by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jul 18, 2018 | Primal Diet
Have you ever wondered why you feel so much better after exercising? There is more to it than just the physical benefits it has on your body, it also has some profound effects on your brain. As I’ve learned from Dr. Rhonda Patrick, exercise increases the production of...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jul 17, 2018 | Get Creative, Primal Diet
I was listening to Nina Teicholz, an investigative science journalist, who has the most fascinating, or perhaps scary is a better word, book on vegetable oils. To start with, vegetable oils are not made from vegetables, they are made from seeds and beans. Vegetable...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jun 27, 2018 | Cartoon Club
Just when I thought that the processed food scientists couldn’t get any trickier, they have! Check out Doritos Roulette crips; these are tortilla crisps where some chips are much hotter and spicier than others. They even have a warning on the package saying “some...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | May 3, 2018 | Cartoon Club, Primal Diet
I haven’t used store bought toothpaste for about five years now. I stopped using it when I started to get worried about ingesting too much toxic fluoride. I did some research and experimented with a bunch of different recipes and created my own tooth powder which I’ve...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | May 1, 2018 | Cartoon Club, Primal Diet
My friend Monica found this hilarious book all about avocados when she was visiting. The best avocado tidbit came from Harold McGee the American writer on food science and creator of the Curious Cook. He said that the name avocado comes from the Nahuatl word...