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Guest Post, Level Health and Nutrition: The Easy Way

Posted by Matthew on Mar 4, 2013 in 2013 | 12 comments

Note: You can find another post-surgery paleo success story, Shelly Good, join Stacy and the extremely witty Krista Scott Dixon of Stumptuous on Paleo Magazine Radio Episode 5 on Women’s Health this week, too. Stacy talks candidly about disordered eating, stress management, how living without a gallbladder and with an autoimmune disease shape her paleo template and of course – raising paleo children. Now – to our awesome guest! Wednesdays used to be our Guest Blogger Series day; but, there’s just so many new and wonderful Paleo and real-food bloggers out there that we’ve...

Guest Post, Fix Your Digestion: Post Workout Nutrition for People with GI Issues

Posted by Matthew on Feb 4, 2013 in 2013, Featured | 7 comments

Normally Wednesdays are our Guest Blogger Series day; but, there’s just so many new and wonderful Paleo and real-food bloggers out there that we’ve expanded our series to two days a week. We hope you enjoy the expanded view points and unique content; if so, we encourage you to show these guest bloggers your support by visiting their blog and social media links at the end of this post! This week our guest is Jillian Teta of Fix You Digestion and Metabolic Effect. She’s answering a pressing question that Stacy had on Episode 24 of The Paleo View, “What should I be eating,...

Why the Metabolically Broken Can’t Eat Carbs

Posted by Stacy on Jan 20, 2013 in 2013, Featured | 68 comments

As we’ve posted about several times, the entire family went on the 21-Day Sugar Detox after indulging a bit this holiday season. This post is the result of Stacy doing the detox. Now, I want to be very clear about what “indulge” means for us because I think it’s important to understand in the concept of why my results are so drastic. Why we ate sugar at all to begin with We are not Paleo Perfectionists. We eat sugar, sometimes. Mostly it’s treats for the kids. Sometimes it’s treats for others. And not seldom, it’s recipes we’re making to perfect...

TPV Podcast, Episode 16: The Gallbladder Show

Posted by Matthew on Nov 30, 2012 in 2012, Featured, Podcasts | 0 comments

Our sixteenth show! Ep. 16: The Gallbladder Show In this episode, it’s all about the gallbladder! Stacy doesn’t have one and shares her experiences and how it was certainly linked to gluten intolerance. We invite over the nutritionist who convinced her to use supplements to make up for her gall functions, Diana Rodgers of Radiance Nutrition! Click the picture above to be taken to iTunes or download and listen by clicking the PodBean player below Podcast Powered By Podbean If you enjoy the show, please review it in iTunes! The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 16: The...

Guest Post: The Link Between Gallbladder Disease and Gluten Sensitivity by The Paleo Mom

Posted by Stacy on Nov 29, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 22 comments

As many of you may have heard on Facebook, this week is Gallbladder week on our site. We’d intended to get this post up yesterday on our usual Guest Post day, but our site crashed by something I (Stacy) did trying to optimize it. This is why we leave the tech stuff to Matt… After several days of painful research and fixes, we’re super glad to be back and hopefully you didn’t even notice the disruption. In the meantime, poor Sarah from The Paleo Mom was left in the lurches on this awesome guest post she wrote for us. I’m super excited and glad to be able to...

Stacy’s Autoimmune Protocol Results

Posted by Stacy on Oct 22, 2012 in 2012 | 25 comments

Before I begin this post, offering my results, links and information on the Autoimmune Protocol of Paleo work, let’s take a moment to thank Diane Sanfilippo for creating her definitive guide and information source on all variations of applying a customized approach to Practical Paleo living. For, if it hadn’t been for her book, I likely wouldn’t have figured this all out. Today, her book was announced as a New York Times Bestseller, a title held by only 2 other paleo books. I cannot congratulate her enough. I am thrilled to personally know Diane and am in awe of her...

How Stacy Beat Post-Nursing Depression

Posted by Stacy on Sep 10, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 15 comments

Let me first start by saying, wow. The response to this post was overwhelmingly supportive and amazing. I admitted in that post to suffering from depression, which I attributed to post-nursing hormone changes. For 7 years I was pregnant or nursing. My body was adjusted to an increased level of oxytocin and Wesley weaning earlier this year did quite a doozey on my body. But, I’m thrilled to report that today, on my 31st birthday, the greatest gift I could have given myself was achieved. I am no longer depressed. So, how did I get here? Denial, denial Similar to my refusal to admit I...

TPV Podcast, Episode 2: The Autoimmune Protocol

Posted by Matthew on Aug 21, 2012 in 2012, Featured, Podcasts | 9 comments

Our second show! Ep. 2: The Autoimmune Protocol In this episode, Stacy and Sarah are both on the autoimmune protocol of the paleo diet for their various health issues. This has been a topic of much discussion among blog readers and pod listeners! The ladies breakdown why they are on the protocol, what it is, and who it can help. We hope this answers your questions! Remember: we are giving away an iPod Touch on Friday! See below to enter! Click the picture above to be taken to iTunes or download and listen by clicking the PodBean player below If you enjoy the show, please review it in...

WTF, Practical Paleo is AWESOME – Part 1

Posted by Stacy on Aug 7, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 17 comments

If you recall, I made a commitment to myself to do the WTF Plan. Short story results: I’ve lost 10lbs and feel much better. If you’re up for the long version, and my gushing review of Practical Paleo, I dare you to read the rest of this wordy post. WTF When I started my WTF Plan, I said I was going to eat eggs. And I did, for 3 days. But after a process of elimination, I realized on day 3 that I was having a reaction to them. I argued in my head that the new farmer I’d gotten them from at the Farmer’s Market must’ve been lying and really feeding the chickens soy...

Taking on Too Much

Posted by Stacy on Apr 13, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 14 comments

One of the things that I made myself promise to do for April, was stop taking on too much. I’ve been EXTREMELY busy in my career job. When I’m already putting in 10-14 hours a day there, having anything to do at home other than decompress is insane. That’s why Matt’s been blogging a lot (like here and here). That’s why we took last weekend off. I keep saying I want to get to the gym, I want to swim and lift weights – but when I feel myself hit a wall at 8pm while I’m still at the office, I force myself to go home. There’s a few reasons I have...

Stacy’s New Protocol and Mantra

Posted by Stacy on Apr 2, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 91 comments

People in my normal-don’t-know-I’m-a-paleo-blogger-freak life always ask me, How did you lose the weight? No, really what did you do? No, REALLY, what pills are you taking? It’s obnoxious. And rude. And hurtful. Frankly, NOYB. But, since they’re jealous and nosy, I’m happy to tell them I gave up gluten, dairy, processed foods & refined sugars. If they want more info and aren’t just probing to find out what trick I’ve got up my sleeve, sometimes we might even make progress. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t freaked out that starting today...

Rendering Suet into Tallow

Posted by Stacy on Mar 30, 2012 in 2012, Featured | 20 comments

A few weeks back we visited Mt. Vernon Farms and, among the other goodies we got, picked up some grass-fed beef suet. Suet is essentially pure fat that is sometimes used in its natural form, but is usually used to render into tallow. We love to use tallow and lard in our cooking and making your own tallow from suet is incredibly affordable and easy. So easy, in fact, that we just winged it without instructions and somehow came out with a fantastic final product! For those nutrition heads, tallow is a cooking fat that is 50% saturated fat, 42% monounsaturated fat and 95% fat overall. For those...