Doesn’t this cauliflower mash recipe look amazing? I am so excited about Ditch the Wheat Cookbook by my long time friend Carol Lovett! We go way back! You can see her success story here. She even lived at my house for a while during the shooting of her new beautiful cookbook, so I take all…
Autoimmune Paleo Approach Podcast with Sarah Ballantyne of The Paleo Mom
Autoimmune Paleo Approach Podcast – Autoimmune Paleo Approach Podcast with Sarah Ballantyne of The Paleo Mom We are delighted to welcome The Paleo Mom this week to the Health Nuts Podcast. An estimated 50 million Americans suffer from some form of autoimmune disease. If you’re among them, you may know all too well how little modern…
Top 20 Health Benefits of Gelatin: Helps prevent Arthritis, cellulite, stretch marks, wrinkles, brittle bones and more
I am so excited to be writing about the top 20 health benefits of gelatin! What is Gelatin? Gelatin is a translucent, colorless, brittle, flavorless solid substance, derived from collagen found in animal bones. It is commonly used as a gelling agent in food, pharmaceuticals, photography, and cosmetic manufacturing. It is found in most gummy…
Top 5 Ways to Heal Your Leaky Gut
From Grass Fed Girl: This is a guest post from my friend Rachel who I went to nutrition school with. I have been healing my leaky gut for several years after my Hashitmoto’s diagnosis. I have worked with many holistic doctors doing various dietary and supplemental protocols like the ideas listed below. When someone…
Is Low Carb Right for You? Podcast with Expert Nutritionist Maria Emmerich
Is Low Carb Right for You? – Is Low Carb Right for You? Welcome to the Healthnuts Podcast with certified holistic nutrition consultants Mary Vance & Caitlin Weeks. Our goal is to dispel mainstream nutrition myths and bring you the best in holistic health & real food education. NEW ON THE BLOGS/updates…
How To Regain Your Health After Hashimoto’s And Hypothyroidism
How To Recover Your Health After Hashimoto’s Growing up on a diet: My parents got divorced when I was 3 years old and I turned to food for comfort. By the time I was 6 years old I was in Weight Watchers. I was chubby in middle school while attending various weight loss endeavors. Then…
Nom Nom Paleo Food For Humans and Chris Kresser Personal Paleo Code Book Premier Parties
Janurary 4th, 2014 was a crazy awesome day because Nom Nom Paleo and Chris Kresser had their book premier party in San Francisco. It was so fun because all your favorite Paleo Bloggers were in one place. I was so excited to be invited to both of these parties because I have followed their work…
Keto Pom and Cream Jello (dairy and gluten free pomegranate gelatin)
Keto Pom and Cream Jello Pomegranates are a common food that is eaten in the Middle East and North Africa that are just as popular now as they were in with early Paleo cave people. They are tart and sweet at the same time but bursting with antioxidants. Foods with really deep colors such as…
Mediterranean Paleo Recipe Roundup (grain free and gluten free)
My husband is a Mediterranean Chef who grew up in North Africa eating traditional foods such as lamb, sardines and liver. He has been teaching me how to cook his favorite dishes for the past 7 years of our marriage. I have blogged several of his special recipes on my site adapting them to have…
Grain Free Italian Wedding Soup with Meatballs (Gaps, SCD, Paleo, Low Carb)
I recently had some ground meat in the fridge that needed to be cooked. I thought about it a while and decided to make Italian Wedding Meatball Soup but Paleo style without the added bread crumbs. This soup is also Paleo without many changes from the regular recipe and it is pretty naturally, low carb….
10 Ways To Keep Your Brain Healthy and Not Lose Your Marbles
Here is a great post about keeping your brain healthy into your later years. Many people do not realize that having lucidity long term brain has a lot to do with how we eat during our life. Nutrient poor diets full of processed foods coupled with fat phobia have created a new epidemic of dementia…
Busy Wife and Mom loses weight with Paleo diet!
Busy Wife and Mom loses weight with Paleo diet I was delighted to have one of my favorite cousins write a guest post for me. Her family tried Paleo because they heard about the anti-inflammatory benefits. The irony is that she tried Paleo for her husband originally, but got hooked on it after seeing so…
How to Source and Select Quality Grass Fed Beef for a Paleo or Real Food Diet
Hi, I’m Jason, and I blog over at Grassfed Geek. I first heard about Grass Fed Girl on the Balanced Bites podcast, and came to check it out! I had to reach out to Caitlin to say hello because it looks like we have a lot in common—right down to the alliteration in our blog…
Money Saving Idea for Using and Storing Fresh Herbs
Recently I stayed with my mother in law for two weeks in Algiers, Algeria. She sure knows her way around the kitchen and I learned a lot from her (more to come). She had 9 kids and cooked from scratch for them everyday. She can take the simplest ingredients and make them takes like heaven….
Paleo Diet Featured on Dr. Oz
Paleo Diet Featured on Dr. Oz – Paleo Diet Featured on Dr. Oz On Monday April 22, 2013 Dr. Oz will feature a segment about the Paleo diet. He will showcase some of my friends books on his show. Let’s hope he gives the Paleo diet a fair and balanced representation that it deserves….
Benefits of Turmeric: Helpful in Preventing Cancer, PMS, Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, Chronic Pain and More!
This is a guest post from my intern/assistant Coco: who is jazzed up about the benefits of Turmeric after studying it a lot in nutrition school. Be sure to follow her facebook page for more awesome info! It was great to be reminded of all the benefits of this powerful herb! Pop quiz: You’re in…
Fish Oil: Do’s and Don’ts
Fish Oil has been touted as a miracle anti-inflammatory in western and alternative circles for many years and it can have many health benefits if it is pure, fresh and from a good source. I think people should try to get your omega 3’s from eating wild fish from a great source a couple times…