If you're busy or on a budget (or both), meal planning is a must. Throwing together meals at the last minute can be fun and I highly recommend doing it on occasion just to bring a flavor of spont...
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This whipped coconut oil recipe is the perfect moisturizer for summertime (or when you wish it was summertime!). Key lime pie is one of my favorite desserts, so it comes as no surprise that I rat...
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If you had a time machine, what would you do? Well, a number of things come to mind, but I would definitely pop back in time to December 2003 and hand myself a copy of the new Beautiful Babies bo...
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What is margarine? It shows up in the food aisle at your local grocery store, but does that make it food? My cats don't think so. And neither do I. What is Margarine? A Message from the Barn Cats...
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Whew, what a way to kick off 2013! January was an exciting month for The Nourished Life. For one thing, I began work on my first eBook The Nourished Metabolism, which will launch sometime in Marc...
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Sigh. Nothing can pull a girl's heartstrings like a good recipe for chocolate peanut butter bars. As a lifelong fan of Reese's peanut butter cups, I've always wanted to find a way to indulge my c...
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Learning to eat to increase your metabolism can be a long and complicated journey. At least, that's what I used to think. It turns out the solution might be a lot more simple than I previously th...
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Do you have cold hands and feet? Are you armed with a stockade of assorted thermal socks and slippers just to keep your toes from freezing? Do your fingers feel like icicles even when other peopl...
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How many eBooks can you buy for $39? Most of the time, not even one! I'm all for learning more about living a healthy, nourished life, but a girl's gotta have a budget (at least this one d...
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Contrary to all those catchy commercials, you don't need to use expensive products and toxic chemicals to clean your home, ease a cough, or soften your skin. Lemon juice can replace countless bot...
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Coffee every day? You bet. There are some things we hate to love. And some we love to hate. Coffee is both. People talk about the evils of coffee in the same way they talk about addictions to met...
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This is Part 3 in a series on high serotonin. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 here. Questions are one of the only things in life that come in unlimited quantities. Ask any four-year-old. I certainly ...
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Want to get soft hands? Yeah, me too. I've often heard that nothing gives away your age more than your hands. But expensive hand creams aren't the answer. They can be loaded with chemical fillers...
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This is Part 2 of a series on high serotonin. Check out Part 1 and Part 3 if you want to learn more. After my disturbing experience with 5-HTP and tryptophan supplements (read about that here), I...
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This is Part 1 in a series on high serotonin. Check out Part 2 and Part 3 to learn even more. A vast majority of anti-depressant drugs, natural treatments for depression, and much of how the main...
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One of the biggest misconceptions I see in the health world is that unrefined automatically equals better. This isn't always the case, especially with coconut oil. The refined vs. unrefined cocon...
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During the warm months, my mission is simple: avoid bug bites whenever possible. And living in the humid south makes this a challenge. When I was a kid, it meant spraying liberal quantities of OF...
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High blood sugar is bad. Carbohydrates raise blood sugar. Therefore carbohydrates are bad. The theory is simple, and yet incredibly flawed. The truth is, you can have chronically high blood sugar...
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The rebellious teen is a cookie cutter stereotype if there ever was one, partly because it's based in reality. You know those in-between years when we battle between lingering immaturity and the ...
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If you want to wage war against food, there are plenty of ways to do it. We have vegans, who writhe in disgust at the thought of eating animal foods. And we have meatatarians, who eat animal food...
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Does your moisturizer make you nervous? Let me guess: it's either filled with questionable ingredients or wildly expensive. Or both. Like you, I've been seeking a natural alternative to th...
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Food affects our moods. This concept is well known in the real food community and I've written about it several times myself. It's also an idea that hits close to home for me, because the reason ...
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How do I love thee, butter? Oh, let me count the ways... 1. Butter is real. I love food that doesn't need an ingredient list. And butter is as simple as it comes: cream. That's it. No hydrogenati...
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While your garden may be sleeping for most of the coming winter, plenty of tasks can be done to prepare for next spring. It may not seem like it, but this is the perfect time to begin preparing t...
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It’s no mystery why carrots are one of the most popular vegetables grown in the home garden: they're easy to grow and healthy to eat. Carrots are also one of the most versatile vegetables in th...
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