A square of butter, 1″ high and 1/3″ thick, contains only 36 calories. Butter from pasture raised cows is high in essential fatty acids, rich in fat soluble vitamins, and contains the ever-elusive Vitamin K2 which has been shown to reduce your risk of heart disease.

Just imagine all the healthy and yummy things you could do with those 36 calories….

Or a bag, or a jar or a can. That could be the U.S. cooking motto. But those items have “shelf life”. And generally, more shelf life equals less nutrition. Take another look at your grocer’s offerings. What could you make with groceries that don’t come gift wrapped?

Does it seem odd that your doc wouldn’t prescribe eating real food as a way to prevent disease? Unfortunately, your doctor wasn’t trained to prevent disease, they were trained to treat it.

Some will go above and beyond their education, but these days, most are just trying to get to the bottom line and write the scrip in the ten minutes the insurance companies allow for your visit. Sad, but true 😦

What’s the difference? Pure Salt, otherwise known as Sodium Chloride (NaCl), has a chemical makeup and dozens of minerals that are essential to proper function of the human body. Sodium (Na)… not so much.

Sometime this week, buy a vegetable you’ve never eaten, find a recipe for it that sounds good (even if it’s smothered in cheese) then try it! What have you got to lose?