Tony Federico podcasts for Paleo Magazine and is the author of "Paleo Grilling" cookbook. I turn the microphone around on a fellow podcaster here and talk with Tony about his passions and history. In addition to podcasting for Paleo Magazine, Tony writes for the magazine under the "I Inspire" byline and the "Business Spotlight". As a go-to writer and a Certified Health and Fitness Specialist, he was a natural choice to lead the podcasts ... Keep Reading >
Beverly Interviews Guests
Mark Rogers Simply Human Lifestyle
Want to simply be human? Mark Rogers Simply Human Lifestyle website and podcasts coach us in the Four Pillars of the Simply Human Lifestyle. This podcast is a good primer for newcomers wanting to learn how to Eat, Sleep, Move, and Enjoy Life like real humans, not the over-stressed selves we want to leave behind. It's a good interview for folks with kids too.... see my notes on children below. The link to play the show is at the bottom of ... Keep Reading >
Delicious Obsessions With Jessica Espinoza
Delicious Obsessions is one of my favorite blogs! Anything you want to know about gluten free Real Food and Healthy Living can be found here, including recipes, DIY advice and hundreds of articles and guest posts from Jessica and many health and food experts. Jessica's passion is developing recipes for foods and self-care products. They're gluten free, Paleo friendly, easy and creative. Jessica's a big fan of coconut oil, and in our ... Keep Reading >
Mediterranean Paleo Cooking: Book Review and Interview With Grass Fed Girl
"Mediterranean Paleo Cooking" gets my vote for the 2014 cookbook of the year. The combined knowledge of a classically trained Algerian chef (Nabil Boumrar) and his Holistic Nutritionist wife (Caitlin Weeks) is a total win. Add in Diane Sanfilippo (Practical Paleo, Balanced Bites) as book designer and photographer, and you've got something great! As I mention several times in this interview with Caitlin, the pictures and recipe ingredients ... Keep Reading >
Earthing For Health: Book Review and Interview with Martin Zucker
Earthing for health! Kick off your shoes and restock your most depleted nutrient, anti-inflammatory electrons from the earth! Research on elite athletes, diabetics, heart patients and arthritis patients confirms negatively charged electrons improve circulation, thin sticky blood and renew the rhythms of cortisol and other hormones. I had a fascinating conversation with Martin Zucker, author of the first and second editions of the book ... Keep Reading >
How To Prepare Fermented Foods: Book Review and Interview With Lisa Herndon
Here's an excellent step by step guide on how to prepare fermented foods at home. It includes all the hows and whys of homemade Ketchup, Mayo, Chutney, Kimchee, Kefir, Kraut and more... Enjoy these highlights from my interview with author Lisa Herndon (see podcast link below or on my iTunes page). This is the second edition of "Lisa's Counter Culture: Pickles and Other Well Bred Foods". Lisa and I also spoke last year in this podcast ... Keep Reading >
Pure Indian Foods Ghee: Great Products and an Interesting Interview
Pure Indian Foods ghee is a fifth-generation Indian business, now run in the United States. My interview with owner Sandeep Agarwal talks about this amazing substance, its history, uses, and the different ghee products made by Pure Indian Foods. To listen in, the podcast link is on my iTunes page or there's a player at the bottom of this article. Pure Indian Foods ghee is my favorite ghee, and I order it by the case. It is organic, ... Keep Reading >
Understanding Gelatin and Collagen Supplements
Gelatin and collagen supplements play an important health recovery role in the Paleo Diet, GAPS Diet or Specific Carbohydrate Diet. Long known for improving hair, skin and nails, gelatin has been commercially available since the 1920's. The terms collagen and gelatin can be used interchangeably when talking about supplements. Here's what I learned in doing this podcast with a representative from Vital Proteins Collagen products. Collagen ... Keep Reading >
Rubin Naiman on Treating Insomnia Naturally
I spoke with Dr. Rubin Naiman on treating insomnia naturally, and looking at the meaning of sleep, dreams, sleep medications, and the effects of modern lifestyle on sleeping. Sounds like a pretty normal conversation so far, right? But surprises await! Dr. Naiman has a unique background, and his approach to sleep may fascinate you. For example, our conversation on Sleep and Nutrition was NOT about vitamins, food or diet, but about how our ... Keep Reading >
Paleo Lifestyle 101 with Evan Brand
Evan Brand from NotJustPaleo joins me for some friendly rivalry in this fun interview. The mission? List and compare our choices for Seven Aspects of a Paleo Lifestyle. The result? Paleo Lifestyle 101! The right kind of exercise and a Paleo Diet are givens, so we couldn't include them in our lists. What else matters most for living in tune with our true human selves? What are the components of Health and Happiness that Paleo and Primal ... Keep Reading >
Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Disorders w. Tara Grant
The link between leaky gut and autoimmune disorders has been proposed by scientists and health providers for decades. The whole idea of a "leaky gut" is one idea behind the natural foods movement in general, and the Paleo Diet and Gaps Diet in particular. I recently wrote about Leaky Gut and some of the supplements to help manage it in this article. Then I read a wonderful book exploring the link between leaky gut and autoimmune disorders in ... Keep Reading >
Sarah Fragoso Thai Cuisine: PODCAST
Sarah Fragoso and family have travelled overseas to learn authentic cuisines (first in Italy) and now in Thailand, sharing their adventures with the rest of us. I talked with Sarah about her wonderful book, Everyday Paleo Thai Cuisine, which has great food and just-right travel stories. With a mission to learn the special foods and techniques of Thailand, Sarah takes us from markets to farms, and from the wok to the mortar and ... Keep Reading >