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Milk, Does It Do A Body Good? Part 4: The Final Word*

*By “The Final Word,” I mean it’s the last thing I’m going to say about this…today.
First, we discussed the farce that we could call The Calcium Dogma perpetuated by the Dairy Industry. We then broke down milk and looked at the individual components that can cause allergies and other deleterious effects. Finally, last [...]

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How To Make Sauerkraut; Or, How To…

Fit A Lot Of Food In A Small Container.
Since reading The Body Ecology Diet, I’ve been trying to get some fermented foods into my diet. Properly fermented foods like kimchi, sauerkraut, and kefir are rich sources of the probiotics that keep your digestion and immune system purring along. Of course you can find [...]

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What I’m Reading: The Body Ecology Diet

I finished The Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates about two weeks ago (and just now got around to writing a review). Overall, it is a high quality book. It tends to be a bit new-ageish in parts and I’m not sure all of the colon cleansing is necessary. But the key [...]

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