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.

Packaged “All-Natural” Foods

Packaged, so-called “all-natural” foods. They’re coming at you — fast and strong. As this recent article in the Chicago Tribune points out, all the big players in processed food manufacturing are jumping on the bandwagon of “all-natural” and “healthy” foods

WINNER and COUPON for Grass-fed Organic Ghee

And, we have a winner! I had meant to post this earlier in the week, but hey, LIFE HAPPENS. Thankfully, my sponsors at Pure Indian Foods have also graciously decided to offer a coupon to those of you who didn’t win.

Fight Back Friday April 8th

Welcome back yet again 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…

GIVEAWAY: Ghee, Ghee, Ghee, and More Ghee

This week I’m giving away GHEE. Of course, this isn’t just any old ghee, it’s (to my knowledge) the only commercially available, nationally-marketed ghee in the United States made from grass-fed cows!

Fight Back Friday April 1st

Reversing Food Allergies Video Testimonial

Want to get started on the path towards reversing your food allergies TODAY? In the video below, Ann Marie gives 3 tips for those just starting out. These are the three key things that started her on the journey towards healing her gut.

Real Food Link Love

I hate this part of the Link Love post — the part where I try to summarize the post in a few handy sentences. Sometimes, it’s just downright impossible. I’ve tried different strategies over the years. Sometimes I’ve simply talked about my own week. Sometimes I’ve teased readers with a few of the post’s highlights. I’ll probably do all of those again. Today, I’m opting for full disclosure.

Summarizing this week’s Link Love post was hard, so hard I opted not to do it!

Baked Oatmeal Squares Recipe

In this adaption of a classic Baked Oatmeal Squares Recipe from AndreAnna at Life As A Plate, oats are soaked overnight to reduce phytic acid and increase the nutrient availability. Thanks, AndreAnna!

Fight Back Friday March 25th

Food Can Help Reverse Autism Effects

After last week’s post about the connection between ADHD and food, a reader emailed me a link to a FoxNews clip about a young girl experiencing a dramatic improvement in her autism in just one year (video below). What did her family change? Her diet, of course. But it’s not just any old Real Food diet. It’s a diet specifically designed to heal the gut from dysbiosis.