When my husband first agreed to try primal nutrition (which included giving up all grains) he looked at me quizzically and asked, “Well, what’s left to eat?” He was worried that without the foundation of many of his meals (rice, quinoa, pasta, bread, pizza dough) he would be starving AND missing out on all the “good stuff”.
Read MoreFor the entirety of my adult life I was a chronic cardio junkie. Determined to avoid the freshman fifteen, the college me spent hours every day running, doing step aerobics, and climbing the stairmaster. Post college, and burned out on those activities, I became a DVD addict. Jillian Michaels, P90X, Buti Fitness, Insanity- if there was an infomercial for it, I’d completed the program.
Read MoreDuring my last Primal Health Course module I found myself feeling a twinge of discomfort. In the unit, Mark Sisson stresses the importance of making local food a priority in one’s diet; in the recommended spectrum of produce choices, local fruits and vegetables rank at the top (higher than certified organic!). Primarly adapted, my husband and I eat a lot of vegetables. And we live in Alaska. And it’s winter. Would I have to give up eating vegetables from my Washington CSA during our long winter season?
Read MoreI was raised consuming milk from our goats, eggs from our chickens, vegetables from our garden, honey from our bees and wild Alaskan game and fish courtesy of my outdoorsman dad. It sounds idyllic to me now, but at the time I remember being extremely jealous of the Twinkies, Cheetos and Capri Suns that filled my schoolmates’ lunch boxes.
Read MoreTom is on his way back from a snowmachine camping trip so I’ve prepared a dinner full of calories and vegetables- two things I imagine he is craving after days on the ice, drilling holes and catching fish. The curry sauce is adapted from a raw food cookbook called “Delightfully Raw” by Carmella Soleil (yes, I went through a raw food phase…).
Read MoreAre you feeling stressed and maybe a little scattered? Take a look around your house. Are there piles of things everywhere? If you are anything like me, these stacks of doodads can creep into your subconscious, making your brain feel disorganized and uneasy. I actually wasn’t aware that too many items were causing me stress until I was forced to take a hard look at my belongings.
Read MoreMy beautiful friend Kelci was just telling me about an article she read about shinrin-yoku, or the Japanese practice of forest bathing- basically walking among the trees, objective and technology free. She commented about how lucky we because, unlike most Japanese, we can take a forest bath every day, just by stepping out our Alaskan front doors.
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