Category: Whole Food

Why Ketosis Diets Will Fail: The Paleo and Keto Manifesto

The most disturbing trend in wellness these days is that most people have no idea what to eat. When choices were fewer, 100 years ago, how to eat for good…

How To Fight Depression and Anxiety: 12 Nutrition Strategies

Disclaimer: The following thoughts and opinions are mine alone and should not be construed as medical advice. Please see your qualified practitioner for individualized help with depression or anxiety. Mental…

999 Cheap Plant-Based Meals You Can Make in 15 Minutes

You Don’t Need a Recipe For Healthy, Plant-Based Meals! I’m about to tell you exactly how I eat. Simply, inexpensively, and with endless variety. And you can easily do the…

22 Experts Debunk Ketogenic, Paleo, & Low-Carb Diets

Have you been considering the Paleo or Ketogenic diet fads? First, read this post. I’ve been watching the Ketogenic and Paleo diets with concern. The body of longitudinal evidence, with…

How To Make Healthy Bubble Tea

Have you ever seen someone sipping something sweet-looking with a bunch of little black pearls swirling around the bottom of their plastic cup? That’s boba tea, also known as bubble…

9 Warning Signs and Symptoms of Leaky Gut

Hippocrates was ahead of his time, saying “All disease begins in the gut.” “Leaky gut” is a condition in which the lining of the intestines becomes damaged, allowing toxins, bacteria…

9 Detoxifying Drinks: What Works? What Doesn’t?

These days, everyone is doing a “detox,” and there are so many programs and protocols out there claiming to have the best detoxifying drinks. How do you sift through the…

Seven Principles of a Perfect Diet

For anyone paying attention, it seems the new “perfect diet” appears every couple of months and everyone leaps on the bandwagon. From Keto to Caveman, Paleo to Blood Type, Atkins…

Holy Cow! Oat Milk Is At Starbucks (And Everywhere Else)–Is It Really That Great?

Oat milk is the new kid on the block of dairy milk alternatives, created in Sweden in the 1990s and slowly gaining followers. Obsession didn’t set in until 2018 when…

Why You Might Have Iodine Deficiency, And What To Do Next

This post has been reviewed for accuracy by Dr. Shawn Tassone, MD, PhD, holistic gynecologist, and medical advisor to GreenSmoothieGirl.com. Iodine — most of us know it as the stuff…

Chia Seed vs. Flax Seed: Similarities, Differences, and When To Use Each

Chia seed and flax seed are two of my favorite superfoods! You often hear about these two little seeds in the same conversation, and for good reason––flax and chia offer…

Wheat Is Good For You! (But Not How You’re Eating It)

Diet fads, especially those surrounding wheat, have not served America well. Not one of them has restored us to health, and that’s because trends in the diet arena are typically…