Category Archives: Food and Acne

How to Source Healthy, Sustainable Food

The Savvy Shopper's Guide to Sustainable Food

I wanted to tell you about an awesome ebook that I have recently read, called “The Savvy Shopper’s Guide to Sustainable Food”, by Raine Saunders of Agriculture Society. I get the sense that for many of you, when it comes to changing your diet to healthier food so that you can have clearer, acne free…

Coconut Oil – Turns Out Refined Coconut Oil is A-Okay, And SOOO Much Cheaper Than Virgin

Coconut Oil

Okay, not ALL refined coconut oil is okay, but some is. It depends on how they do the refining, but yeah.. certain brands have a gentle refining process that actually leaves you a decent product at up to a 1/5th the price of virgin coconut oil. This is a discovery that has made my pocketbook…

7 Reasons I Love Drinking Lemon Water

Lemon Water

Lately I’ve taken up the habit of drinking a big glass of warm water with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice first thing in the morning (and all day, actually.. but I always make sure I do it first thing in the AM). This is something I used to do a long time ago when…

7 Ways to Save Time Preparing Healthy Food + 7 Quick Meal Ideas

Food is FUN

I’ve been getting a lot of requests lately for quick, easy, healthy food to make, and I’ve kind of been avoiding the topic. The truth is, when it comes to writing out a montage of recipes and coming up with food ideas, as soon as I hear the words, my brain freezes up. The gears…

My Tales of Food Inspiration from Off-Grid Lasqueti Island

Lasqueti Island

I just got home from an amazing blissful adventure, where I rode my bike 75 kilometres all by myself to visit some friends on a completely off-the-grid island called Lasqueti. Seeing how my friends lived and ate off-grid was very inspiring. They used composting toilets, got their power from solar panels, had huge gardens and…

Acne From Apples? Blame It On FODMAPs

Seppo

This is a guest post by Seppo Puusa from AcneEinstein.com blog, which is a place for rational advice on natural and alternative acne treatments.  When it comes to acne, the web is full of opinions, nonsense and conflicting information. And it’s easy to be left with more questions than answers. That’s why he started AcneEinstein.com;…

A Little Something More on Intuitive Eating

It seems like many of you really enjoyed my article on Friday about inuitive eating. There’s actually something I missed in that article that I really wanted to show you – by the time I remembered it, the article was way too long and I had to leave it out! If you are ever feeling…

10 Ways Intuitive Eating Could Make You Happier and Healthier

Intuitive Eating

Today I want to talk about intuitive eating. If you’ve been following my blog recently, you’ll know that I’ve been bouncing back and forth between a few different dietary regimens – I tried the GAPS diet. Made things worse. Tried the RRARF. Made one thing better, caused new problems. Now I’m truly just eating what…

How RRARF (Rehabilitative Rest and Aggressive Re-Feeding) is Going For Me 2 Weeks In

This is sort of how I feel on RRARF

If you don’t know what RRARF is (Rehabilitative Rest and Aggressive Re-Feeding), I suggest getting caught up by reading this article first which explains what this is and why. If you don’t, this one probably wont make much sense Anyway, RRARF has been going okay, but mostly not too great. It’s had some positives (my…

How Far Would You Take Your Diet For Clear Skin?

Bobby

This is a guest post by Bobby Thomas, who shares everything that works for him in his goal towards clear skin over at Addicted Skin Care. He also hosts a new healthy habits challenge each month which you can join here. If you come here often I’m guessing you already know that diet can play…