The Appropriate Omnivore with Aaron Zober

As Meaty May continues, Aaron Zober interviews Dr. Deborah MD. Dr. Deborah discusses what meats to eat on a regular basis as well what fruits and vegetables should make up a heart healthy diet. They debunk all of the studies from the lipid hypothesis to the recent studies about TMAO and explain why meat, especially red meat, is good for you. Aaron and Deborah get into the benefits of organ meats and the best dishes to incorporate them into if you don't like eating things such as liver by itself. Dr. Deborah also talks about natural supplements that she sees as important for maintaining health. In addition to meat being good for your health, they bring up the ways that eating meat is important for the environment.

For the first show of Meaty May, Aaron Zober interviews WAPF West LA/Santa Monica Chapter Leader Victoria Bloch. Victoria discusses how she transitioned from a macrobiotic diet to restoring her health eating nutrient dense foods after learning about Sally Fallon and the WAPF. Victoria founded one of the longest running chapters. She talks about the series of meetings she's doing with her chapter on forbidden foods that are actually good for you. Aaron finds himself in line with what Victoria sees as healthy foods and even gives some suggestions for forbidden foods topics. Victoria and Aaron also let listeners know about the upcoming open house at Dey Dey's farm in the Santa Barbara area, where Victoria will be speaking.

Scott Grzybek of Zukay Live Foods makes a visit to The Appropriate Omnivore. Scott talks about how reading Nourishing Traditions and learning about the Weston A. Price Foundation led him to create Zukay Foods. He began fermenting different foods and realized that while there were many great ferments on the market, nobody was making beet kvass. Scott found a great in with kvass and in addition to making it with beets, Zukay offers many other flavors of kvass. He also talks about how he find his sources for local and organic ingredients as well as using fluoride free water

Paul Greive of Primal Pastures makes a visit with Aaron Zober, The Appropriate Omnivore. Primal Pastures is a poultry farm in Temecula, CA that's a newcomer to the beyond organic farming scene. Paul explains how he got into agriculture and what it means to be raising chicken sustainably and along the guidelines of Price, paleo, and primal community. Primal Pastures will also help people set up backyard chickens and Paul lets you know how you can have one at your house today. Additionally, Paul speaks about the future of Primal Pastures and how they're looking at farming other animals as well.

Aaron interviews Roy Walkenhorst and Judy Brooks, executive producers and hosts of the long running PBS series Healing Quest. Throughout season 10 of Healing Quest, Roy and Judy did segments on the Weston A. Price Foundation, including grass fed beef, raw milk, bone broth, cod liver oil, water filtration, and avoiding soy plus some cooking demos for great tasting meals. Roy and Judy explain how they found out about WAPF and how it’s changed their outlook on natural health. Roy and Judy will also give a preview on what they’ll be covering on the upcoming season 11 of Healing Quest.

Gary, general counsel for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense makes a visit to The Appropriate Omnivore. The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is a terrific non-profit organization that defends the rights small farms to be able to sell goods and products directly to the consumers. Gary gives an explanation of how the FTCLDF came to be and what cases they're currently taking on. Many of the FTCLDF's work is in regards to raw dairy farmers and Gary mention some specific cases. Gary also lets listeners know how they can become members and donate, so the FTCLDF can continue doing the excellent work that it does.

Monika Kozdrowiecka and Gosia Reed were raised in Poland, where they were used to food being organic and local. When they moved to the U.S., they experienced a huge culture shock in food when seeing how everything is prepared. With that, they found the benefits of eating raw and formed the company Virgin Raw. Virgin's Raw's flaghip product is bee panacea, a probiotic consisting of raw honey and numerous superfoods and herbs. Aaron and the two raw sisters discuss everything about raw honey from how it's the perfect natural sweetener to replace sugar to its health benefits, including increasing your metabolism and detoxifying the body.

It's another holiday-themed episode of The Appropriate Omnivore. Village Green Network blogger Lisa Rose of Real Food Kosher talks about how she makes a Passover with nutrient dense foods. Aaron and Lisa discuss how a Passover seder consists of many traditional foods, such as brisket, chicken broth, and eggs. Lisa also mentions how she transitioned into real food for her family and how it can be a challenge being able to find products that are both kosher and real food. .

With the Weston A. Price Foundation’s Regional Wise Traditions Detroit Conference a week away, the Appropriate Omnivore interviews Kelly the Kitchen Kop, a Michigan native who will be speaking at the conference. Kelly's presentation is on bringing your family from junk food to real food. Kelly explains what she defines real food and junk food and how the transition has been for everyone in her family. Kelly also explains exactly how she became the Kitchen Kop, how she got involved with the Village Green Network, and her experience being a co-leader for the Grand Rapids Weston A. Price Chapter.

Jamil Avdiyev returns to The Appropriate Omnivore to talk more about his business High Brix Nutrient Dense Foods. High brix nutrient dense farming is a type of agriculture that goes way beyond organic. High Brix uses fertilizers that replenishes our soils and make the crops rich in nutrient and minerals. Jamil talks about his influences in learning about high brix agriculture. Jamil then gets into the foods he sells from almonds to blueberries to heirloom grains. He explains why he doesn't see all wheat as bad and why heirloom wheat is the way to go. Jamil and also discuss other advantage of high brix nutrient dense foods, such as being able to keep bugs away and being good for your teeth.

Robert Cain, founder and president of SeaAgri, stops by The Appropriate Omnivore. Robert founded his company, which produces sea mineral solids, after reading the work of Dr. Maynard Murray. From reading Dr. Murray, Robert learned our soil is missing minerals and that taking minerals from the sea can help replenish the soil to grow more nutrient dense plants. His company SeaAgri has created the product SEA-90 to provide better fertilizer for our plants. In addition to crops, Robert has found that SEA-90 works well with livestock, providing better tasting meat and poultry. SeaAgri has also started selling Seasons 90, a gourmet sea salt. And Robert gets into explaining the difference between sea salt and earth salt.

The Appropriate Omnivore is joined by Karl Burgart, a distributor for Olea Estates Olive Oil. Olea is a farm in Greece that's been around for over 150 years and offers real olive oil, which can be hard to come by today. Karl explains what real olive oil looks like and talks about what it means to be first pressed and unfiltered. Olea also sells olives, which are cured differently than the ones you find in stores and Karl & Aaron discuss how you won't go back to the ones at the supermarket after tasting Olea's. In addition, Karl gets into his other business, Healthy Harvest Gardens, which sells gardens supplies and different types of produce depending on the season. Karl encourages more people to get into growing their own food.

Megan Reamer tells her story about how the Weston A. Price diet has been able to help her son Jackson and how that lead to the potato chip business with his namesake. Megan talks about how the book Nourishing Traditions was a big influence on getting her son on a better diet and learn about healthy fats, such as coconut oil. Jackson's Honest Chips is currently the only potato chips out there that are fried in coconut oil. Megan gets into some of the challenges of running her business and gives a forecast at some future plans for Honest Chips. Megan also talks some of the paleo influences in her family's diet.

The Appropriate Omnivore is joined by another person with a passion for grass fed beef. This time by Caitlin Weeks, who has a blog appropriately titled Grass Fed Girl. Caitlin talks about her experience switching from being a vegetarian to learning about the health and environmental benefits of grass fed beef. She explains how the Weston A. Price Foundation and the paleo movement have influenced her diet. She also delves into how she felt better eating more fats than carbs and how she gets other woman to not be afraid of red meat.

The Appropriate Omnivore is joined by The Naughty Nutrionist, also known as Kaayla Daniel. Kaayla Daniel has written the book "The Whole Soy Story" as is the foremost expert on the dangers of soy. Kaayla discusses the problems of soy from its anti-nutrients to the GMOs to the processed soy foods. Kaayla gets into how there are some types soy people can consume if properly prepared. Kaayla also talks about the benefits of animal products and upcoming projects she's working on with Sally Fallon and the Weston A. Price Foundation.