CJ Hunt had a near-death experience at the age of 24. Sudden cardiac arrest while jogging led him to a decades-long quest for better (heart) health. The result was The Perfect Human Diet documentary. Rated on Amazon as #1 Documentary, and #1 Instant Video Documentary, this film has garnered several other best-selling tributes. Want to go globe-trotting and look behind the scenes at some cool places? Hunt and I speak about ... Keep Reading >
Ancestral Diet
Real Food vs. The Hunger Response with J. Stanton: PODCAST
What is Hunger? Ask J Stanton hunger questions and you get some great info... Why would we choose cookies over steak? How does Hunger override Willpower? J. Stanton is a writer/researcher (and outdoorsman) who spoke at the Harvard Ancestral Health Symposium on the topic of HUNGER. I was struck by his data and conclusions and we spoke more about Human appetite, satiety, willpower and more. Here's an interesting ... Keep Reading >
5 Common Questions About “The Diet For Human Beings”: My DVD Reviewed by the Grass Fed Girl
HERE'S A GUEST POST FROM THE "GRASS-FED GIRL" REVIEWING MY DVD, THE DIET FOR HUMAN BEINGS AND ANSWERING 5 COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIET FOR HUMAN BEINGS! THANKS, CAITLIN www.grassfedgirl.com. "I recently enjoyed watching "The Diet For Human Beings” DVD about the Paleo Diet by Beverly Meyer, a Holistic Nutritionist and Podcast Host with 25 years in clinical practice. It is professionally filmed, easy to watch and understand, ... Keep Reading >
Is Ghee Good?
Humans did not eat dairy until we domesticated animals 10,000 to 40,000 years ago. Our immune systems evolved to understand and allow human milk as food, but not the dairy from other animals. Over time, certain cultures became dependent on the dairy of different mammals: horse, camel, yak, sheep and goat. Eventually we bred a type of cattle and began to have cow's milk. Milk products were, obviously, organic and ... Keep Reading >
Fermented Foods; Kraut, Kimchi, Kefir and Kvass: PODCAST
Dive into the recipes and science of easy fermented foods at home in this podcast featuring Lisa Herndon of Lisa's Counter Culture. Full of probiotics and flavor, fermented foods and beverages are the historical way to get our benficial bacteria and many vitamins. Lisa and I discuss using Pickl-It jars for better outcomes and food safety too. These jars provide a greater level of confidence in the saftey of your culture and are easy ... Keep Reading >
Coconut For Health, with Dr. Bruce Fife: PODCAST
Dr. Bruce Fife is known as the Father of Coconut and is the world authority on coconut for health. You'll find out why in this fun podcast. Fife is a passionate advocate and researcher on the coconut, including the uses of coconut flour and oils. These previously maligned foods have tremendous health advantages over traditional vegetable oils and gluten flours. Fife has spent two decades teaching us the truth about them. Autism, ... Keep Reading >
Nuts and Seeds – the Good and the Bad
What are nuts and seeds? A nut is a type of fruit. A fruit is a mature ovary from a flower. Every fruit contains one or more seeds. Every seed has the potential to germinate and grow into a mature adult plant. As seeds mature, the surrounding tissue develops into a fruit. This fruit can take many forms; some plants make berries (like blueberries or tomatoes), some make legumes (like peas and beans). The fruit of cereal ... Keep Reading >
How To Be A Food Detective
Before I tell you how to be an official food detective, and do a proper elimination diet, here's a little human history for you. Once upon a time, we ate whatever we could hunt, and we gathered lots of plants, some fruits, and some eggs. Fish and other water creatures were abundant. We ate certain mushrooms (not others!), tubers, insects, a little honey, and some tasty herbs and flowers to enrich our meals. In the Paleolithic times ... Keep Reading >
The Real Salt Story, and Why Your Type of Salt Matters: PODCAST
Confused about the difference between table salt and Himalayan Salt? Salt expert Dr. Corey Schuler talks on Primal Diet - Modern Health with Beverly Meyer about real salt and its many therapeutic uses. You may think you know about salt, but you'll learn a lot more after listening to Corey and Beverly. Dr. Schuler discusses the power of real salt to support health and tells us why commercial table salt is so dangerous. Beverly ... Keep Reading >
The Diet For Human Beings: PODCAST
It's Paleo. It's Primal. It's Ancestral! Whatever you want to call it, it's what humans are meant to eat. My DVD calls it The Diet For Human Beings, and 25 years of study on food and health have led me to this. This is The Diet For Human Beings Podcast and is the way I ask my clients to eat. This Podcast explains why and gives suggestions on what to eliminate and what to add. Learn what you need to learn to get started in this episode, ... Keep Reading >
Identifying (And Avoiding) Genetically Modified Food
Genetically modified food has been successfully fought in many other countries, especially in Europe. The first step in learning to avoid them is identifying genetically modified foods. Here in the US, GMO's are the new normal. Is it "Natural Health" though? Big farming corporations such as Monsanto and Archer, Daniels, Midland, now own the rights to the GMO seeds, and require their farmers not to collect seeds from their ... Keep Reading >