Whole30 Approved Bacon is Here

Today’s post is the result of a specific demand within our community – and we’re all about fulfilling our reader’s demands. But this one was a bit tricky, because of the nature of what you’ve been asking us for. You. Want. Bacon. Specifically, you want Whole30-approved bacon, with no added sugar in any form. This [...]

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Change Your Habits, Part 1: The Cue

Today’s post comes as a result of the habit research we’ve been doing for It Starts With Food, and a plea for help on our Whole30 Facebook page. Tamra, a valued and longstanding member of our Whole30 community, wrote: “I am having such a hard time riding my own bike! I keep falling off onto [...]

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Whole9 Seminars: 8 hours of nutrition fun! (For real.)

We recently had the pleasure of working with Elliot and Lindsay Schrock, a husband-and-wife video team based out of Austin, TX. Lindsay and Elliot shot our entire Austin nutrition seminar – all 8 hours! – as promotional material for It Starts With Food. While that video is still in the works, we asked them to [...]

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Healthy Guts, Healthy Kids

A special post by Robin Strathdee, Whole9 Director of Communications My Kids Are What? It appears that heck has frozen over. Yes, friends, it’s happened – my kids have gotten colds (I think… the jury is still out on that one, as there’s an overwhelming lack of mucus). Coming off our Whole30 and running head [...]

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Steal This Meal: Asian Chicken Salad with Coconut Pure Wraps

Last week, we introduced you to the awesomeness that is The Pure Wrap – a Whole30 Approved, 100% coconut sandwich wrap alternative. This week [...]

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Whole9 Operations Manager: Full-Time Help Wanted

Whole9 is looking for a full-time, salaried Operations Manager. Are you looking to combine your love of health and fitness with your business management skills? Are you ready to get outside of “big box” employers and become part a successful start-up with lots of potential for growth? Do you love organizing and strategic planning? Are [...]

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The Bacon Manifesto

Photo credit: From the book “I Love Bacon” by Jayne Rockmill “Can I have bacon?” is one of the most commonly asked questions from folks doing their first Whole30, so we’ve decided to add this topic to our series of manifestos. We did have another post on bacon here on the 9 Blog, but in [...]

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Coming Soon: The New Whole30 Forum

We’ve been working day and night finishing our first book, It Starts With Food, so we can (hopefully) stick to our planned release date of June 12th. But that hasn’t precluded us from working hard on another effort – one we realize is long overdue. The Whole30 Problem Our Whole30 program has grown by leaps [...]

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5 Reasons to Break Up With Your Scale

We work hard to present our Whole30 program as a tool for creating optimal health, and not a weight-loss quick fix.  We have strict rules about weighing yourself during your program (you can’t) and focusing on weight loss as a measure of Whole30 success (you shouldn’t). But despite all our efforts, many people still find [...]

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Paleo Nutrition for Vegetarians and Vegans

Love the “locavore” produce graphic in our header? Buy the notecard on Etsy! Friday, March 2nd marks the debut of our Paleo Summit interview on Paleo nutrition for vegetarians and vegans. In case you hadn’t heard about it yet, the Paleo Summit features 23 Paleo researchers, doctors, nutritionists and movement specialists, all talking about a different [...]

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