Nourishing Our Children

May 4, 2015

The Nourishing Cleanse

Many of us have either engaged in cleansing, detoxifying and fasting or heard of people who have. Yet, not everyone believes in the necessity. It is true that the human body is well-equipped with natural and effective detoxification pathways and that these pathways work whether we turn them on. Your liver works 24-7, performing about 500 complex biological functions, including…

April 20, 2015

How do we nourish our hair and scalp?

I recently interviewed Anthony Morrocco just before Morrocco Method International celebrated 50 years. Yes, 50 years! As some of you are aware, Morrocco Method, offering the most natural hair care line I’ve found to date, is one of our sponsors. I’ve written about their products, How do we get our hair clean with mud? and henna earlier this…

April 10, 2015

Tax Day Promotion

We thought it was the perfect time to give our community members a financial break. A bundle of our educational materials is being offered for more than an 80% savings, which translates to 140.00 worth of our downloadable files for a 30.00 tax deducitble donation. This signifiant reduction in our usual donation request will not be offered again this year. The materials can…

March 20, 2015

Do you recommend Juice Plus+? No.

Why? The ingredients. Here are the ingredients for the Garden Blend Chewables: Tapioca Syrup, Maltodextrin in the form of Fibersol-2, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Vegetabe Juice Powder and Pulp from Carrot, Parsley, Beet, Kale, Broccoli, Cabbage, Spinach, Tomato, Oat Brand, Rice Bran, and Garlic, Pictin, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Natural Color in the from of Black…

March 1, 2015

Tallow: unparalleled in its power to nourish and heal the skin.

The following research has been conducted by Kenneth and Andrew Gardner, and is reprinted by permission. It also appears in a similar article on the Weston A. Price Foundation’s website. It is a wise precaution not to apply substances to our skin that we would not eat. We know that the skin is the largest organ of the…

February 15, 2015

Vitamin C in Acerola Cherries

Rami Nagel author of Cure Tooth Decay explains that “dentist Royal Lee believed that vitamin C is the most important of the vitamins, and is the most difficult to get. It is oxidized so easily that it disappears in storage of citrus fruits and vegetables. Humans do not have the ability to make ascorbic acid and must obtain…

February 8, 2015

From Orange Cheese to Orange Eggs

Folks, we, as a movement, are changing lives. We have a number of allies and colleagues whose blogs, books and educational materials inspire others to eat and live in a way that truly nourishes them and their families. Kristen Michaelis of Food Renegade is one of Nourishing Our Children’s community members and a consistent supporter whose contributions…

January 11, 2015

Got Real Milk? Chances Are, You Don’t

Real milk comes from old-fashioned cows on pasture that produce lots of butterfat, such as the Jersey and Guernsey. Real milk is full fat, unheated, untreated raw milk.

December 27, 2014

Folic Acid versus Folate

Whenever possible, it is best for pregnant women to meet the folate requirement from food. What is the difference between folic acid and folate? Folic acid is the synthetic version of folate. As Cara Comini points out in her article on the topic, many in the medical community use the terms folate and folic acid interchangeably, but they…

December 12, 2014

The Weston A. Price Foundation for Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts

What does the Weston A. Price Logo represent? The logo superimposes three faces over the map of the world. Reading from left to right, the first face is the broad face of someone who was nurtured with a nutrient-dense traditional diet, as were the traditional peoples of Alaska, Australia and the Pacific region, over which…