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Book review – The skin, tongue and nails speak
Book review on: The skin, tongue and nails speak - Observational signs of nutritional deficienciesBy Donna Burke Wild The book The Skin, Tongue and Nails SpeakObservational Signs of Nutritional DeficienciesDona Burka Wild This book is non-fiction. it is written for...
Small steps #3 – Go organic and grassfed
Another small step that will improve your nutrition without making major changes that may cause stress in the family.Organic Another one of the small steps that you can fairly easily do without having a whole family revolt is changing the quality of the products you...
Keto summit
This summit was already ongoing when I discovered it, but it was very interesting, Have a look in case you still can!Ketogenic summit Some time ago I learned about a summit that I wish I would have known about a couple of weeks earlier than I did. It was the Keto...
Water kefir. The healthy fizzy drink! Win-win!
Water kefir. What is it? How to make it! It tastes amazing and it is a healthy drink. It is a naturally fermented drink and it is a fizzy drink! What is not to love! I really think everyone should drink this healthy, fermented beverage! Water Kefir My family loves,...
Bone broth, supports healing!
Bone broth is a traditional food that has kept humans healthy for thousands of years. It has been very important in many indigenous communities.In some communities it was preferred to other drinks.It is easy to make and very wholesome. Bone broth When I was a child I...
Knitting: Scourer alternative
The most common scourers sold in the supermarket are made from plastic and are really bad for the environment. So I wanted to have a better alternative. I decided to make my own. Here is the pattern.Scourers Scourers are amazing to clean dishes with food stuck on...
Small steps #4 – Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen
When going fully organic is too expensive for your family, there is a middle ground to be found. When we were on a very tight budget I used the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists. Tight budget When you are on a tight budget you'll want to make sure you do the best...
Small steps #5 – Salt
There are all kinds of colourful very nice tasting salts. They all contain many more minerals than the white table salt in the supermarket.Salt All salts have a high content of sodium chloride. This is just the way it is. This is not necessarily bad for you as long as...
Small steps #6 – Butter versus margarine / spreads
Butter is much better than margarine. Margarine / spread is made from unhealthy oils, which are hydrogenated and with that become trans fats. We all know trans fats aren't good for us. So why would you eat margarine / spreads? Butter versus Margarine There are quite...
Small steps #7 – Replacing
Some can afford to get rid of the products they don't want to use anymore. That would be ideal. This is how you can do it. Replacing In case you can afford it, it is ideal to actually replace the products that aren't nourishing with nourishing products. So when you...
Sweeteners
Which sweeteners are bad for you? Are they all bad? Which are okay to use? Which are the best to use?What is sugar? Sugar is a name for sweet tasting carbohydrates that can be added to drinks and food as they can be dissolved.Simple sugars are monosaccharides. Some...
Small step #8 – Sweeteners
This will be the quick and easy guide to sweeteners. I am also writing a lengthy article as the more I was looking into this, the more I felt I needed to share. Here is the short version, without much detail at all. Just quick guidelines. Sugars This will be a very...
Small steps #9 – Avoiding pre-packaged products
How to avoid unhealthy pre-packaged products, such foods in packets, jars, tins etc. How to avoid sauce packets and other products like that.Packaged products Most of those are full of chemicals that we can should really not be eating. These days the packaged foods...
Introduction to Small Steps
Intro to a series on small steps to a nourishing diet. In blogs I read big steps. Here are really small steps so your family will not revolt, but move over to a nourishing diet. This is my story, how I struggled and got there in the end. Introduction to Small Steps...
My covid experience
In September 2021 I had covid and it was a very unusual experience, but for sure not a bad one. It was actually a really good experience. As it was a good experience I want to share what happened with you. For me there was a lot of silver lining involved with having...
Who are you?
A different version of you exists in the mind of everyone who knows you. The person you think of as "yourself" exists only for you, and even you don't really know who that is. Every person you meet or have a friendship or relationship with creates a version of...
11 March 1975
On 11 March 1975 my father died and it was hard. Here is my story about what happened. Today it is 46 years ago that my father died. It was Tuesday 11 March in 1975 and I was 7 years old. It is still a day that throws me off a bit. It has been that way for 46 years...
Small steps #10 White flour to whole grain flour
Whole grain flours are healthier than white flours. So you want to change them, but you don't want to do that overnight as that will cause revolt. Therefore you're better off changing that gradually. In small steps. You also want to make sure that you treat your...
Opinion: Abortion laws
At the moment there are laws changing and not for the better in various areas in the world. We're going backwards. Lead image Abortions Abortions are again a hot topic on social media and in some area's or the world abortion laws are changing. I personally do not...
Helping others helps you too
Recently I heard someone speak at an event about how helping and healing others is costly to the healer or helping practitioner as it will take from their energy and their health. It took me some time to think about that and wonder whether that made sense to me. It...