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Foods and Supplements I Feed My Kids

I get a lot of questions about what our family eats and what supplements we take. Our food is simple; our supplements can be complicated. LOL

We don’t take the same supplements day-in, day-out, all year long. I’m often changing things up based on seasonal and targeted health needs (allergies, gut health, hormones, flu-season, etc). Plus, I’m always personally experimenting.

The supplements I give my kids change and rotate, not quite as much as mine do, but they definitely vary. Below is what I have them doing right now. I’ll try to keep this updated and let you know when I change things in and out.


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Calculating Calorie Needs

All calories are not created equal, and because of this, calories shouldn't be obsessed over. But when we use the My Fitness Pal app, it’s front and center and hard to avoid. It’s not bad to check in with your calories every once in a while… as long as you don’t become fanatical about it. Remember, it’s the way food affects your hormones that matters most.

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Beginner's Guide to Intermittent Fasting

Part of regarding The Bible as our Life Manual is also utilizing it as our Health Manual. Incorporating ancient practices into our modern lives keeps us grounded spiritually and physically. Fasting is a great way to experience this connection. It can be an incredibly effective strategy for weight loss, detoxification, and digestive resetting.

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How to Track Your Macros

Macronutrients are like Jesus: the same yesterday, today, and forever. No matter what diet is popular, a food will be classified into one of those three categories.

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Is Skipping Breakfast Bad?

This is one of the most common questions I get when I recommend intermittent fasting. We’ve all heard that breakfast is THE most important meal of the day, right? It’s been drilled into our heads for years. The reasons why, however, may or may not apply to you. Let’s dig in.

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The Top 8 Allergens (+ My Favorite Allergen-Free Recipes!)

Our body’s immune system is designed to keep us safe. But what happens when it goes too far and starts reacting to foods like they’re a foreign invader?

Read this blogpost to learn about food allergies, the top 8 foods that trigger them, and instantly download 14 top-8-free recipes to mix up your allergy-friendly cooking.

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Should You Try The Carnivore Diet?

Have you heard of The Carnivore Diet? If you haven’t, you will. It’s the new kid on the dietary block and it’s just like it sounds: an all-meat diet. In this blogpost, I’m spilling the deets on the Carnivore Diet, whether it’s healthy, and who it could work for.

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Why I Don’t Use Canola Oil

Vegetable oils like canola oil, soybean, and cottonseed used to be all the rage. Luckily, consumers are wising up to those marketing tactics, but you may still be confused about what oils are actually healthy. In today’s blogpost, I’m giving you the deets on which oils are the best choices!

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My Fat Burning Breakfast Strategy

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it’s less about WHEN you eat it and more about WHAT you choose to put on your plate. Learn my fat-burning breakfast strategies in this new post! 🍳

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How To Have A Brick House Body

🐷🐷🐷 Remember the story of the 3 Little pigs?

🏠 The big bad wolf couldn’t destroy the last house, the one built of bricks. It was strong and grounded. 💪🏼

🏠 Y’all, we want to be the brick house. And not just the one the Commodores sang about in the 1970’s although I’ll take that too. 😉 Learn more about how to build YOUR “brick house” in this blogpost…

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