National Granola Bar Day, Paleo Style

Today is National Granola Bar Day.   Unwrap one, pour a nice glass of skim milk and start your day off right. Just kidding. Can we do it Paleo style? Let’s see… According to Wikipedia, a granola bar is… um… made from granola, which is “a breakfast food and snack food, popular around the world, […]

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Common Paleo Eating Mistakes

Have you stayed your course thus far in 2015 with your new Paleo regime, yet you’re finding that you’re not yet getting the results you were after, whatever your health goals may be? Don’t worry, and don’t throw in the towel.  The answer is not in the form of a ‘weight loss tablet’ nor to draw […]

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Have a Cuppa; Cheers to Good Health

A steaming cup of tea provides more than just another beverage option for a healthy Paleo regime; it can provide a seemingly endless list of health benefits. And while there are some lovely premium tea options available, did you know you can just as simply make a healing (or preventative) pot of tea using some easily found […]

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Treating Symptoms, Masking the Cause

With a stuffy head, a runny nose and red eyes, you’re hardly feeling your best for that presentation at work you’ve been killing yourself preparing for the last week. So it makes sense to simply pop into the local drug store for some Advil, Sudafed and Visine, right? In a pinch, perhaps, simply to look presentable, […]

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Zinc Supplements: Necessary in Cold Fighting?

No doubt about it, zinc plays a crucial role in keeping us cold-free during this season when people to the right and left of us are dropping like flies with a cough, runny nose, congestion amongst other unpleasant symptoms. And if you’ve been following a typical diet, high in grains, you’re more likely to be […]

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Orange Juice to Fight Colds? Think Again.

Freshly squeezed orange juice is loaded with Vitamin C, so we should drink plenty the second we feel like we’re getting a cold bug, right? Not so fast. As part of this week’s theme on starting the New Year off in a healthy manner, tune in each day for tips on preventing, or fighting off, common […]

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Paleoista New Year Giveaway: Win A Pantry Basics Basket!

We’re nearly halfway through January already; can you believe it? Statistically, this week is when the most people will join a gym, embark on a new fitness endeavor…and begin a new ‘diet’. While many people do, indeed, begin attempts to execute rigid New Year’s resolutions effective January 1st, for many the first week of the […]

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It’s National Milk Day Today

I’m not making this up.  Today really is National Milk Day.  Who knew there was such a holiday? Apparently, it’s a celebration of the day when milk was first delivered in glass bottles in 1878. On the very same website where I learned about this holiday, if you will, was a very succinct description of this […]

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For The Love of Running

I’m going on a run today. Kind of a long one. And I’m doing it without having eaten cups of pasta last night for dinner, bagels and peanut butter for breakfast and you can bet I won’t be ‘recovering’ with chocolate milk when I’m done. By eating a real food diet (Paleo) and adapting my body […]

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