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Nourishing Tallow Hard Lotion Bars

Tallow Hard Lotion

I’m loving my homemade tallow balm, but there’s just one problem. I can’t use it on my hands and still get things done. Don’t get me wrong; tallow balm isn’t greasy. But it is soft and thick and wet, and that makes it not-very-practical to apply regularly to hands that are busy typing, touching, stirring, cooking, tasting, and cleaning. At least, not unless I want to leave a trail of it everywhere I go. Which I don’t! A hard lotion bar, on the other hand, can be applied to the hands regularly without gunking-up everything one touches. Why not combine the the best of both into one? Introducing *tallow* hard lotion bars.

Nourishing Tallow Balm

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As long as I can remember, I’ve had keratosis pilaris, a skin rash caused by a Vitamin A deficiency. After reading an article toting the Heaven-sent benefits of tallow balm, I made my own to help heal my ‘kp’. In this post, I share the benefits of using grass-fed tallow in skin care, and I share a simple recipe for homemade tallow balm. Plus a current picture of my rash because I’ll be documenting the results!

Fight Depression, Eat A Burger

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A big beefy burger may be just what you need to battle depression. If the steer that makes his way to your backyard barbecue lived his life in the pasture, he may be just what the doctor ordered. The hamburger, much aligned for its saturated fat and guilt-by-association-with-the-fast-food-industry, is not considered by most of us to top the list of health food — but not all burgers are created equal.

RFQM: “Eat Fat, Lose Fat” 4

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It’s Monday – and time for another Real Food Quote Monday (RFQM). Today, I’m continuing to share from Dr. Mary Enig’s and Sally Fallon’s book, “Eat Fat, Lose Fat.” In Chapter 2, their goal is to debunk the lipid hypothesis through answering four questions – or as they put it, exploding four myths. In today’s post, we’ll address the fourth and final myth: does cholesterol causes plaque buildup in arteries?

RFQM: “Eat Fat, Lose Fat” 3

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It’s Monday – and time for another Real Food Quote Monday (RFQM). Today, I’m continuing to share from Dr. Mary Enig’s and Sally Fallon’s book, “Eat Fat, Lose Fat.” In Chapter 2, their goal is to debunk the lipid hypothesis through answering four questions – or as they put it, exploding four myths. In today’s post, we’ll address the third myth: do high fat foods raise cholesterol?

RFQM: “Eat Fat, Lose Fat” 2

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It’s Monday – and time for another Real Food Quote Monday (RFQM). Today, I’m continuing to share from Dr. Mary Enig’s and Sally Fallon’s book, “Eat Fat, Lose Fat.” In Chapter 2, their goal is to debunk the lipid hypothesis through answering four questions – or as they put it, exploding four myths. In today’s post, we’ll address the second myth: does high cholesterol cause heart disease?

Q & A: Getting In Your Coconut Oil

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I am among many who have tried to eat a small amount of coconut oil before each meal, ala “Eat Fat, Lose Fat” – to increase satiety and decrease cravings. In a comment the other day, Kelli asked for ideas for how to eat coconut oil. She, like me, can’t stand eating it straight. In this post, I gathered up some of my ideas, ideas offered in comments, and a lip-smackin’ idea from Peggy @ Local Nourishment’s blog. Please add your own ideas!

RFQM: “Eat Fat, Lose Fat” 1

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It’s Monday – and time for another Real Food Quote Monday (RFQM). Today, I’m continuing to share from Dr. Mary Enig’s and Sally Fallon’s book, “Eat Fat, Lose Fat.” In Chapter 2, their goal is to debunk the lipid hypothesis through answering four questions – or as they put it, exploding four myths. In today’s post, we’ll address the first myth: do high fat foods cause heart disease?

RFQM: “Eat Fat, Lose Fat” Intro

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It’s Monday – and time for another Real Food Quote Monday (RFQM). Today, I’m sharing a few paragraphs from Dr. Mary Enig’s and Sally Fallon’s book, “Eat Fat, Lose Fat.” The topic is saturated fats, at the beginning of Chapter 2, where Dr. Enig and Sally Fallon set the stage by pointing out where dietary conventional wisdom has gone wrong for the last four decades.