Articles by Kristen Michaelis CNC

Kristen Michaelis CNC is a published author and teacher. She's created a general nutrition curriculum used by classrooms around the US and written Beautiful Babies -- a book on nutrition for fertility, pregnancy, and breastfeeding that premiered at #1 on Amazon in its category, beating out What to Expect When You're Expecting.

Suggest A Topic — I Dare You!

Of course, I have a hundred ideas for new blog posts everyday. But this blog isn’t about me. It’s about you.

Good Fat, Bad Fat — A Video Tutorial

When I tell people about my diet, they smile and nod through just about every detail. Oh, you make your own condiments? Great. You cook everything from scratch? Great. You source local, organic vegetables and meats? Great. When I tell them I cook with animal fats — lots of animal fats — I lose them….

Breakfast Smoothies — Real Raw Food

They’re fast. They’re nutritious. We eat them every morning. And sometimes we eat them with lunch or dinner. Popular with kids as well as parents, smoothies enable you to sneak in all kinds of healthy vegetables and proteins your family members might otherwise turn their nose up at. Make them with totally fresh, raw ingredients…

Wendell Berry On The Problems of Industrialization

I *heart* Wendell Berry — an agrarian poet and farmer bent on asking and answering some of the most potent questions we’re faced with in today’s world. His work regularly points out the divide between consumer and producer, city and country. These divides violate something Berry holds dear — relationships. Almost all of Berry’s work…

Authentic Whole Grain Buttermilk Pancakes

Made from fresh whole grains, real cultured buttermilk, and you don’t even need a grain grinder. Why fresh grains? Because you’ll become addicted, that’s why. When you buy whole grain flour at the store, particularly wheat flour, you’ll notice something — it’s bitter. That’s oxidation at work. Once the grain is ground into flour, it…

Interview with Sherri Brooks Vinton

An eater, Real Food advocate, and co-author of The Real Food Revival, Sherri Brooks Vinton is the kind of woman who makes my heart happy. And (wonder of wonders!) she actually agreed to let me interview her.

Another killer reason to avoid packaged foods

Mercury is a neurological toxin. It’s not safe in any quantities. And a study published yesterday in the scientific journal, Environmental Health, found that mercury is present in 50% of commercially available High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) thanks to a production method that involves using mercury-contaminated caustic soda to separate the corn starch from the kernel.

Sugar Answers

I asked, and you answered. And, Jenny was right. I’m trixy. The truth is, there is no commercially available crystallized raw sugar. Anywhere. Here’s what was in the photos! OPTION 1: Florida Crystals Organic Evaporated Cane Juice OPTION 2: Sucanat OPTION 3: Turbinado Brown Sugar OPTION 4: Sugar in the Raw The closest thing to…

Will the Real Raw Sugar Please Stand Up?

Labels are deceptive. I was in the grocery store yesterday — in the sugar aisle. Of 5 products claiming to be natural, raw sugar, exactly ZERO actually were! Now, I know we’re supposed to avoiding sweeteners altogether. When I get a hankerin’ for sweets, I usually grab a fruit or — I kid you not…

More Advantages of Grass-Fed Beef

Yes, there are health benefits to eating grass-fed beef. But there are other advantages as well. For example, rotating cattle through pastures by allowing them to intensively graze on young, shooting grass builds an inch of fertile top soil every year! That’s because grass grows down as well as up. When a cow walks by…