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I listened to all my old episodes, and it's wild how much my perspectives have changed, become more nuanced, and grown over this last year. This podcast started at such a dark place in my life, and I thank the routine of it all for keeping me sane. I go back and revisit some content from an old episode, something I am sure I will do more in the future because the last thing I want to do is be radical or ignorant. Simultaneously, I am permitting myself to have bold opinions. Maybe it's okay for me to be...

I kept this one short and sweet. It's a heavy week for this podcaster, but I wanted to extend my love and support to those of you 'misfits' who have a strained or troubled relationship with family around the holidays. I have been through a wide spectrum of heartbreak and healing- if anyone needs to vent, talk, or wants to reach out and tell their story, I will hold space for you. Hell, even if you need advice, I got you. 

I said it before and will repeat it- no matter how you feel, or what burdens y...

In the 1930's a Canadian dentist by the name of Weston A. Price traveled the world in search of what it means to have health and vitality. He found when he compared the diets of indigenous cultures from all around the world, a similar theme: fish, meat, lots of animal fats, no processed foods, veggies, nuts, legumes, whole grains, dairy, and ferments. Physical perfection, easy births, straight white teeth, broad jaws, no mental illness, disease, or degeneration in sight. He documented these findings in a book he later wrote called Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. He noted the differences between...

I have just been too organized and on top of things lately, so this week required some rough-around-the-edges dialogue about all the weird, random things that have been on my mind the last few weeks. SORRY, NOT SORRY! Enjoy my ramblings. 

Are you a potato or an egg? Do you choose to soften and open up when shit goes wrong or do you harden and wall off? Keep an eye out; who in your life are eggs and who are your potatoes?  

Well, if you thought Ellen White and John Kellogg were bad, wait until you learn about Ancel (the INCEL) Keys and his work in the 1960s. He was a real pick-me, who thought he was something special and is known today as the father of cholesterol. He thought saturated fat was really bad, that it resulted in high cholesterol, which resulted in DEATH. 
What a drama queen. 
Anyone who got in his way or disagreed with him (John Yudkin) was shamed, slandered, and coined a quack by Ancel and his media posse. OOOOF it's a wild ride. En...

WOW it seems like ole' Ellen White had some heavy ass brain damage but it's cool let's just take everything she hallucinates as gospel and start being vegetarians lmao. 

In this episode, I playfully make fun of the Seventh-day Adventists' role in the American diet, and the two total weirdos within the church that became very influential voices in food during the mid-1800s. John Kellogg had some issues, despite his devout hate for masturbation he definitely could have benefited from rubbing one out a time or two instead of completely fucking up our meat industry with h...

I talk here about some new information I've recently learned, about the importance of knowing the difference between beef, pork, and chicken. Monogastrics (animals with a single stomach, so to speak) like us, but namely pork and chicken, don't process polyunsaturated fatty acids the same way ruminants (multi-chambered stomach digesters like cows, deer, elk, bison, goats, sheep, etc.) do. 
If you're on a budget, trying to assess chronic health problems you can buy plain old ground beef sourced wherever and you can still predictably assume that the fat content will still be pretty consistent. Research has shown that t...

To be fair I'm fuckin' failing at this and a hella hypocrite BUT I'm trying so hard AND I know I'm not alone! sorry for being gone for a few weeks I was out of town and also in a creative slump but don't worry I'm back on my bullshit until the next one.   

I finish up my thoughts from the previous episodes about seed oils, about the importance of transitioning out of their widespread use and cleaning up our diets as well as demanding better from our local restaurants. I also discuss my experience butchering backyard chickens for the first time and how despite a slight learning curve it really is a relatively simple activity. After seeing how happy backyard chickens are in response to simple joys like chasing bugs, gulping down fresh water and enjoying nature, I'm less driven to buy chicken at the store or give my money to entities...