I also supplement for Vitamin D, but I use fermented cod liver oil (basically the most concentrated food source of these Vitamins known to man) to do it rather than a synthetic vitamin. A one milliliter dose is generally sufficient supplementation, and there are 270 milliliters per bottle!

As for nuts — these ARE healthy fats if eaten in moderation. Almost all nuts & seeds are high in Omega 6 fatty acids. If you stick to grass-fed meats, wild fatty fish, & decent cooking oils, the small amount of Omega 6 fatty acids found in nuts won’t pose a problem to the overall balance of Omega 6 to Omega 3 in your diet. However, if you aren’t perfectly primal, too many nuts can throw that ratio out of balance. Basically nuts are good seasonal foods, but shouldn’t be a mainstay of the diet.

Also, another thing to consider when eating nuts is this: Nuts are essentially seeds, so like seeds, they’re full of anti-nutrients meant to protect the seed from being digested. (In this way, birds and animals help spread the plant’s seed around.) If you eat the nuts more than just occasionally, you can reduce their anti-nutrient impact by soaking them overnight, then drying them before eating them. The overnight soak (particularly in something mildly acidic like water mixed with lemon juice or vinegar) will break down the anti-nutrients and make the seed easier to digest.

I make a sausage recipe I got from cavemanfood.blogspot.com – but I never thought of mixing it in the KitchenAid before. I just mix by hand. I like your idea, though.

(just kidding – you don’t have to try my waffles if you don’t want to.)

“Karen De Coster”

Thanks for the link love!

Cheers,
~KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)

So vital to so many things…including a strong fat burning metabolism. Ditch the PUFAs and get those healthy fats…and watch that fat burn!