Healthy Living

STEP 1 EAT WELL & BE FREE – PURGE (Premium)

STEP 1 – Purge WELCOME to FARM FRESH FOR LIFE! Over the next few days you will be receiving our simple 3-step plan to help you eat well, get slim & healthy and be free from dieting.  Here’s the overview:  STEP 1:  PURGE – clean out the house & start…

Is Your Home Toxic?

Is Your Home Toxic? Did you know that outdoor air pollution has been classified as a carcinogen (more on that here & here & here)?  This means it causes cancer (Source:  International Agency for Research on Cancer).  Of course, air pollution varies from place to place.  Heavily populated locations have…

Top Reasons For Bread Fails (Premium)

Top Reasons for Bread Fails I want you guys to know that I am not selling the products mentioned in this post and making a profit (although I probably should be- LOL).  The products I’m recommending are the ones I use in my home and I love them.   Sometimes I…

A Healthy Perspective on Fat (Premium)

A Healthy Perspective on Fat. Most folks think that fat makes you fat.  It sounds logical enough. If you lived through the 80’s and 90’s you probably went on a ‘fat-free’ diet at least once.  This was the big trend back then. So we all ate baskets of fat-free bread,…

Are You Addicted to Sugar?

Are You Addicted to Sugar? I was. And, I didn’t even know it. That was almost 2 years ago. Things are different now… I pretty much live in this world where I just won’t eat food unless it’s real.  My 10-year-old son gave me a Twix bar the other day….

6 Healthy Tips for Spring (or anytime)

6 Healthy Tips for Spring  Although the sun is now shining and the daffodils are about to appear, the worst season of the year (for sicknesses) may be around the corner.  Spring can be tough for allergy sufferers and anyone who may have an aversion to “30-degree temperatures and raining…

9 Reasons to Get a Home Grain Mill (Premium)

9 Reasons to Get a Home Grain Mill I could write a book on fresh flour.  I probably should.  I feel like so much of the truth is hidden. There are so many reasons to get a grain mill and start grinding your own flour.  The longer I live in…

Is There Any Food in Your Food?

WHAT’S IN YOUR FOOD? I was watching the funniest show last week.  Yes, all week.  First, I watched it by myself.  Then, I watched it with my teenagers.  Then I watched it with DH.  I grew up with Seinfeld, so when I saw a special called, “Jerry before Seinfeld.”  I…

Day 8 – Why We Need Raw Foods

Why We need to Eat Raw Foods. If you happen to be tracking my weight and how it’s going…. I’m on my 8th day of replacing daytime meals with juice.  I’m eating somewhat clean for dinner and snacking or raw fruits and veggies. The weigh in today was uneventful.  I…

Day 7 – Give Your Gut a Break

It is day 7.   I am replacing daytime food for liquids (in the form of fresh juice) for 10 days…  I hoped to lose a couple of extra pounds and start the new year off right. Here’s the entire story from the beginning: If Anyone’s Interested – The 5 Pound…

Days 5 & 6 – Juicing on a Budget

Juicing on a Budget The weigh-in was a success.  I lost more than a pound since the weigh in yesterday which brings my total to almost 2 1/2 pounds lost. I’ve been juicing like crazy and eating only mostly clean foods for 4 days and it is paying off. If…