New Zealand accepts a refugee family from Tuvalu hoping to escape their sinking island nation.
Source: grist.org
We won’t be in time to stop global warming. But there is always time to stop adding to its affect and help those already impacted by it.
Why Denver is trucking its homeless to the middle of nowhere
A Colorado program diverges from the “Housing First” mainstream
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Not the popular solution to homelessness that ‘Housing first is, this ‘isolated in the middle of nowhere approach’ may provide some very positive support to long term recovery.
Saddle Shoes from the Lula Scrapbook
“Perhaps most readily associated with a patently American 1950s nostalgia – recalling varsity football game nights, wholesome cheerleaders, and spiffy sock hops – saddle shoes (or oxfords) were actually first conceived as a men’s athletic golfing shoe in the early 1900s. During the 1930’s stagflation, saddle shoes swiftly became a unisex sensation when high school girls deemed them ideal for the snazzy new Jitterbug’s accompanying acrobatics, sliding, and spinning.”
Source: lulamag.com
I have always loved saddle shoes, had them in high school and still have a pair now.
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Why Broth is Beautiful: Essential Roles for Proline, Glycine and Gelatin
“Several years ago Knox Gelatin introduced a new product named Nutrajoint with great fanfare. This supplement contains gelatin, vitamin C and calcium, and advertisements touted “recent scientific studies” proving that gelatin can contribute to the building of strong cartilage and bones.”
Source: www.westonaprice.org
Once again, the ‘traditional’ food of bone broth is proving itself to be an essential, affordable nutrient. In my own ‘Back to Basics’ project, I am repeatedly finding that traditional foods and ingredients are invaluable to healing and health.
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Norm’s Farms Elderberry Review
Check out this Norm’s Farms Elderberry Review where I (Jessica owner of www.deliciousobsessions.com) discuss Norm’s Farms natural elderberry products. Elderberries are great immune boosters.
Source: www.deliciousobsessions.com
Back to basics, again. (By now you probably know I have a project and a facebook page called ‘Back to Basics’). It is becoming more specific about what basic is. It is about the revival and creation of healthy traditions. These traditions involve producing, gathering, preparing and eating foods in ways that were practiced to an extent for centuries and existed even thousands of years ago. They kept our ancestors alive, strong and healthy. Those who came before us were eating nutrient dense food and we can again, too.
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Well, elderberries are one of those foods that have been around forever. They were gathered and used very similar to the way they are today. In fact, Roger Lenhardt, son of the original ‘Norm’ explained to me that the purple dye used in the pre-historic cave paintings came from elderberry. You can’t get much more traditional than that with a plant. In addition, "The elderberry is a great case where modern clinical studies are actually starting to confirm what ancient alternative healers have known for hundreds, if not thousands, of years — the elderberry improves immune response."
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A quote from their website:
“Norm’s Farms, founded by Ann, Rodger, and Erin Lenhardt in Pittsboro, NC, is a way of carrying on Norm’s work and vision. The Norm’s Farms family believes in the sustainable production of healing foods made with natural, simple ingredients–just like the elderberries Norm’s Farms grows. Because the Norm’s Farms family recognizes that their small Missouri farm cannot keep up with the company’s demand, they have begun working with small family farmers in North Carolina to help establish elderberry orchards. Norm’s Farms will have a local source of elderberries for their products in addition to those grown in Missouri.”
Just in case you had any doubt about how spectacular Norm’s Farms elderberry products are, here is something that equals thousands of words. The only thing more would be a taste. You will have to place an order to do that.
Traditional Nigerian Tigernut Milk (Kunnu Aya) — Nourished Kitchen
Tigernut milk is a traditional Nigerian drink made from the nutrient-dense tuber, Tigernut. It’s easy to make, with a flavor like chestnuts.
Source: nourishedkitchen.com
In order for us to consume nutrient dense food rather than nutrient dead food, we need to revive traditional foods. Here is a drink made from TigerNuts, a food found to exist as far back as in ancient Eqyptian days.
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The New Face of Hunger
Why are people malnourished in the richest country on Earth?
Source: www.nationalgeographic.com
Compared to what people ate decades, centuries and even longer ago, much of what we eat today is empty calorie, disease causing ‘food’.
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Top 10 Destructive Nutrition Lies Ever Told
Dr. Mercola lists some of the destructive nutrition lies typically told by mainstream nutritionists.
Source: articles.mercola.com
You just might find some surprises on this list.
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Can the U.S. Learn From Brazil’s Fight Against Food Insecurity?
The South American nation is making an effort to alleviate poverty and hunger among its poorest citizens.
Source: www.takepart.com
‘Hunger’ is no longer a politically correct term to describe people who do not have enough to eat. The official term is now, ‘food insecurity’. Do you suffer from food insecurity. We do. Both physically and emotionally. We do not have the funds to eat healthfully and we are afraid that we will continue to not have the funds to eat healthfully.
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Paleo, vegan, gluten-free — the only certainty about health trends is their reversal
During my last visit to Los Angeles, in March, I chronicled my meals by the dietary restrictions of my dining companions. For breakfast one day, I ate in Los Feliz with four friends who were varying degrees of gluten-free. One had suddenly discovered a gluten intolerance, while another felt it would be better for her pregnancy. I ordered ricotta pancakes — and enjoyed each glutinous bite.
Source: www.latimes.com
There are and have been so many ‘health fan diets’ over time that one can become dizzy, even sick over what to eat.
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