"Sugar Cookie" Muffins/Cupcakes (GAPS/Paleo)

"Sugar Cookie" Muffins/Cupcakes (GAPS/Paleo)

These muffins remind me of the best mom in the world, mine :)!

She makes the world's best sugar cookies (that I can't have anymore) and she loves almond extract. So eating these muffins reminds me of making roll out Christmas cookies with my mom and eating the dough.

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Chocolate Muffins/Cupcakes (GAPS, Paleo)

Chocolate Muffins/Cupcakes (GAPS, Paleo)

These are AMAZING!

I'm not so good with recipes. As I've said before, usually I just throw a bunch of ingredients into a bowl and cook them. So it's a little hard to tell other people how to do what I did.

But people are asking, so I'm trying to get better at writing down my recipes.

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Your Brain on Elderberry

Your Brain on Elderberry

My kids always ask me for elderberry capsules when they start getting sick. I think it's great that they choose this over any other cold or flu medicine <3 !  Elderberry is a folk remedy with a crazy list of benefits.  It's a powerful antioxidant, helps lower cholesterol, improves vision, and helps your body fight bacterial and viral infections. Elderberry juice has been used to treat influenza, and was very effective!

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What Does My Belly Have to Do with My Brain?

What Does My Belly Have to Do with My Brain?

How does what's going on in the digestive system affect the brain? Now that I understand more about how the body works, I realize if your digestive system isn't working, the rest of your body can't possibly work! But I have to say that for most of my life I just thought of food and digestion as calories and fat. I wanted to be sure I didn't eat too many calories, because that's the important thing, right? Being overweight makes you unhealthy, right?

I didn't pay attention to the fact that:

"Every cell that makes up every tissue that makes up every organ DEPENDS on the body's digestive system to provide nutrients it needs to keep functioning."

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The Good Guys- Probiotics

The Good Guys- Probiotics

I've been a fan of bacteria for a long time. I gave probiotics to my son and they helped him recover from waaaay too many antibiotics given to him as a baby (repeated ear infections).

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