Why forage when you can hop in your petroleum-fueled vehicle and hit the closest Whole Foods?

Well...

1. Because you're smart. And...

2. Because you know better.

You may also know that by incorporating wild foods into your everyday diet that you not only help optimize your health but increase longevity.

Not only are they more nutritious, they're also free and often right in our backyards.

Today's guest will share some of his knowledge about wild foods, the dangers of glyphosate, and the type of work he wants to see with today's online ReWilding community.

Along with those fun facts, you'll also learn:

• Why wild foods are the cornerstone of any neo-ancestral lifeway,
• How to correctly process acorns and why that's important,
• Why women are better "nutrient transformers" than men, and...
• Much, much more.

Episode Breakdown

• The injury that led to Ben's discovery of natural health
• Raw milk, herbs, and the Maine Primitive Skills School
• Ben examines why food is such an important aspect of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle
• Ben shares some of his favorite wild foods
• How wild foods protect themselves from contaminants
• Ben weighs in on the low-carb high-fat diet debate
• Ben breaks down how plants defend themselves
• Ben explains how to process acorns
• How to incorporate acorns into your diet
• What Ben believes is the key to human health
• Ben talks about what wild foods might have been without industry
• Why wild food is always better
• Ben shares a few of his favorite food stuffs he likes to buy at the store
• Ben and I explain why you may want to spend more money on sardines
• Why muscles, oysters, and clams are still wild foods even when farm-raised
• Land-based wild green foods vs. wild seafood
• Ben's personal strategy for curbing food cravings with sea vegetables
• The micronutrient that mitigates the side effects of methylmercury
• Ben examines the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio of wild foods to domesticated foods
• Why women are better "nutrient transformers" than men
• Why Ben says he's not a big "almond guy"
• Why Ben has been researching Round-Up and the effects of glyphosate
• Ben goes over the importance of glycine
• Ben's strategies for avoiding and/or buffering the effects of glyphosate exposure
• Ben makes a distinction between processed foods, commercial foods, and industrial foods
• Ben talks about the hamster wheel of modern life
• How Ben would like to see the Rewild Yourself Facebook group grow
• The type of people Ben sees joining the Facebook group and why he believes they join