Episode 186
The Problem With Fluoride
with Dr. Griffin Cole
🖨️ Print post For decades we’ve been told that fluoridation of water helps prevent cavities, but science doesn’t support that claim. As a matter of fact, fluoride is […]
Wise Traditions Podcast
Episode 185
Mimicking Ancestral Living
with Ben Greenfield
🖨️ Print post Sometimes we over-complicate healthy living. Today, author, coach, and nutrition & fitness expert Ben Greenfield, brings insights on how to improve our health based on […]
Episode 184
What is homeopathy?
with Ananda More
🖨️ Print post Ananda More was skeptical about homeopathy until she fell ill during a trip to India. She took the two little “sugar pills” figuring she had […]
Episode 183
Is Sunscreen Okay to Use?
with Dr. Elizabeth Plourde
🖨️ Print post For decades, we’ve been told to protect ourselves with sunscreen from the sun’s harmful rays or risk getting skin cancer. However, melanoma has increased, in […]
Episode 182
Sports Survival Guide
with Dr. Tommy John
🖨️ Print post Why are sports injuries so common? How can we not only avoid injury, but maximize performance? Dr. Tommy John owns and runs the Dr. Tommy John […]
Episode 181
Food Lies Exposed
with Brian Sanders
🖨️ Print post Chances are, your great-great-grandmother didn’t obsess over what she ate. She didn’t count calories, measure out carbs, or worry about the fat content of what […]
Episode 180
Joel Salatin Tells All
with Joel Salatin
🖨️ Print post In this episode, come along with us to Joel’s beautiful Polyface farm in Virginia and hear him talk in his natural environment about his life’s […]
Episode 179
The Oiling of America
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post Unfortunately, traditional fats have been replaced in many kitchens by “heart healthy” processed oils and spreads. Today, Sally Fallon Morell, the President of the Weston […]
Episode 178
Improve Eyesight Naturally
with Carlos Moreno
🖨️ Print post Carlos Moreno wore glasses and contacts for over 22 years. Today, he is free of both. Carlos corrected his own imperfect vision which included nearsightedness […]
Episode 177
Eating Light
with Dewey Layman
🖨️ Print post Human beings have been called “light-eaters.” Basically, food is light “slowed down,” so that we can ingest it and get energy from it. In today’s […]
Episode 176
Junk Light
with Dewey Layman
🖨️ Print post Depression. Weight gain. Eye problems. Auto-immune conditions. The wrong light can lead to health concerns on a number of fronts. Our computers, cell phones, and […]
Episode 175
Slow Diet in a Fast World
with Tara Couture
🖨️ Print post Tara Couture is a farmer, holistic nutritionist, devoted mother, and wife. She lives with her family on Slow Down Farmstead, a small, organic, grass-based farm […]
Episode 174
Toxins that Assail Us
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post What can we do to mitigate the toxins that seem to be just about everywhere? Today, Sally Fallon Morell, the president of the Weston A. […]
Episode 173
Big Fat Lie
with Jennifer Isenhart
🖨️ Print post Traditional fat is our friend, not our foe. Although this may seem like a radical statement, it is true. Today, Jennifer Isenhart, journalist and documentarian, […]
Episode 172
The Soilution
with Josh Tickell
🖨️ Print post It’s one of the most important parts of the earth’s ecosystem. We get our food from it, walk on it, and even breathe it in, […]
Episode 171
5G Near Me
with Theodora Scarato
🖨️ Print post There is a push to roll out small cell towers in our neighborhoods and cities. The radiation from these small wireless antennas is not small […]
Episode 170
Gut Issues
with Michael Merrill
🖨️ Print post Gut issues are unfortunately far too common in this day and age—people are struggling with everything from constipation, diarrhea, acid reflux, and upset stomach, to […]
Episode 169
Million-year-old Food
with Dr. Bill Schindler
🖨️ Print post We have lost the ability to think for ourselves when food is concerned. We’re the only animal on the planet that hires nutritionists and dieticians […]
Episode 168
Best of 2018
with Tim Noakes, Kelly Brogan, Tom Cowan
🖨️ Print post Discover the benefits of eating a low-carb, high-fat diet for health and weight loss. Learn why we don’t need to wear a mental illness label […]
Episode 167
Health from the inside out
with Steph Gaudreau
🖨️ Print post Do you see exercise as punishment for food you ate? Do you diet to make your body conform to someone else’s idea of what it […]
Episode 166
Say No to the Flu Shot
with Leslie Manookian
🖨️ Print post Are you still on the fence about the flu shot? Do you find yourself wondering if you should vaccinate your family, just to “play it […]
Episode 165
Too Many Meds? (fall journal highlights)
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post We know that pharmaceutical drugs have their place. But are we over-medicating ourselves? On this bonus podcast episode, featuring highlights from our fall Wise Traditions […]
Episode 164
The “heal your leaky gut” Diet
with Monica Corrado
🖨️ Print post Many people are struggling with health conditions that stem from a leaky gut. These can include eczema, allergies, autoimmune conditions and more. But what is […]
Episode 163
Mystery Ailments
with Forrest Maready
🖨️ Print post It is increasingly common for children to develop strange rashes, eczema, eye and speech problems, and the like that seem to appear out of the […]
Episode 162
A Wise Diet
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post Dietary trends come and go. How can we possibly know what’s best to eat? Dr. Weston A. Price traveled the world to find what the […]
Episode 161
Biohacking Our Health
with Thaddeus Owen
🖨️ Print post You wouldn’t settle for the second-best partner in your life or for a job that you dislike, so why would you settle when it comes […]
Episode 160
Centenarian Dietary Secrets
with Gina Baker
🖨️ Print post What should we eat to live a long, healthy life? Gina Baker, a writer, farmer, and researcher, who has lived in Costa Rica for over […]
Episode 159
Walking on the Wild Side
with Monica Ford
🖨️ Print post Did you know that we’re more bacterial DNA than human DNA, and that we’re only as happy and healthy as those beneficial little bugs that […]
Episode 158
Tech Side Effects
with Brian Hoyer
🖨️ Print post Technology makes our lives easier, there’s no doubt about it. We share information, connect worldwide, and communicate in ways unimaginable just 5-10 years ago. However, […]
Episode 157
Crowd-sourced Wisdom
with Tom Naughton
🖨️ Print post Where do you turn when it comes to dietary advice? For too long, most of us have listened to “the anointed”–that is, experts who have […]
Episode 156
Diversify your diet
with Chris Masterjohn
🖨️ Print post We understand the beauty and benefit of diversity. We switch up our exercise routines. We diversify our investment portfolio. But did you know that it’s […]
Episode 155
The “Isaac Newton of Nutrition”
with Chris Masterjohn
🖨️ Print post Dr. Weston A. Price, a Cleveland dentist and researcher from the late 1800s, has been called the “Isaac Newton of Nutrition.” His research is just […]
Episode 154
Local Spotlight: One hundred meals in Pasadena
with Karen Voelkening-Behegan
🖨️ Print post Can you imagine hosting a potluck every month for eight years, without missing a single one? We can’t, either! This is no small feat! But […]
Episode 153
Primal Play: The Joy of Movement
with Darryl Edwards
🖨️ Print post Chained to a desk all day with little or no time to exercise? Is your enthusiasm for exercising waning? London-based movement coach, play advocate and […]
Episode 152
Optimize Your Gut Health
with Dr. Michael Ruscio
🖨️ Print post There’s much buzz about gut health these days. If you’ve been diagnosed with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) or other digestive ailments, you understand why. However […]
Episode 151
Is Raw Milk Safe
with Mark McAfee
🖨️ Print post Why is raw milk illegal in some states? What are the risks associated with drinking it? How could a simple, straightforward product—like milk from a […]
Episode 150
The Power of Community & Consciousness
with Jessica Prentice
🖨️ Print post How do we relate to the people around us? What is our relationship to nature? How do our choices (food and otherwise) affect the ecosystem […]
Episode 149
149: The Vaccine Trade-Off
with Dr. Tom Cowan
🖨️ Print post Vaccines are a controversial topic. Some say that they are effective; others disagree vehemently. Dr. Tom Cowan, a holistic physician, author, and speaker, sees both […]
Episode 148
Get Cooking
with Nevra Ledwon
🖨️ Print post As evening approaches, we ask ourselves “What should we have for dinner?” Exhausted from a full day of work, we try to come up with […]
Episode 147
Why cook?
with Nevra Ledwon
🖨️ Print post In this hectic day and age of modern convenience foods, where you can grab food on the go practically anytime, anywhere, why would anyone decide […]
Episode 146
Keto For Cancer with Miriam Kalamian
with Miriam Kalamian
🖨️ Print post Most people turn to the ketogenic diet to lose weight or to enhance athletic performance. Today, nutritionist Miriam Kalamian, author of “Keto for Cancer,” explains […]
Episode 145
Why are GMOs Bad For Us?
with Zen Honeycutt
🖨️ Print post We’re told that GMOs can help feed the world and that they are perfectly safe to eat. And yet there is growing evidence that GMOs […]
Episode 144
A Chicken Revolution
with Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin
🖨️ Print post Many of us are able to buy quality vegetables in enough quantity to satisfy our hunger. It’s so easy we may become convinced that the […]
Episode 143
Emu oil: the best fat you’ve never heard of
with Dr. Will Schlinsog & Dr. Sylvia Onusic
🖨️ Print post It has helped bring relief from joint pain, asthma, vision issues, Lyme’s disease, heart conditions, digestive problems, wrinkles, and more. What is it exactly? It’s […]
Episode 142
How to have the healthiest babies (Principle #11)
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post Is it important to detox before conception? Are prenatal vitamins helpful? What foods should we include in our diet, pre-conception, and when pregnant and nursing? […]
Episode 141
Reconnecting with the wild
with Doniga Markegard
🖨️ Print post Most of us have removed ourselves from the natural dance and cycles of nature. We see ourselves as separate from all of the other living […]
Episode 140
Óptima salud con tradiciones sabias (Spanish bonus episode)
with Guillermo Ruiz
🖨️ Print post En este primer episodio de Tradiciones Sabias (Wise Traditions) en español nos enfocamos en las raíces de la buena salud. No provienen de la última […]
Episode 139
Curbing Cravings (Part 2)
with Julia Ross
🖨️ Print post Why do we crave certain foods and what we can do to end food cravings for good? In the second of this two-part series, Julia […]
Episode 138
What Drives Our Cravings? (Part 1)
with Julia Ross
🖨️ Print post Do you often crave a bowl of ice cream late at night? Does stress lead you to ply yourself with cereal and carbs? Julia Ross, […]
Episode 137
The Sioux Chef & indigenous Food Wisdom
with Sean Sherman
🖨️ Print post The United States is a country of many cultures and food traditions. However, the traditions of the land’s indigenous ancestors have largely been forgotten. Sean […]
Episode 136
Joel Salatin: Worldwide to Hyper Local
with Joel Salatin
🖨️ Print post Joel Salatin is likely one of the most influential farmers on the face of the planet. He runs Polyface Farms in the Shenandoah Valley in […]
Episode 135
MERCURY: The Hidden Toxin (spring journal highlights)
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post Mercury is considered by the World Health Organization as one of the top ten chemicals of major public health concern. Why? Because mercury is a […]
Episode 134
Anti-aging hacks
with Dr. Alvin Danenberg
🖨️ Print post What’s the secret to a long, healthy life? Dr. Alvin Danenberg recently participated in the “Human Longevity Project,” a documentary that explores the world’s “blue […]
Episode 133
The Dangers of Glyphosate
with Kiran Krishnan
🖨️ Print post Many people use Roundup without questioning its safety. It’s advertised on TV, and sold at hardware/garden stores all over the country. The herbicide is viewed […]
Episode 132
Foraging: Finding Food in the Wild
with Becca Griffith
🖨️ Print post Fiddlehead ferns, dandelions, mushrooms–these are just a few of the many foods that can be found in your own backyard (or in your neighborhood, perhaps) […]
Episode 131
From Picky Kid to Healthy Eater
with Jennifer Scribner
🖨️ Print post It is now so common for children to be “picky eaters” that most consider it a normal childhood phase. There are special menus at restaurants […]
Episode 130
Soy what?!
with Anthony Jay
🖨️ Print post Some say soy is heart-healthy. Others consider it a food that is a perfect protein, making it an ideal meat substitute. Dr. Anthony Jay has […]
Episode 129
Inside Generation Zapped
with Dr. George Carlo
🖨️ Print post We let our kids play with them, sleep with them next to our heads, and can’t seem to live without them. But cell phones just […]
Episode 128
Myth-busting dental health
with Dr. Steven Lin
🖨️ Print post Most of us believe that our dental health is directly related to how much we brush and floss. But what if there is more to […]
Episode 127
Regenerating Soil, Regenerating Ourselves
with Paul Grieve
🖨️ Print post Farmer Paul Grieve, of Primal Pastures in Southern California peels back the curtain on how life on the farm affects our own lives. We all […]
Episode 126
Helping Kids With Cancer
with Season Johnson
🖨️ Print post “Cancer” is a word that should never be uttered in the same sentence with the word “child.” But it is, and with increasing frequency. In 2018, […]
Episode 125
Don’t Throw Away the Bones!
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post One of the easiest and cheapest ways to nourish ourselves and our families is to use animal bones! Across the ages, traditional cultures around the […]
Episode 124
Hormone Health (winter journal highlights)
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post Hormones are chemical messengers that manage many major functions of our bodies. How do we support our hormone health so that our bodies can run […]
Episode 123
Depression: A Symptom, Not a Disease (Part 2)
with Kelly Brogan
🖨️ Print post What if we approached mental illness differently? What if we treated it as a symptom of a problem with the body? How can nutrition support […]
Episode 122
Depression: A Symptom, Not a Disease (Part 1)
with Dr. Kelly Brogan
🖨️ Print post Depression is escalating, world-wide, as is the use of psychotropic drugs to treat it. What is happening? Why is mental illness increasing at alarming rates? […]
Episode 121
Low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diet on trial
with Tim Noakes
🖨️ Print post Low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) diets are trending, but how healthy are they really? Are they for everyone? What does the science say? Professor Tim Noakes, co-author […]
Episode 120
Learning to Thrive in this Modern World
with Dr. Tim O’Shea
🖨️ Print post As time passes and humanity develops new technologies, we would expect new generations to be healthier and live longer. Sadly, the opposite is true for […]
Episode 119
Homeopathy & your health rights
with Paola Brown
🖨️ Print post Homeopathy has been around for over 200 years, and it is clearly a wise tradition that many of us have explored! It is a natural, […]
Episode 118
The Story Behind “Kale v. cow”
with Diana Rodgers
🖨️ Print post A lot of people think being healthy means having a meat-free diet. Dietician Diana Rodgers goes to bat for why meat–even red meat–should be a […]
Episode 117
Benefits of heat & light therapy
with Brian Richards
🖨️ Print post As a young man, Brian Richards had a laundry list of health issues: mind-racing, insomnia, acne, adrenal fatigue and more. Doctors wanted to give him […]
Episode 116
Cod Liver Oil Controversy
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post Cod liver oil is one of the main foods that the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) recommends for a healthy diet. It abounds in nutrients […]
Episode 115
Chemicals that wreak havoc on our health
with Dr. Anthony Jay
🖨️ Print post Did you know that there are chemicals that we encounter on a daily basis–in our food, water, even in our personal care products–that are detrimental […]
Episode 114
The Wild World of Fermentation
with Sandor Katz
🖨️ Print post Traditional people groups around the world have long valued fermentation as a process that preserves food and makes its nutrients more bio-available. Today, fermentation “revivalist” […]
Episode 113
It takes guts
with Dr. Zach Bush
🖨️ Print post There’s a lot of buzz about gut health these days. It is key to our overall wellness. But some people think you can just pop […]
Episode 112
Fasting for weight loss and better health
with Dr. Tom Cowan
🖨️ Print post Losing weight is a popular new year’s resolution. Holistic physician Dr. Tom Cowan makes a strong case for why we should aim for getting healthier, […]
Episode 111
Best of 2017
with Lindsea Willon, Amy Berger, and Kiran Krishnan
🖨️ Print post Learn how to avoid blood sugar dips and spikes throughout the day. Discover how you can lift brain fog and protect yourself against Alzheimer’s through […]
Episode 110
Vaccines, autism, & Wakefield’s side of the story
with Dr. Andrew Wakefield
🖨️ Print post Dr. Andy Wakefield was the lead author of a research paper, published in 1998, that indicated that there was a possible link between the MMR […]
Episode 109
Vegetarianism Explained
with Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride
🖨️ Print post Vegetarianism and veganism are becoming more and more popular with each passing day. You walk into a bookstore and the cooking section is overflowing with […]
Episode 108
Preventing Autism
with Dara Berger
🖨️ Print post “Preventing autism” is such an audacious goal! Is it possible? How can we prevent it if we don’t know what causes it? Dara Berger is […]
Episode 107
Focus on Cancer – Fall Journal Highlights
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post More and more people are diagnosed with cancer every day, including children. The rates of invasive cancer in the general population in the U.S. […]
Episode 106
Why we still love coconut oil
with Lindsea Willon
🖨️ Print post Plant-based and delicious, coconut oil has become more and more popular in recent years. Studies point to its many beneficial properties which include boosting the […]
Episode 105
Salt: friend or foe?
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post Although conventional medicine may recommend a low-sodium diet, is this really the best for us? Low salt consumption has been linked to metabolic syndrome, insulin […]
Episode 104
Raw Milk on the Move
with Pete Kennedy
🖨️ Print post How easily we forget! Raw milk has been part of the human diet for thousands of years, yet only after a century of introducing pasteurization, […]
Episode 103
Farming: a trend or here to stay?
with Forrest Pritchard
🖨️ Print post In some circles, it seems that sustainable farming is on the rise. Farmers markets are growing more and more popular, and young people are volunteering […]
Episode 102
Be awesome
with Adam and Vanessa Lambert
🖨️ Print post Adventure. Activity. Mindfulness. Community. Risk. Vanessa and Adam Lambert are expert health coaches who understand the need to nourish ourselves on many levels. Adam has […]
Episode 101
Protect Yourself From Radiation
with Daniel DeBaun
🖨️ Print post There’s no doubt that we rely heavily in the day-to-day on our devices for entertainment and connection: we seek out wifi, work on our laptops, […]
Episode 100
From Soup to Nuts: Q&A w/ Sally Fallon Morell
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post What’s the story behind the Weston A. Price Foundation? How did Sally Fallon Morell, the founder and head of the foundation, come across Dr. Price’s […]
Episode 99
Soul and Soil
with Forrest Pritchard
🖨️ Print post Farming is a back-breaking, weather-dependent, uncertain profession that often does not turn a profit. No wonder the average farmer in the United States is 58 […]
Episode 98
From “Farmaggedon” to farm
with Kristin Canty
🖨️ Print post Kristin Canty is the filmmaker behind “Farmageddon: the unseen war on American family farms.” She is proud and pleased at how the documentary has shed […]
Episode 97
Hello Tallow
with Andrew Gardner
🖨️ Print post In today’s society, a lot of effort is being invested into skin care and beauty products. There are plenty of modern treatments and products touted […]
Episode 96
What the health…what the heck!?
with Nina Teicholz
🖨️ Print post Lately, the documentary “What the Health” has been receiving a lot of attention. It is persuasive and provocative. The movie is causing widespread concern about […]
Episode 95
Bonus episode: vitamins, minerals and more (summer Wise Traditions journal highlights)
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post Every Wise Traditions journal is full of articles that are relevant, scientific, and significant for our health. In today’s episode, the President of the […]
Episode 94
Why is losing weight so difficult?
with Zoe Harcombe
🖨️ Print post Why is losing weight so difficult? This is the question Zoe Harcombe set out to answer while studying at Cambridge University. We are trained from […]
Episode 93
Rediscovering ancestral sexual instincts
with Dr. Marianne Brandon
🖨️ Print post As a society, we have become disconnected from our ancestral food traditions. In a similar way, many of us have also lost touch with our […]
Episode 92
Healing Lyme
with Robin Shirley
🖨️ Print post Have you or has someone you know been diagnosed with Lyme Disease? Transmitted by ticks and often contracted due to weakened immunity, this condition seems […]
Episode 91
Find your health sweet spot
with Dr. Richard Maurer
🖨️ Print post How can you tell if a dietary recommendation is right for you? Is there a diet that works for everyone? What is the best way […]
Episode 90
Strike the right balance of omega-3 & omega-6 fatty acids (Principle #8)
with Sally Fallon Morell
🖨️ Print post Chances are that you and many people you know take an omega-3 or fish oil supplement. These supplements are among the most popular on the […]
Episode 89
Migraine relief
with Jodi Ledley
🖨️ Print post Jodi Ledley was fighting a life-long battle with migraines and chronic pain to no avail. These were not simple headaches but rather debilitating incidents of […]
Episode 88
Get off the sugar rollercoaster
with Lindsea Willon
🖨️ Print post Many of us are stuck on a blood sugar rollercoaster and we don’t even know it. We find ourselves reaching for a muffin at 10 […]
Episode 87
Simple and fearless healthy living
with Hilary Boynton
🖨️ Print post In an age of information overload, it it is easy to become overwhelmed and even paralyzed by the choices we have to make on a […]