Eat Better Food Today!
Thinking about making a lasting lifestyle change - but not sure where to begin? Welcome to the Podcast, Eat Better Food Today, where we believe that health and longevity begins with the food we eat. I'm Ken Counihan, and last year I had a serious health scare, which led me to explore, research, and break down what it is we are actually eating, and how to make a change, affordably - for good! I'm not a doctor but I have been reading and practicing healthier living with my wife and the help of the Cleveland Clinic for over a decade. This podcast will be an engaging and empowering vehicle to Inspire, Educate and Enable folks to Live a Healthier Life. We'll sit down with chefs, farmers, industry insiders, medical professionals, businesses, and patients, who will share their stories and add their insight into the most fundamental of health goals - to Eat Better Food Today! A percent of the profits from this Podcast will be put towards erasing child hunger, initially focused on the poorest suburb in America, East Cleveland in Ohio. So join me on this journey, where we'll explore every aspect of living better, living longer, through food, exercise, sleep, community, and purpose. Let’s learn together how to begin to Eat Better Food Today! Follow us now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our Eat Better Food Today website or wherever you enjoy your shows. Gratefully yours, Ken. This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is-Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional. Website www.eatbetterfoodtoday.com
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Fresh Tastes Better! Food Dignity's Clancy Harrison.
02/14/2026
Fresh Tastes Better! Food Dignity's Clancy Harrison.
Ep 103. Part Two. On this episode we are grateful to have Clancy Harrison. Clancy is the founder of Food Dignity®, an organization that empowers farmers, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies to lead the change in transforming food systems. With nearly 30 years of hands-on service alongside the people who have directly experienced food injustices, Clancy brings an unmatched depth of empathy and understanding to her mission. Clancy is the catalyst for companies across North America who want to join the deeper conversation around food—and build a more equitable and sustainable future. #eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #hope #farmers #fresh #dignity Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Clancy The Recipe Site Mentioned Please Invest in the The Sante Foundation What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Part Two Rescued Food 23:03 Clancy’s experience shows that Rescued Food does not solve Hunger Many times the food rescued had to be thrown away or spread in fields – it was unfit to eat That’s why she’s works with farmers to help create a market for their food when its harvested During COVID transformed the Food Pantry from walk-in to Drive-thru. Went from 150 being serviced to 3,000 Service 500 People – Two Options. o System A: Drive-thru for Food which Creates long lines, angry people o System B: Food Hub Distributes to Trusted non-profits who distribute at time of service– everyone’s happy Volunteers from Local Colleges and High Schools that Require Service Hours Food Ingredients 34:12 How do you challenge those systems if they're receiving taxpayer dollars to truly invest in local nourishing food People want to eat what's best for them Fresh Lettuce that lasts 2 weeks in a refrigerator, not because it was sprayed, because it was harvested that morning How do we Provide Dignified Access to Food, one that people Want to Eat Food that has shelf life where people can budget and they can meal plan Not let's hurry up and eat because this was rescued food and it's not going to last past tomorrow Understand at the ground level of what people want and then we provide it FRESH TASTES BETTER The longer Food sits after Being Picked, the More it Loses its Taste Customer Success Stories 40:08 The CTC Trade School – because of the success of the relationship with Food Dignity, the Warehouse Program has a waitlist and the school is investing $76K in new warehouse equipment The Famers that can now stay open year-round Take What You Need, Pay What You Can Stand – a Neighbor is Picking up for a Shut-in The shut-in now has a spring in his step. His skin has color, it's no longer gray. He's happy. It's because of the food. Kids Can Try Produce at the Take What You Need, Pay What You Can Stand and Many times Like what they Try Diabetes Customers saying their A1C is down Someone who Would Never Go to a Food Pantry but will Stop at the Stand so He can Pay Something ($.27) I look at NO as an opportunity to ask a different question and approach something differently. Keep Doing this Work in Her Community – no Interest in Expanding Nationally The Recipe 47:50 New England Dairy has Recipe Guides. Based on what you can afford, what you have on hand, what's culturally appropriate - you can make a meal The Sante Foundation, to raise money, bring awareness, and build Centers to bring healthy food and services into underserved urban neighborhoods. In the world we live in today, we all need to do more to support one another and bring Hope into other people’s lives. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company my wife and I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Fed the Dumpster with More Produce than I Fed People. Food Dignity. Clancy Harrison.
02/06/2026
Fed the Dumpster with More Produce than I Fed People. Food Dignity. Clancy Harrison.
Ep 102. Part One. On this episode we are grateful to have Clancy Harrison. Clancy is the founder of Food Dignity®, an organization that empowers farmers, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies to lead the change in transforming food systems. With nearly 30 years of hands-on service alongside the people who have directly experienced food injustices, Clancy brings an unmatched depth of empathy and understanding to her mission. Clancy is the catalyst for companies across North America who want to join the deeper conversation around food—and build a more equitable and sustainable future. #eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #hope #farmers #volunteer #dignity Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Clancy The Recipe Site Mentioned Please Invest in the The Sante Foundation What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Part One Breakfast: Tea, and either Egg with Arugula and Tomato or Thick Yogurt with Berries The Journey to Food Dignity 2:15 Food Service Director with Aramark across many states Worked in a Food Pantry for 13 yrs: Fed a Dumpster with the Produce more than People A Registered Dietician People who are food insecure are at High Risk of Foodborne Illness The Food Dignity nonprofit secured ARPA Funds in 2020 with the “Farmer at the Center” We connect local, fresh, nourishing food to people who are at high risk of food insecurity We work with nonprofits at a time of service. Places they already Trust. Think domestic violence centers, think drug and alcohol recovery centers Now that food will heal their kidneys, their livers, their skin for drug and alcohol recovery For single moms that are women running from domestic violence. These nonprofits have increased their participation rates which means increased funding, increased outcomes We’re lowering A1C, blood pressure, they’re losing weight, they’re eating more fruits and vegetables Farmers are becoming more sustainable. They are paid fair market value for their product Sustained Funding 8:02 At a Shelter, they know that women are not returning to an abuser because she has peace of mind that she can feed her child That in turn leads to them adding Food to their Grant requests Farmers: now staying open year round because of community demand – funders see economic development Connecting Nonprofits with Farmers 10:36 Had to Build Farmer TRUST. They were used to being asked to cut prices or Donate. That is not sustainable. Help farmers identify crops at risk when they're in the ground that do not have a market and identify markets Worked with 5 farmers on the Federal Resilient Food Infrastructure Grant: rcvd $720K Now they can afford to buy cold storage which helps them supply food year-round Creating The Market 15:11 Pay 2 students at a Local trade School to create a Food Hub for 43 Farmers The nonprofits then come and pick up Food every Monday Another Market: Take What You Need, Pay What You Can Produce Stands Everyone Gets an Envelope and Puts what they can Afford in the Envelope Pay for these stands with Corporate Sponsors Create Stands at Schools, Work Sites, VFW parking lots, PA CareerLink Distribution & Rescued Food 18:18 To the nonprofit “what do you need from Food Dignity to Make this Work?” Famers Deliver to the Food Hub (CTC) Nonprofits pick up at the CTC or directly form the farmer Students working at the Food Hub had input, they now own the Idea and the System The School Wanted to Create this Food Hub and Did working with Clancy and Team The Sante Foundation, to raise money, bring awareness, and build Centers to bring healthy food and services into underserved urban neighborhoods. In the world we live in today, we all need to do more to support one another and bring Hope into other people’s lives. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company my wife and I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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I've Gotten So Much More than I Was Able to Give. Grafton Correctional.
01/20/2026
I've Gotten So Much More than I Was Able to Give. Grafton Correctional.
One Hundred and One. Today’s episode was recorded and filmed onsite at Grafton on a beautiful Fall sunny day in their garden. This is Part Two of my 100thEpisode, released on a cold winter day. During my visit, I talked with inmates and leaders at the Grafton Correctional Institute, where Hope is provided daily. In 2024, the garden grew and distributed 23,000 pounds of produce. This 100th Episode is in two parts. Part One was with two of the Caretakers. This is Part Two, with Sister Rita Mary and Frank, who talk about starting Prison Ministries in 1996 and how it has grown to 450 volunteers. The volunteers have commented “I volunteered for prison ministry because I wanted to help, I wanted to encourage people. So I'm doing it and I love it.” And “I've gotten so much more than I was able to give.” One of those Ministries started in 2020 was the Garden Ministry. And if you hear gunshots in the background its because officers were getting the annual certification. #eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #hope #garden #volunteer Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Grafton at Please Invest in the The Sante Foundation What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Intro Recap of Part One Great conversation with The Garden Caretakers If You Want to Start a Garden, Just Do It Sister Rita Mary takes 800lbs of Produce to Those in Need in her Toyota She Drives to the Cosgrove Center where they also take food to Lorain and Akron That Delivery will feed 1000s of People How Did The Grafton Garden Start 4:51 1996 Bishop Quinn asked Sister Rita Mary to Start a Ministry for the Incarcerated. Started with 135 Volunteers By 2020 had 450 People Working with the Prison Ministry Formed the LEAF Ministry: Listening, Encouraging, Assisting Families “I volunteered for prison ministry because I wanted to help, I wanted to encourage people. So I'm doing it and I love it.” “I've gotten so much more than I was able to give.” Now Still Trying to Rebuild the Volunteer Base Since the Pandemic in 2020 Garden Ministry: Emotionally, Physically, Spiritually they can see Themselves Doing Something Good and it's Rewarding for Those Working in the Garden. During the Pandemic, inmates started making masks for Catholic Charities and then Schools Then they started the Garden and Grew 3,000lbs in the First Year This has come out of the desire of these gentlemen to really help the community. That's what it's all about. We Need More of These Programs. 15:26 47M people in the US Do Not Know Where Their Next Meal is Coming From The Program Benefits the People Receiving the Food AND the People Growing the Food Other Ohio Prisons are Starting or Considering Programs How Would People from the Community Get Involved? 17:08 Largest Need is in the Counties Grafton Support is Healthy. It’s a Transition Place, Getting People Ready to Go Out The Recipe – Vegetable Soup from the Garden. 22:24 End of Year Event at Grafton – Catholic Charities and Grafton Admin Cook for the Men and Families Pizza Night with Families between Sept and the End of Year Event Final Thoughts 25:47 When men or women have Served their Time and We're There as a Community to Welcome Them Back The Sante Foundation, to raise money, bring awareness, and build Centers to bring healthy food and services into underserved urban neighborhoods. In the world we live in today, we all need to do more to support one another and bring Hope into other people’s lives. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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One Hundred. Hope through Food. No Matter where You Live.
01/15/2026
One Hundred. Hope through Food. No Matter where You Live.
Ep 100. Today’s episode was recorded and filmed onsite at Grafton on a beautiful Fall sunny day in their garden. I wanted this to be my 100th episode so I waited until a snowy winter day to share. During my visit, I talked with inmates and leaders at the Grafton Correctional Institute, where Hope is provided daily. In 2024, the garden grew and distributed 23,000 pounds of produce. This 100th Episode will be in two parts. Part One will be with two of the inmates. For those watching on YouTube, they were not allowed to be filmed. Their closing message, in their own words were “encourage everybody to get out there and give gardening a try. Don't be afraid to mess anything up. Put it in the ground. God will give you everything that you need when it comes to the land. You’ve just gotta work it.” #eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #localfarmers #hope #garden Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Grafton at Please Invest in the The Sante Foundation What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Intro Why Garden? Something that I've always done with my great grandmother and grandfather A Way to Give Back All of our harvest goes to three or four different homeless shelters plus a local restaurant Feed People who can’t Feed Themselves In the Garden get Peace, Solitude in a 1200 person facility What is Grown In 2 acres, with 32 inmates, they grow watermelon, cantaloupes, honeydews, tomatoes, okra, eggplants, cabbage, lettuce, greens, peppers, squash, zucchini, pumpkins, carrots, beets, radish, lettuce. Everything is Organically grown Begin with by Mapping it out. Need to rotate our crops every year due to insects getting used to a certain plant being there or tomatoes with too much acidity so they need to be moved around. Beehives produce honey and pollinate the crops being grown 23,000lbs of Produce Grown and Distributed last Year One Family Dinner and One Inmate only Dinner with some of the Harvest Plans, Challenges, Stories Plan to Bring Back Greenhouses and Continue to Support Sister Rita Biggest Challenge: The Weather – Dealing with Extremes of Hot, Cold Story: Our family sees how much we enjoy this and it makes them want to start growing things. There's a guy, his girl lives in Amsterdam. She's been able to take seeds from this garden and she's got her own little garden in Amsterdam. Why not turn Abandoned Buildings into Gardens – free Food If Someone at Home Wanted to Start a Garden Buy a Vegetable, Dry and then Plant the Seeds Seed Packets are only a Dollar Local Libraries have Free Seeds Encourage everybody to get out there and give it a try. Don't be afraid to mess anything up. Put it in the ground. God will give you everything that you need when it comes to the land. You just gotta work it. The Sante Foundation, to raise money, bring awareness, and build Centers to bring healthy food and services into underserved urban neighborhoods. In the world we live in today, we all need to do more to support one another and bring Hope into other people’s lives. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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70% of Our Health is Lifestyle. Regardless of Your Genetics. Lisa Parda
11/26/2025
70% of Our Health is Lifestyle. Regardless of Your Genetics. Lisa Parda
Ep 99: On this episode we are grateful to have Lisa Parda. Lisa is the Owner of RealtyScape Brokerage and co-host of Lisa and Robyn on the Mic, a live weekly radio show. Food has become Lisa’s latest way of exploring connection. Her new cookbook, My Love Language Is Food, isn’t about flawless recipes — it’s about survival, joy, and the small rituals that keep people going. Lisa draws from her own seasons of struggle: long work hours, the ups and downs of body image, and the lessons of using food both as comfort and as medicine. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #genetics #lifestyle #realestate #lovelanguageisfood #bakeacookie Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Lisa Parda https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-parda-a0125532b/ What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast & The Morning Routine: Chia Seed Pudding with Blackberries and Raspberries 1:36 - UV light, Tea, Workout, Call four Friends The Journey: Real Estate to Food. 3:56 - Real Estate at 30 to Recipes to a Cookbook to a Radio Show 23 Years Later - Autoimmune and Diet – Food is My Medicine - 4yrs Ago Lost 50% of Heart Function - Been a Vegetarian but now Focused on a Mediterranean Diet - If You Eat all the Parts of an Animal and Not Just the Filet Mignon, you Only Need 50 Cows instead of 500 The Cookbook “Love Language is Food” 12:52 - Mediterranean Diet focused: Vegetables, Fish and a Little Meat, a Little Desert - Also Breakfast for Dinner - In every culture across time, we have shared food. - The first Thing We do When We Meet a New Person is to break bread Food that You Trust 14:47 - From a Local Butcher for Meats or Whole Foods for Vegetables, Frozen Fruits in Winter Heart Scare and Food. 16:52 - Stopped drinking alcohol, No More Shift Work, Started Zone Two Cardio, Did not Work Out Fasted - And that Cured the Afib – confirmed by an Electro Cardiologist The Emotional Power of Food Beyond Nutrition 23:07 - Eating Good Food, Together - Technology is Separating Us from Each Other - Find a Healthier Way to Interact with Food – not Withholding Food - The Importance of a $49 Continuous Glucose Monitor to Understand How Food Affects You The Cookbook – Part II 30:18 - Making Meals at Home You Decide the Ingredients in Your Salad Dressing, Cake or Cookie Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods Through Food, Education 32:35 - Just as Foundational as Food. Where we Rest Our Head at Night, Where We go to Work, Where our Kids go to Play, that is the Foundation for Our Lives. Success Stories 42:56 - Publishing Her Cookbook after Her Heart Issues - Overcoming Psoriasis in Three Weeks Through Food - Recommending a Real Estate Investment that Several Years Later Allowed a Dad to Quit his Job and Have money to send his Kids to College Anecdotes - So no matter what you have Genetically, you can Improve it by 70 % by your Lifestyle - Eating fruits and vegetables, you'll have better skin. - Drink more water, you'll have better skin. - Stop drinking alcohol, you'll have better skin. First Step to Change 49:33 - Stop Doing Your Worst Habit. Try Subtracting Instead of Adding. The Recipe: Quiche 51:33 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Food is One of Life's Greatest Pleasures. Enjoy What You Eat. Just Not too Much. Marion Nestle
11/11/2025
Food is One of Life's Greatest Pleasures. Enjoy What You Eat. Just Not too Much. Marion Nestle
Ep 98: On this episode we are grateful to have Marion Nestle. Marion is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, in the department she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she retired in September 2017. She is also a Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley. She has won numerous awards during her career and has authored, co-authored, or co-edited sixteen books, with her latest one to being released Nov 11th titled What to Eat Now. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Marion Nestle https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/people/marion-nestle Other Websites mentioned by Marion: Her New Book https://a.co/d/0d5rNky What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast: Post Mini Wheats and Blueberries 1:34 Career Path and Marion’s Memoir, Slow Cooked 1:56 - Gives Hope to a Lot of Young Woman Why Write So Much 3:45 - Food Politics Blog, Top Ten Twitter Account, 16 Books - Trying to Explain Complicated Issues as Clearly and as Simply as Possible The Book “What to Eat Now” 5:08 - A 6 month Project Turned into a 4 Year Project because of all that Had Changed in 20 Years - Now Supermarkets Do Online Deliveries - Aisles of Coke and Pepsi Replaced by Flavored Waters – Better Nutritionally Triple Duty Part One: Obesity and Disease. How Did We Get Here? 10:20 - Ronald Reagan Deregulation on Top of Previous Administrations Change in Agricultural Policy - Farmers Encouraged to Grow More Led to an Increase in the Number of Calories in the Food Supply - It went from 3,200 per capita per day in 1980 to 4,000 calories per capita per day by 2000 - That brought the Calories in the Food Supply to Twice what the Population Needs on Average - Food Companies then Had to Sell More, so Food was Introduced into More than Supermarkets - Larger Portions Have More Calories - If Somebody gives you a Muffin, you think it has a 100 calories, even if it has 800 - 1981 - the Shareholder Value Movement - CEO Jack Welch said the SOLE Purpose of a Corporation is to Make Money for Stockholders - That was the END of Companies who Took Care of their Workers and Communities - Food companies are Not Social Service Agencies or and Public Health Agencies - Food Noise: Food Companies Needed to Sell More and Created Ways to Make that Happen There’s No Profit in Fruits and Vegetables 16:04 - The Consensus: More than Half the Calories in US diets, Even More in Kids, comes from Ultra-processed Foods - Foods that are Industrially Produced, have Lots of Color, Flavor, and Texture. Are HIGH in Sugar and Salt - So Much Research Now that Associates Consumption of These Foods in Large Amounts Leads to Poor Health - Brilliant Marketing – e.g. McDonalds – but Its Not Good for the Kids How Do We Change the System 18:05 - Change the Way Wall Street Evaluates Corporations - B Corporations, World Economic Forum Advice or Regulation - Food Industry Executive at a White House meeting: We would Love to Stop Marketing Our Foods to Kids, We think it's Morally Wrong, but our Stockholders Won't Let Us Triple Duty, Part Two and Three: Food Insecurity and Climate 20:16 - Healthspan, Lifespan is Decreasing in the US - What can I do to Change the System? You Have Power. How do you get Power in the US? Money. Elections. - Can’t Change it Alone. Join Organizations and Lobby - Never, Never Give Up. Keep Working for What you Think is Right - SNAP Affects 42M People, Mostly White - They have Jobs, their Jobs just Don't Pay Enough - A Significant portion of Walmart Employees Receive SNAP Benefits – Shocking What Else Has to Change 25:36 - the Externalized Cost of Our CURRENT Food System is Climate Change and Bad Health - We NEED to Completely Redo Our Agricultural System - Its Focused on Feed for Animals and Fuel for Automobiles - In a Country with this Kind of Wealth and We Don't have Good Health Care, we Don't have Clean Air, we Don't have Public Transportation, we Don't have a Great Public School Systems. We SHOULD Have All Those Things. Food Recommendations 27:25 - Michael Pollan Quote: Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants. (and not ultra-processed food) - Requires Knowing How to Cook – Schools Used to Teach in Home Economics – Not Any More - We Need an Agricultural System that Promotes Eating Healthfully, Focused on Healthy Diets, Food for People - Need to be Growing Food Organically and Regeneratively - Biggest Problem with the American Diet is People Eat Too Much - Today’s Kids are Overfed Food in Other Countries 32:23 - Less Snacking Overseas, so Eat Less, Move More - In the US with our Car Culture it means People are Not Doing as Much Walking or Moving Food in a Grocery Store 34:29 - What’s a Good Product in the Middle Aisles – Look at the Ingredients - Most Front of Packing is What Is Not in the Item - If the List of Ingredients is Long, and the Ingredients are Not Recognizable Food Names, then it's Highly Processed and it's Probably Not Very Good for You - If it Looks Like It's Too Good To Be True, It Probably Is - Kids Need to Learn How to Eat Real Food - Kids Should be Eating What Their Parents Eat If their Parents are Eating Healthy - School Meals Need More Attention: Some Schools Do It Well, Most Do Not - We Need More Gardens at Schools – Local Tastes Better Where to Start 39:08 - Add Some more Plant Foods to Your Diet - Figure Out Which Ones You Like and Eat Them - Look at adding Roots, Vegetables, Grains, Beans to Your Diet - Food is one of life's greatest pleasures. Enjoy what you eat. The Recipe: Vegetables and Rice 40:53 - Fresh ingredients, freshly prepared, there's nothing better. This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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80% of Heart Disease, 70% of Most Cancers Can Be Prevented by Diet and Lifestyle. Dr. Aaron Hartman
11/05/2025
80% of Heart Disease, 70% of Most Cancers Can Be Prevented by Diet and Lifestyle. Dr. Aaron Hartman
Ep 97: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr. Aaron Hartman. Dr. Hartman is a distinguished medical professional with a deep dedication to integrative and functional medicine. Over the years, Dr. Hartman has accumulated numerous certifications, including a Fellowship from the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2006, board certification in Integrative and Holistic Medicine in 2015, Certification in Functional Medicine in 2017, and Board Certification in Antiaging, Regenerative, Metabolic, and Functional Medicine in 2022. Dr. Hartman's military service from 2003 to 2007 saw him rise to the rank of Major in the United States Air Force, where he received the Distinguished Service Medal for his service overseas. In 2010, Dr. Hartman founded the Virginia Research Center. In 2012, the Hartmans' moved to a farm outside Richmond, Virginia, where they learned about the interconnections between health, agriculture, and nutrition. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #functionalmedicine #foodismedicine #healthysoil #buylocal #chronicdisease Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Dr. Aaron Hartman https://richmondfunctionalmedicine.com/about/dr-aaron-hartman-md/ Other Websites mentioned by Dr. Hartman’s New Book “Uncurable” https://a.co/d/4djRgmW , Soil and Health https://a.co/d/7R579Om What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast: Coffee with Collagen, Organic, Raw Cream from our Local Cow 2:12 The Journey to Functional Medicine and the Farm 3:12 - Enrolled in Air Force to pay for Medical School - Wife is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist working with Kids with Special Needs - Brought a very Small 12 mth Anna into their Home, Born of a Crystal Meth Mother - Learn to Talk from Eating and Chewing Food – so no Feeding Tube - Can’t crawl if you have a Feeding Tube in your Stomach - Reported to Child Protective Services because Wanted to Feed Their Daughter Real Food - At the Time, Aaron and His Wife are both Doctors, He was a Captain in the Air Force - Aaron decided to Become Anna’s own Personal, Professional, Personalized Doctor - Standard of Care takes 20 up to 50 years for New Research to Make it to Practice - Needed a Farm to Have Control of Their Food - Over 2 yrs became an Expert in Soil Health and Farm Animals - Impacted how Dr Hartman takes Care of his Patients Understanding Soil Health and Nutrition 9:27 - In order to have Healthy Cows, need to have Good Quality Dirt and Grass - Cows Ferment their Food, so Cows that Eat Corn Ferment that into Alcohol - That Ends up in the Fat of a Marbled Steak – Creates Fatty Liver - Human Health is Determined by Soil Health - Plants, Grass, Extract Small Quantities of Rare earth mineral Our Bodies Need - Cows that eat Grass Give us the 98 Minerals we need; Cows that Eat Grain Only give us 68 Minerals Transforming Family Health through Food 14:40 - There is so much in Nature. Kids can Stay Preoccupied just by Playing Outside. Great Education. - Health Benefits of Essential Minerals from Bone Broth for Soups, Fermented Foods like Sauerkraut - Health Benefits of Omega-3s, Omega-6s from Flax Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Eggs - Homemade Granola from the Seeds, Mayonnaise from the Eggs is Food for the Brain - Son was 6 months old, had bad Asthma and Eczema – afraid he would stop Breathing at Night - Fed him Homemade Raw Milk Formula and his Asthma and Eczema are Gone Research to Help Anna 19:07 - SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) or Gene Typos. If you have two copies of that Typo, for example, your ability to recycle a certain B vitamin called Folic Acid is maybe 20% - Did Gene testing to figure out all the Typos Anna had and gave her those Nutrients Back - You Can use Physical Activity to Activate the Brain - Looked into Energy Medicine - Pulse, Electromagnetic Field Medicine used by Elite Athletes The Shift to Personalized Functional Medicine 21:35 - After 15 Years, Functional Medicine was the Next Logical Add-on - It Holistic. You should look Your Environment. Which part of the country do you live in? Where were you born? - Your Home: Do you have a crawl space? Is it gas heated? Is it electric? - Food: You Should look at the Food You Eat - You Should Do Advanced Testing. Look at Family Dynamics. - If you Grew up in Certain Parts of West Virginia, and had Exposure to certain Chemicals, you will see certain Cancers, Not Based on Genes, but Based on the Environment - Dr Hartman has had over a hundred thousand patient encounters in seven countries over four continents - He has Seen Fibromyalgia go in Remission, those with Diabetes have their A1Cs come Down to Normal, Nerve Damage from Chemotherapy Resolve - Head. Heart. Hands. From Dr Hartman’s Seminary Training, Look at All Three to Help Anna and Patients - Daily Mantra, Prayer: See what Can't be Seen, Hear what Can't be Heard, Diagnose what Can't be Diagnosed. What Are Our Medical Blind Spots Today 27:07 - Something that’s there but You Can’t See it Yet - The Doctor who Wanted to Wash His Hands to Prevent Germs was Put in an Asylum - The Doctor who Came up with a Cancer Cure Lost His Career, Now it’s the Standard - 1950’s Doctors Would have OK’d Cigarettes Chronic Disease and Food 30:39 - Hard to Believe, but You Have to Convince Patients that Diet Matters - 80% of Heart Disease, 70% of Most Cancers Can Be Prevented by Diet and Lifestyle - Time of Year and Where You Live Influence Your Diet - In Winter, You Need more Fat and Protein to Maintain Your Body Temperature - What Grows Naturally Tends to be what You're Body Needs at that Time of Year - So Eat Real food, Seasonally, As Locally As Possible - 30 % of all Protein Supplements on the Market are Contaminated with Lead Healthcare Costs 34:56 - Dr Hartman’s three kids have each only had antibiotics once and only one cavity between them - That’s All Diet - Personal Family Experience – Don’t Have doctor Bills Success Story – Food-is-Medicine is Legit 39:09 - One patient would not cut out the smoking, diet soda, processed foods - As a result, every two months she needed a prescription for Diflucan - A second patient had Crohn’s Disease. Put him on an Autoimmune Paleo Diet - Diet Solved his Uncontrolled Autoimmune Disease - put it into Remission Final Thoughts 42:23 - Dr Hartman’s book, Uncurable, about his Daughter - If a little girl in her situation Can Change Her Total Health Trajectory, You Can Do It Too. The Recipe: Grass-fed Stir-fry with Roasted Broccoli 43:48 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio.
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Food Should Be Our First Line of Defense. For our Health. Chef Mark Reinfeld
10/28/2025
Food Should Be Our First Line of Defense. For our Health. Chef Mark Reinfeld
Ep 96: On this episode we are grateful to have Chef Mark Reinfeld. Mark is an award-winning chef and authority on plant-based cuisine, and is the founding chef of the Vegan Fusion Culinary Academy. Mark has traveled the world and had over 25 years of experience preparing and teaching creative vegan and raw cuisine. He has written eight acclaimed books, and in 2017, he was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #janegoodall #vegan #vegetarian #plantbased #chronicdisease #climate #protein #vipassana Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Chef Mark Reinfeld https://veganfusion.com/ Other Websites mentioned by Chef Mark Reinfeld: Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn https://a.co/d/4xRe9j5 Vegan Body Building https://www.veganbodybuilding.com Vegan Fusion World Cuisine https://a.co/d/0e50hul EWG https://www.ewg.org What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast: Whole Grain Toast with Tahini, Plant-based butter, Nutritional Yeast, Fresh Juice, 1:19 The Journey from Prelaw to Becoming a Chef 2:01 - Kibbutz in Israel, became Vegetarian, then India, Nepal, Mount Everest, San Diego - Personal Chef, Consulting Service the Blossoming Lotus - Opened a restaurant on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Started publishing Cookbooks Vegan vs Vegetarian 4:15 - Plant-based describes the Diet, Vegan goes Beyond the Diet into Lifestyle - Become Whole-Food Plant Based for one of three reasons - One. Health: plant based can Prevent or Reverse Chronic Diseases – Heart, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer’s - Two. Environmental or Sustainability. A Plant-based diet has less Environmental Impact - Three. Concerns for Animal Welfare with Commercial Industrial Agriculture and Factory Farming. - Factory Farming – there are a lot of Antibiotics, Drugs used to Keep them Unnaturally Alive - Factory Farming – Applies Manufacturing Principles to Farming – unhealthy for the planet, animals, people - The Local Small Family Farm is Different. Healthier Protein with a Well-Planned Plant-Based Diet 11:57 - 5% of Calories should come from Proteins, Major Health Organizations Double That - Super Firm Tofu has 70 grams of Protein. Seitan is even higher - Combine Food Groups to Create the Same Amino Acid Profile as Meat - Example: Pulses (lentils, beans, chickpeas, peas) with Rice Mark’s Award Winning Vegetarian Cookbooks 16:00 - Jane Goodall wrote the Forward and Inspired the First Cookbook, Vegan Fusion World Cuisine Sourcing Ingredients Responsibly 19:11 - Look at the Least Expensive Organic and use the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen List if going for Non-organic - Know What's Available Seasonally at your Farmers Market Traveling Impacting Thinking about Food 21:27 - Saw people living in harmony with their surroundings - Saw the use of Ingredients that are indigenous to that type of local cuisine - Toasting Spices in a frying pan before using Adds to its Flavor Vipassana 23:43 - From that 10 day Silent Retreat now encourage students to have a calm and peaceful mind state when they're preparing foods - Like any Art Form, you can get into a more Creative Flow when Your Present in the Moment The Impact of Ultra-Processed Foods 25:33 - Hippocrates - food be your medicine and medicine be your food - The idea of returning to food as the natural way to maximize our health - Kids – talk to them about Nature’s Candy (fruits and vegetables) Stories 28:02 - Firefighter, Navy Veteran both went Plant-Based and Solved their Type 2 Diabetes - Many More Cholesterol and Type 2 Diabetes Plant-Based Success Stories - Food Should Be Our First Line of Defense for our Health - You Do Not See the Same Level of Chronic Disease in other Countries - I Consider it a Form of Activism to Help People See They Can Prepare Healthy Foods on their Own - Doctor to a Patient: You have heart disease. I could either cut open your chest and take a vein from your leg and put it in there, or you can go on a vegan or vegetarian diet. Longevity with a Vegan-Vegetarian Approach 35:41 - Is the Food I’m Eating Going to Heal Me or Hurt Me - Stress Reduction, Exercise, Sleep, Nutrition, All Play a role in longevity - Nature gives us the cue to eat Whole Foods First Step to Start a Plant-Based Journey 37:07 - Have a calm mindset, go at your own pace, there are no mistakes in the kitchen - Try adding some new ingredients to your salad The Recipe: Monk Bowl with a Grain, a Green, a Protein and an Optional Sauce 42:41 - Can make over 2000 different recipes with this as the foundation Final Thoughts – You Can Do It 47:56 - This is important for your Family, for our Society to Cook More at Home, to Eat Healthier Food This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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We All Need to Eat Real Food, that Comes a Few Steps from Nature. Functional Medicine’s Dr Aimee Duffy
10/22/2025
We All Need to Eat Real Food, that Comes a Few Steps from Nature. Functional Medicine’s Dr Aimee Duffy
Ep 95: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Aimee Duffy. Dr Duffy, is the Founder and Medical Director of Carolina Integrative Medicine and Clemson IV bar in Clemson, SC. She is a Functional and Integrative Medical Physician, Lifestyle Mentor and Coach for medical providers seeking to learn more about they can optimize the health of their patients and clients. She is the #1 Best selling author of “Normal Doesn’t Have Side Effects” and “Why Can’t She See Me?” and an award winning speaker. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #functionalmedicine #testing #realfood #exercise #suicide Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Dr Aimee Duffy, her Appearances and her Books http://www.aimeeduffymd.com/ Other Websites mentioned by Dr Aimee Duffy https://carolinaintegrativemedicine.com/dr-aimee-duffy What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast & The Morning Routine: Bulletproof-type Latte 1:30 The Journey to Functional Medicine. 6:30 - Family Practice to Primary Care to Looking for Better Answers to How Does Everything in the Body Work Together to Functional Medicine - Be Careful of Looking for Quick Answers with AI. Sometimes it works. Importance of Testing: Creating a Comprehensive Picture 15:49 - Tests initially include Saliva, Food Sensitivity, Blood - Lifestyle Change after seeing the test results - Food may only be part of the Solution - But we All Need to Eat Real Food, that Comes from Nature - But Some Heathy Foods May not Agree with Your Body – everyone is different - Determine What Foods are Causing Stress on Your Body - Intermittent Fasting, the current Protein Craze – may or may not be the Right Answer for You Real Foods 24:29 - how many steps did it take from where it came from to when you eat it. - Should only be a few steps from the tree or ground or animal to you - if we're losing weight, we're losing the right weight, and we're not losing muscle - as we get Older You want to Bounce and not Break - Exercise: Walking AND Using Weights to preserve muscle - Sometimes your Lifestyle Means You Need a Supplement so you Can Feel Your Best Becoming an Author, Writing “Normal Doesn’t Have Side Affects” 33:42 - Decided to write her own imperfect story - Led to a 2nd Book with her daughter about her attempted suicide - Her advice “if you're noticing some of these signs in your teenager, then just start a conversation. And if you are a teenager, talk to somebody” Nutrition and Mental Health 40:53 - We know there is a very strong gut-brain connection - Kids, Teenagers eating is influenced by social media - Kids, Teenagers Lack of Good Food, Nutrition can lead to ADD, Anxiety, Depression - Hope that the book she wrote with her daughter can save one life Food as Medicine: Protein 45:04 - Think of eating genetically modified chickens - Every molecule every day in our Bodies is replacing itself with these genetically modified foods - Is the Food I’m Eating going to support my body and nourish it, or is it going to create some stress? - Get your proteins from a natural source that hasn't been messed with - If you can’t get good protein then go Lean - a Lot of the Toxins are Stored in the Fat. - Fat: you're not going to get rid of Fat because that's your Body's way of protecting you by storing those Toxins Patient Success Stories 49:45 - Giving Patients their Life Back The Recipe: Air Fry Organic Chicken Breasts with Brussel Sprouts 55:37 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Prevention. Testing. Reduce Breast Cancer Risk by 82% by Getting Vitamin D Level to 60. Dr David Bilstrom
10/14/2025
Prevention. Testing. Reduce Breast Cancer Risk by 82% by Getting Vitamin D Level to 60. Dr David Bilstrom
Ep 94. On this episode we are grateful to have Dr David Bilstrom. Dr. Bilstrom is quadruple board certified in Functional and Regenerative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Medical Acupuncture. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, and the Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Bilstrom is on a mission to revolutionize the way autoimmune disease is treated worldwide by teaching the fundamentals of functional medicine. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #healthspan #foodismedicine #goodfoodismedicine #diet #exercise #sleep #stress Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Dr Bilstrom https://drdavidbilstrom.com Other Websites mentioned by Dr Bilstrom: Book: Reversing and Preventing All Autoimmunity https://a.co/d/98ivJNF YouTube Success Story https://youtu.be/uBAGxf77Y-k?si=Ak_8WeX3bvAvwfTS What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/qQtSD2 Segment Notes: Breakfast: After Fasting, Pickled Herring, Coffee 1:34 Morning Routine: Coffee Outside, Being in Nature, Therapeutic Sunlight 2:36 - 2-3 Minutes of Sunlight within first Three Hours after Sunrise or Mid-Day - It’s Free and Can Help Prevent and Reverse Chronic Disease Reversing Chronic Disease: Genetic, Epigenetic 9:20 - Epigenetics – the things that alter Gene Expression – What is On and Off - When you're not feeling well you're turning off the Good Genes and Turning on the Bad Genes - Meditation creates Positive Epigenetic changes - Supplements can Create Positive Epigenetics Changes - Butyrate is found naturally in the Gut and positively influences your Epigenetics - Butyrate helps with Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Strokes - TUDCA – helps to kill cancer cells - Once You’ve done things to turn on the Goods Genes, You can stop taking supplements - BUT you need to Continue to Eat, Exercise, Sleep Well and Minimize Stress Testing 15:32 - If you Test, You Can See Chronic Disease Coming - Kids in their 20s getting cancer - Colon Cancer was the 43rd most common now it’s the 2nd most common - Today it is Hard to Stay Healthy: Athletes are Getting Cancer - Funtional Medicine: Hard to See if Someone is Dying on the inside by looking at the Outside - Why Wait to Test Until You are Sick. TEST so You CAN PREVENT. - There is SO Much Science on Prevention. - If a Woman Gets her Vitamin D level Above 60, She Reduces the Risk of Breast Cancer by 82% - Fasting Blood Sugar range 70-99 considered Good. - But Every Point Above 84 Increases the Risk of Getting Diabetes - At a 99 Blood Sugar You have a 90% Chance of Getting Diabetes - Dr Bilstrom can Code so that the RIGHT Testing is Covered by Insurance - In Some Cases a Co-pay may Be Involved Why are Chronic Diseases on the Rise 25:00 - The Foods are Different Today – devoid of nutrients, contain toxic ingredients - Our Grandparents – Ate Local, Ate Organic - If Moms Have Toxins, then their Newborns have these Toxins at Birth - Epigenetic Issues Being Passed Down from Generation to Generation, 6-8 Generations - Negative Affects on Epigenetics: Divorce, Incarceration, Substance or Sexual Abuse, Medications - Ideally Cleanup Epigenetics by Age 19 or before having Children Patient Success 31:18 - On YouTube: Celiac and a Two Year Old https://youtu.be/uBAGxf77Y-k?si=Ak_8WeX3bvAvwfTS - TESTING Showed an Infection of the Gut. Infection Drives All Chronic Disease. - Found Thyroid Disruption from too Much Copper, Too Little Zinc. - Another 84 Year Old Patient – Always Had Ringing in the Ears. Cured by Removing the Infection. - Getting Out of the Way of What was Preventing the Body from Fixing Itself Longevity 39:16 - Aches & Pains Should Not Start Until You’re 90 - Focus on Healthspan not Lifespan First Step to Improving Their Epigenetics 42:13 - Know that We Can Diagnose and Reverse – Feel Empowered to Stay Healthy - The Foundational Triad: Daily Vitamin D, Probiotic, ButyRate - This Triad Fixes the Gut and Makes Good Bacteria Go Up, Bad Bacteria Down Why Aren’t More Doctors Prescribing This 47:19 - In 2021, Medical Knowledge was Doubling Every 73 Days. Time is the Issue. The Recipe: Gluten-Free Lasagna 50:12 - Good food helps the good bacteria, bad food helps the bad bacteria - Butter is the only Butyrate containing food This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Practical, Somewhat Controversial Tips, to Detoxify and Be Healthy. Dr. Garrett Smith
10/07/2025
Practical, Somewhat Controversial Tips, to Detoxify and Be Healthy. Dr. Garrett Smith
Ep 93: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Garrett Smith. Dr. Smith, also known as the Nutrition Detective, is the world's leading expert on vitamin A toxicity and detoxification, along with the Toxic Bile Paradigm. Dr. Smith specializes in applying science, logic, and practical approaches to topics like detoxification and nutrition, while making challenging concepts understandable for the layperson. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #nutritiondetective #LoveYourLiver #fattyliver #vitaminA #vitaminD Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Dr Garrett Smith https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrett-smith-nmd-bs-6469851 Other Websites mentioned by Dr Garrett Smith: Love Your Liver Ep 71, 156 – The Low Toxin Diet https://www.youtube.com/live/JUMC4oXQxyM?si=8TEdLzpQ3Jqi0Zgn Niacin Sauna https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6862571/ What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast: Pre-workout, Beef Jerky, Banana 1:23 Journey to the Nutrition Detective 2:18 - Started with fitness then nutrition and a Naturopathic Medical School - Age 18 Selsun Blue discovery that a Mineral is Healing Dandruff - Learned - Fix Nutrition Deficiencies, Correct the Toxicities, Body Can Heal Itself of Most Things Nutrition and The Rise of Chronic Disease 6:47 - We accumulate Toxicity, Even from Generation to Generation - Fat Soluble or Fat Storable Toxins - Nutrition Deficiency from Soil Deficiency - More Toxins we have the More Nutrients we Use/Need - Fat Soluble Toxins: Mercury, Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic - Vitamin A (in Retinol), Vitamin D, Vitamin E Toxicity if You Take in More than You Excrete - Vitamin A takes the Calcium out of Your Bones - Alternatives: Magnesium, Zinc, Protein, Sunlight Love Your Liver Program 15:37 - One: Minimizing, Reducing, Avoiding Toxins Coming In - Two: Restore Nutrients Deficiencies after Testing - Three: Remove Stored Toxins - People have solved Chronic Diseases like Celiac, Sorosis, Kidney Disease - Guide Each Person on Their Recovery Plan – Don’t Eat Something that Makes You Feel Bad - Fix Your Potassium intake to Feel Better - We Want the Body to Control Production of Nutrients, Remove Things Getting in the Way Vitamin D and Low Sun Areas 21:18 - First, Get Outside More - Then look at Removing Vitamin A and Vitamin D Levels Go Up - Then Look at Zinc Deficiencies that Lower Vitamin D - Then Correct Magnesium Levels to Raise Vitamin D - Then Look at Tanning Beds to Increase Vitamin D (only Ned 8 minutes a week) - Sauna with Flush Niacin Positively Affects 400 Detox Pathways in Your Body Starting with a Patient 29:09 - Could listen to one of 214 Dr Garrett YouTube Episodes - Start the Love Your Liver Program - Personal Consultation: First a Hair Test with 4 Blood Tests then Prescribe Supplements, Food - Then 6 months of Personal Consultation, includes weekly zoom, weekly in-office - Health is not an Easy Process to Wade Through - Woman with a Chronic Illness, tested and found she was Eating off of Plates with Lead - Then Talk about Exercise: Moving is Critical to Start - Diet, Nutrition is the Foundation of Everything - We Know the Soil then the Plants then the Animals are Depleted - If You are not Testing, You are Guessing - Focus on Six Minerals to Improve Patient Health - Remember, Your Liver has to Process all the Supplements You Take. Don’t Overdo it Love Your Liver Livestream 42:15 - Fatty Liver is an Excess of Toxicity Accumulation in the Liver - I Don’t Drink but I have Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease … but Retinol is Vitamin A and an Alcohol - Yellow in Nature Usually Means it’s Toxic - Cancer – what if your body way to create extra Storage Tissue to store the Toxin First Step to Address Toxicity 48:18 - First Remove Vitamin A, Retinol, Vitamin D from your Diet - Avoid Liver, Dairy, Egg Yolks - Add Beans and Whole Grians, Muscle Meats, Fruits and Vegetables - Plants that are White, Off-White or Light Green are low in Vitamin A - Don’t eat Yellow, Orange, Red, Dark Green – the high Vitamin A Colors - Low Income Areas – Rice and Beans are Great, Eat Real Foods like Bananas, Don’t Eat Fortified Foods The Recipe: 1lb Hamburger, Cook, Drain the Fat, Add 1 Can Great Northern Beans, Salt, Seasonings 53:56 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Diets, GLP-1, Surgery - You Still Need to Change Your Relationship with Eating. Dr. Pavi Kundhal
09/30/2025
Diets, GLP-1, Surgery - You Still Need to Change Your Relationship with Eating. Dr. Pavi Kundhal
Ep 92: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr. Pavi Kundhal. Dr. Kundhal is a general surgeon, a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, and the author of Shift Your Mind to Shift Your Weight. He is passionate about helping people uncover the mindset shifts needed for lasting weight loss. He focuses on Holisitic and Evidence-based methods. Dr Kundhal completed both medical school and surgical residency at the University of Toronto. He is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Surgery at McMaster University and Toronto Metropolitan University. And he is the founder and Medical Director of Peel Weight Loss Clinic. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #healthspan #changeyourrelationshipwithfood #diets #glp1 #surgery Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Dr Kundhal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-pavi-kundhal-md-mba-frcsc-32a412b4 Other Websites mentioned by Dr Kundhal: What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast: Hard-boiled Eggs, Whole Wheat Bread, Coffee 1:41 Career Path to Becoming a Doctor 1:57 Focus on Surgery and Obesity Medicine 3:41 - Noticed Surgery Short Term, But Not always Long-Term, Solved Weight Loss - Still Need to Change Your relationship with Eating Creating Tools to Empower Patients 6:25 - GLP-1 Medications are effective but when stop taking Gain Weight Back - Need new Habits, Lifestyle Changes while on these medications - Before You Eat Ask “Am I Actually Hungry?” - Mindful Eating is not Distracted Eating (eg. while surfing or watching TV) - Physical Hunger (after 4-6 hours) vs Emotional Hunger (stress release with comfort food) Self Sabotaging Weight Loss Thoughts 9:59 - We Set Limits in Our Mind That are Not Real - Eg. Everyone in My Family Struggled with Weight so It’s No Different with Me - Believing You Can Change is Very Empowering - Reframing Negative Thoughts: Start by Journaling, write down your self-sabotaging thoughts - Repeat Affirmations from “No Point of Working Out” to “I am in control of my Health” - Manifesting: Athletes who Visualize an Upcoming Game Perform Better Choosing a Weight Loss Diet 14:11 - Go online and understand calories per day based on your activity level, lifestyle, and goals - Pick a Realistic, Consistent, and Sustainable Diet - Extreme Diets do not Work - Choose Wholesome, Nutritional Food, not Processed - Choose High Protein – keeps you fuller longer - Choose High Fiber to Feed Your Gut – releases natural GLP-1 - Fiber from Legumes, Vegetables, Sourdough and Rye Bread How Did We Get Here: 73% of Americans are Overweight 18:53 - Shifted from Wholesome Nutritious Foods to Highly Processed Convenience Foods - Families have Two Working Parents or Single Parents so Time is to Cook is Less - More Sedentary, Less Active Jobs - School Meals and unhealthy foods availed outside the school cafeteria Access to High Quality Nutritious Ingredients is Not Available to Everyone 22:14 - Suburbs have Farmers Markets (fresh food), Urban Areas Have Convenience Stores (ultra-processed food) - Make an Effort to Prepare a Weeks Meals on a Sunday Afternoon - Education, particularly in High Schools on Healthy Foods vs Ultra-processed Foods The Challenge of Modern Society – TIME 25:42 - But if you know your WHY, You’ll Figure out the HOW - Set an Example for Your Children so they can Live Long, Healthy lives - Spend Time with People who will Have a Positive Influence First Step on a Weight Loss Journey 27:13 - Understand your WHY – Your compelling Reason to Change - Setting a Positive Example for Your Kids - Avoiding a Health Issue that Runs in Your Family - This will Give you the Resilience to Overcome Life’s Challenges The Recipe: Sheet Pan Chicken with Quinoa and Vegetables 28:43 Final Thoughts: Diets, Medications, Surgery are Tools – You Still Have to Change Your Relationship with Eating This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio.
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Eating More Real Foods Should Be 70-80% of Your Daily Diet. Julie Ruelle, RD, LD.
09/23/2025
Eating More Real Foods Should Be 70-80% of Your Daily Diet. Julie Ruelle, RD, LD.
Ep.91. On this episode we are grateful to have Julie Ruelle. Julie is a in Registered Dietitian who began working in corporate wellness, conducting individual and group online and in-person coaching sessions. She went on to manage teams of RD's and in later roles built out and managed nutrition coaching programs. For the last 12 years she has worked for health focused CPG companies, combining nutrition and marketing skills to launch new products, build and manage event and partnership strategies and teams, implement, and manage organic influencer programs, manage content strategy, and serve as the nutrition expert for the company. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #EatRealFood #WholeFoodsAsMedicine #GoCoCo #Better Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Julie https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieruelle Other Websites mentioned by Julie https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gococo-diabetes-food-tracker/id1446005742 What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/qQtSD2 Segment Notes: Breakfast: Two Boiled Eggs, Avocado, Green Juice 1:40 Home Pantry Staples 2:52 - If you have Unhealthy Foods, Store them on the Top Shelf Out of Sight Julie’s Journey 4:48 - Dietician for 20 Years, starting in hospitals - Now in GoCoCo, PreviMedica, A2 Milk (beta casein protein) - GoCoCo – Go Conscious Consumer (to make better food choices) - GoCoCo Helps Makes People Make Healthier Food Choices - App that Scans the Food’s Barcode and Gives You Back Information on its Health - Also Can Take a Picture and See How Many Fruits and Vegetables are in That Food Ultra-Processed Foods 8:17 - 70% of supermarket food is ultra-processed - They are Foods You Would Not Have in your Home Pantry - They are Foods Your Grandmother Would Not Recognize - The have preservatives, dyes, added sugar which make them addictive - Processed is OK – think freezing Vegetables, making yogurt from milk Why is It Important to Eat Whole Foods 11:37 - Ultra-Processed food Consumption is Linked to Over 32 Diseases like Diabetes - The Lancet: Every 10% Increase in Ultra-Processed Food Consumption, Diabetes Rick Increases 17% - Children Behavioral Health Issues are linked to Foods Containing Artificial Dyes: Cereals, Sports Drinks Choosing Between 50-60,000 Products in a Grocery Store 13:39 - Pick Foods with Only a Few Ingredients - Cook More at Home - Shop the Perimeter of the Grocery Store - Fill Your Plate at Home with Half Fruits and Vegetables (fresh or frozen) - A Fist Size of Protein and the other Quarter Whole Grains - Enriched Food Means All the Good Stuff has been Taken Out and then Artificial Stuff Added Back In - Frozen Fruits, Vegetables are Great as Long as No Added Sugar or Salt Medical School, Doctor Nutrition Education 18:24 - Doctors Need some education but .. - Nutritionists have 4yr Degrees, 900 hours Interning, Annual Continuing Education - Doctors Should Have Good Working relationships with Nutritionists, Dietitians Food Can Be Medicine 20:07 - Food is Good for Prevention and Resolving Illnesses - You Can Completely Reverse Pre-Diabetes with Diet – 50% of the Country is pre-Diabetic - You Can Lower Cholesterol with Good Food Choices - So Lower Added Sugars, Refined Grains - Eat More Fiber (whole grains, fruits, vegetables) - Eat More Healthy Fats (avocados, olive oil, nuts, seeds) - Good Proteins to Help Digest Carbohydrates, Eat the Fruit & Vegetable Rainbow Food versus Supplements 24:15 - Supplements are Needed but Food First - Optimize Your Supplement Routine - Good Quality Multi-Vitamin Good for Most People - Vitamin D for those that Do not See a Lot of Sunshine Fiber and Protein 26:59 - Be Careful of Newer Foods that “Add” Protein or Fiber – they are ultra-processed - Eat Real Foods … - Fiber from Fruits and Vegetables and Whole Grains - Protein from Fish, Seafood, Chicken, Grass-fed Beef, Legumes, Lentils, Eggs First Step towards Healthier Eating 29:16 - Look at Your Entire Day and Pick One Place to Make a Healthy Swap - For example, Cut Out Half the Sugar in Your Morning Coffee - If you can, see a Dietitian - Either way, Start with Making One Meal Healthier Success Stories 32:02 - Patient lost over 100lbs, no longer pre-diabetic - Became a Registered Dietician - Using the GoCoCo App to Make Better Food Choices Cooking Food at Home, While Traveling 36:16 - Helps you Avoid Preservatives and Additives - Cooking at Home Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated The Recipe: Chili – Is a Balanced Meal 38:43 - Recipe follows her Nutrition Principles: Planning ahead, cooking at home, using what you have Final Thoughts 41:26 - Going Back to Our Roots of Eating More Real Foods - 70-80% of Your Daily Diet Should Be Real Foods This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Áfram með smjörið - Keep Moving, Keep Doing, Keep Living. The “Hidden Vegetables” Cookbook. Heidi Herman.
09/16/2025
Áfram með smjörið - Keep Moving, Keep Doing, Keep Living. The “Hidden Vegetables” Cookbook. Heidi Herman.
Ep 90. On this episode we are grateful to have Heidi Herman. Her Mantra, Keep Moving, Keep Doing, Keep Living. That's how she’s learned to live her life. During her 30 years as a telecommunication consultant, writing was an intricate part of every day. In 2017, she co-authored a cookbook, "Homestyle Icelandic Cooking for American Kitchens" with her mother, which won a US category in The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards that year. She continues to write, including her new Cookbook “Hidden Vegetables”. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #keepmoving #keepdoing #keepliving Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Heidi https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-herman/ http://www.heidihermanauthor.com/ Other Websites mentioned by Heidi https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Vegetables-Cookbook-Recipes-Veggie-Averse-ebook/dp/B0FD5F34JS https://www.youtube.com/@heidiherman What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/qQtSD2 Segment Notes: Breakfast: Coffee, Banana, Protein Shake 1:27 Heidi’s Journey – I Hate Vegetables 1:49 - Her efforts to increase her nutritional intake - Good Vegetables, Whole Fruits Important to Your Health - Good Nutrition Impacts You Physically, Mentally, Emotionally - In Iceland They Maintain their Health with Fresh Foods - Good Nutrition so You Can Still Do Everything in Your 80s and 90s - The Cookbook came from Creating Recipes that Allowed Her to Eat More Vegetables - The Cookbook incorporates a lot of Puréed Vegetables - Have Your Cake and Eat Your Vegetables too! Heidi’s Mantra: Keep Moving, Keep Doing, Keep Living - Áfram með smjörið 7:24 - People Kept Commenting on Her Mom’s high activity “For Her Age” - 93 and New to Me: Her Mom Did 93 New Things She Had Never Done Before at Age 93 - Embrace Your Passion as You Get Older – Keep Finding New Things to Do Collaboration with Nutrition Experts 10:07 - Certified Health and Wellness Coach to Understand how Food and Nutrition Impacts Us - In her book “On With The Butter” – Pick a Vegetable You’ve Never had Before, Research and Prepare It - Importance of Gut Health – avoid foods that lead to inflammation - Medications Have Side Affects – so Eat Better - On With The Butter book Influence: Her Research Impacted the Ingredients, how She Prepared Food Veggie Buying and Storing: Avoiding Food Waste 16:56 - Best of Intentions When You Buy Vegetables and a Week Later they’ve gone Bad - Each Vegetable Needs to Be Stored Differently to Last - Process Them for Long-term Storage - Then Incorporating them into Vegetarian and Meat Dishes – Keeping a Balanced Diet - Stay Away from Processed Foods Exercise 20:58 - Yes for Strength, Endurance - Difficult to Go from Sedentary to Moving, Even to Help a Charity - Be Aware of What is Within Your Limits for Exercise – Personal Training Advice - Helps to Digest Your Food - Benefit of a Daily Walk, Benefit of Sunshine, Green Spaces – can Add 12 years to Your Life Favorite Recipes 24:48 - Banana Muffins, Salisbury Steak, Sloppy Joes, Beef Bourguignon, Po’Boys on Spinach Bun - Adapt Them for Your Personal Taste – they are only a Guide - The Versatility of Zucchini – Sweet if added it to an Apple Pie, Savory with Onion and Garlic First Step if Someone Wants to Start Eating More Vegetables 30:38 - Pick a Favorite Food and then Add Puréed, Minced, Diced Vegetables to It - Try it in its True Pure Form First to Decide How to Incorporate It - Try to Buy Fresh, Local Vegetables Cooking at Home Instead of Door Dash 33:49 - Utilize Ingredient Delivery Services with the Recipe to Save Time - Sloppy Joes in 15 Minutes. Leeks have More Nutritional Value than Onions - Sliced Sausages over Fettuccine, Skillet Ziti with Tomatoes - Make Enough for 2-3 Nights Home Garden 37:05 - Tomatoes, Many Kinds of Peppers, Japanese Sweet Potatoes, Zucchini Final Thoughts 39:50 - Be Open to Experiment with Vegetables and Use What you Like to Prepare and Eat - Lean Into What you Like The Recipe: Salisbury Steak 40:36 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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As a Society, We Have to Go Down this Regenerative Path. Teton’s Grass-fed CEO Kevin Pallaoro
09/09/2025
As a Society, We Have to Go Down this Regenerative Path. Teton’s Grass-fed CEO Kevin Pallaoro
Ep 89. On this episode we are grateful to have Kevin Pallaoro, CEO of Teton Waters Ranch, a leading provider of natural and organic grass-fed beef. With more than 20 years of experience in the global food industry, Kevin brings a unique blend of financial acumen, operational leadership, and a deep personal connection to agriculture. Teton Waters Ranch prioritizes soil health, animal welfare, and environmental stewardship. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #grassfedbeef #regenerative Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Kevin https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpallaoro Other Websites mentioned by Kevin https://twrvalues.com https://tetonwatersranch.com What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/qQtSD2 Segment Notes: Vegetarian Done Right 1:22 Legitimate Grass-Fed Beef. What’s the Reality 4:15 Breakfast: Pre workout, Coffee with Grass-fed Collagen and Creatine 7:59 - Post Workout Organic non-fat Greek Yogurt, Blueberries, Granola The Journey to Teton’s CEO 9:31 - Developer purchased potato fields and asked a cattle farmer to use for a few years - Turned barren mono-cropped land into cattle pasture with native grasses, bees, coyotes, deer - Learned you have to sell the whole animal to make a profit, so began partnering with others - Setup Standards and Now Partnering with 9,000 family ranchers globally - Standards: no antibiotics, no hormones, no feedlots, no extended indoor periods, always native grass-fed, clean water, audits that animals are treated humanely …. 75 standards in all - The Better way to Raise Cattle for Human Health, Animal Health and Planet Health Defining Standards for Regenerative or Grass-fed 21:20 - Do Not Currently Exist - Teton Waters Ranch third-party verifies to their standards - Kevin and Teton are Values Driven - If we’re not Proud to Have an Action on the Front Page of the New York Times, we Don’t Do It - Regenerative proof comes from Soil Samples – lot of family farms don’t have the resources - Rotational Grazing is Encouraged which is very Healthy for the Land - If followed, the ground is alive and you don’t need fertilizers or pesticides - Some Certifying Bodies are Exclusionary to Maintain Profits for Some Why is Grass-fed Better 29:33 - Teton does Testing - Grass-fed beef has a higher density of Omega 3s, lower density of Omega 6s - High levels of CLAs that help fight body fat, improve Organ Health - CLAs Prove if an Animal is Grass-fed - Conventional Hot Dog CLA is 2, Teton’s is 64 - Higher MacroNutrient Density: Vitamins, Minerals, Iron - Conventional: Get the Animals Gaining Weight as Quickly as Possible - Think of Someone sitting you in a Chair and Feeding you Candy and Ice Cream for months Experiences as a CEO 39:42 - Always been in the food industry - One job – a food ingredient company – thousands of people every day figuring out how to make you consume more - No wonder we’re all overweight …. Is this the right way to do things? How Do We Get More Farmers 46:26 - Agree More Younger People Interested in Farming - Prices Mean Corporate entries will buy the Farmland - They’ll Mono-crop it to Where No Longer Profitable - And then Dump it at a Price Small Farmers Can Afford - Alternatively, Work to Create a Fund for Small Farmer Communities or Food Hubs - Create Markets for People Doing the Right Thing and Then Create Opportunities for Consumers to Find Food They Can Be Proud of The Recipe: Mahi Fish Tacos with Organic Salad 54:02 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Buy, Take Care of, Cook with a Basil Plant. Get to Know Your Farmer, Your Food. Elizabeth Bruckner.
09/03/2025
Buy, Take Care of, Cook with a Basil Plant. Get to Know Your Farmer, Your Food. Elizabeth Bruckner.
Ep. 88: On this episode we are grateful to have Elizabeth Bruckner. Elizabeth is the author of The Homesteader Mindset; a book she says will transform the way you view self-sufficiency and give you the tools and practical tips needed for a more meaningful life. Elizabeth’s book has quickly become a must-read for every person who dreams of creating sustainable living through traditional skills and common sense. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #homesteading #fermenting #smallchanges #habitstacking Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Elizabeth https://createwellnessproject.com/ Other Websites mentioned by Elizabeth https://www.doctor-natasha.com https://www.ewg.org What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/qQtSD2 Segment Notes: Breakfast: Veggie Juice: Carrots, Beets, Celery plus Cauliflower, Bratwurst 1:18 GAPS Protocol to heal the Gut Microbiome - developed by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride 3:40 - GAPS – Gut And Physiology Syndrome - Patients saw reductions in neurological issues and cancer, diabetes, joint pain - Foods include Meat Stocks, Fermented Foods Detox Portion includes Epsom Salt Baths Information Backed by Science 7:27 - Eat Real Food, Mostly Vegetables, and Not Too Much – Michael Pollan - Bad Food can be Snuck into Your Life with Good Advertising - Led to Elizabeth’s Chronic Illness of Fatty Liver even on a Vegetarian Diet - Meat Stocks – Easy, Inexpensive to Make, very Satiating, Regulates Blood Sugar The Journey to Holistic Health and Homesteading 11:18 - As a child fed lots of antibiotics – eventually became resistant - Antibiotic use was hurting gut and lung health – Hospitalization was the Next Step - Studied and Earned a Masters in Chinese Medicine - As an Acupuncturist, Humbled and Amazed at the Body’s Ability to Heal Itself - The Prescription to Anxiety is Action - Fermentation – Fermented Carrots Have 10X the Vitamins - Led to Homesteading – now All the Plants growing in her Suburban Yard are Edible Practical Homesteading Tips for Urban Areas 18:55 - Small Changes Can Make a Difference – Bring Home a Potted Basil Plant - Even if you’re in an apartment, buy from a Farmers Market and Get to Know the Farmers - Homesteading: a Practice of Cultivating Resilience through a More Intentional Way of Living - Habit Stacking: Take an Existing Habit (washing dishes) and Add Listening to a Podcast - Habit Chaining: Done washing Dishes, Pick 3 herbs, Put in a Mason Jar of Water, Drink 4 hours later Easy Fermenting at Home 25:02 - Make a Brine – 2 cups Water, 1 tbsp Salt - Then add Layers of a Vegetable like Cherry Tomatoes (poke with a toothpick), Basil - Three to Seven Days Later its Done, then Refrigerate - During the 3-7 Day Ferment, Open and Close the Lid at Breakfast and at Bedtime You can Grow at Home – it Does not Have to Be Complicated or on a Large Piece of Land 29:42 - Sweet potato greens as mulch, or in a salad – but NOT Potato Greens, they are Poisonous - More Nutrients in Vegetables from Your Garden or a Farmers Market – 50% or more - Avoid Zombie Foods as defined in the Secret Life of a Grocery Store Homesteading’s Other Benefits 35:32 - Mental Health – people with Hobbies that Use Your Hands are Happier - Moving Your Body increases Serotonin and Dopamine. And Quiets Your Mind. - The Connection with Food Creates a Mental Stability - Community – Elizabeth has a Dinner Party Once a Month - The Prescription for Hopelessness is Gratitude - Longevity through Homesteading: Exercise, Community, Purpose. - Chronic Disease: Elizabeth healed herself eating Real Food - Alternatives to Ultra-Processed Foods: Apples, Almonds, Carrots, Cheese Sticks, Pistachios The Corner of Your Puzzle 47:27 - Find one thing that sparked Joy from this conversation and Try it. - For example. Take 5 minutes and Ferment a Tomato. Or any Vegetable. The Recipe: Hamburgers, Mashed Cauliflower, Salad in 15 Minutes 49:03 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Every $1 You Spend on Quality Food you are likely to Save $10 on Healthcare. Scott Fulton
08/26/2025
Every $1 You Spend on Quality Food you are likely to Save $10 on Healthcare. Scott Fulton
Ep.87: On this episode we are grateful to have Scott Fulton. Scott works with mission-driven organizations — from financial firms and senior living leaders to healthcare systems and corporate innovators — to equip their executives with a strategic health advantage. Scott is an educator, advisor, and author, translating cutting-edge science into actionable strategy, helping organizations and Individuals extend healthspan — the years of high-performance, active life — and align it with leadership, culture, and the long-term preservation of human and financial capital. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #healthspan #qualityfood #chronicdisease #genetics #GMO Please visit our website for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Scott: Other Websites mentioned by Scott: What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen Donate to Support East Cleveland Breakfast: Oatmeal with Seeds and Nuts 1:23 The Journey to Understanding Healthspan 2:18 The book WhealthSpan: Age 50 and Beyond 4:36 - How do you make sure you don’t overspend on Housing and Health - Wealth - 52% is Spent there in Retirement - Span – Are you Healthy Enough to Keep Doing the Things You Want and Enjoy Doing - You Want to Get in Front of and Delay or Avoid Any Ag Related Disease Functional Age 8:38 - If You are 65 but You Can Walk the Speed of a 50yr old, your Functional Age is 50 - If You walk the Speed of a 70yr Old, Work on the Areas to Improve That - How Far Can You Reach. How is Your Balance. How Long to Walk Up a Flight of Steps. - Preparing Yourself as You Age to Be Able to Still Recover from a Fall MEDAC, Genetics and Aging 16:13 - MEDAC: Mind, Environment, Diet, Activity, Community - Mind: Attitude and Curiosity have a Big Impact on Healthspan - Environment: Home and External - Activity: Movement Throughout the Day better than a Run burst and then sitting all day - Community: Close Relationships are Important and a Supportive Community - Diet: Quality of Food, Variety of Food. Avoid Extreme Diets - Blue Zones: Scott has Found 60 US Communities with Life Expectancy over 90 - Genetics in Terms of Longevity Doesn’t Kick In Until Age 95 - 80% of Longevity is Lifestyle Choices Health in Organizations 30:01 - Better productivity, Less Sick Time, Joy - Leadership that focuses on their Health, their Teams Health, the Organizations Health - Chronic Disease builds up over time from bad habits, especially from food - The body keeps adapting until it can’t anymore Regenerative Agriculture 35:20 - Worldwide Agreement on Regenerative Agriculture (fewer/no chemical inputs) - A Way for Farmers to Collectively Have a Say in What/How they Grow on their Farms - US Farm Bill that told farmers what to grow, not what was best for them or the land - GMO Seeds: 95% are Designed to be Paired Herbicides, Pesticides - This Approach Kills a lot of the Soils Healthy Organisms - This Leads to More Runoff When it Rains, the Runoff includes the TopSoil and Pesticides - Largest Concentration of Pesticides is where the Mississippi empties into the Gulf - There are Now 150K Chemicals in Our Environment - Less/No Chemicals Means the Farmer is Healthier, His Family is Healthier, His Customers are Healthier - But Farmers able to Get Insurance for the Safer Route: GMO and Pesticides - Farmers Starting to See without Costly Chemicals, I can Do Less Work and Make More Money Food Quality and Health 43:13 - Over Age 50: For Every $1 More You Spend on Quality Food you’re likely to Save $10 on Healthcare - EWG: Environmental Working Group – Strawberries the Worst for Residual Pesticides - Marketing, Social Media: Goal of Advertising – Get You to Buy Something You Would Have Never Bought First Step(s) to Living Longer 48:58 - Which of These Five Need the Most Work - MEDAC: Mind, Environment, Diet, Activity, Community - Start there. You Don’t Have to Be Perfect. Just Make Smart, Informed Choices. - Ask Good Questions. But Not on Social Media. - WheathSpan written to Help the Average Person Get Started The Recipe: Healthy Granola 53:18 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 86 - It Does NOT Cost More to Eat Healthy. People ARE Doing Good. Bernie Youngblood.
08/19/2025
Ep. 86 - It Does NOT Cost More to Eat Healthy. People ARE Doing Good. Bernie Youngblood.
On this episode we are grateful to have Bernie Youngblood. Bernie started in finance, but would soon pivot to sales and marketing - a tour that would include a series of entrepreneurial ventures. He's launched national marketing programs, executed corporate spin-offs, built boot-strap start-ups, and kick-started an international distribution organization. And Bernie’s worked with the Fortune 500 as a management consultant. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #Entreprenuer #DoingGood #EatHeathy Please visit our website for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Bernie Other Websites mentioned by Bernie: What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen Donate to Support East Cleveland Segment Notes: Breakfast: Two Eggs, Organic Bread, Lots of Coffee 1:22 Bernie’s Origin Story 2:16 - Early 30s became lactose, alcohol and cannabis intolerant - Trip to Italy – NO food issues - Niece also in Italy with Crohn's Disease – no issues with eating any food - Our food in the US is Killing Us Bernie’s Food Rule: I Don’t Eat Food that did not Exist 100 Years Ago 5:07 - Was your body intended to digest that food? Nonprofits working with Bernie 8:04 - Every transaction Does Not have to be Win-Lose. It can be a Win-Win. - Hope 2 Give: Non-profits and For-profits can work together to Accomplish their Goals - Company Hot Logic sent two 53’ containers to TX to the Salvation Army to Help Flood Victims - People Need to Know Folks are Doing Good Things in the World - Single Not Alone – Access to Mental Health and Well-being Services, Afterschool Activities for Children - Holistically Looking to Help Single Moms Food for Health and Longevity: It Does Not Cost More to Eat Healthy 18:02 - We, children and adults, are being poisoned by the available US food choices - The US is growing food sprayed with Folic Acid, Pesticides, Glyphosate - Children especially – they’re bodies are still forming and more susceptible to food choices - When purchased packaged foods, turn it over, read the label – if there are 22 ingredients, don’t buy it - Healthy Food Does Not Cost as Much as You Think Be a Positive Influence - Cook with Your Kids 27:50 - Spend a Saturday afternoon making food with your kids that will feed you for a week - It’s a valuable life lesson they will take with them for the rest of their lives - Getting Athletes to Advertise to Children the same Healthy Foods they’re Eating - Use Social Media to Spread More Good News Where Can Someone Start to Make a Change 34:11 - The book The Obesity Code about Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, Intermittent Fasting - Historically we Ate and then Didn’t Eat for Several Days – we didn’t eat Continuously - Eating Continuously means we’re producing Insulin Continuously - Start: 1. Eat Healthy Foods, 2. Intermittent Fast, 3. If you Crave a Cookie, eat it after a meal - We are all different: Learn Your Body, Teach Your Children to Learn their Bodies The Recipe: Mongolian Beef reheated in a Hot Logic 40:46 Recipe can be found here This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 85 - Permaculture. The Art and Science of Working with Nature. Greg Peterson.
08/12/2025
Ep. 85 - Permaculture. The Art and Science of Working with Nature. Greg Peterson.
On this episode we are grateful to have Greg Peterson. Greg is a writer, teacher, and lecturer on many aspects of sustainability, green living, and permaculture. Greg’s passion is to present the concepts of green so that average person can conceptualize and implement sustainability concepts into their own lives. He is a contributing writer for Phoenix Magazine and for Edible Phoenix. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #permaculture #sustainability #gardening #organic #regenerative #nutrientdensity #localfood #climateresilience Please visit our website for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Greg and Other Websites mentioned by Greg: Wood Chips Organic Podcast: Organic Soil YUKA app Seedup in a Box What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen Donate to Support East Cleveland Segment Notes: Breakfast: Broccolini, Onions, Mushrooms, Eggs, Sourdough 1:21 History of Growing Food on the Urban Farm 2:02 - Creating healthy soil in the desert in under 2yrs – add 6-18 inches of woody mulch - Be Patient – Nature Does in Natures Time Path to Sustainability Career 5:44 - Apple Authorized Dealer in Phoenix - Servicing Fish Ponds at 15 - Early 20s Wrote a Paper on Regenerative Fish Farms - Challenge listeners to Create only Regenerative Systems, Like Nature - Europe Thinks Differently than the US on Regenerative Organic, Regenerative, Permaculture Meaning 11:09 - Only Organic carries a USDA definition - Permaculture – the Art and Science of Working with Nature - Permaculture – how do we work inside of how natural systems work? - Industrial chicken vs Permaculture chicken - Cover Crops: Open Pollinated or Heirloom that ReSeed themselves, not Hybrid What Can You Do at Home 20:57 - Greg had 80 fruit trees, chickens, vegetable gardens on a quarter acre that also had a house - Need the bees to do the work, pollinate, so we can eat The Benefits 24:48 - Organic means the plants do better - Food Miles Traveled. The US Average is 1,200-1,500. - To Travel you have to Harvest Food Early, so its less Nutrient Dense. - When it doesn’t have to travel, its at peak nutrient density AND it Tastes Better Climate and Healthy Soil 29:33 - Five components: Dirt, Airspace, Water, Organic Matter, Live Local Soil Organisms - Hugelkultur: Created 2’ Tall Raised Beds, first 8” is logs, topped with local composted planting mix - The Planting Mix in OMRI Certified organic soil. - You can Also Make Your Own Organic, Circular Soil. Our Current Food System Issues 36:20 - It is feeding 330M people but its Very Fragile - Start Growing Your Own Food - Make Friends with your Local Farmers Highly Processed Foods 39:28 - Over 20K Chemicals or Additives Used in These Foods - These Foods Make Us Obese, Unhealthy, Unhappy - YUKA App gives Products a Grade between 1-100 - Why Japanese People Aren’t Fat: Smaller Portions, Fresh Food, Minimal Sweets, No Soda Pop Success Stories 42:22 - Listener of Greg’s Urban Farm Podcast created bigger and bigger gardens, soon Selling his Produce at a Farmers Market - Local Food Economic Model: Seven Parts – but You Need Seeds – So Set up a Seed Bank in 2012 - Annual Seed Event to allow Local Folks to Buy their Own Open Pollinator Seeds and Get Education School Lunches 49:57 - Today schools have to buy industrialized food – we don’t grow enough organic food - Find your Local Food Hub The Recipe: Granola 52:57 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 84 - Food-is-Medicine and the Five Pillars of Longevity. Live to 100. Daniel Tausan.
08/05/2025
Ep. 84 - Food-is-Medicine and the Five Pillars of Longevity. Live to 100. Daniel Tausan.
On this episode we are grateful to have Daniel Tausan. Daniel has Bachelor and Graduate degree focused on Biology from the University of British Columbia. Daniel spent his early 20s with the Canadian National Waterpolo Team and coached the next generation for the youth for the Pan-American games and World Championships. He has launched Timeline Sciences to put “you” on the timeline aligned with your unique genome and goals. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #science #biology #fivepillarsoflongevity #localfood Please visit our website for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Daniel Other Websites mentioned by Daniel What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen Donate to Support East Cleveland Segment Notes: Breakfast: Not Until Late Morning 1:23 - Longevity - Eat Fruit, Fasting Healthspan, Lifespan 2:58 - Is declining - Food is Medicine: don’t wait until you’re ill and then have to take a drug to fix - Food - need to know what foods are good and how much - Food – lots of things look like food but are not healthy Daniel’s Health Journey 5:25 - Eating sugary refined starch’s that were not good from a health standpoint - How does the body heal ? - What Does Healthy Blood look like - Rescue or Sick Care vs Healthcare Science vs The Next Best Social Media Post 11:09 - Filter Out and Gain Trust in Health Solutions - Science is Not a Person - In Science you Have to Publish to Stay Relevant - Start with a Hypothesis/Model, Then Observe, Then Measure/Compare, Then Predict What Your Blood, Genetics Can Tell You about Your Health 17:59 - What’s in Your Blood vs what’s in Your Tissue - Need Multiple Measurements, Blood Tests Over Time - We have 25K Genes – they are not your Fate - Genes will tell you early on if there is a problem - But lifestyle, family influenced lifestyle, has more to do with your health - Genetic testing can tell how you react to a drug, how you breakdown different foods - Genetics can tell if you need more or less turmeric or omega 3s Pillars of Longevity 25:58 - Top Five of Living to 100 – quality food is a pre-requisite - Good Food should Not bring you Lethargy, Fatigue, Fogginess - Pillar One: Fasting. Longer lifespans happen when you’re restricting calories - Pillar Two: Digestion. If You’re Constantly Digesting, you’re Burning through the Honey Jar of Life - Pillar Three: Mindset, Mood, Temperament, a Reverence for Life - No One that’s Miserable Makes it to 100 - Mindset – Having a Purpose, Be in a Constant State of Learning - Pillar Four: Hot and Cold Exposure, whether climate or by practice - Cold Exposure: Increases Oxygen, Activates Muscles - Pillar Five: Quality Sleep. Small Nap. Takes Care of Recovery Systems. - Other Important Pillars: Exercise, Keep Strong Muscles for Better Quality of Life - Blue Zones show just going to the Gym and taking Supplements does not mean living to 100 - Defeating Aging? Or Embrace and Do Gracefully? Challenges to Living Longer 38:24 - Number One: Food Quality - Food Additives. A little is OK, say Citric Acid, but a lot will Weigh on Your Body - The Amount of Things That Can Destroy Your Health from a Grocery Store is Unbelievable. - Do You Trust the Quality of Your Food? When you Do, Support those Companies or Individuals. - Micro-Agriculture. Growing a Portion of your own Food. You know the Inputs. - You’re Responsible for What Goes in Your Mouth - Grow Green Beans: East to do. They have B Vitamins, Detoxify Your Liver. First Step to Eating Good Food 43:39 - Superfood: Pasture Raised Eggs. They have choline which is important for the brain - Herbs: Cilantro, Parsley. They remove heavy metals from your Bloodstream. Have Vitamin C. - Citrus: Lemons. They clean Your Blood. - Fruit: Berries, Banana’s - If Your Food is Alive, That’s the Food You Should Be Eating - Everything has a Half Life: It Takes 30 Days to Degrade by 50% Final Thought 52:16 - Understand the Words in Health to See Through the Marketing and See What’s Real (the Science) to Make the Best Decisions for You, whether its food, hygiene, fitness, cosmetics. The Recipe: Dessert Berry Sorbet with Lime, Maple Syrup 54:01 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 83 - Find the Best to Sell the Best. In store Wellness Consultants. You Can Taste the Difference. Heinen’s Kim Heinen, Melanie Jatsek.
07/29/2025
Ep. 83 - Find the Best to Sell the Best. In store Wellness Consultants. You Can Taste the Difference. Heinen’s Kim Heinen, Melanie Jatsek.
On this episode we are grateful to have Kim Heinen and Melanie Jatsek from Heinen’s – from Melanie – the best grocery store on the planet. Kim is currently Heinen’s Packaged Goods Director, after almost 9 years at PWC, and Melanie is Heinen’s Chief Dietician as well as an author, consultant, and speaker. Heinen’s Grocery Store, has a deep history starting in 1929 with Kim’s great grandfather, who always wanted to Find the Best to Sell the Best. Heinen’s is still a family-owned business currently led by the third and fourth generations of the Heinen family. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #localfood #nutritiousfood #foodasmedicine #clubfx #hippocrates Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Kim & Melanie at Other Sites mentioned What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: The Sante Foundation Segment Notes: Breakfast: Mason Jar of Raw Vegetables, Smoothie, Coffee 1:48 The Journey to Heinen’s 3:12 What Makes Heinen’s Different 6:36 - Associates, Quality, Cleanliness, Family, Innovation - ClubFX – customer wellness - fits with the newer Health Mindset since COVID - In store Wellness Consultants - Customers want to make better choices Working with Farmers 16:05 - Heinen’s is Your Local Farmers Market - Lots of Amish Partners - Grown to Heinen’s specs - Only sell Quality Produce with strict temperature control Getting More People Interested in Healthy Eating 22:13 - Make healthy eating less intimidating, more approachable - Start Your Day with a Glass of Water with a tablespoon of Lemon Juice - Can be a Diet of Just Adding one Piece of Fruit or Vegetable to Your Day for a Month Positive Eating Influences 30:11 - Get Athletes Talking about Healthy Eating - Get Kids Involved - Social Media Well Researched Wellness Products and Supplements 35:33 - Healthy Diet with a Few Supplements - Chief Medical Officer - Educating So Customers Make the Best Food Choice for Them - Continuing Wellness Innovation - Everyone is Different, get some simple blood tests Challenges in the Grocery Business 46:27 - Suppliers have prioritized cost over quality - Creates more Need for Education – associates and customers - Managing Cost and Supply Chain - Trust is Important The Recipe: What’s for Dinner Program – Veggie Marinara Pasta 48:15 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 82 - Exploring Nutrition and Aging. The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (TILDA). Trinity College. Dublin. Ireland. Deirdre O’Connor.
07/22/2025
Ep. 82 - Exploring Nutrition and Aging. The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (TILDA). Trinity College. Dublin. Ireland. Deirdre O’Connor.
On this episode we are grateful to have Deirdre O’Connor. Deirdre has been at Trinity College in Dublin for over 10 years, focused on The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (TILDA) and more recently on Nutritional Epidemiology, where she recently earned her Ph.D. She is also a Public Health Nutrition Consultant. We are meeting with Deirdre in Dublin at Trinity College. eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine Please visit our website for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Deirdre Other Websites mentioned by Deirdre What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen Segment Notes: Breakfast: Toast and Jam, but usually Greek Yogurt with Fruit 1:14 TIDLA Defined: NICOLA, ELSA, HRS 2:43 - TILDA Pilot 2006, Started in 2009 - Ages 50+ of 8,000 Adults with In-Person Interviews and Questionnaires The Importance of TILDA: Planning for the Future 9:03 - Age better with dignity and live longer - Personal Negative Perceptions Impact Your Cognitive Decline - Study found high percentages of population with undiagnosed high blood pressure impacts future stroke risk - Medical Services – Future Unmet Needs of an Aging Population - TILDA resources inclined a Medical Director, Geriatrician, Nurses Where is This Leading 13:15 - Continue the Study, Compare with other Studies Around the World - 600 Peer-Reviewed Publications using the TILDA data - 2024 Designated a WHO Collaboration Center for Longitudinal Studies on Aging - TILDA Data Informing Global Policy on Aging Actions from TILDA 15:49 - Informing participants if dangerously high readings - By and Large, Do Not Interfere with Patients Lives - Policy: Cited in over 400 Policy Documents in Ireland and internationally - TILDA input into Planning for Housing, Universal Health Care - Falls Research – walking speed related to a fall probability affects an increase in the risk of mortality - Hospitals Using TILDA data to develop a Falls Assessment. this reduces Hospital Length of Stays and Repeat Visits Deirdre’s PHD Research and Food 20:50 - PHD studying B12 and Folate Affects on Cognitive Decline - Lack of Folate Acid in Ireland leads to high rates of neural tube defects at birth - Adding Folic Acid in Foods is Voluntary and the Lower Cost Foods do not add - In TILDA and older adults, low Folate was a Predictor of Cognitive Decline - Folates comes naturally from Green Leafy Vegetables and Fruits - The Food Pyramid: Inappropriate in General, but especially for Older Adults - Older Adults who did eat More Fruits and Vegs were higher income and female - Study Pointed to the Widening Social Inequality Piece Supplements vs Food and Testing 32:48 - $100 Test May Still be too Expensive for Many - What Changes can Bring Everyone Up - Folic Acid for all woman of child bearing age - Vitamin D Recommended for Everyone in Ireland Year round - Food Affordability a Factor - Food Education – a lot of people don’t know What to Prepare, How to Cook - Eat the Rainbow, Fiber is a Forgotten Hero - If eating red or processed meats be sure to also eat enough fiber Food as Medicine 40:35 - Teach people how to feed themselves properly - Needs to start in school and cook with parents at home - Social Media can Have a Positive Impact on Cooking - Ireland is starting to Provide Meals for Primary Schools - What Food is Local: Accessible, Affordable and Nutritious Where You Live Food Swamps 46:54 - Food Swamp – A Lot of Access to Terrible Food - How Do You Make Nutritious Food Affordable and Accessible? Make-Grow it Locally, Make it Convenient - Batch Cook and Freeze on the Weekends for the Week Loneliness 50:32 - Distinction between Loneliness and Social Isolation - Loneliness can lead to Cognitive Issues - Not Motivated to Make a Nutritious Meal if your Alone - The Social Connectedness when Eating is Important - Deidre’s 101 year old Nana’s Appetite Increases when She Visits - Be Part of a Community, Have a Purpose Unconscious or Mindless Eating 54:19 - Eating in front of a TV you will eat 30% more The Recipe: Chicken (or chickpeas) Curry with Spinach 55:03 - High quality frozen vegetables in Ireland and they are affordable This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 81 - Democracy is at the Table … with Local, Organic, Nutritious Food. Chef Alice Waters.
07/15/2025
Ep. 81 - Democracy is at the Table … with Local, Organic, Nutritious Food. Chef Alice Waters.
On this episode we are grateful to have Alice Waters. Alice is considered the founder, the mother, of the farm-to-table movement in the US. She has championed sustainable, local, and organic food since returning from France and and opening Chez Panisse in 1971. She has won three James Beard Awards and the National Humanities Medal for being a cultural and educational visionary. With a focus on Children, she created Edible Schoolyard in 1995, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. Edible Schoolyard is now in all 50 states and 75 countries. Alice, my wife Kim and I met at a Charity event in New York last fall. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #children #local-food #organic-food #nutritious-food #regenerative #climate #taste #chezpanisse #edibleschoolyard Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Alice at Other Alice Waters Sites , , What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Pu’erh Tea 3:05 UMass Chefs Conference, Dinner Honoring Alice 6:23 - Local and Organic Food – not only Nutritious but Delicious The Importance of Local, Organic Food 8:28 - Positive Climate Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture - Brings Family, Friends, Students Together - A Family Garden Makes Food Affordable - Victory Garden to France to Chez Panisse Teaching with Chez Panisse (53yrs old), Edible Schoolyard (30yrs) 13:02 - Only serving food locally in-season - The Senses are Our Pathways to Our Minds – Food Touches all of Them - Edible Schoolyard started at Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley in a Parking Lot at a School where students spoke 22 different languages - Geography: Study a Country that made Hummus and Pita and the kids would make it - Traveled Globally by Making, Eating Each Countries Food - Edible Schoolyard Now in over 5,000 Schools Globally - Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers, Fruit for Dessert - Strawberries or a Cut Apple The Recipe: Dipping Salad: Vinaigrette, Garlic Aioli with a Small Piece of Fish 25:24 The Taste of Fresh, Local Produce 29:49 - Make food that is Not Complicated, Easy to Understand, Local - Take Kids to Taste Food at a Farmers Market and a Farm - The Seasonality of Eating Fresh Local Foods - Education Needs to Be Global: Berkeley and France Changed her Life - The American Academy in Rome: an Example of What Education Can Be with Local Food Working Directly with Farmers 39:48 - Leave out the Middleman: Farmer to Chef or School or Consumer - Pay the Farmer what the Crop, Food is Worth - Menu, Food Based on What the Farmer has in Season What Would Alice Still Like to Do 42:44 - School Supported Agriculture - Listen to Japan, Hawaii on their Food Futures - School Purchasing Locally from Farmers A New Food Program at a Local Ohio School 44:47 - Advice: Document the Success - Chez Panisse food supply mainly from one farm with a few supporting farmers You Can Feed the World with Small Farms 47:09 - Henry Ford Museum’s School buying Local Organic Food - Buying from a Garden that’s Rehabilitating People We Need a Climate Solution Now 51:21 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 80 - Gluten is in Everything. An Entrepreneur’s Journey to Health. CEO Carolyn Haeler. Mightylicious.
07/08/2025
Ep. 80 - Gluten is in Everything. An Entrepreneur’s Journey to Health. CEO Carolyn Haeler. Mightylicious.
On this episode we are grateful to have Carolyn Haeler. Carolyn is a graduate of Yale, stockbroker at JP Morgan, and now the creator and founder of Mightylicious gluten free cookies, flours and mixes. Mightylicious is sold in 43 states and is still operated solely by Carolyn. She is a lifelong foodie, whose love language has always been baking. In 2012, at the age of 31, she was diagnosed with celiac disease - a diagnosis that would change her life for the better. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #gluten #entrepreneur #autoimmune #knowyouringredients #naturalingredients Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Carolyn Carolyn’s Company Website is What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Breakfast: Gluten-free Pretzels, Coffee 1:26 Carolyn’s Hard Health Journey 2:03 - College to stockbroker to Celiac to Mightylicious - GLUTEN is used as a Filler (spices), Preservative (ham, turkey, cold cuts), and a Coloring (soda caramel color) The Importance of Ingredient Awareness 13:06 - 75 years ago you had a local butcher, cheese shop, grocer - Carolyn’s products, by affidavit, trace to the farm, the chicken and what they’re eating - Rice flour specially milled for baking to be soft like wheat flour Celiacs Misconceptions 24:13 - Many don’t understand the severity of celiac as an autoimmune disease – it can kill you - You Miss So Many Cultural, Social Things with Celiac Disease: Food is part of our Celebrations, Our Routine - Gluten Free products need to be different for kids vs adults - Products, Branding Fun for Adults and Kids Emerging Trends 30:09 - Restaurants in Manhattan and Cleveland have more gluten-free menu items - Consumers looking for More Gluten-Free, Plant Based, Clean Products - Sustainable Farming is becoming more important - Recyclable Paper for packaging is not Shelf Stable – need recyclable plastic alternatives Challenges Starting a Company 32:58 - Retailers want to Know Who Your Distributors Are - Distributors Want to Know Who Your Retailers Are - Too Many Orders to Handle Alone buy CoPackers Need Volume - Drought Affecting Vanilla Supply - Needing Boxes and the Day of Delivery it was Raining and They were Destroyed Health, Longevity and the Impact of Food 39:48 - The Food You Eat Impacts Your Immune System, Your Hair, Skin - Eliminate Foods that Cause Inflammation First Step to Get Into the Package Goods Business 42:00 - You want to Be Disruptive.. - Start Small so You Have Control over the Ingredients, the Processes – Your Product - Then Bring in Help. But Be Skeptical of Overconfident Experts The Recipe: Gluten Free Pancakes 49:36 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 79 - Creating a Safe Area to Help. Making Small Changes. Cleveland Clinic Neurologist. Caroline Just.
07/01/2025
Ep. 79 - Creating a Safe Area to Help. Making Small Changes. Cleveland Clinic Neurologist. Caroline Just.
On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Caroline Just. She is a board-certified neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic, specializing in general neurology with a particular focus on women’s neurological health. She serves as the founder and lead of the Neuro-Obstetrics/Women’s Neurology program, established in 2022 . #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #neurology #women's health #Alzheimer's #Dementia #brainhealth #healthycooking #healthyeating #patientcare #smallchanges Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Caroline at Other Mentions by Caroline What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Breakfast: Smoothie 1:54 The Journey into Medicine 2:26 The Art of Medicine 3:55 - As a Doctor, Spending the Time to Understand the Patient - As a Professor, Creating a Safe Learning Environment - Publicly discussing Cognitive Health for Women Woman’s Neurological Health 7:45 - Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s: Age and Being a Woman Misconceptions About Brain Health 11:17 - How much Sleep has an affect on Memory - How Depression Affects Memory Emerging Trends in Neurology 13:40 - Two Proteins that impact Alzheimer’s – Tau and Amyloid - Today Medication exists to Reduce the Amount of Amyloid - New FDA approved Blood Test to check levels of Tau and Amyloid Food’s Affect on Neurological Disorders 17:05 - MIND Diet: Mediterranean Diet with Reduced Salt (Anti-Hypertension or DASH Diet), can reduce Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia - Look at the Cleveland Clinic or Mayo Clinic website/library not social media for diet advice Biggest Challenges and Successes with Patients 22:57 - Understanding a stroke - Taking the time to talk a patient calmly through their situation - Be sure they take medications as prescribed - Eating too little is not healthy – you crave more unhealthy foods - Recognizing what foods have sugar A Person’s Gait, Walking Can Tell a Doctor a Lot 29:31 - Cleveland Clinic’s New Neurological Institute will have software that analyzes gait Goal is Not to Get an A+ on What they Eat 33:17 - Make Some Small Changes First Step if Concerned about a Neurological Issue 35:10 - See a general neurologist The Impact of Sleep on Health 36:53 The Recipe: Farro with Vegetables 38:44 - Family and Toddler Approved This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 78- Humans are Meant to Connect. So Why Not Cook? Debra Erickson. The Blind Kitchen.
06/24/2025
Ep. 78- Humans are Meant to Connect. So Why Not Cook? Debra Erickson. The Blind Kitchen.
On this episode we are grateful to have Debra Erickson. Debra is a blind Chef (the only blind student in Culinary school) and a former Cooking Instructor for the Oregon Commission for the Blind, so she walks her talk. She now owns The Blind Kitchen, whose mission is to help other people with vision loss to cook safely, confidently, and independently. She has been often praised for her ability to describe adaptive culinary tools and techniques with clarity. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Debra at Other Mentions by Debra What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:22 The Journey to the Blind Kitchen 1:45 - Retinitis pigmentosa diagnosis at age 28 - Eventually lost most vision in early 50s – no current cure - Graduated Culinary School in 2019, taught until COVID - Created The Blind Kitchen during COVID in 2020 to Teach Remotely - Aira helps with Remote Assistance Creating The Blind Kitchen 5:38 - Studied, Researched while at Culinary School to Adpat to Her Blindness - Organized information to Learn How to Cook with Vision Loss into 12 Categories Adaptive Culinary Tools 8:49 - Labelling – how do you know which soup is tomato if you have two cans - How Do you Shop, Use Kitchen Tools - Long Handled Wooden Spoons, Glove, Talking Thermometer Descriptive Videos 20:18 - Debra talks and has a professional voice actor to help - Edgar Garcia Chavez won an American Council of the Blind Award for audio-video Setting up a Pantry 22:16 - RFID Labels that work with Your Phone - Pen that Records your Voice and reads back the ingredient when you tap the Lid - Common Items with rubber silicone bubbles – none, one, two … - Use small Lazy Susans Shopping, Cleaning 27:20 - Shop online - Use app NaviLens if in a store to read barcodes - Open Dishwasher as a Hazard - Work Trays – work on these, contains spills, easy to cut on, clean Cooking 32:44 - Induction is the Safest but Multiple Burners More Expensive - Glass top Less Expensive but no tactile markings to position the pan - Tapping all around the top of the hot pan for even heat feel to know its centered - Double Spatula a great Cooking aid Getting Comfortable Cooking Food 39:56 - Introducing Kids to Heat – A Special Toaster Bag for Grilled Cheese - Locking Lid Pan with Built-in Strainer Healthspan. Connecting. 45:19 - Exercise groups and organizations - There are Online Organizations to Connect With, To Help - Everyone has some Health Issue to Deal With – Adapt, don’t Go Into a Shell - Don’t Be Isolated - 25% of people in the US are disabled, 2% of those are Visually Impaired - COVID Forced Us to Find New Ways to Connect - No one Should Be Lonely First Step - If You Become Visually Impaired 52:24 - It Doesn’t Have to Be that Way - If There’s Something You Love to Do, Seek it Out. You Just Might Have to Do It Differently - If You Know Someone Visually Impaired, Get Them Involved, Talk to Them - Humans are Meant to Connect The Recipe: Mexican Street Corn with Vegetables 55:31 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 77 - Gardening, Farming, Can Indeed Change the World. From Belgium. Matthieu Mehuys.
06/17/2025
Ep. 77 - Gardening, Farming, Can Indeed Change the World. From Belgium. Matthieu Mehuys.
On this episode we are grateful to have Matthieu Mehuys. Matthieu is an award-winning author and passionate landscape architect whose journey from a family farm in Belgium to regenerative farming practices has led him to believe that landscape architects can indeed change the world. His fascination with plants since childhood drove him to become a landscape architect, a role he sees as instrumental in crafting environments that marry aesthetics with positive environmental impact. Through his work, he aims to empower individuals to transform their gardens into spaces that foster biodiversity, restore ecosystems, and reverse climate change. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #regenerative #climate #gardening Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Matthieu: Other sites Matthieu mentioned: Book What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Breakfast: Smoothie of Frozen Fruits, Nuts, Protein Powder, Oats 1:48 The Journey to Landscape Architecture 3:20 - A tiny seed grows into magnificent plants - Five Years old wanted to grow his own food, started his own garden - Munich – first job at the epicenter of Landscape Architecture - Then traveled the world to visit, work at eco resorts, regenerative farms, rainforests - Dengue to becoming an entrepreneur to make a difference - Created a sustainable, organic, beautiful Garden Design company - Worked with farmers to convert to regenerative farms - Industrialized farms are hurting our climate, leading to more chronic diseases - There’s more than enough food, issues are with distribution Industrialized Farming 11:17 - Industrialized farmers don’t know there customers. That’s a problem. - Industrialized Farmers don’t control their pricing. Another Problem. - Industrialized Farming is like gambling. You plant and hope the market gives you a fair price. - Industrials Farms don’t want you to see how they produce food. If we knew, we would not buy it. - Industrialized Farm: Globally. Looking at a Wall right in front if them. Creating a high suicide rate. - Industrialized Farming: Making chickens sick, so egg production down, prices go up. - Industrialized Farming: If the soils isn’t healthy, the plants are healthy, the food isn’t healthy, we aren’t healthy Regenerative (not Sustainable) Farming 18:22 - Focusing on how to do it less harmful (to our climate) is not enough - Regenerative Solves so Many Problems: Climate Change. Food Security. Immigration. Health. Chronic Disease. - Regenerative is in Harmony with Nature - Regenerative: Healthy Soil - Largest Growth in Healthcare Spend: Supplements - Spend the Money with Local Farmers Nutritious Foods Instead - Einstein: Look Deep into Nature and You will Understand Everything Better - Create Website to allow Direct to Consumer. Allows for Better Margins. - Create a Social Media campaign. - Have Education at the Farm. Helping Farmers Move to Regenerative 23:00 - Ask what is their Vision, Passion - Help Generate Income Quickly: online, chefs - Timing: if Lots of Chemicals used previously, can Take Three Years to Change the Soil - Composting can Help Speed Up Timing - Nutrient Density Increases: you can buy 3 Expensive Oranges instead of 20 Cheap Oranges - Support Your Local Regenerative Farmers - If 50% of Farmers would Change to Regenerative, in 7yrs, we could be a pre-Industrial Revolution CO2 Levels - Grassroots Change will Make thing Happen Empowering Everyday People to Make Meaningful Change through Nature-Based Living 33:45 - First: Make a Plan for Your Garden. What are You Excited about Growing. - Garden Centers sell plants that have lots of chemicals - Einstein on Insanity: Keep doing the Same Thing and Expecting a different Result - If you Do Gardening the Right Way, It Takes Care of Itself - Think of Maintaining your Garden with Only One Hour per Month Home Gardening Tips 38:34 - Do Mulching: In Nature you Never Have Bare Soil - Some Weeds can Actually Help Restore the Soil - Soil Health and Our Gut Health both Need Micro-organisms - Diagnose your Weeds – they are Here to Help You, Tell You Something about Your Soil - Buy Organic Compost, Mulch – use the smell test, should smell similar to a forest in autumn - Or Ask a Regenerative Farmer about Compost - This will also mean less disease and insects in your garden Cooking at Home 50:33 - Just as expensive as a drive trough - Make a Plan: Do healthy meal prep - Importance of Family Meals together, talking and eating slowly The Recipe: Chicken Pesto 55:21 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 76 - Finding the Right Solutions for Woman. 80% of Woman over age 55 Globally have one chronic condition. NourishDoc. Amita Sharma.
06/10/2025
Ep. 76 - Finding the Right Solutions for Woman. 80% of Woman over age 55 Globally have one chronic condition. NourishDoc. Amita Sharma.
On this episode we are grateful to have Amita Sharma. Amita co-founded NourishDoc, whose mission is about making holistic wellness an integral part of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Partnering with organizations, they drive social impact and enhance health equity for women, ensuring that self-care and emotional support are recognized as vital elements of their professional environments. NourishDoc not only addresses absenteeism, but also nurturing a culture of understanding and retention for female talent globally. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #perimenopause #menopause #functionalmedicine #Ayurveda #Turmeric #Ashwagandha #Triphala #Shatavari #khichdi #foodasmedicine #holistic Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Amita Spice Source What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Breakfast: Tofu Scramble, Oatmeal, Banana 1:37 Founding of NourishDoc 3:28 - Working with IT Developers and symptom of Perimenopause began impacting her work - IT Development Male dominated so no understanding - Wanted to Develop a Holistic Solution – talked to 3000 experts around the world What is NourishDoc 6:09 - Want to be able to reach every woman in the world - Wanted Affordability and Scaleability - Currently Not Covered by Insurance, testing is Expensive - Start with Step One: Guided Expert Programs of Self Care, Group Care - Then, if Needed, Transition to More Expensive Medical Help - This Step Two involves Testing, Medical Advice on a Personal Plan Functional, Integrative Medicine 9:12 - Funtional - Taking Care of Your Mind, Body and Soul - Functional - Deep Questioning of Symptoms - Functional - Solutions involve Nutrition, Supplements, Exercise - Integrative – Combine Western and Functional Medicine - So Many Definitions, Solutions – It’s Confusing to the Consumer Ayurveda 11:34 - Complete Medical Science from India 5,000 years ago - Some practices not sanctioned by the US because not enough clinical research - Emphasis on Diet, Nutrition, Gut Health, Seasonal Eating - Spring and Fall Cleansing as the Seasons Change - Approved Herbs: Turmeric, Ashwagandha, Triphala, Shatavari - Panchakarma, Abhyanga Treatments - Meditation, Yoga Food-as-Medicine – Spices are Affordable, Have Significant Health Benefits 15:35 - Six tastes for every meal: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent - Ayurveda Rasayanas or Superfoods like Amla - Khichdi – rice, lentils, spices - Use Spices: Cumin, Turmeric, Coriander, Ginger, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves, Methi (Fenugreek) - Spices Help with Immunity, Hormonal Balance - Dinacharya or Daily Routine - Healthier to buy Spices whole, as Seeds and grind at home Supplements 23:19 - They need to be individually tailored – get medical advice and testing - Testing can be done for under $100 - Buy from a quality company - Typical Supplements: Biotin (B7), Vitamin D - Compliment with Herb Teas, Spices when cooking Exercise, Movement – You Need to Put in Time for Yourself 25:38 - Middle aged woman – the hormonal balance shifts - Middle aged Woman and Men begin losing muscle mass - Need to bring in Strength Training - Add breath work, meditation, yoga, walking - 80% of the woman around the world over age 55 have one chronic condition. - Simple Things Have Large Health Affects 29:25 Success Story – from a Functional/Ayurveda Doctor 30:20 - After 2-3 Months lost and maintained the weight loss. How? - Simple diet with spices and herbs - A Kichidi Cleanse to reset eating habits to remove inflammation - Sun Salutations (Yoga) Daily - Daily Exercise - Night Meditation - Supplements: Triphala (gut health), Shatavari (hormones), Chyawanprash (immunity) The First Step 34:28 - Fix Your Diet – one then two days a week start with a vegetable day - Incorporate the simple, inexpensive spices - Eliminate processed foods - Takes about six weeks to adjust Cooking at Home 36:50 - Do weekend prep for the week so you can make quick meals during the week The Recipe: Marinated Chicken, Hummus, Simple Salad 37:35 Disclaimer: Remember, we are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional. This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 75 - Producing Products and Food in the Best Possible Way for People and Planet. Joshua Onysko.
06/03/2025
Ep. 75 - Producing Products and Food in the Best Possible Way for People and Planet. Joshua Onysko.
On this episode we are grateful to have Joshua Scott Onysko. Joshua is a true pioneer in the world of clean beauty, sustainability, and conscious entrepreneurship. He is the founder behind not one, but multiple industry-shaping brands, including Pangea Organics, Alpine Provisions, and Un Jeu D’échecs — each built with the core mission of creating products that are as good for the planet as they are for the people who use them. He’s a self-made, multifaceted entrepreneur with over 25 years in the natural products space, visiting over 50 countries in search of the finest ingredients, and a passionate advocate for regenerative agriculture, plastic-free packaging, and empowering the next generation of ethical business leaders. Along the way, he has received 52 packaging and product awards, consulted with IDEO, and was the first brand allowed to partner with an Apple backed molded fiber company. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #regenerativeagriculture #plasticfreepackaging #climatehealth #seaweed #ikigai Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Joshua at Other Mentions by Joshua What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:49 Joshua’s Journey 2:38 - Dropped out of school, VW Bus, Became a Vegetarian, Global Travel, Clean Essential Oil Soap – Pangea - Importance of Travel Ingredients – From Plants - Non-Chemical Based Products 13:29 - Essential oils from around the world - Not harming the planet Seaweed as an Ingredient, as a Healthy Food 16:05 - Producing Products in the Best Possible Way for People and Planet. - Eat as much seaweed as you can – it’s a blue zone food. Food – People Need to Eat More Plants 19:06 - Know Your Ingredients – do Your homework. Lots of mis-information on nutrition. - The higher nutritional value of Plants harvested closer to home. - Distance takes 40% to 80% of a plants nutritional value away - Buy from Farmers Markets - In Italy the Farmers Market IS the Supermarket - Know Your Ingredients: buy natural, not farmed Chicken and Salmon (SeasSpiracy) - There is nothing more important than Health - Ultra processed foods: bad for your health, bad for healthcare costs - Skincare makes up 10% of the Health of your Skin; the other 90% is what you put in your Body - Science: Animal products are acidic which causes inflammation, cancer. Keep these to 30% or less. - Reduce sugar. - Collagen Superfood – Seaweed. - Athletes promoting the right food to kids - Gluten Issue and Glyphosate: Dry spraying FDA approved glyphosate on wheat Exercise when Traveling 30:22 - Local gym or Death by Burpees plus Chritiano Ronaldo’s 8 minute core workout Purpose 33:04 - Ikigai - Japanese concept that translates to "a reason for being" or "a reason to live. - What’s good for the world, people and what am I good at and enjoy to accomplish this - New product to be packaged in sustainable molded fiber - Plastic sits around for 100K years; Plastic garbage everywhere o If you're not turning off the faucet, why pick up a mop o We each eat a credit card of plastic a month - Companies are addicted to profit, people are addicted to convenience Changing Companies 40:02 - Focus on your product and how you’re delivering it and the happiness of your employees - Nicaragua – the first Regenerative Organic Certified Coffee Farm - Starbucks vs King Arthur Flour - King Arthur – all the farms they buy from need to be regenerative in the next 20yrs - Consult on Sustainability of the product and the packaging o Saved one company $4M in manufacturing costs One Country That’s Influenced You the Most 46:26 - India at 23, the Amazon in Peru more recently – inspiring to see people so happy without much Getting People to Think Differently about Climate 49:38 - Cut out meat on Mondays – astronomical change to climate - Fighting corporate mis-information - Lack of understanding of the way the world works - Everyone needs to understand that Climate Change is Real - People have the Power to Change Things, collectively, overnight The Recipe: Food Prep for Protein Rich Salads 54:01 - Mike’s Organic Curry Love with Coconut Milk, Blend and Add to Cooked Vegetables, Protein, over Rice This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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Ep. 74 - “How Donuts Gave Me Abs and a 90kg Snatch”. From Bolivia. Lisa Franz.
05/27/2025
Ep. 74 - “How Donuts Gave Me Abs and a 90kg Snatch”. From Bolivia. Lisa Franz.
On this episode we are grateful to have Lisa Franz. Lisa has a M.Sc. in Exercise Science, Health Promotion and Nutrition. She is the owner and head coach at Nutrition Coaching and Life and host of the Nutrition and Life Podcast. After struggling through various diets herself, Lisa learned about the evidence-based ways to change weight and body composition and has been fascinated with nutrition and building muscle ever since. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #localfarmers #functionalmedcine #testing #healthyfoods Please visit our website for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos. Look for information on Lisa at What’s In Season Cleveland Kitchen: Segment Notes: Breakfast 1:17 Journey to Owning he company “Nutrition Coaching and Life” 2:17 - Traveled, Degree Exercise Science, Love Eating - Then an article “How Donuts Gave Me Abs and a 90kg Snatch” - 80-90% Diet from Quality Whole Foods - Figured out for Lisa the right Quantity of carb-protein-fat - Food Should Bring You Joy and Energy Evidence-Based Nutrition Coaching 11:48 - First you need a lot of research, not just one or two studies - Coaching: Start with a Lot of Questions - “Methods are Many, Principles are Few. Methods Change Often Principles Never Do” - Create a tailored Calorie Deficit to Lose Weight. Determine where you’re at first o Start a Food Diary as a Starting Point. o Need to Set a Realistic Goal for You. - Healthy Foods have Calories too Diet and Exercise Together 20:22 - Nobody wants to look skinny-fat at the end of a diet - Want to keep or build muscle, lose fat with exercise while dieting - Our muscles are smart, need to keep challenging them Nutritional Periodization 24:27 - Prevents yo-yo dieting - The Plan to Lose Weight, The Plan to Maintain the New Weight o 90% of Diets are Successful But 95% of Us Put the Weight Back On Beat Your Cravings 27:35 - Have things in moderation - Eat enough protein and fiber - Enjoy what your eating, with less distractions Limiting Beliefs 33:02 - If you think its hard, its going to be hard - If You’re Going to “try” and Eat Better, You’re Giving Yourself a Way Out - Our Mind Affects Our Physiology - Be More Mindful of What we Tell Ourselves Success Story 39:18 - No matter what stage in your life you know how to navigate your nutrition Traveling to 53 Countries and Staying Healthy 41:51 - Globally see people healthier if they live an active lifestyle - We have more things in Common Than Separate Us Eating Healthy, Exercising and Being Sick Less 45:18 Other Factors: Sleep, Community, Purpose 46:26 - Accelerate Fat Weight Loss by Sleeping 7 hours (not 5hrs where you lose muscle) - Loneliness Culture – Get Out, Say a Kind Word to Someone First Step to a Health Journey 50:08 - Record what you're eating and/or eat more protein and vegetables Cooking at Home and Eating Out 51:06 - Eat at a healthy restaurant, enjoy your meal, not a drive through - Preparing at Home helps get Your Body Ready - Get the Kids Involved The Recipe: What’s Available at Home – Pick a Protein, add Vegetable, a Carb 54:24 - Half is the vegetable, a quarter of the plate a protein, a quarter is the carb or healthy fat This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let’s make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to “Eat Better Food Today” for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.
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