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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. These Terms of Use set forth the terms by which you may use the realfoodrn.com website. By using this website, you expressly acknowledge that you have read, accepted, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and all applicable laws hereunder. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, then please do not use this website.

I may modify the Terms of Use at any time without notice, and my amended terms will apply immediately. Please refer back to these Terms of Use from time to time to ensure that you are aware of any changes. Any reference to these Terms of Use includes all such policies.

These Terms of Use apply to all users of this website, whether you are a visitor simply browsing the website or purchaser of any products available for sale on my website.

I (Real Food RN) am not a doctor, I do not play one on TV, and I am not here to give you direct medical advice. I may explain health benefits of certain recipes or blog post topics on occasion. None of these health benefits have been evaluated or approved by the FDA. They should not be used in place of personal judgment or medical treatment when needed, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Only your doctor can diagnose and treat disease.

1. Nature of realfoodrn.com

Realfoodrn.com is an informational website dedicated to helping people who want to eat healthier and be proactive in bettering their own health through proper nutrition and decreased chemical and toxin exposure. It is my intent to educate people how to make healthier decisions for a healthier life.

2. Eligibility to use website

Only adults are eligible to make purchases through realfoodrn.com. By using this website, you warrant and represent that you are at least 18 years of age, and that you are fully competent and able to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide and comply with them. None of the information on this site is intended to be taken as direct medical advice.

3. Product Sales

Realfoodrn.com may make available products for sale, including but not limited to e-books, classes, and carefully selected products. Posts and pages on my website may contain affiliate links. If you purchase a product through an affiliate link your costs will be the same but Real Food RN will receive a small commission. This helps cover some of the costs for this site. I appreciate your support! Real Food RN is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Disclosure: cmp.ly/5. If you purchase Young Living Essential Oils through my distributor link, they are subject to warranty, quality standards, and product claims put forth by Young Living.

4. Content Disclaimer

The content of the realfoodrn website, along with any e-books sold on the Website, have been prepared for general information purposes only. The content should not be construed as medical advice or a professional medical opinion on any specific facts or circumstances. Information on this website is not guaranteed to be accurate or complete, and you should not rely on it to make any medical or other decisions.

I expressly disclaim all liability with respect to actions taken or not taken based on any of the contents of this website. If I provide any specific examples of medical outcomes here, please be advised that I cannot guarantee a similar outcome.

Realfoodrn.com does not seek to establish any professional relationship with any person or entity as a result of any visit to this website. Transmission of the information on this website is not intended to create a physician-patient relationship between myself and any user of this website. Readers should not act upon any information provided on this website without seeking advice from a licensed physician.

5. Restrictions on Use

Realfoodrn.com may only be used for lawful purposes and should be used only by visitors seeking information about living a healthier life. Any other use of the website is expressly prohibited, including but not limited to the following: (a) taking any action that disrupts, tampers with, interferes with, or imposes an unreasonable burden on the Website’s infrastructure, servers, data, or network, or those of a third party via our website; (b) using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent, or any other devise or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars, or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the website other than generally available third party browsers (including but not limited to Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari); (c) deciphering, decompiling, disassembling, or reverse engineering any of the software comprising or in any way making up part of the website; (d) using any means of automatically searching or mining data from the website or in any way attempting to interfere with the proper functioning of the website; (e) collecting or storing personal information about any other user of the website; (f) intentionally or unintentionally violating any applicable local, state, national, or international law; (g) co-branding this website; or (h) framing this website.

If you become aware of any inappropriate use, please notify me vie email:  kate @ realfoodrn dot com

6. Making Comments

Realfood.com provides users the ability to make comments, which can be shared with other members of the online community. You are solely responsible for ensuring that any such comments that you make are appropriate and are not illegal, obscene, threatening, harassing, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise objectionable and do no consist of or contain software viruses, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” In addition, you are responsible for not making ad hominem attacks on third parties and for not using profanity.

If you do post comments, you grant to me a nonexclusive, royalty free perpetual, irrevocable, right to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such comments throughout the world and in any media, and to grant sublicenses to third parties. You represent and warrant that you own all rights in the comment that you post and that such comments to do not violate my Terms of Use hereunder. I reserve the right to monitor and remove any comments at any time without notice. I also have the right to delete and ban inappropriate comments at any time for any reason.

7. Third Party Websites

Realfoodrn.com may contain links to other Internet websites, which are independently owned and maintained (“Third Party Site(s)”). Links to Third Party Sites are provided as citations and aids to help you identify and locate other Internet resources that may be of interest to you. If you click on a link to one of these Third Party Sites, then you will be transferred to another website beyond my control. My Privacy Policy and Terms of Use will no longer be applicable to any Third Party Sites, and I will not review or have any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or any other aspect of the content on those Third Party Sites. I do not intend that links to Third Party Sites be referrals to, or endorsements of, the linked entities or to any information that they make available. I will remove any link from this Website upon request from the Third Party Site.

8. Intellectual Property

Realfoodrn.com, the content and the design elements of the website, and any products sold on the website (“Intellectual Property”) are the sole and exclusive property of realfoodrn.com. You may not reproduce, copy, display, distribute, republish, or otherwise use for any commercial purpose any Intellectual Property without my permission. You may not remove or alter anything appearing on any part of the website or any products sold on the website. Any code on the pages of the website is also protected and you may not use or copy such code.

9. Affiliate Links

This website may contain affiliate marketing links, which means I may get paid commission on sales of those products or services we write about. The editorial content is not influenced by advertisers or affiliate partnerships. This disclosure is provided in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR § 255.5: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.

PAID ENDORSEMENT DISCLOSURE: In order for me to support my blogging activities, I may receive monetary compensation or other types of remuneration for my endorsement, recommendation, testimonial and/or link to any products or services from this blog. Some links on this site are affiliate links, including Amazon.com affiliate links. If you purchase a product through an affiliate link, your costs will be the same but Real Food RN will receive a small commission. This helps cover some of the costs for this site. I appreciate your support!

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You must retain the above credit, unless you purchase a licence to use this document without the credit. You can purchase a licence at: https://www.website-contracts.co.uk/seqlegal-licences.html. Warning: use of this document without the credit, or without purchasing a licence, is an infringement of copyright.

  1. No advice

2.1     Our website contains general medical information.

2.2     The medical information is not advice and should not be treated as such.

  1. No warranties

3.1     The medical information on our website is provided without any representations or warranties, express or implied.

3.2     Without limiting the scope of Section 3.1, we do not warrant or represent that the medical information on this website:

(a)     will be constantly available, or available at all; or

(b)     is true, accurate, complete, current or non-misleading.

  1. Medical assistance

4.1     You must not rely on the information on our website as an alternative to medical advice from your doctor or other professional healthcare provider.

4.2     If you have any specific questions about any medical matter, you should consult your doctor or other professional healthcare provider.

4.3     If you think you may be suffering from any medical condition, you should seek immediate medical attention.

4.4     You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice or discontinue medical treatment because of information on our website.

  1. Interactive features

5.1     Our website includes interactive features that allow users to communicate with us.

5.2     You acknowledge that, because of the limited nature of communication through our website’s interactive features, any assistance you may receive using any such features is likely to be incomplete and may even be misleading.

5.3     Any assistance you may receive using any our website’s interactive features does not constitute specific advice and accordingly should not be relied upon without further independent confirmation.

  1. Limits upon exclusions of liability

6.1     Nothing in N/A will:

(a)     limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

(b)     limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

(c)     limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

(d)     exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

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First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

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Nothing on this website is intended to be taken as direct medical advice. You must always consult with your general medical practitioner before taking on any healing protocols, changing medications, or changing your lifestyle with the intention to change your health. I sincerely hope you find the health and healing you are looking for!

I am an RN, not an MD. The information on this blog is not intended to be taken as medical advice. The statements made here have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. These statements are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure or prevent any disease. This notice is required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. You can find out more in my Terms of Use & Disclosure.

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