Grain: 100 Delicious Recipes for Eating a Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Wheat-Free Diet, it’s obvious that I’m an advocate for eating a grain-free diet for health, but did you know that adding Fermented Foods to your grain-free way of eating is…
Did you know that you can boost your bodies natural (internal) SPF through supplementation?? And I’m excited to share with you, how we Prevent Sunburn with 6 Supplements! Most people are unaware that diet and nutrition plays a large part in getting a sunburn. And you may not realize that the amount of antioxidants that you have in…
I’m super excited to be sharing a guest post “Fat Is Back: Why Putting More Fat In Your Diet Is The Key To Good Health” from my friend, Dave Asprey (aka The Bulletproof Executive) and genius behind the Bulletproof Coffee revolution and author of one of my favorite new books The Bulletproof Diet! Oh and…
It may come as a shock to many of you that we don’t eat coconut oil very often anymore. And by very often I mean I can’t even remember the last time I cooked anything with coconut oil and since I’ve given up on caffeine while healing my adrenals, I’m not even having a Frothy…
You wake up with a small cluster of tiny, harmless-looking, white blisters, which quickly explode into a painful sore the size of Rhode Island. (OK, so maybe it just looks that big to you.) Many people get confused about whether they have a cold sore or a canker sore. But that confusion is easily cleared…
Failing vision is often accepted as a natural part of aging, but it’s really more of a side effect of our modern lifestyle. Aging does not automatically equate to decreased vision, provided you’ve properly nourished your eyes through the years. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness among the elderly, followed by cataracts….