"Necessity is the mother of invention." Especially in the kitchen. The other day I didn't have what I needed to make my typical nut milk, so I had to get creative, and what I made was better than ever before… Homemade Nut Milk 1 cup raw almonds from Terrasoul 1 cup...

Camellia sinensis. If you didn’t already know, this is the plant that all traditional teas come from: black tea, green tea, white tea, oolong, and our focus today – matcha. Isn’t it fascinating that we get all of these very different beverages from one plant? They are...

True confessions: sometimes I eat a chunk of chocolate for lunch. No, I’m not kidding! I eat a big breakfast rich in fat and protein and sometimes lunch is simply an afterthought, a snack, like a chunk of this chocolate. It’s satisfying, gives me a pleasant happy...

Before we go nuts, let’s take a closer look at rosemary… Like many of our herbs, rosemary isn’t just a flavor or a fragrance – it’s a medicine! Known as the “herb of remembrance,” rosemary improves memory, concentration and mental performance. The Eclectic physicians...

A good meal doesn’t just nourish my body, it fills me up with hope. Yesterday, I came home at 2:30 in the afternoon wondering WTF I would feed my family. The night before we had enjoyed salmon with delicata squash. I’d never had this squash before. It blew me away –...

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program titled “We’re so Fucked: The Tragic Story of EMFs and Human Health” to bring you something light and fluffy titled “What I’m grateful for…” First thing I’m grateful for: bitter herbs. Unlike the president of the United...

Do you ever wonder why one alcoholic becomes sober and another doesn’t? Or why one person makes dietary changes in the face of chronic inflammatory disease and the other doesn’t? I do. I think about this a lot. It is clear that there is an element of grace, but...