Healing Food

PYP 119: Lani Muelrath on the Right Mindsets for the Plant-Based Journey

September 14, 2015

Lani Muelrath is one of the world’s most accomplished wellness and fitness coaches. She combines cutting edge scientific research on fitness, diet, and mindset with an encyclopedic knowledge of behavorial science with a lifetime of experience helping people achieve health and happiness.

And now that she’s making her third appearance on the Plant Yourself Podcast, I don’t think I can call her a “guest” anymore. She’s now a regular.

PYP 118: Andy Bellatti on Professional Integrity in Nutrition

September 8, 2015

Andy Bellatti became a card-carrying member of the American Dietetic Association (now Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – AND) as soon as he completed his training as a registered dietitian.

It wasn’t long before Andy realized something was very wrong.

PYP 117: Glenn Livingston on Never Bingeing Again

September 1, 2015

Glenn Livingston is a clinical psychologist, marketing consultant to Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneur, author, and all-around good guy. Also, a dear friend, colleague, and mentor.

For many of the years of his illustrious career, Glenn guarded a shameful secret: he couldn’t stop thinking about food. And his thoughts would lead to actions: overeating almost without limit

PYP 116: David Katz on Eliminating 80% of Disease, and Polar Bears in the Sahara

August 18, 2015

David Katz, MD, is a crusader on the front lines of health sanity in an insane culture. Somehow, he’s managed to command attention and respect from the mainstream media, as well as medical and governmental establishments, despite talking sense and not being on the take from industry.

“Where Do You Get Your Protein?”

August 11, 2015

That question has become a joke in the plant-based community. Comic YouTube songs, Instagram memes of gorillas and weightlifters, and scathing cartoons showing the question asked by obese people stuffing their faces with McDonalds. When you’re initiated into the plant-based world, part of your catechism is a bunch of snappy replies: “Spinach has more protein…

PYP 115: Don Matesz on the Absurdity of Paleo

August 11, 2015

Don Matesz loves ideas and philosophy as much as he loves nutritional and health research. After spending many years eating a vegetarian diet, he was swayed by a storybook, NeanderThin by Ray Audette, masquerading as serious science.

Should I Replace Sugar with Stevia in My Tea?

July 28, 2015

A friend asks: About 2 years ago, I gave up my heavy diet pepsi habit. I’ve moved off of most processed foods, so nowadays, the majority of my non-fruit sugar intake comes from baked goods, and the sugar I put into my cups ‘o tea. So, I recently read about Stevia, plant-extract based sweetener, that,…

PYP 111: Micaela Karlsen on Popcorn, Gizmodo, and Nutritional Science

July 14, 2015

Micaela Karlsen is a lot more optimistic about the future of nutritional science than I usually am. Maybe it’s genetic, and she’s just more upbeat in general. Or maybe – and I fervently hope this is the case – her decade of experience in the world of nutritional research, policy, and public discourse leads to her see a bright future for our increasing understanding of how to eat.

PYP 109: Amie Hamlin on Feeding Kids Right in 2015

June 30, 2015

I recently republished an August 2007 interview with Amie Hamlin, Executive Director of The New York Coalition for Healthy School Food. In that conversation, we covered:

what school cafeterias and lunchrooms really look like
the insane scheduling of school lunch times
what cafeteria acoustics have to do with feeding kids well
why the government is poisoning our kids
how surplus agricultural products like ground beef, cheese, and white potatoes get funneled into school cafeterias
the economic pressures on school food service directors
how to advocate and agitate for healthy food in schools
the amazing public school food policy in Appleton, Wisconsin – and its surprising origins as an intervention for troubled teens
what hope lies on the horizon

Monstrous Marketing: Debunking the Bulletproof Diet

June 24, 2015

As if paleo weren’t ridiculous and harmful enough, the latest fad diet book takes the trend to an extreme that includes lacing one’s morning coffee with butter and coconut oil. The Bulletproof Diet recommends 50-60% of calories from fat (or as the author Dave Asprey puts it, “healthy fats”), 20% from protein, and the rest…

PYP 119: Lani Muelrath on the Right Mindsets for the Plant-Based Journey

PYP 118: Andy Bellatti on Professional Integrity in Nutrition

PYP 117: Glenn Livingston on Never Bingeing Again

PYP 116: David Katz on Eliminating 80% of Disease, and Polar Bears in the Sahara

“Where Do You Get Your Protein?”

PYP 115: Don Matesz on the Absurdity of Paleo

Should I Replace Sugar with Stevia in My Tea?

PYP 111: Micaela Karlsen on Popcorn, Gizmodo, and Nutritional Science

PYP 109: Amie Hamlin on Feeding Kids Right in 2015

Monstrous Marketing: Debunking the Bulletproof Diet

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