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.

HUGE Spring Sale on Classes, Books, & More

Spring is in the air! This Spring, Real Food Media is hosting another huge sale on e-courses, books, and meal plans. If you’ve been holding out to purchase one of these goodies because of cost, now’s your chance to take advantage of the savings. From today through May 31st, you can get 25% off anything listed here

Fight Back Friday May 25th

Welcome to another Fight Back Friday! Today we are bringing together another collection of recipes, tips, anecdotes, and testimonies from members of the Real Food Revolution.

Who are they? Why, they’re the Food Renegades. You know who you are — lovers of SOLE (Sustainable, Organic, Local, and Ethical) food, traditional food, primal food, REAL food, the list goes on. I believe that by joining together, our influence can grow, and we can change the way America (and the industrialized world) eats!

So, let’s have some fun.

WINNER & COUPON: Get Cultured Online Class

Learn how you can get more than $100 off this e-course, reducing the enrollment price to a mere $97! And, find out who won last week’s giveaway.

New Study: High-Fructose Diet Makes You Stupid

While past studies on high levels of fructose consumption concentrated on the effect fructose had on the development of diabetes, fatty liver disease, and weight gain, this is the first study published to concentrate on the effect fructose has on the brain. Turns out, it makes you stupid.

Homemade Lacto-Fermented Ketchup Recipe

Homemade lacto-fermented ketchup is thankfully devoid of processed sugar or high-fructose corn syrup. Historically, most condiments were lacto-fermented in the era before refrigeration and hot water bath canning. This natural fermentation method provided an easy way to preserve food while giving it a pleasantly sour taste. As it turns out, these naturally cultured foods were also full of beneficial, probiotic bacteria. If you want to try your hand at getting more of these lacto-fermented foods into your diet, culturing your condiments is a simple way to start.

Fight Back Friday May 18th

Welcome to another Fight Back Friday! Today we are bringing together another collection of recipes, tips, anecdotes, and testimonies from members of the Real Food Revolution.

So, let’s have some fun.

Decoding Labels: Green & Black’s Organic Hot Chocolate

Hot chocolate may be one of my all time favorite drinks. No Swiss Miss for me, thankyouverymuch. I’m talking real, authentic, organic cocoa mixed with a natural sweetener and real milk from grass-fed cows. Of course, that generally means I make my own. But sometimes, like you, I’m willing to pay for convenience. if you’ve shopped for a quality mix before, you’ve probably picked up today’s yummy culprit: Green & Black’s Organic Hot Chocolate. That’s because it’s available just about everywhere (including Wal-Mart), and it’s certified Fair-Trade and Organic.

GIVEAWAY: Get Cultured Online Class ($199 Value)

Did you know that 1 gram of naturally-fermented sauerkraut can easily contain 54 billion live bacteria? Compare that to a fairly standard probiotic supplement, which only contains 2-5 billion live bacteria per pill. If you’re serious about helping to re-populate your gut with healthy, probiotic bacteria, you can’t do better than introducing cultured, living foods into your diet. This week, I’m privileged to be giving away a free enrollment in the Get Cultured! e-course to one of my lucky readers.

Fight Back Friday May 11th

Welcome to another Fight Back Friday! Today we are bringing together another collection of recipes, tips, anecdotes, and testimonies from members of the Real Food Revolution.

So, let’s have some fun.

Raisin Chutney Recipe

My husband would eat Raisin Chutney with every meal if I could keep him in a constant enough supply of it. It’s a mildly-fermented, slightly sweet and tangy condiment with the flair of Indian cuisine. Raisin Chutney is positively amazing, and a good first food for those who fear naturally fermented, probiotic-rich, living foods.