Nourishing Our Children

March 16, 2017

Let’s change the world.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead The Weston A. Price Foundation, from my perspective, has already changed the world. It has certainly changed my world and tens of thousands who are members of our Facebook groups and pages. This is…

March 4, 2017

Questions for Raw Milk Dairies

Following is a fairly comprehensive list of questions to pose to a raw milk dairy. I recommend you read these documents from the Raw Milk Institute and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund to see the kind of answers we would be hoping for. Also, I recommend The Raw Milk Answer Book, which I have reviewed for our blog. I photographed the…

January 20, 2017

Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness

Sally Fallon Morell has written a new book, Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness, that will be released January 31, 2017. I feel blessed to have received an advanced copy several weeks ago … and offered 5 copies to giveaway to our community members! This book is, in my opinion, an invaluable,…

January 13, 2017

Cavities and orthodontics are not inevitable.

Unfortunately, cavities and braces are now so common, many have accepted them as an inevitable part of the modern human experience. Many of us don’t expect to get through an entire lifetime without a single cavity, right?! As I’ll illustrate below, only 8% of us do. Yet, our teeth are not designed to decay. Let us not confuse…

January 1, 2017

Xylitol: Is It Beneficial, or Even Safe?

One of the first steps we recommend to nourishing ourselves and our children is to replace sugar with natural sweeteners in moderation. Some ask why xylitol isn’t on our list of natural sweeteners? Rami Nagel explains why we don’t recommend it in his article, Agave Nectar of the Gods, which appeared in the Summer 2008 quarterly Wise Traditions journal of…

December 23, 2016

The Motherhood Diet Podcast

I enjoyed being interviewed earlier this month by Hilda Labrada Gore for the Weston A. Price Association’s podcast series. You may listen to the podcast, which she decided to call The Motherhood Diet, for free on the Weston A. Price Foundation’s website, Libsyn or iTunes. Here are the show notes, as written by Hilda: In today’s show,…

December 8, 2016

Human Heart, Cosmic Heart

This book is touching my heart! It is pictured here on my coffee table, as has become a tradition with my book posts! As some of you already know, I lead Nourishing Our Children and Nourishing Ourselves, and created the Nourished Book Club that is reading this book now! We are discussing Human Heart, Cosmic Heart on Facebook as…

December 4, 2016

Is 4 months too early to introduce solid foods to a baby?

Not if they are developmentally ready.

December 2, 2016

Postpartum Nutritional Support

Our community members in our Facebook group have offered the following recommendations for postpartum nutritional support based on their own experiences, as well as what we’ve learned from the Weston A. Price Foundation. These recommendations focus on nourishing and replensihing a mother after she has given birth and also providing for rich breastmilk. Liver [in the form of…

November 30, 2016

Food before one is not just for fun.

Have you heard “Food before one is just for fun”? I have seen our community members post it in our support group, asserting that all babies need for their first year of life is breastmilk. I feel compelled to clarify that we don’t believe this to be true. Food before one is definitely much more…