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Why Are Male Cattle Lactating? Hormones, Feedlots & Estrogenic Exposure

Why Are Male Cattle Lactating? Hormones, Feedlots & Estrogenic Exposure

Do male cattle produce milk? Apparently now they do! Leave it to the American food system to have us talking about lactating male cattle. You may have heard about the...

Why Are Male Cattle Lactating? Hormones, Feedlots & Estrogenic Exposure

Do male cattle produce milk? Apparently now they do! Leave it to the American food system to have us talking about lactating male cattle. You may have heard about the...

Summer Soups: Why Traditional Cultures Ate Soup Year-Round

Summer Soups: Why Traditional Cultures Ate Soup Year-Round

Apparently people think it’s weird to eat soup in the summer. I used to think so too, until I realized that our whole concept of “soup season” is a pretty...

Summer Soups: Why Traditional Cultures Ate Soup Year-Round

Apparently people think it’s weird to eat soup in the summer. I used to think so too, until I realized that our whole concept of “soup season” is a pretty...

Angel Acres Eggs Tested Drug Free

Angel Acres Eggs Tested Drug Free

If you go out of your way to avoid pharmaceutical drugs in your own life… have you ever thought about whether pharmaceutical drugs were used to raise the animals producing...

Angel Acres Eggs Tested Drug Free

If you go out of your way to avoid pharmaceutical drugs in your own life… have you ever thought about whether pharmaceutical drugs were used to raise the animals producing...

how to not burn

What to Eat for Sun Protection: 5 Science-Backed Ways to Build Healthier Skin

Skin cancer rates are on the rise. Yet humans have lived under the sun for our entire history. And compared to previous generations, many people spend more time indoors than...

What to Eat for Sun Protection: 5 Science-Backed Ways to Build Healthier Skin

Skin cancer rates are on the rise. Yet humans have lived under the sun for our entire history. And compared to previous generations, many people spend more time indoors than...

What the 19 Million Egg Recall and Diarrhea Lettuce Outbreak Reveal About America’s Food System

What the 19 Million Egg Recall and Diarrhea Lettuce Outbreak Reveal About America’s Food System

Last week we exposed Big Pork. This week…Meet Big Egg 🥚and Big Lettuce. 🥬 The recent nationwide Salmonella egg recall and multistate diarrhea lettuce outbreak may seem like unrelated events....

What the 19 Million Egg Recall and Diarrhea Lettuce Outbreak Reveal About America’s Food System

Last week we exposed Big Pork. This week…Meet Big Egg 🥚and Big Lettuce. 🥬 The recent nationwide Salmonella egg recall and multistate diarrhea lettuce outbreak may seem like unrelated events....

China Owns Your Pork? Inside America’s Consolidated Pork Industry

China Owns Your Pork? Inside America’s Consolidated Pork Industry

There are consequences to decisions. Somewhere over the last 100 years, we decided that food should be produced as cheaply as possible. Farming shifted from thousands of independent family farms...

China Owns Your Pork? Inside America’s Consolidated Pork Industry

There are consequences to decisions. Somewhere over the last 100 years, we decided that food should be produced as cheaply as possible. Farming shifted from thousands of independent family farms...

Cyclospora Outbreak: What This Produce Recall Actually Tells Us About Our Food System

Cyclospora Outbreak: What This Produce Recall Actually Tells Us About Our Food System

You’ve probably seen the headlines about the recent Cyclospora outbreak linked to fresh produce.  Unfortunately, thousands of people have gotten sick with severe diarrhea, nausea and bloating. While I’ll briefly...

Cyclospora Outbreak: What This Produce Recall Actually Tells Us About Our Food System

You’ve probably seen the headlines about the recent Cyclospora outbreak linked to fresh produce.  Unfortunately, thousands of people have gotten sick with severe diarrhea, nausea and bloating. While I’ll briefly...

Oxalate-containing foods including potatoes, spinach, berries, and calcium-rich dairy foods that may reduce oxalate absorption

Should You Really Be Afraid of Oxalates?

Oxalates are one of the newest villains in the nutrition world. I know because I used to be afraid of them too. Several years ago, I avoided potatoes because I...

Should You Really Be Afraid of Oxalates?

Oxalates are one of the newest villains in the nutrition world. I know because I used to be afraid of them too. Several years ago, I avoided potatoes because I...

Seasonal Eating Benefits: Why Eating In-Season Produce May Improve Health

Seasonal Eating Benefits: Why Eating In-Season Produce May Improve Health

Have you ever noticed how a perfectly ripe summer peach tastes completely different than one bought in the middle of winter? Or how the first strawberries of the season seem...

Seasonal Eating Benefits: Why Eating In-Season Produce May Improve Health

Have you ever noticed how a perfectly ripe summer peach tastes completely different than one bought in the middle of winter? Or how the first strawberries of the season seem...

Can Seed Oils Increase Sunburn Risk? How Dietary Fats Affect Skin Health and Sun Exposure

Can Seed Oils Increase Sunburn Risk? How Dietary Fats Affect Skin Health and Sun Exposure

For decades, we’ve been taught to fear the sun: cover up, avoid midday light, and rely heavily on sunscreen for protection. But the sun itself is not the enemy. Sun...

Can Seed Oils Increase Sunburn Risk? How Dietary Fats Affect Skin Health and Sun Exposure

For decades, we’ve been taught to fear the sun: cover up, avoid midday light, and rely heavily on sunscreen for protection. But the sun itself is not the enemy. Sun...

Eggshell toothpaste

Homemade Eggshell Toothpaste: A Simple Way to Reuse Your Eggshells

Learn how to make homemade eggshell toothpaste using finely ground eggshell powder, coconut oil, and a few simple ingredients. A practical, low-waste way to reuse leftover eggshells instead of throwing...

Homemade Eggshell Toothpaste: A Simple Way to Reuse Your Eggshells

Learn how to make homemade eggshell toothpaste using finely ground eggshell powder, coconut oil, and a few simple ingredients. A practical, low-waste way to reuse leftover eggshells instead of throwing...

Symptoms Are Not the Enemy

Symptoms Are Not the Enemy

Guest Contributor: Dr. Alex Orton, ND at havenholistichealth.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There's only one disease. This is the cure. You have been at war with your body for your whole life. Well,...

Symptoms Are Not the Enemy

Guest Contributor: Dr. Alex Orton, ND at havenholistichealth.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There's only one disease. This is the cure. You have been at war with your body for your whole life. Well,...

What to Do With Eggshells: 7 Simple Ways to Use Them (Instead of Throwing Them Away)

What to Do With Eggshells: 7 Simple Ways to Use Them (Instead of Throwing Them Away)

If you go through a lot of eggs each week, you’ve probably wondered what to do with all those leftover shells. Instead of throwing them away, here are simple, practical...

What to Do With Eggshells: 7 Simple Ways to Use Them (Instead of Throwing Them Away)

If you go through a lot of eggs each week, you’ve probably wondered what to do with all those leftover shells. Instead of throwing them away, here are simple, practical...

How Livestock Drug Use Impacts Human Health, Antibiotic Resistance, and the Environment

How Livestock Drug Use Impacts Human Health, Antibiotic Resistance, and the Environment

This is Part 3 of a deep dive into drug use in conventional animal agriculture. So far, we’ve covered how these drugs became embedded in the system, and what happens...

How Livestock Drug Use Impacts Human Health, Antibiotic Resistance, and the Environment

This is Part 3 of a deep dive into drug use in conventional animal agriculture. So far, we’ve covered how these drugs became embedded in the system, and what happens...

Do Drug Residues End Up in Meat, Milk, and Eggs? Understanding MRLs and Food Testing Gaps

Do Drug Residues End Up in Meat, Milk, and Eggs? Understanding MRLs and Food Testing Gaps

In Part 1, we broke down how drug use has become a routine part of conventional meat production, and why the system depends on it. But that understanding naturally leads...

Do Drug Residues End Up in Meat, Milk, and Eggs? Understanding MRLs and Food Testing Gaps

In Part 1, we broke down how drug use has become a routine part of conventional meat production, and why the system depends on it. But that understanding naturally leads...

Drug Use in Livestock: Why Antibiotics and Other Drugs Are Used in Modern Animal Agriculture

Drug Use in Livestock: Why Antibiotics and Other Drugs Are Used in Modern Animal Agriculture

Drugs are used extensively in today’s conventional livestock production systems From chickens and pigs raised in confinement operations (CAFOs), to beef and dairy cattle in feedlots, to even conventional honeybee...

Drug Use in Livestock: Why Antibiotics and Other Drugs Are Used in Modern Animal Agriculture

Drugs are used extensively in today’s conventional livestock production systems From chickens and pigs raised in confinement operations (CAFOs), to beef and dairy cattle in feedlots, to even conventional honeybee...

brown vs white eggs

Are Brown Eggs Healthier Than White Eggs? 🥚 The Truth About Egg Color

Are brown eggs healthier than white? Uncover the truth about egg color, nutrition, and flavor at Nourish Food Club | Join us for insights!

Are Brown Eggs Healthier Than White Eggs? 🥚 The Truth About Egg Color

Are brown eggs healthier than white? Uncover the truth about egg color, nutrition, and flavor at Nourish Food Club | Join us for insights!

Why Is Sourdough Bread Good For You Benefits Explained

Why Is Sourdough Bread Good For You?

Learn if is sourdough bread good for you with Nourish Food Club covering fermentation, flour quality, digestion, and metabolic impact.

Why Is Sourdough Bread Good For You?

Learn if is sourdough bread good for you with Nourish Food Club covering fermentation, flour quality, digestion, and metabolic impact.

Many Pesticides Were Never Properly Tested by the Government

Many Pesticides Were Never Properly Tested by the Government

Nearly 30 years after a federal mandate, many pesticides still haven’t been properly tested for their effects on human endocrine health. --------------------------------------------------- Cheap food production in the modern conventional system...

Many Pesticides Were Never Properly Tested by the Government

Nearly 30 years after a federal mandate, many pesticides still haven’t been properly tested for their effects on human endocrine health. --------------------------------------------------- Cheap food production in the modern conventional system...

The Health Effects of Pesticides: What Chronic Exposure Does to Your Body

The Health Effects of Pesticides: What Chronic Exposure Does to Your Body

It’s naïve to assume that chemicals specifically designed to disrupt biological systems out on fields come without consequences for our own biology. When we attempt to control nature through chemistry,...

The Health Effects of Pesticides: What Chronic Exposure Does to Your Body

It’s naïve to assume that chemicals specifically designed to disrupt biological systems out on fields come without consequences for our own biology. When we attempt to control nature through chemistry,...

Pesticide-Coated Seeds: The Hidden Source of Chemical Exposure in Food

Pesticide-Coated Seeds: The Hidden Source of Chemical Exposure in Food

Key Points: > Many modern crop seeds are coated with pesticides before planting > This “upstream” pesticide use is largely untracked and not regulated > Seed coatings often contain multiple...

Pesticide-Coated Seeds: The Hidden Source of Chemical Exposure in Food

Key Points: > Many modern crop seeds are coated with pesticides before planting > This “upstream” pesticide use is largely untracked and not regulated > Seed coatings often contain multiple...