Genetic testing can give us tremendous insight into our own health and, more importantly, our optimal diet and lifestyle choices given our genetic …
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Understanding Lyme Disease: A Primer
With 2017 predicted to be one of the riskiest years ever for Lyme-carrying ticks (thanks to an explosion in the mouse population last year that was …
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Wheat and Innate Immunity
Despite mainstream nutrition’s continued promotion of grain-based foods as part of a healthy diet, the evidence against wheat continues to grow (and …
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Why Fruit is a Good Source of Carbohydrates
With mounting research suggesting fructose is a major player in our chronic disease epidemics (see Why is High Fructose Corn Syrup Bad For Us? and Is …
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What They’re Saying About Collagen Veggie Blend Plus 5 Recipes!
When Vital Proteins approached me last Spring about collaborating on a brand-new product for the Paleo community, I saw an amazing chance to answer …
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Is Oxalate Sensitivity Real?
Oxalate is a type of organic acid salt that occurs naturally in many plant foods, and can also be produced endogenously (within our bodies) from the …
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Turmeric: The Full Scoop
One of the amazing things about spices is that they do way more than liven up our meals with delicious flavors: they can also help make us healthier. …
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Bone Broth Risks: Skim the Fat!
Between its abundance of gut-healing amino acids, its benefits for joints and skin, its awesome flavor, and its ability to warm us up on a cold winter …
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Guest Post by Dr. Terry Wahls: An Update from Dr. Wahls’ Research Lab
Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials. She is also a patient with secondary …
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Two Ways to Troubleshoot
I’ve dedicated a huge portion of my website, my books and really my business to the idea that we are capable of affecting massive change in our health …
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AIP Mindset: Optimism, Hope and Healing
No matter where we are in our healing journey, we've likely discovered that a positive mindset makes a world of difference in how we think, look and …
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AIP Mindset: Putting Myself First
As parents, friends and community members, we’re often pulled in a million different directions. In a culture that increasingly emphasizes hard work …
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DIY Collagen Veggie Blend
In case you haven't heard, I'm happy-dancing-around-the-kitchen excited about the launch of Dr. Sarah Ballantyne's Collagen Veggie Blend from Vital …
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AIP Mindset: Cooking is Not a Burden
If there’s one skill we all gain on the AIP, it’s cooking! When we’re focused on consuming only the most nutrient-dense, clean, anti-inflammatory, …
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15 Awesome AIP Snack Ideas + a Free Snack Guide!
We might be tempted into intimidation at the idea of putting together AIP snacks. Even if we’ve been Paleo for a while, avoiding old staples in the …
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AIP Mindset: Getting Beyond Feeling Deprived
This post is the first in a new series all about the mindset shifts that can help us heal on the AIP. I felt it was time to tackle mindset because I …
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Steroids: What To Do When You Need Them
Corticosteroids are man-made hormones similar to the cortisol naturally produced by our adrenal glands, typically prescribed for autoimmune conditions …
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Making Healthy Choices: What’s Your Currency?
The Autoimmune Protocol, or AIP, is a life-changing complementary approach to healing autoimmune disease that’s based on a somewhat radical notion: …
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20 Keys to Success on the Autoimmune Protocol
My good friends Mickey and Angie at autoimmune-paleo.com have created what they call AIP Evolved - A Manifesto, a collection of 20 key concepts that …
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7 Tips for Quick Eczema and Itchy Skin Relief – Guest Post by Jennifer Roberge
Itchy, irritated skin is no fun at all. When you feel the need to scratch, it’s like your hands are on autopilot. There is almost no reasoning with …
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Self Care and Healing From Chronic Illness (includes vlog)
There is increasing interest within the scientific and medical communities in something called self-management, a fairly loosey-goosey term for any …
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3 Time-Saving Strategies for the AIP
The Autoimmune Protocol is somewhat of a contradiction. On the one hand, if we’ve struggled with years of conflicting medical advice, prescription …
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4 Tips to Combat Eczema
Eczema is a tricky condition that affects an estimated 10-20% of infants in the U.S. And, though it's less common in adults (only about 3% of American …
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3 Reasons Why Olive Oil is Amazing
Olive oil has been used for centuries and is simply one of the least controversial fats in use no matter what our nutritional philosophy might be. …
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3 Keys for Beautiful Skin
We all crave beautiful skin! Whether it's a flawless complexion and radiant shine or just freeing ourselves from troublesome breakouts, skin health is …
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The Importance of Nutrient Density
While the Paleo Diet is often presented as a collection of foods to eliminate, its tenets go far beyond that list of foods to avoid. In fact, the …
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5 Ways to Improve Your Bedroom Environment for Sleep
There are SO many important and exciting studies coming out on sleep right now, and the reason is pretty simple: we're finally grasping the fact that …
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Are Microwaves Safe to Use?
Microwaves are a hot topic in the health community (pun intended!), and the internet is full of claims that they leak radiation, destroy nutrients, …
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Broth: Hidden Dangers in a Healing Food?
It’s no secret that I’m a huge broth fan! Between its helpful mineral content and abundance of important amino acids (especially proline and glycine), …
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Why Broth is Awesome
Have I mentioned lately how much I love bone broth? There’s a reason it’s been prized across numerous cultures and traditional societies, and not just …
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Recovery from Antibiotics
In the Paleo community, the idea of taking antibiotics is often frowned upon, and it’s easy to see why! A huge body of research shows that antibiotics …
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The Verdict on Psyllium Husks: Not Paleo!
With increasing frequency, unhealthful ingredients are creeping into recipes labeled as Paleo or food products catering to the Paleo community. Part …
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The Healing Kitchen is in Costco – get my FREE shopping guide!
Today I'm giving my readers a truly awesome resource to celebrate The Healing Kitchen making it into Costco stores around the country! This is an …
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Sleep and Disease Risk: Scarier than Zombies!
Friday morning at the Nutritional Therapy Association Annual Conference, which also just happened to also be World Sleep Day, I gave a keynote …
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Why Seaweed is Amazing!
Creative chefs have long known that seaweed is a tasty vegetable that can liven up a meal. But, it just so happens to be one of the most …
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Saturated Fat: Healthful, Harmful, or Somewhere In Between?
For decades, we’ve been warned that saturated fat is a dangerous substance capable of raising our cholesterol, clogging our arteries, and sending us …
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Because Fiber Wasn’t Awesome Enough: New Science Suggests Fiber Improves Sleep Quality!
You may or may not have seen a brief Facebook post I wrote about a week ago regarding an exciting hot-off-the-presses scientific paper that totally …
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Fructose and Vitamin D Deficiency: The Perfect Storm?
In my previous post, 5 Nutrients You’re Deficient In… If You Eat Too Much Sugar, I talked about the harmful effects of excess sugar on certain …
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The Best Foods and Nutrients to Support Liver Detox
In Part 1 of this series, I summarized the phases of liver detoxification and addressed the misconception of liver as a “sponge” for toxins due to its …
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What The Heck Does Our Liver Do Anyway? Detoxification Explained
There’s no organ our body that really “slacks off” (at least not without dire consequences!), but when it comes to the liver, to say it’s hard-working …
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The Power of Journaling for Positive Self-Change: Self-Monitoring Makes All the Difference
Recently, I proudly launched my new online program, Go to Bed: 14 Easy Steps to Healthier Sleep. This sleep guide is the most comprehensive resource …
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4 Awesome Resources to be Successful on an Autoimmune Protocol in 2016!
'Tis the season for countdowns and for resolutions, so I decided to combine those two ideas in a very special round-up:
This time of year, my inbox …
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Announcing the launch of Go To Bed: 14 Easy Steps to Healthier Sleep!!!!
Go To Bed: 14 Easy Steps to Healthier Sleep is a new online program and is quite simply the most comprehensive sleep guide ever created.
Go To Bed …
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The Healing Kitchen Review Round-up, Video Q&A, plus a last chance Giveaway!!
When Alaena Haber and I decided that we'd like to collaborate on a project, the question we asked is "what resource does the autoimmune community …
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Autoimmune Disease: A Road That Doesn’t Need To Be Walked Alone
The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) estimates that approximately 1 in 5 of us suffer from one or more of the 140+ diseases …
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Lunchbox Ideas for Back-To-School
It's finally here! With the impending Labor Day holiday, most children in the U.S. and Canada are headed back next week for another school year. …
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The New Science of Sleep-Wake Cycles (and How to Improve Yours!)
One of my favorite topics to research and to write about is how sleep (or lack thereof) affects our bodies. And, the more I learn about the necessity …
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The Health Benefits of Fermented Foods
Most of us are familiar with at least a handful of fermented foods (like sauerkraut or yogurt); but the history, variety, and benefits of fermentation …
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