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We consume very limited amounts of nightshades in our home.  Nightshades cause inflammation and when you are working hard to heal your gut it helps to remove nightshades from your diet.  Nightshade fruit & veggies also contribute to arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.  Once you are healed you can re-introduce them in limited amounts but I'm not sure I feel the need to go back to them. Nightshades include tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes (*not tubers like sweet potatoes), sweet & hot peppers, ground cherries and goji berries.

I like to ferment any grains we consume.  Soaking them in cultured raw dairy naturally produces an acidic environment that will pre-digest those grains for us. Fermentation naturally neutralizes anti-nutrients. Fermentation will naturally increase the vitamin content of your grains, giving you a more nourishing food product. Fermentation naturally decreases the starchiness of grains as the friendly organisms eat it up and produce acids.

We sampled soup and salad yesterday at Maximized Living's Health Revolution 2015 featuring Dr. Hardick. Many of you asked for the chicken and kale soup recipe so here it is! Bon Appétit!