We had been going full steam with clean living in 2024, and I really felt the change. I was cooking and baking nearly all our food; an ingredient household, we were mostly sugar-free and living a high-protein way of life. I was losing weight, and my joints felt great. Moving in 2025 threw me off… Continue reading A More Unprocessed Life In 2026
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Make America Healthy Again: The FDA Bans Red Dye 3
There's still so much work to do in Making America Healthy Again, but the FDA's announcement that Red Dye 3 will be banned in food production by January 2027 and medicine by January 2028 makes me so happy. Even if it is a ploy by the FDA to show their soon-to-be-leaders that they shouldn't get… Continue reading Make America Healthy Again: The FDA Bans Red Dye 3
The Insanity Of Those Opposing Make America Healthy Again
Social media is interesting, especially when what you see is pushed onto you. Like many people, I have double accounts on Facebook and Instagram (keeping my personal separate from my business side). What the companies push can be the opposite. On my Trail Cooking Instagram account, I only post business photos - hiking, the outdoors,… Continue reading The Insanity Of Those Opposing Make America Healthy Again
Removing Toxins: Why I Quit Dying My Hair
I loved dying my hair. The first time I did it, I was maybe 13, and I always had loud, proud hair through high school. Bright hair wasn't as standard in the late 80s and early 90s as it is today, so I stood out. Just getting the hair dyes was hard enough. Not like… Continue reading Removing Toxins: Why I Quit Dying My Hair
Clean Living Changes That Add Up
As we approach the new year, it is so easy to think up a massive list of "New Year's Resolutions" that will overwhelm us—and by the first of February, it is done. Maybe what is better and more sustainable is to make simple changes in our lives that we can keep doing. That will become… Continue reading Clean Living Changes That Add Up