Celebrating Halloween on The Body Ecology Diet Originally published on October 30th, 2019. Tara Carpenter, NC. Holistic nutrition for digestion; specialized in yeast overgrowth. Here it is, the day before Halloween and I am officially ready to write this post. Though, I practiced Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D) since 2010, I have taken until now to […]
Category: Cultured Foods
Camping with Kids on The Body Ecology Diet Tara Carpenter, NC. Originally published on June 3, 2010 Holistic nutrition for people on The Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.). I wasn’t planning to camp this summer. My plate is full enough with work, graduate school, moving through a divorce, and raising my boys who are 2 and […]
Tips & Tricks for Traditional Milk Kefir I have made kefir for years and learned a lot since I first started in 2011!! Here are my tips and tricks to help you move through your own learning curve that much easier 🙂 See milk kefir recipe here. #1) I recommend making kefir with Body Ecology […]
Dandy The Lion: A Vegetable Green Smoothie ?
My husband nicknamed this one and I think it is appropriate given that the French origin of the word dandelion – dent-de-lioun – means “tooth of the lion” due to the plant’s sharply indented leaves. This fierce little smoothie contains a handful of dandelion greens, if you want more of a kick, add more leaves. […]
Most pregnant women are not prepared for a group B strep diagnosis. I know that I wasn’t when my test came back positive at 38 weeks. At that point, I did not have time to reverse the condition and opted for i.v. antibiotics during labor. See here if unborn baby is at risk for GBS+.
Thanksgiving Stuffing ~ Grain-Free & B.E.D. Friendly
This recipe came about when I first started The Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.) and Thanksgiving came around. I could eat the turkey and vegetables but wanted a scoop of stuffing too. Bread was obviously out and most of the grain-free stuffing I found was made with nuts which didn’t combine well with meat. It wanted […]
Cultured Strawberry Ice Cream: Probiotic-Rich!!
Cultured Strawbery Ice Cream: Probiotic-Rich!! (B.E.D. Friendly, stage 2) Tara Carpenter, NC. Holistic nutrition for people of all ages healing a yeast, bacterial, or viral infection with The Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.). One hot summer morning, I woke to see out our window several red strawberries in our garden. My immediate thought was “strawberry ice cream […]