In the first article of this series we talked about the negative impact of 4 common food toxins: wheat, industrial seed oil, fructose and processed soy. In the second article we discussed which fats, carbohydrates and proteins are the best source of fuel for your body. In this article we're going to importance of eating real food.
"Real food" is:
Whole, unprocessed and unrefined
pasture-raised (a.k.a. grass-fed) and wild
local, seasonal and organic
Let's look at each of these ...
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I hope you all had happy holidays and are off to a great start this year. I thought I'd share a few thoughts that have been bouncing around my head lately, stimulated most recently by two articles written by fellow health bloggers.
Don Matesz over at Primal Wisdom wrote a thought-provoking piece on the hormone composition of grass-fed and factory-farmed meat. In it he argues (convincingly, I might add) that meat from ...
You've probably noticed that I haven't been able to write as much lately for the blog. I've been incredibly busy with my private practice, launching the Paleo Detox program, preparing and delivering talks locally, developing new content like ongoing class series and an eBook, and of course continuing my research on various topics.
I've got one more article to write for the series on diabesity. I'll discuss what I believe to be the most effective ...
Make sure to check out part I of "Why grass-fed is best" for the environmental and ethical benefits of pasture-raised animal products.
In part I we reviewed the environmental and ethical benefits of pasture-raised animal products, along with some general information about why they are more nutritious. In this article, we'll look more specifically at exactly why grass-fed animal products are superior to commercially-raised alternatives.
Meat
Meat from grass-fed animals has two to four times more omega-3 fatty ...
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