Category: Book Reviews

There are so many different veggie, fruit cheese and nut salad combinations out there!  And thanks to our current access to pretty much any food imaginable, it increases the options even more!  Another benefit to salads is that it is usually raw for the most part.  The typical American diet is mostly cooked foods and we should be eating more raw options than we do.  By cooking foods we change their composition and kill the enzymes and denature some of the vitamins.  It is good to have a healthy mix of raw and cooked. Add to that a healthy and tasty salad dressing to complete the taste and increase enjoyment! Continue reading “Nourishing Traditions Book Review: Part XIV – Vegetable Salads” →

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Christy Wilson

This book has some amazing stories!  I really enjoyed it a lot!  The author was a long time missionary in Afghanistan, pastor and teacher at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. This book is a compilation of stories from his extensive work.  It is amazing to see how God is at work changing peoples hearts and changing lives! Continue reading “More to be Desired than Gold” →

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Mini-Skirts Mothers & Muslims
by Christine Mallouhi

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This post is a little different than usual, but it is something we have been working on with our kids and have seen great results.  I’d like to share so that maybe it will serve you as well. Continue reading “Do Hard Things” →

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By Neil Z. Meiller

I did an extensive review of the 1997 edition of this book and I really liked it then, but I’ve since read the 2002 version and like it much better.  I did finish it last year (2011) but am just getting around to writing the review!

This edition addresses additional vaccines that are now requirements since 1997 including pneumococcal and meningococcal vaccines.  There is also a large section on the pertussis vaccine since this seems to be the vaccine with the most reactions, but also most dangerous disease if contracted by a young baby.

There is also a significant amount of info on the Anthrax vaccine, Small Pox and Flu shots.  I also appreciated the last section and the correlation is draws from vaccines to immune problems, genetic mutations, developmental disabilities, autism, ADHD, violent crime and drug abuse.

I personally don’t blame vaccines for all of these health problems, but I do think they are a factor in the bigger picture.  I think there are many agents that are causing significant changes in our overall health.  I think this book has much less of a conspiracy theory feel and sounds much more believable and backed by a lot more research and evidential proof.