Fall is the perfect time to support local farms. After all, Apple Crisp always tastes a little better when you’ve picked the apples yourself. The Jack-o’-Lantern always glows a little brighter when you’ve guessed the weight of your hand-picked pumpkin, and we can all agree that nothing says Fall like missing the Patriot’s game because you’re long lost in a family carved corn maze. During the months of September through…
Read moreThe Fateful Fork – Each Bite of Food Takes You to Disease…or Health written by Eve Gabriel, M.S. clearly explains why “cheap” food isn’t really cheap if it makes you sick. Medication, doctors, and hospital visits due to poor dietary choices are very expensive (heart burn, headaches, allergies, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc). Making Better Choices There is no doubt that the fresh-picked apple from the local orchard is…
Read moreOur family enjoys a long tradition of picking our own apples when the weather turns cool here in lovely New England. I loved visiting the orchards when I was a kid, and now I share the joy with my children. This year we had the pleasure of finding a local orchard that sprays pesticides only when absolutely necessary. The fruit looked imperfect, but tasted delicious! Here is a picture from…
Read morePerfect Supplements is proud to co-sponsor a “Picnic for the Planet” on Earth Day with the Nature Conservancy. Co-Owner, Kristen Morelli, organized a gathering of over 50 moms, dads, grammas, and children at the lovely Botanical Gardens in Providence, RI. The gardens are an oasis in the city. It doesn’t matter if there is two feet of snow on the ground, you can grab the kids and let them run around inside where it…
Read moreOur friends at the Weston A. Price Foundation are keeping us up to date about Big Corporate lobbying efforts going on right now at the National Organic Standards Board. Big Corporate are lobbying to approve 100’s of untested “nutrients” so that they can be added to USDA Organic Certified products. Current laws do not allow toxins, synthetics, and chemically processed ingredients in our Organic labeled foods, and Perfect Supplements would like to keep it that way….
Read moreIn my previous post we looked at the similarities found in the Weston A. Price Foundation and The 4-Hour Body for recommendations for dietary supplements. In this post we will focus on food, particularly, the most nutritious way to enjoy protein. Eat Your Meat In one of the first posts I ever wrote I mentioned this very topic in a book review of Nourishing Traditions, written by Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation. As…
Read moreDid you get your copy of the 2011 Weston A. Price Foundation Shopping Guide? This little pocket guide is loaded with useful information about where to find the healthiest foods and which foods to avoid. Weston A. Price was a dentist who traveled around the world to find the healthiest people on the planet, and study what they ate. The Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) is dedicated to sharing the information Dr. Price observed through education, research,…
Read moreFair-Trade Certification is provided by a third-party, neutral organization that sets standards for manufacturers and agriculture. The Spirulina and Chlorella found in Perfect Supplements Aquatic Greens is certified for Social Responsibility and Fair-Trade by Fair for Life, a world-wide certification organization based in Switzerland. What Does Social Responsibility Mean? Fair for Life bases their standards for Social Responsibility on recommendations previously agreed upon by many global organizations, such as the International Labor Organization (ILO), Social Accountability International (SAI), and the…
Read moreIt’s expensive and hard to find are two common complaints about organic food, but the truth is organic helps the earth, and what helps the earth helps us. In fact, organic agriculture is contending with modern farming and is an environmentally strong system that will assist us in the future. Before you dismiss organic products, here are 10 reasons why you should go organic. Organic production reduces health risks for…
Read moreFor our family vacation this summer, we decided to visit New Hampshire. We stayed on Loon Mountain in the White Mountain region. One of the many beautiful places to visit in the White Mountains is Franconia Notch State Park. On this trip we walked along the Flume Gorge. Wow, what an experience! Pictures really don’t do the place justice. Tall cliffs rise up on either side of a narrow river of…
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