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Here's a list of the most commonly used TF acronyms, abbreviations, and other terminology:
That's what I could think of from the top of my head. Please add any others I left out!
).Here's a list of the most commonly used TF acronyms, abbreviations, and other terminology:
- ACV - apple cider vinegar
- CLO - cod liver oil
- CO - coconut oil
- EFLF - Eat Fat, Lose Fat
- EVCO/VCO - extra virginia coconut oil, or virgin coconut oil
- EVO - extra virgin olive oil
- kefir - a yummy fermented dairy or non-dairy drink. The dairy version is made by fermenting milk, and the non-dairy version, called water kefir, is made by fermenting juice or sugar water.
- kefir grains - a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast that clumps together into grainlike clusters, also described by many as little cauliflowerets. It is the starter culture for kefir
- kombucha - a yummy fermented drink made with sweetened tea
- Mother - refers to a culture starter, especially in reference to vinegars
- NT - Nourishing Traditions
- Scoby - Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast (refers to a kombucha starter culture, or "mother". Kombucha starters are also sometimes called kombucha mushrooms.)
- SF - Sally Fallon - founder of WAPF, TF advocate, and author of Nourishing Traditions and Eat Fat, Lose Fat
- TF - traditional foods, traditional foodist
- WAP - Weston A. Price
- WAPF - Weston A. Price Foundation
That's what I could think of from the top of my head. Please add any others I left out!







