"Nobody Knows Beans About Chili 'Cause Chili Ain't Got No Beans."

I may lose my Texas residency by making this claim, but in my opinion, a true Texas chili should be made without beans.

Chili is a shortening of chili con carne, which means meat and chili. 

So here is a great recipe for a true (in my opinion) Texas Chili, and is Paleo!

Last Friday we had a massive ice storm here in Dallas that shut the city down for the weekend.  I started this meal at about 7 in the morning, and it made a great dinner at 3.  The leftovers were amazing too! 

If you would like to add some different flavors before you dice the peppers, you can roast them on the grill or in the oven just to where the skin blisters, it adds just a bit more smoky flavor. 

We served this to the kids, so I kept the spice down and didn’t add any cayenne.  If you want it spicy, then add in the cayenne or possibly habanero or more jalapenos.  Hope you enjoy this as much as we did!  If you can tolerate, dairy shredded cheese...

A patient recently told me that they hated traveling, especially around the holidays and asked if there was any homeopathy that they could take to help with their travel-induced anxiety.

The good news is that homeopathy can work amazing well on a first-aid basis while traveling.

First, what is homeopathy?

The great power of homeopathy is in its ability to stimulate the inborn ability of your body to heal itself.  The homeopathic remedy is given based on what homeopaths call the “Law of Similars”, where a substance taken in excess causes symptoms in a healthy person.

The same remedy will cure those same symptoms in a sick person when given in dilution.  This can sound a bit foreign at first, but it is a similar thought process to the vaccine theory. Since homeopathy works off a set of symptoms and each remedy produces a very unique but often overlapping set of symptoms, picking the correct remedy can be very challenging.  

You should consult with a well-trained homeopathic physicia...

Paleo Spaghetti This is a simple meal that was great.  Pasta has never been one of those things that I just had to have or have really missed since starting the paleo diet.  Hopefully if you are one of those people who just loved their pasta this fills at least part of that gap in your diet.  The flavors in the sauce were great.  Hopefully you enjoy this as much as we did!  If you want to add some different flavors you can throw diced green bell pepper and or sliced mushrooms.  I had full intentions to throw

Ingredients

• 1 lb grass-fed beef
• 2 tbs butter
• 2 tbs oregano
• 3 cloves of minced garlic
• 1 tbs thyme
• 2 tbs basil
• 3 tbs Italian Seasoning
• 1 onion diced
• 8 Roma tomatoes Chopped
• ½ cup chicken stock

Directions

1. Pre-heat the oven to 400
2. Cut the spaghetti squash in half removing the seeds, bake for 45-60 min cut side down. Sauté the onion and garlic until the onions are translucent.  Then brown and remove the meat from the pan. 
3. Sauté the onion and garlic until the onions
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Bacon is proof that I could never live a kosher lifestyle. 

If you pay attention to some paleo bloggers then you've read that bacon is proof that God loves us, but bacon still gets a bad wrap in mainstream circles. My general take on bacon is that if the pork is raised properly, meaning, if it's fed a proper diet and without hormones or antibiotics, or screw up the  meat with nitrates and other chemical additives/enhancers, and if you can manage to cook it properly (not burned to a crisp), you actually have a pretty good food! 

A food that I consider somewhat healthy.  The problem with bacon occurs when shortcuts are taken along this path. All in all, bacon may be as good as green vegetables, but, like the veggies, needs to be well cared for and raised properly.

I've been asked to share what my family and I will be eating this Thanksgiving, and I'm happy to share that information! Obviously, turkey is on the menu!  I picked a nice bird up from our friends at Local Yocal on Tuesday.  

I'll brine the turkey with some fresh sage, thyme, and tarragon along with a brine kit I purchased from Whole Foods.  The turkey will brine for about 24 hours.  I feel like brining makes the turkey juicier and keeps it from drying out during the cooking process.  Brining may make the turkey juicier, but less flavorful, that's why I add the sage, thyme, and tarragon to push the flavor back into the turkey.  I'll cook the turkey on the grill with a bit of smoke from hickory.  I don't like a fully smoked turkey so I only use it for the first hour to encase that smokey flavor.

Thanksgiving wouldn't be the same without stuffing.  And this paleo stuffing is flat-out amazing!  Can't say it enough - I really can't tell the difference between this stuffing and the tradit...

My babies have softened and rounded me out in life and made me a much better person. I am forever thankful for my parents.   

Without their loving guidance and support, there's no way that I could have made it as far as I have!  I'm very blessed that they, along with my sister, will be making the trip to join us for Thanksgiving this year. I'm very aware how fortunate I am to have both my parents still living and healthy enough to make the trip.

As in every year, I'm thankful to my patients!  They teach me every day just how amazing the body is and how it can heal itself without massive amounts of intervention.  They teach me courage, strength, and hope as I see their trust in me as a healer. 

I'm especially thankful for Lisa.  She is an asset I never knew I needed.  She keeps the office organized and keeps me focused, as much as she can, on the goals and tasks at hand. I'm looking forward to what next year will bring with her on my team. Not to sound preachy or trite here, but I am...

We all know the story of the Pilgrims, a group of people escaping religious persecution in England because of their separatist views with the church.

These Pilgrims were able to secure passage on the Mayflower to begin the second, permanent English colony in the Americas.

Since this is Thanksgiving week, I thought I would take a moment and write about what was considered state-of-the-art healthcare at the time the Pilgrims were setting up their colony in Plymouth.

The state of healthcare at that time was interesting, especially in New England and the Plymouth Colony.  In fact, about 50% of the Plymouth colonists died within the first year in what is now Massachusetts.  There were very few doctors and, even if there had been doctors present, it is highly unlikely they would've been able to do much to save or slow down these deaths.

Pastors or politicians mostly provided what medical care was available.  These men were probably the best-educated people at that time; it would be nice ...

Paleo Chicken Thai See Ew

Every recipe I have ever cooked with coconut aminos seems to turn out amazing! This paleo chicken Thai see ew was no different. Every time I use coconut aminos I’m amazed at how much I really do prefer them over soy!  Coconut aminos are the aged and naturally fermented sap of the coconut tree.  Think of it like the maple syrup of the tropics.  They are much higher in some amino acids (the building blocks of protein) and much lower sodium than soy.  Plus it doesn't have all the potential allergic side effects of soy.  This makes it a great soy substitute.  Personally, I like the slightly sweeter and less salty taste of the coconut aminos over soy. This really was super easy and amazingly delicious Paleo Chicken Thai See Ew.  The carrots were an amazing replacement for the noodles.  The hardest part, which wasn’t really that hard was making the carrot ribbons.  Make sure you move fast after adding the broccoli, they get overcooked and soggy pretty quickly.  Hop...

I feel like our healthy eating patterns can take a serious fall starting in October thanks to all the filled candy bowls leading up to Halloween.

It's always interesting to me that people only begin questioning how to stay healthy once Thanksgiving starts gearing up.  If you take a step back and look at it, the month of October will likely be spent eating incorrectly every day; Thanksgiving is a one to two day period filled with gluttonous punishment to our stomachs!

Nonetheless, we as Americans and celebrators of so much with food tend to look at Thanksgiving as our healthy living downfall.

So, how can you stay within your healthy eating options over Thanksgiving?  There's so much bread, stuffing, and sugar!  So many pies!  Your mom/wife's feelings will be hurt if you don't eat every last bite!

It can be especially difficult to eat properly when you're not in charge of what's being served.  You have to tread the waters carefully and make conscientious choices when it comes to fill...

It is often debated if this quote was actually said by Thomas Edison.  The people over at Snopes tracked it down to an interview that Thomas Edison gave about what his predictions were for the future in 1902.  

This quote seems to be tailor-made for the chiropractic profession because it really hits the heart of what chiropractic should be!   Chiropractors should address the human frame and look to what might be causing the dysfunction of the spine and, to properly do this, we need to look to the diet. The interesting thing to me is that Edison was talking about diet even before Upton Sinclair wrote: “The Jungle” exposing much of the abuses in the processing of the food consumed then and today. 

And, the sad part to me, is that the modern processed food movement that has taken hold of our gastronomy is much more destructive to our health than in Sinclair’s time.  

The impressive part was that Edison knew even then that mass production and processing of food were screwing us up! C...