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.

Paul Roberts on The End of Food

Did you know that it’s possible to be obese and still be starving? It seems counter intuitive, doesn’t it? Yet that’s what’s been happening for the last hundred years or more, all around the world, particularly when we watch traditional people groups start eating the nutritionally empty foods of industrialization.

Paul Roberts, journalist and published author, foresees a world where we won’t be able to afford nutrient-dense foods — a world where empty calories make us fat and kill us off. He calls it The End of Food, and in the video below he gives a brief overview of his position.

Autism and Your Gut

You hear and read a lot these days about the possible connections between childhood vaccines and the soaring rates of autism and autism spectrum disorders. But Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride (author of the Gut and Psychology Syndrome) and Donna Gates (author of The Body Ecology Diet) both have a different story to tell.

In the video below, they join forces to discuss what they feel is a major contributing factor to autism: poor digestion, particularly in relation to developing a healthy balance of gut flora.

Fight Back Fridays July 17th

Happy Fight Back Friday, everyone! Today we’re bringing together yet 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.

News From The World of Real Food

WARNING: Most of today’s stories involve infuriating government and giant agribusiness over-reach. If you don’t want to be upset, stop reading now.

If, on the other hand, you want to get motivated to keep fighting the good fight for a sustainable, just, and humane food supply, please keep reading.

Win A Free Hour of Nutrition And Wellness Coaching

In one week, two of you will be winners. I like the sound of that word — win. Particularly when it’s something I’m enthusiastic about getting.

In this case, it’s something I’m enthusiastic about giving. It’s a free hour of nutrition and wellness coaching. With me. And it’s not just any old hour of chit chat (although it’s always lovely to get to know you guys better)! It’s perhaps the most important hour my clients ever spend with me — the initial Nutritional Profile Evaluation and Assessment.

Healing Our Children by Ramiel Nagel

When Rami Nagel sent me a review copy of his newest book, Healing Our Children, I thought I was in for another version of Nina Planck’s Real Food For Mother And Baby. Then I started reading it.

While it is true that Ramiel shares many of the same ideas about nutrition as Nina Planck, his approach to that information is wildly different. One Amazon reviewer summed up her thoughts on this book like this: “Yikes! Wacky Hippies Co-Opt Weston A. Price.” That’s not a bad summary.

Weekly Meal Plan July 13th

I used to post weekly meal plans each and every Monday. You remember them, don’t you? I stopped posting them because these days, I plan my menus quite differently.

So differently, in fact, that I thought you guys might like to see one of my plans in action.

Saturday Morning Leander Farmer’s Market

Leander is not hip or trendy like our neighboring city Austin. The Texas capital city is a green, funky college town and home to celebrities like Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, and Lance Armstrong. We, on the other hand, are still mostly rural. Until two years ago, we didn’t even have our own grocery store.

But Leander, the place I call home, has officially moved up in the world. We now have a farmer’s market.

Are You Nutrient Starved?

Her story was typical. She ate plenty of food, plenty of calories. Yet she felt tired all the time. Her husband resented her non-existent sex drive. She’d frequently get chilled when others around her felt warm, and she was always hungry. She wasn’t overweight. She wasn’t skinny.

But she was starving — for nutrients.

Fight Back Fridays July 10th

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

So, let’s have some fun.