Thought For Food Podcast

Audrey Sanchez is Fighting For Healthy Food With Balanced

This week we answer listener questions on our seventh installment of the Q&A podcast. Questions addressed include: * which form of oats is healthiest? * what's our take on intermittent fasting? * best practices for supplementation and how to trust supplement quality * are high fat plant foods unhealthy or do they hinder performance for athletes? * traveling abroad as a vegan and running in a foreign place * what's the deal with food combining? * how plant-based nutrition affects type 1 diabetes * nutritional guidance for a high school plant-based athlete Thank you to Miriam, Guy, Taylor, Emily, and Evan for the awesome questions! If you want a question featured on the show, send us an email to tfflifestyle@gmail.com We are incredibly excited to be a part of the advisory board for Balanced, a new non-profit organization that is dedicated to fighting for nutritional responsibility within corporations, hospitals, schools, businesses, and beyond and shifting towards an evidence-based framework within this system. Started by Audrey Sanchez in partnership with NutritionFacts.org, Balanced is brand new so go check them out on social media and their website, balanced.org. They are @getbalancednow on Instagram and @getbalanced_now on Twitter. We are absolutely honored and thrilled to join legends like Dr. Michael Greger and Dr. Michelle McMacken on the advisory board, since we are so passionate about this mission.  New Go Eat Some Plants shirts are on the way! Stay tuned to our social media for updates and they will be available soon! Enjoy the show. -Jackson and Aaron Want to support the show and what TFF is doing? You can share our content with friends and family if you feel like they could get something out of our message. It would also help us out a ton if you left a quick review on the iTunes store, it really helps the podcast grow and reach more listeners (and it only takes 5 min)! If you want to go above and beyond, you can kick us some change by pledging your support on Patreon each month, which is a recurring crowd funding site dedicated to creators like us! It allows us to keep putting out the free content that you're used to, but helps us to invest more money into improving the quality of the show through better equipment (every penny we make on Patreon goes to bettering our setup to make the content better for you!). You can also visit tfflifestyle.com/support to learn more and make a one-time donation. We also have a few shirts over on the shop page, so get 'em while you can! More are coming soon. If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts to get the new episode right as it comes out. Also, subscribe our YouTube channel, Thoug...

Eating Fat For Performance, Vegan Travel, and Food Combining | Q&A 007

Random Show #4

Jackson and Aaron discuss what social media and technology is doing to our culture and how we are approaching it as social media creators. Podcasts mentioned: www.samharris.org/podcast/item/wha…logy-doing-to-us www.richroll.com/podcast/leo-babauta/

Rick Kapala on Getting Comfortable with Discomfort, Living The Dream, and The Love of Sport

This week's interview is a little different. The Thought For Food Lifestyle extends beyond nutrition and food, and today's conversation is rooted in getting comfortable with discomfort, athletic performance, mindset, and living the dream. I'm excited to bring you my conversation with Rick Kapala - program director and head coach for the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation's cross-country ski program. Rick graduated from Michigan Technological University with a degree in biological sciences, after developing a love for cross-country skiing. He then began coaching in Alaska, eventually landing in Sun Valley, Idaho in 1987. He has since coached at multiple world championships and has been integral in the development of multiple national champions and even Olympians. Rick was my ski coach in high school, and has had a profound impact on my life by inspiring in me and others this idea of getting comfortable with discomfort - which is the theme of this podcast. My favorite memories from ski team were not the ski racing, but the epic adventures we went on in the mountains, or Save The Baby King (we talk about this crazy game in the podcast). This is why Rick is such a legend and inspiration for so many. His ability to make the inherently uncomfortable and difficult sport of cross-country skiing fun and appealing to kids of all ages, and get them out of their comfort zones. Building athletes, sure, but beyond that, building high-quality humans. Although we didn’t talk about food or nutrition, his ethos towards exercise and sport is perfectly aligned with the Thought For Food Lifestyle. Doing epic shit. Doing it for the love, for the adventure, for the growth that we experience when we step out of our comfort zone. And doing this in a way that is evidence based and that perfectly marries the connection between performance and adventure. We talk about his coaching philosophy, getting uncomfortable, and what his definition of doing epic shit is. I owe a lot of my passion for the outdoors, endurance sports, and finding purpose in my life to this man, so it’s truly an honor to share this conversation with you. Enjoy the episode! -Jackson Want to support the show and what TFF is doing? You can share our content with friends and family if you feel like they could get something out of our message. It would also help us out a ton if you left a quick review on the iTunes store, it really helps the podcast grow and reach more listeners (and it only takes 5 min)! If you want to go above and beyond, you can kick us some change by pledging your support on Patreon each month, which is a recurring crowd funding site dedicated to creators like us! It allows us to keep putting out the free content that you're used to, but helps us to invest more money into improving the quality of the show through better equipment (every penny we make on Patreon goes to bettering our setup to make the content better for you!). You can also visit tfflifestyle.com/support to learn more and make a one-time donation. We also have a few shirts over on the shop page, so get 'em while you can! More are coming soon. If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts to get the new episode right as it comes out. Also, subscribe our YouTube channel, Tho...

Welcome to the Plant-Based Parenting Series

The first installment of the new Plant-Based Parenting Series where Aaron walks you through his goals for the series and what you can expect moving forward. Regular PBPS episodes will air on Thursdays, probably once a month so keep an ear out! If you are a vegan parent or know other evidence-based, rational vegan parents who would like to be on the show to talk about their experiences and share advice, please reach out to us at tfflifestyle@gmail.com. Go feed your kids some plants, play outside with them and be the best parents you can be! Follow us: Instagram: instagram.com/tfflifestyle Facebook: facebook.com/tfflifestyle Twitter: twitter.com/tfflifestyle YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCT3Z3kL6Nsbhb0AY8mzpQhA

What’s The Deal With Gluten?

Gluten. Perhaps the hottest and most controversial trend in the food world at the moment. From celebrities to the blogosphere, there is so much information swirling around about this little set of storage proteins found in wheat and related grains. But what does the actual science say? Well, you're in luck. We're excited to present to you the 5th installment in our What's The Deal podcast series, where we deep dive into the science on a specific nutrient or food to debunk the myths, clear up the science, and hopefully arm you with some knowledge. And today, our focus is gluten. From what it actually is, to its function, to discussing the clinical manifestations of serious gluten allergies. We then dive into common claims made about gluten, such as: * even if you don't have celiac disease, gluten is still unhealthy * gluten is inflammatory * gluten causes autoimmune diseases * gluten causes fatigue, brain fog, and other neurological symptoms * going gluten free helps you lose weight We want to make it clear that the goal of this episode is not to bash gluten or poke fun at anyone who has allergies or sensitivities to gluten. We just want to know what the science says about it. If it's unhealthy to eat, we'd like to know. We have no agenda or financial ties to the gluten industry. We're also not doctors or gastroenterologists, we are simply synthesizing the research and sharing it with you in a digestible manner. Please consult your physician before making any significant lifestyle changes and/or if you believe you have celiac disease. We hope you enjoy learning about the science behind gluten, and would love to hear your feedback on the episode, so don't hesitate to send us an email to tfflifestyle@gmail.com or by tweeting us, Instagramming us, or whatever else the cool kids are doing these days. We love hearing from you! So go eat some plants, and do some epic shit. -Jackson and Aaron Want to support the show and what TFF is doing? You can share our content with friends and family if you feel like they could get something out of our message. It would also help us out a ton if you left a quick review on the iTunes store, it really helps the podcast grow and reach more listeners (and it only takes 5 min)! If you want to go above and beyond, you can kick us some change by pledging your support on Patreon each month, which is a recurring crowd funding site dedicated to creators like us! It allows us to keep putting out the free content that you're used to, but helps us to invest more money into improving the quality of the show through better equipment (every penny we make on Patreon goes to bettering our setup to make the content better for you!). You can also visit tfflifestyle.com/support to learn more and make a one-time donation. We also have a few shirts over on the shop page, so get 'em while you can! More are coming soon. If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts to get the new episode right as it comes out. Also, subscribe our YouTube channel, Thought For Food TV, so you can get a behind the scenes look at TFF. Check out this vlog: Do you get enough protein? Our new book, Dude, Where Do You Get Your Protein? is available now! Check it out at 

In today's random show, Aaron and Jackson talk about why Aaron gets sick all the time, oil, and more.

Random Show #3

If you've been following Thought For Food for a while, you know that we're obsessed with the idea of game-changing plant-based food tech companies coming in and disrupting the antiquated factory farming system. And Beyond Meat is one of those companies leading the charge. By gathering up a team of extremely talented and extremely smart scientists, researchers, and chefs, they are studying and analyzing what makes meat what it is. They then apply that understanding to figure out ways to make the same biological structure, specifically the protein structure, fat content, and nutrient makeup, from plants. With investors from the likes of Biz Stone and Bill Gates, Beyond Meat put itself on the map with its first product, the Beyond Chicken Strips, highly realistic chicken cutlets made from peas. They've since grown to including beefy crumbles, and last year launched the Beyond Burger (in Boulder!). This new product is outstanding. A raw burger patty that is being sold in the meat case at Whole Foods across the country and has been a smashing success. Beyond Meat is changing the game. And today, Jackson sits down with the company's CEO, Ethan Brown, to talk about the latest news of what's happening with Beyond Meat. We've been wanting to sit down with Ethan for ages, since we started the podcast really, because he is such a passionate, compassionate, and mission driven visionary that is so dedicated to eliminating the factory farming system. It was an amazing conversation covering a range of topic including: * what it was like to work with Tyson Foods in their recent stake in Beyond Meat * breaking down the new Beyond Burger and what the launch was like from Beyond Meat's perspective * what the plant-based food movement can take from Elon Musk and Tesla - hedonistic altruism * Ethan's take on balance, failure, and what scares him * his perspective on clean meat technology * much, much more! You're guaranteed to gain a new perspective on the plant-based food tech revolution after listening to this episode, and hopefully it gives you hope for the future of protein and the end of factory farming. We're fully onboard the market and tech based solution for changing the world, and can't wait to see where Beyond Meat goes along with other companies pushing forward the next generation of food. Enjoy the episode, and let us know what you think by sending an email to tfflifestyle@gmail.com. Go eat some peas, and do epic shit! -Jackson and Aaron Want to support the show and what TFF is doing? You can share our content with friends and family if you feel like they could get something out of our message. It would also help us out a ton if you left a quick review on the iTunes store, it really helps the podcast grow and reach more listeners (and it only takes 5 min)! If you want to go above and beyond, you can kick us some change by pledging your support on Patreon each month, which is a recurring crowd funding site dedicated to creators like us! It allows us to keep putting out the free content that you're used to, but helps us to invest more money into improving the quality of the show through better equipment (every penny we make on Patreon goes to bettering our setup to make the content better for you!). You can also visit tfflifestyle.com/support to learn more and make a one-time donation. We also have a few shirts over on the shop page, so get 'em while you can! More are coming soon. If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts to get the new episode right as it comes out.

Ethan Brown on Disrupting the Food System with the Future of Protein