Spoil Your Hair With This Deep Conditioning Banana & Honey Hair Smoothie!

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Just when you thought that bananas and honey was just for boosting energy, aiding in digestion, soothing depression, healing wounds, balancing blood sugar and providing a healthy and delicious snack, natural hair vlogger CurlyGaisha does one better and combines these two ingredients to make a delicious deep conditioning hair smoothie! Check out her latest video where she shows us how she uses it to get poppin' curls! Then subscribe to her channel, like her page and just show her some love!

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Don’t Miss This Keto f(x) Talk!

Mark your calendars! Host of the Primal Blueprint Podcast host and author of The Paleo Thyroid Solution, our very own Elle Russ, is speaking at Keto f(x)™ on Monday, February 5th. Elle’s session is “Your Thyroid on Paleo-Keto” (a topic I know many here are interested in). She’ll share little known truths about thyroid health, and how a keto diet interacts with it.

For more on what she’ll cover, check out her Facebook live discussion with Keto f(x)™ host, Keith Norris, also co-founder of Paleo f(x)™ and biohacker with a passion for bettering lives by teaching the art and science of physical culture.

Keto f(x)™ is bringing together leading doctors, scientists and biohacking experts in the ketogenic diet. You will hear from 17 leaders over 10 days about the latest science and how to apply and optimize keto for stronger metabolism, brain and gut function, healthier thyroid and adrenal function, and more.

The event is FREE and online from January 29 – February 9, 2018! Get your free ticket today by registering HERE.

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14 Ways To Hack an Ice Cube Tray

After so many great questions and suggestions on the comment board this month, we’ve got kitchen efficiency on our minds. Keeping a healthy Primal Kitchen running smoothly and economically isn’t hard, but some creative strategy sure makes it easier.

If you’re only freezing water in your ice cube tray, you’re missing out. Everything from herbs, to dark chocolate, to bacon fat and even wine can be frozen into flavor cubes that will change the way you cook. It’s all about more flavor, more convenience, and less waste.

Simply pour ingredients into an ice cube tray, and freeze. Once frozen, all of these flavor cubes can be stored in freezer bags for up to 3 months. Use the ice cube tray already in your freezer, or look online for new trays in a variety of sizes and shapes.

Herbs and Oil

Use up fresh herbs instead of watching them wilt by combining extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil with freshly plucked herbs. Melt frozen oil & herb cubes in a saucepan before sautéing meat or vegetables for instant herbal flavor.

Pesto

Another way to freeze fresh herbs is by freezing pesto into cubes. This is a great way to preserve a bounty of fresh basil in the summer, or other types of pesto like parsley and cilantro. Instead of cooling soup with a watery ice cube, put a frozen pesto cube in your soup bowl instead.

Animal Fat

An easy and space-efficient way to store bacon grease (or chicken fat, or tallow) is by pouring warm, liquid fat into an ice cube tray. Store the cubes of animal fat in a freezer bag and pull one out whenever you sauté something.

Ginger and Garlic

Having pureed ginger and garlic at your fingertips saves a lot of precious time when you’re trying to get dinner on the table. To make, simply puree peeled, sliced ginger or whole peeled garlic cubes with water until smooth, then freeze. Pop a frozen cube of garlic directly into a sauté pan with oil for you next stir-fry recipe, or use the cubes for marinades and sauces. Tip: Use a smaller ice cube tray, since most recipes only require a little bit of garlic or ginger.

Wine

Don’t want to open a bottle wine just to deglaze a pan? That’s where wine cubes come in handy. Frozen cubes of red or white wine can be melted in a pan with butter, or added to tomato sauce or stew. For a refreshing, low-alcohol drink, pour sparkling water over a wine cube.

Frozen Greens

Puree fresh greens (like baby spinach) with a little water to make a green slurry, then freeze into cubes that easily add extra nutrients to soups, stews, chili, smoothies and other dishes.

Fruit Puree

Puree and freeze fresh fruit (think mango or berries) and use the cubes as fruit bombs for smoothies, miniature popsicles (put a toothpick in the ice cube while it freezes), or as a colorful way to flavor sparkling water.

Chocolate

Use a silicon ice cube tray to freeze melted dark chocolate into tiny bars or festive shapes (like hearts). Add chopped nuts, coconut, or your favorite super-food for a healthful treat.

Coffee

Never suffer through a watery glass of iced coffee again when you have coffee ice cubes on hand. These caffeine-packed cubes can also be added to smoothies.

Additional Ideas

And that’s not all… Try these ideas, too, for ingredients you use on occasion or want handy in smaller portions at a moment’s notice:

• Buttermilk
• Tomato Paste
• Chicken Stock
• Bone Broth
• Pureed Avocado

Remember, you’re limited only by your Primal-minded creativity (and how much room there is in the freezer).

Thanks for reading today, everyone. We’d love to hear how you make multiple use of your ice cube trays.

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Do You Stay Checking Your Phone? Get Smart & Do This Instead.

There’s an uneasiness in you, a restlessness, that causes you to stay checking your phone. 

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Feel it. It’s a symptom of being ‘disconnected’ from your real SELF and the reason for the ‘delay’ in the manifestation of yo shit.

The next time that urge hits, STOP, and check-in with yourself. What are you waiting on, or hoping for? A life changing email? Your video to go viral? A DM from your crush? What are you needing to happen before you can allow yourself to feel good? You see the issue, right?

The love and excitement you think that DM will bring? It’s already in you, it is you. The security and happiness that email will provide? You are that. YOU are the Source of all the good feels you’re seeking and the moment you accept that and begin living it, the good feels become the good experiences. #ButSeekYeFirstTheKingdomTho

So, consciously connect to and feel the inner joy, peace and happiness, now! Embody those feels, now. Be HER, now. And start using the impulse or urge to check your phone as a reminder to take your power back. Every time you reach for your phone, reach for the inner joy first, then commence scrolling. ️#BeHerNow

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Actress Tiffany Haddish Gets Emo Visiting Eritrean Relatives For The First Time

Friends Dionne & Precious with Tiffany Haddish in Eritrea via eastAFRO.com

By Mwabi Kaira

I laughed along with millions watching last summer’s blockbuster Girls Trip and discovered breakout star Tiffany Haddish. I didn’t remember seeing her in anything else before this and saw her everywhere after. Her Breakfast Club interview stood out the most to me; she had quite a story to tell that went beyond the jokes. When she said her father was from Eritrea, the small Northeast African country on the red sea coast, I was even more intrigued.

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Tiffany Haddish in Girls Trip

Tiffany’s star has continued to rise since Girls Trip, she was the first African-American comedian to host Saturday Night Live, she announced the 2018 Oscar nominations, and recently became Groupon’s spokesperson with a Super Bowl commercial airing this Sunday. Her book, The Last Black Unicorn became a New York Times bestseller. She filmed the movie Night School with Kevin Hart expected this September and I just saw a commercial for a TBS sitcom, The Last O.G starring her, Tracy Morgan, and Cedric the Entertainer.

Tiffany’s father Tsehaye Haddish immigrated to Los Angeles and met her mother. Her parents relationship ended when she was 3 years old, and throughout her very traumatic childhood which included ending up in foster care, Tiffany was looking for her father. She eventually found him as a grown up and unfortunately he passed away right before Girls Trip was released. In January, Tiffany visited Eritrea for the first time to bury her father in his land and to meet and connect with extended family.

Tiffany's interview with Eritrean TV via eastAFRO.com

I watched Tiffany’s interview on Eritrean TV the other day and felt immense pride and joy for her. She had such a connecting experience. She saw people that looked just like her father and herself and was in awe that everybody was black except for the few white people at the hotel. She was welcomed by her family and visited places all over the country including the Red Sea in Massawa. "I felt like my heart was being healed," she says, describing her emotional experience in the Red Sea.

"I've been through a lot of things. I was trying to figure out, 'Who am I?' And now I have a way better understanding of who I am, why I'm on this earth—what my purpose is. I am grateful to know what country I am from without DNA testing. I am thankful that my friends can take DNA tests and find out their ancestry."

Watching Tiffany’s homecoming to Eritrea was like taking the test to another level; she was able to see, feel and experience her people. Tiffany enjoyed her time in Eritrea so much that she has vowed to return and to make sure the world knows about Eritrea. 

Hmmmm....girls trip to Eritrea anyone?

Mwabi Kaira is an African girl navigating her way in an American world.  She is of Zambian and Malawian heritage and moved to the USA in 1993.  Writing has been her passion since she could put a sentence together on the page. Mothering her sons is her pride and joy.  She has been an avid runner since 2013 and has run 10 half marathons and a full marathon.  Keep up with her athttp://africanbeautifulme.blogspot.com/

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The Fashioning: Your 5 Min. Recap of the Black Panther Premiere & More!

Lupita Nyong'o at the premiere of Black Panther in Hollywood

Hey Ya'll,

We could all use a little fashion fix once in a while and who better to bring it to us than our girl Taneica, from Tea With Taneica! This media personality, news producer, mommy, wife, friend, tea sipper, and shade thrower who loves Jesus (you know we lifted that from her IG page, go follow it now!) will have you cackling at your desk as she recaps the week's most eye-catching red carpet looks! Up this week is the hot-like-fiyah Black Panther premiere and more! Please like, subscribe and follow Taneica's page, and be on the look out for more of The Fashioning, right here on CN! 

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Primal Challenge Point: Stop Feeding the Sugar Cycle

It’s impossible to talk about using food as a drug without looking at the genuine neurological and hormonal impacts it has on the body. The fact is, certain foods affect us more like drugs than others.

With actual drug use, we’re not operating with innate satiation signaling. But with food, our bodies have a built-in system for telling us when to eat, how much to eat and when to stop.

In our paleolithic ancestors’ time, it worked great. Today, we’ve become our own saboteurs. We’ve known for years that sugary and processed foods (those that strategically combine sugar, salt and certain fats into a triple crown disaster) are intentionally designed to override our inherent satiation signals and hyper-trip our reward systems.

Unfortunately, our own body composition can work against us—leading us deeper into a cul-de-sac of poor eating choices and behaviors. Leptin is one key hormonal player in our satiety signaling. When we’re obese, we lose leptin sensitivity, and we’re drawn to eat despite being functionally full. This is where we get into trouble and the gate is open to food dependence—a phenomenon that looks strikingly similar to chemical drug dependence in neurological scans.

The physiology here could easily be its own post, and I’ve written about these issues in the past. Suffice it here to say that it’s time to kick sugar/high carb (same deal) and processed foods to the curb. You’ll be forever waging an uphill battle with these food products. Food chemists have you by the tail. Get the monkey off your back by going cold turkey or by gradually replacing these choices with healthier ones that won’t hijack your physiology.

— From “How To Stop Using Food Like a Drug”

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