Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “paleo facts.”
Heard the word pegan lately? Seen it pop up on Facebook? We know we have! Or maybe you eat pegan? So what is pegan? It’s pretty simple really… it’s a cross between the paleo and vegan diets. Makes sense yeh?! Pe-gan! Get the low down on ‘pegan’… yep, paleo + vegan = pegan! Click To Tweet There’s a stack of research into the …
Spend an evening with us as we answer your questions LIVE! This Tuesday 21 July, 8.00pm – 9.00pm AEST. ASK. US. ANYTHING! Healthy eating, living and all things bliss following! Whatever you wanna know… we’ll answer! RSVP HERE! If you have questions you’d like to submit before hand, please email our team at e.and.c@themerrymakersisters.com Can’t wait to see you there! …
EAT THE FAT! Fat is totally where it’s at! This can be a hard thing to read if you’re still living under the ‘low fat’ rock! But eating fat is healthy! Oh and did you hear that dietary cholesterol DOES NOT affect blood cholesterol*? Ya-huh. And that the old school food pyramid* was NEVER ever tested properly, it was just …
Earlier in 2014 we both found out we had a Vitamin D deficiency. Makes complete sense really! We’d been working 9-5, 5 days a week in an office… we were starving of sunlight! So of course we were deficient in Vitamin D! Most office workers do in fact have a Vitamin D deficiency. If you’re deficient in Vitamin D the symptoms are …
We’re big on getting as many of our essential vitamins and minerals from real food. We do this by aiming to include a huge selection of fresh veggies, quality meats, poultry, fish, fruit, nuts, seeds and oils in our diets. BUT we do take some vitamin pills just to make sure we’re covering all bases. We never really thought twice …
This year we opted against the flu-shot so natural remedies to build our immunity and wellbeing it is! An interesting fact that you’ve probably heard already is that our immune systems rely directly on our tummy heath! Just another reason to think before we eat! So let’s put gut health as a top priority! Here are our 5 favourite immunity …
All of our sweet treat recipes use these paleo natural sweeteners instead of sugar. If one sweetener isn’t your thing just swap it for something else, it really is up to your taste buds and how they make you feel. We also like to remind everyone that sweet treats are still treats and we recommend you enjoy them occasionally! We …
Why Should I Eat Organic Vegetables and Fruit? Good question! We understand that yes, organic produce can be more expensive and it’s not as convenient than your supermarket bought stuff but take a read at the things we consider when purchasing our fresh produce. We’ll admit that we don’t eat 100% organic vegetables and fruit… yet. We have a goal to …
With so many different oils on the supermarket shelf it really does get a little confusing. So what’s the best paleo oil to cook with? All this stuff can get super scientific and if you hadn’t noticed we aren’t scientists (haha). So we will explain it in merrymaker language and please do remember that studies are continually changing so let …
One question we always get from our readers is ‘but if you don’t eat dairy… where do you get calcium from when you eat paleo?!‘ First things first, our stance on dairy products. The number one reason we don’t eat dairy: when you think about it… all mammals, including humans live off their mothers’ milk during the first part of their …
