Cooking fats are an essential part of many recipes. Whether you’re pan searing a steak, frying up some scrambled eggs, or sautéing some veggies, you’re going to use some kind of animal fat or vegetable oil in the recipe. However, after you’ve finished consuming that very tasty meal, do you know if that fat you used…
Wellness
How I’m Beating Sarcopenia With Weight Training
Did you know that if you’re over 30 years old you’ll start losing muscle mass every year? It’s true, you will. The normal human aging process dictates that everyone, at some point, in their thirties will begin losing muscle and that loss will continue through out your life. If you’re an especially active person or someone…
How To Make Super-Nutritious Sauerkraut
In this post, you’ll learn about the many important benefits of sauerkraut. I’ve included a step-by-step guide with recipe tips, beautiful photos, and a video showing how to make it. You’re going to love this sauerkraut. There’s nothing like the taste of homemade. Today, I’m excited to share a step-by-step tutorial for making your own…
How To Make Delicious 24-Hour Probiotic Yogurt
Do you eat 24-hour probiotic yogurt?
Well, if you’re one of three million Americans who have celiac disease, or if you’re one of seven hundred thousand people who have ulcerative colitis, or if you’re one of the twenty-five to forty-five million people in the U.S. suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, or you’re someone that is taking or has taken a lot of antibiotics, then you probably should be eating this healthy yogurt.
How 24-Hour Probiotic Yogurt Can Help Improve Your Health
When you were first diagnosed with celiac disease (CD), you probably began to follow a diet of elimination and replacement. You eliminated all foods from your diet that contained gluten and replaced them with similar gluten free (GF) ones. You eliminated all medicines and supplements that contained gluten and replaced those. You eliminated all cosmetics…
Why Many Celiacs Don’t Completely Heal On A Gluten Free Diet
You’ve just been diagnosed as an adult with celiac disease (CD). Your doctor tells you that in order to prevent further damage to your intestines and to heal properly you must go on a strict gluten-free (GF) diet. You leave the doctor’s office very unhappy with the prescription but relieved that you might have found an…
Stay Healthy This Winter: How To Increase Humidity In Your Home
When I was a kid, I would suffer the same things every winter. I’d have terribly dry skin and plugged sinuses, and I’d wake up every morning with a dry scratchy throat. I was definitely not a fan of northeastern winters. My family’s heating system was the cause of my suffering. Our home was heated by…
How To Make Beef Bone Broth (And Why It’s Good For You)
The days are growing colder here in the Northeast, and winter is nearly upon us. That means it’s also nearly cold and flu season. Drinking a steaming mug of beef bone broth is a wonderful way to strengthen your immune system during these months. In fact, bone broth is such a wonderful health-boosting food that my family and I love drinking it year round.
Should Celiacs Purchase A Nima Gluten Sensor?
How many of us celiacs have been terrified of eating out because we just don’t know if our food will be contaminated with gluten? What if someone developed a machine that could test your food before you ate it to determine if there was gluten in it or not? Boy, would that relieve a lot a stress,…
How I Overcame My Fear of Going Gluten Free
My husband, John, is visiting the blog today with this article about overcoming the fear of going gluten free. – Barbara I was at a business meeting recently where the conversation turned to diets. When I made the suggestion that eliminating bread and pasta would not be the worst thing in the world, everyone looked at…
Is There Arsenic In Your Rice?
My husband, John, is visiting the blog today with this informative article. ~ Barbara Does the rice you eat contain arsenic? Unfortunately, it does. As it turns out all rice contains some amount of arsenic. Unfortunately, for those on a gluten-free diet, rice is often used as a substitute for wheat. This means that your consumption of arsenic-containing rice…
Is Your Lipstick Gluten-Free?
An article by Nicole on whether we should be using gluten free makeup. When I adopted a completely gluten free diet, it was quite an adventure making sure that every product that I bought did not contain any gluten. Gluten is a composite of proteins found in wheat. And let’s face it. It can be quite sneaky. Imagine…
Getting Healthy: My Fitness Routine
My husband, John, is visiting the blog today with an article about his fitness routine ~ Barbara Three years ago I wouldn’t have believed it was possible. Even a year ago I didn’t think it was possible. At 58 years old, I’m back in the gym lifting weights. WOW! After being unable to do any strength training…
6 Ways Resistance Training Makes You Healthier
My husband, John, is visiting the blog today with an article about the many benefits of resistance training. ~ Barbara “I don’t want to feel sick anymore. I want to feel better!” That was my constant lament during the years of suffering with non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Those of you who…
Is Sarcopenia Stealing Your Strength and Your Life?
My husband, John, is visiting the blog today with an article about resistance exercise. ~ Barbara Two winters ago I was finally starting to recover from the effects of non-celiac gluten sensitivity. You can read my story here. My 25-year bout of chronic fatigue was abating to the point where I felt I was ready to engage in…