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Why eating fat doesn’t make you fat!

Real Food Houston Posted on November 16, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffNovember 16, 2012

The widespread promotion in the U.S. of eating a low-fat diet began many decades ago. Since eating a low-fat diet almost always means eating a high carbohydrate diet, Americans have increased the carbohydrate content of their diet, especially highly refined, … Continue reading →

Posted in Diet, Fats, Health, Nutrition, Real Food, Sugar | Tagged blood sugar, carbohydrates, fats, glucose, health, hypoglycemia, insulin, nutrition, obesity, proteins | 7 Replies

Moroccan Lamb Tagine with Olives and Lemons

Real Food Houston Posted on November 11, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 25, 2018
Moroccan lamb tagine with olives and lemons

My whole family really loves lamb, and this version of Moroccan stew has some interesting spices that add an exotic taste and aroma to the dish.  This is a true traditional dish based on a recipe I found in another … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinner, Farmers Markets, Health, Local Farming, Nutrition, Organic Food, Real Food, Recipes, Traditional Food, What's for dinner | Tagged farmers market, health, healthy foods, local food, meals, nutrition, organic, real food, recipes, what's for dinner | Leave a reply

Houston Real Food Nutrition Meets at Great Oak School

Real Food Houston Posted on November 5, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffNovember 5, 2012

Houston Real Food Nutrition, our new Meetup Group, had its first meeting Saturday, November 3, at the Great Oak School in Tomball, TX.  I was really glad to see how interested the attendees were in improving their health through nutrition.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Real Food, Diet, Events, Health, Houston Real Food Nutrition, Nutrition, Organic Food, Raw Milk, Real Food, Traditional Food | Tagged Dr. Weston A. Price, health, Houston Real Food Nutrition, local food, Nourishing Our Children, nutrition, real food, traditional food, Waldorf Schools, WAPF | 7 Replies

What’s for dinner? Surprise mystery meat with squash and tomatoes

Real Food Houston Posted on November 1, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffNovember 1, 2012

Have you ever pulled something out of the freezer to thaw for dinner and found out when you opened the package it wasn’t what you thought it was?  One day I decided it was time for some grassfed beef liver, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cholesterol, Dinner, Health, Healthy Fats, Nutrition, Organic Food, Real Food, What's for dinner | Tagged butter, farmers market, grassfed beef, healthy foods, local food, meals, nutrition, pastured pork, real food, recipes, what's for dinner | 1 Reply

New Meetup Group for Houston Real Foodists

Real Food Houston Posted on October 16, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 16, 2012
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We have created a Meetup Group for the Houston area named Houston Real Food Nutrition to help coordinate meetings and seminars about real food subjects.  Membership is open to anyone interested in eating and preparing real healthy food, meeting others … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Health, Nutrition, Organic Food, Raw Milk, Real Food, Traditional Food | Tagged health, healthy fats, healthy foods, local food, nutrition, organic, raw milk, traditional food, Weston A Price | Leave a reply

Pottenger’s Cats – an early window on epigenetics

Real Food Houston Posted on October 15, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 15, 2012

Dr. Francis M. Pottenger was a physician who conducted studies on cats during the 1930s and 1940s.  His work was initially devoted to developing adrenal gland extract hormones to treat his sanatorium patients who had respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis, … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Nutrition, Raw Food | Tagged epigenetics, Francis Pottenger, healthy foods, nutrition, raw milk | 5 Replies

Partners in Paleo – a new restaurant in the Houston area

Real Food Houston Posted on October 7, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 7, 2012

My husband and I just visited a new (only open two weeks) restaurant for lunch yesterday.  The food was very tasty (I ate every bite of my lunch and sampled my husband’s potatoes too), and, best of all we didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Real Food, Eggs, Health, Local Farming, Low Carbohydrate, Organic Food, Paleo, Pastured Eggs, Real Food, Restaurants, Sustainable Farming | Tagged farmers market, grassfed beef, health, healthy foods, local food, organic restaurants, paleo, pastured chicken, pastured eggs, pastured pork, real food, restaurants, sustainable farming | 4 Replies

Do we take better care of CAFO pigs than we do people?

Real Food Houston Posted on October 1, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 1, 2012

No, we certainly don’t take better care of CAFO animals, including pigs, than we do people; however, sometimes it almost seems that way.  Scientists at the University of Illinois have discovered that fermented soybean meal (FSBM) allows pigs to better … Continue reading →

Posted in Fake Food, Ferments, Food Safety, Health, Nutrition, Real Food, Soy, Traditional Food | Tagged food safety, health, healthy foods, nutrition, soy | Leave a reply

Why I do what I do!

Real Food Houston Posted on September 29, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 24, 2013

You all know that I’m a REAL FOOD blogger, and many of you also know that I’m a co-leader of the Houston-Galveston chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation, but most of you don’t know exactly WHY I’m doing this … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Diet, Health, Nutrition, Organic Food, Raw Milk, Real Food, Traditional Food | Tagged grassfed beef, health, healthy foods, local food, organic, pasteurization, raw milk, WAPF, Weston A Price | 10 Replies

Omelet with Goat Cheese and Bacon

Real Food Houston Posted on September 24, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 25, 2018
Omelet with goat cheese

You’ve probably learned by now that my favorite foods are REAL, healthy, nutritious, and, whenever possible, quick to fix.  Here’s another favorite–a two-egg omelet with goat cheese–which I usually eat as a quick lunch or supper since almost every day I … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Real Food, Dairy, Dinner, Eggs, Farmers Markets, Health, Healthy Fats, Local Farming, Low Carbohydrate, Organic Food, Pastured Eggs, Raw Milk, Real Food, Traditional Food, What's for dinner | Tagged butter, farmers market, healthy foods, local food, organic, pastured eggs, real food, recipes, saturated fat, traditional food, what's for dinner | 5 Replies

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