Meat and eggs labeled as “free range” or “cage free” have become increasingly popular in recent years as consumers try to source higher quality food for their families as well as to vote with their food dollars for humane and “green” conditions for the chickens themselves.

When most people think of free range, cage free chickens, they get a picture in their mind of happy chickens outdoors in the open air, completely free to express their chicken-ness by clucking around and pecking in the dirt for grubs and insects.

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Choosing the right dentist for yourself and your family is no less important than choosing the right doctor. In fact, it might actually be more important from a prevention standpoint because what is happening with and to a person’s teeth and gums is a harbinger for the health of the rest of the body down the road.

Dr. Weston A. Price discovered this during his travels to 14 isolated Traditional Societies in the early part of the last century which he wrote about in the book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. Invariably, those cultures with the best dental health enjoyed the best overall health as well.

Cultures that deviated from their native diet began suffering from tooth decay with chronic and degenerative diseases and physical malformations including dental malocclusions manifesting in the next generation.

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One of the biggest nutritional mistakes I’ve ever made occurred shortly after I weaned my first child when he was 2 years old.

Knowing that commercial milk was not a healthy choice due to the antibiotics, steroids, unnatural feed and confinement the cows are subjected to, I chose organic soy milk for my son to drink instead. Soy was the unquestionably the darling of the health food industry at that time with soy touted as the “cure” for everything from hot flashes to high cholesterol.

I fell hard for the soy industry propaganda which was supported by a number of so called studies I now refer to as “Stealth Science”.

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So you got the memo that soy is very bad for the hormonal system.

If you think that is the extent of the damage the lowly soybean can wreak on your health, you may be surprised to learn that soybeans are also notoriously hard to digest with GMO soybeans – widely used in processed foods –  the absolute worst.

The culprit is the protease inhibitors found in all soybeans whether organic or GMO. As the name suggests, protease inhibitors suppress some of the key enzymes that help us digest protein.

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Our derriere is defined by 3 muscles known as the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus.  The right combination of strength training, metabolic conditioning and nutrition will build the booty of your dreams.  Most women are always on the quest for a better bottom and with bathing suit season approaching there’s not much room for reasoning with this.

Those that are genetically predisposed to the J Lo backside often want to shape it smaller and those with a “flat” butt envy them and want to make it more bubble like.

Are we ever satisfied?  Probably not but whatever backside we are given we can always make it better.  Personally I was cursed/blessed with ample booty and more closely resemble the J Lo type.  No matter your genetics here’s the booty scoop. . .(...)
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Lentil soup is a regular feature on the menu in our home.  The reason?  All 3 kids like it, along with Mom and Dad!

With many of my other soups, only one or two of the children like it but the third does not.  It’s so nice to have a go to soup made with nourishing, homemade broth that no one is going to complain about and everyone will eat up with smiles on their faces!

As a bonus, lentils are also perhaps the most nutritious of all legumes.

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