Ep.104. On this episode we are grateful to again have Julie Ruelle, who also appeared on Episode 91. Julie is a in Registered Dietitian who began working in corporate wellness, conducting individual and group online and in-person coaching sessions. She went on to manage teams of RD's and in later roles built out and managed nutrition coaching programs. For the last 12 years she has worked for health focused CPG companies, combining nutrition and marketing skills to launch new products, build and manage event and partnership strategies and teams, implement, and manage organic influencer programs, manage content strategy, and serve as the nutrition expert for the company.

#EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #EatRealFood #WholeFoodsAsMedicine #GoCoCo #foodpyramid #dietaryguidelines

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research.

Look for information on Julie https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieruelle

GoCoCo website mentioned by Julie:

For iOS https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=1446005742&code=BETTER

For Android use website https://www.gococo.app, download for Android, then use the code BETTER every 3mths

Food Pyramid https://realfood.gov

What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/

Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/

Donate to Support The Sante Foundation in East Cleveland https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/qQtSD2

Segment Notes:

Breakfast: Ezekiel sprouted whole grain toast, natural peanut butter, handful of raspberries, coffee 0:40

The New Food Pyramid 1:27

• Followed by Government Funded Programs: schools, hospitals, military and veteran meals, WIC, SNAP, other child and adult nutrition programs.
• More Consumer Friendly at 4 pages instead of 150
• Fruits & Vegetables at the Top of the inverted Pyramid a Positive
• Salmon or Seafood at the Top would be Better than the Big Piece of Steak and Cheese
• Area versus the Top or Bottom, three quarters is fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans: fresh, canned or frozen
• A Shift Away from Ultra-Processed Foods (UPF) in the Dietary Guidelines (DGAs)
• UPFs are Foods with Additives - Flavorings, Colorings, Preservatives, Added Sugar, Fake Sugar.
• Versus Minimally Processed which Gives us High Quality Food for a Longer Period of Time.
• Think - Frozen Peas, Canned Beans, we are Minimally Changing it, that's Good Processing.
• Where the Guidelines have remained the same in that less than 10% of our total calories should come from saturated fat
• So that is 22 grams on a 2000 calorie diet. A slice of cheese is 6 grams. Two tablespoons of butter is 14 grams. The big steak is 17 grams
• What has changed is Going from Low Fat to Full Fat.
• But Still Eat Mostly Healthier Fats: Beans, Nuts, Nut butter, Avocados, Olive oil, Seeds
• Protein Guidelines: For 150lb person that's 80-109grams
• Spread Quality Protein intake out: we can only absorb 30grams at a Time. Have some with every meal.
• Protein Foam on a Coffee or in a Pop Tart does Not Count
• Mix it Up – If you Eat Animal Protein also Eat Beans, Nuts, Seeds for the Fiber
• Eggs, Seafood and Tofu also Good Sources of Protein
• Every Meal about a Cup of Protein or the Size of Your Fist or a Flat Open Hand
• Protein Keeps us Full Longer and Slows the Absorption of Sugars found in Fruits

Why Did the Guidelines Change – They've Been the Same for a Long Time 15:19

• 90% of US health care spending goes to Treating Chronic Disease
• Much of Chronic Disease is related to Diet and Lifestyle.
• 75% of US adults report having At Least One Chronic Disease.
• 50% of Americans have Diabetes or Pre-diabetes.
• Biggest Change to Impact that is Reducing Added Sugars and Ultra Processed Foods
• No amount of Added Sugar or Non-Nutritive Sweeteners is recommended
• Children Under the Age of Four Should Not Have Any Added Sugar

School Lunch Impact 18:00

• Biggest Win in the New Guidelines: Removing Ultra Processed Foods in Schools
• But we are going to Need a Lot More Funding, Kitchen Support
• Support To Make Real Food to get down to the Percent of Ultra Processed Foods Now Allowed
• That's 150 Million Meals served to Children per Week
• Schools that have Already Adjusted: Kids Eat More, Food Waste is Down, Attention Span is Up

Missed in the New Guidelines 21:49

• Organic. Grass Fed. Regenerative. Eat Local.
• Front of Package Labeling - What the Bad Ingredients Are – Other Countries Do This
• Back of Package Does Label Added Sugar which Should Be Avoided altogether

Food Pyramid, Guidelines Affect on Urban Areas 24:53

• Canned, Frozen Fruits, Vegetables Accessible there.
• Bring Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Food Boxes into those Areas
• Set Up Farmers Markets There
• Create Local Urban Gardens

First Step Moving Towards the New Food Pyramid 28:32

• Eat More Whole Foods
• Cut Back on Ultra Processed Foods, Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Enriched Grains/Flour
• Prioritize Protein with Every Meal
• Eat High Fiber Carbohydrates: Beans, Lentils, Peas, Nuts, Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits
• Eat Whole Grains: look for 100% Whole Grains on the Package

The Recipe: Ginger, Garlic, Ground Beef, Broccoli over Quinoa 32:41

- Serves 4

- Ingredients

• 1 lb 96% lean organic ground beef
• 1 head broccoli, chopped
• 2 tbsp fresh grated ginger
• 1 tbsp chopped garlic
• ½ cup quinoa
• 2 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce

- Instructions

• Cook quinoa according to package instructions.
• Steam broccoli until tender-crisp.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef. Add grated ginger and garlic while cooking and stir until fragrant and beef is fully cooked.
• Add steamed broccoli to the skillet. Stir in soy sauce and cook for about 30 seconds, until well combined.
• Serve beef and broccoli mixture over quinoa.

Final Thought: Eat Whole Foods, Cut Back on the Ultra Processed

This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio.

Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let's make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations.

Subscribe to "Eat Better Food Today" for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life!

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything.

This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food.

Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Ep 103. Part Two. On this episode we are grateful to have Clancy Harrison. Clancy is the founder of Food Dignity®, an organization that empowers farmers, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies to lead the change in transforming food systems. With nearly 30 years of hands-on service alongside the people who have directly experienced food injustices, Clancy brings an unmatched depth of empathy and understanding to her mission. Clancy is the catalyst for companies across North America who want to join the deeper conversation around food—and build a more equitable and sustainable future.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #hope #farmers #fresh #dignity

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos.

Look for information on Clancy https://www.linkedin.com/in/clancycashharrison http://www.fooddignitymovement.org/

The Recipe Site Mentioned https://www.newenglanddairy.com/recipes/

Please Invest in the The Sante Foundation https://www.thesantefoundation.org

What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/

Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/

Segment Notes:

Part Two

Rescued Food 23:03

• Clancy's experience shows that Rescued Food does not solve Hunger
• Many times the food rescued had to be thrown away or spread in fields – it was unfit to eat
• That's why she's works with farmers to help create a market for their food when its harvested
• During COVID transformed the Food Pantry from walk-in to Drive-thru.
• Went from 150 being serviced to 3,000
• Service 500 People – Two Options.
• o System A: Drive-thru for Food which Creates long lines, angry people
• o System B: Food Hub Distributes to Trusted non-profits who distribute at time of service– everyone's happy
• Volunteers from Local Colleges and High Schools that Require Service Hours

Food Ingredients 34:12

• How do you challenge those systems if they're receiving taxpayer dollars to truly invest in local nourishing food
• People want to eat what's best for them
• Fresh Lettuce that lasts 2 weeks in a refrigerator, not because it was sprayed, because it was harvested that morning
• How do we Provide Dignified Access to Food, one that people Want to Eat
• Food that has shelf life where people can budget and they can meal plan
• Not let's hurry up and eat because this was rescued food and it's not going to last past tomorrow
• Understand at the ground level of what people want and then we provide it
• FRESH TASTES BETTER
• The longer Food sits after Being Picked, the More it Loses its Taste

Customer Success Stories 40:08

• The CTC Trade School – because of the success of the relationship with Food Dignity, the Warehouse Program has a waitlist and the school is investing $76K in new warehouse equipment
• The Famers that can now stay open year-round
• Take What You Need, Pay What You Can Stand – a Neighbor is Picking up for a Shut-in
• The shut-in now has a spring in his step. His skin has color, it's no longer gray. He's happy. It's because of the food.
• Kids Can Try Produce at the Take What You Need, Pay What You Can Stand and Many times Like what they Try
• Diabetes Customers saying their A1C is down
• Someone who Would Never Go to a Food Pantry but will Stop at the Stand so He can Pay Something ($.27)

I look at NO as an opportunity to ask a different question and approach something differently.

Keep Doing this Work in Her Community – no Interest in Expanding Nationally

The Recipe 47:50

• New England Dairy has Recipe Guides. Based on what you can afford, what you have on hand, what's culturally appropriate - you can make a meal

The Sante Foundation, to raise money, bring awareness, and build Centers to bring healthy food and services into underserved urban neighborhoods. In the world we live in today, we all need to do more to support one another and bring Hope into other people's lives.

Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let's make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations.

Subscribe to "Eat Better Food Today" for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life!

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything.

This is the company my wife and I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food.

Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Ep 102. Part One. On this episode we are grateful to have Clancy Harrison. Clancy is the founder of Food Dignity®, an organization that empowers farmers, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies to lead the change in transforming food systems. With nearly 30 years of hands-on service alongside the people who have directly experienced food injustices, Clancy brings an unmatched depth of empathy and understanding to her mission. Clancy is the catalyst for companies across North America who want to join the deeper conversation around food—and build a more equitable and sustainable future.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #hope #farmers #volunteer #dignity

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos.

Look for information on Clancy https://www.linkedin.com/in/clancycashharrison http://www.fooddignitymovement.org/

The Recipe Site Mentioned https://www.newenglanddairy.com/recipes/

Please Invest in the The Sante Foundation https://www.thesantefoundation.org

What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/

Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/

Segment Notes:

Part One

Breakfast: Tea, and either Egg with Arugula and Tomato or Thick Yogurt with Berries

The Journey to Food Dignity 2:15

• Food Service Director with Aramark across many states
• Worked in a Food Pantry for 13 yrs: Fed a Dumpster with the Produce more than People
• A Registered Dietician
• People who are food insecure are at High Risk of Foodborne Illness
• The Food Dignity nonprofit secured ARPA Funds in 2020 with the "Farmer at the Center"
• We connect local, fresh, nourishing food to people who are at high risk of food insecurity
• We work with nonprofits at a time of service. Places they already Trust.
• Think domestic violence centers, think drug and alcohol recovery centers
• Now that food will heal their kidneys, their livers, their skin for drug and alcohol recovery
• For single moms that are women running from domestic violence.
• These nonprofits have increased their participation rates which means increased funding, increased outcomes
• We're lowering A1C, blood pressure, they're losing weight, they're eating more fruits and vegetables
• Farmers are becoming more sustainable. They are paid fair market value for their product

Sustained Funding 8:02

• At a Shelter, they know that women are not returning to an abuser because she has peace of mind that she can feed her child
• That in turn leads to them adding Food to their Grant requests
• Farmers: now staying open year round because of community demand – funders see economic development

Connecting Nonprofits with Farmers 10:36

• Had to Build Farmer TRUST. They were used to being asked to cut prices or Donate. That is not sustainable.
• Help farmers identify crops at risk when they're in the ground that do not have a market and identify markets
• Worked with 5 farmers on the Federal Resilient Food Infrastructure Grant: rcvd $720K
• Now they can afford to buy cold storage which helps them supply food year-round

Creating The Market 15:11

• Pay 2 students at a Local trade School to create a Food Hub for 43 Farmers
• The nonprofits then come and pick up Food every Monday
• Another Market: Take What You Need, Pay What You Can Produce Stands
• Everyone Gets an Envelope and Puts what they can Afford in the Envelope
• Pay for these stands with Corporate Sponsors
• Create Stands at Schools, Work Sites, VFW parking lots, PA CareerLink

Distribution & Rescued Food 18:18

• To the nonprofit "what do you need from Food Dignity to Make this Work?"
• Famers Deliver to the Food Hub (CTC)
• Nonprofits pick up at the CTC or directly form the farmer
• Students working at the Food Hub had input, they now own the Idea and the System
• The School Wanted to Create this Food Hub and Did working with Clancy and Team

The Sante Foundation, to raise money, bring awareness, and build Centers to bring healthy food and services into underserved urban neighborhoods. In the world we live in today, we all need to do more to support one another and bring Hope into other people's lives.

Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let's make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations.

Subscribe to "Eat Better Food Today" for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life!

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything.

This is the company my wife and I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food.

Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

One Hundred and One.

Today's episode was recorded and filmed onsite at Grafton on a beautiful Fall sunny day in their garden. This is Part Two of my 100thEpisode, released on a cold winter day. During my visit, I talked with inmates and leaders at the Grafton Correctional Institute, where Hope is provided daily. In 2024, the garden grew and distributed 23,000 pounds of produce.

This 100th Episode is in two parts. Part One was with two of the Caretakers. This is Part Two, with Sister Rita Mary and Frank, who talk about starting Prison Ministries in 1996 and how it has grown to 450 volunteers. The volunteers have commented "I volunteered for prison ministry because I wanted to help, I wanted to encourage people. So I'm doing it and I love it." And "I've gotten so much more than I was able to give." One of those Ministries started in 2020 was the Garden Ministry.

And if you hear gunshots in the background its because officers were getting the annual certification.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #hope #garden #volunteer

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos.

Look for information on Grafton at https://drc.ohio.gov/about/facilities/grafton-correctional

Please Invest in the The Sante Foundation https://www.thesantefoundation.org

What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/

Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/

Segment Notes:

Intro

Recap of Part One

• Great conversation with The Garden Caretakers
• If You Want to Start a Garden, Just Do It
• Sister Rita Mary takes 800lbs of Produce to Those in Need in her Toyota
• She Drives to the Cosgrove Center where they also take food to Lorain and Akron
• That Delivery will feed 1000s of People

How Did The Grafton Garden Start 4:51

• 1996 Bishop Quinn asked Sister Rita Mary to Start a Ministry for the Incarcerated.
• Started with 135 Volunteers
• By 2020 had 450 People Working with the Prison Ministry
• Formed the LEAF Ministry: Listening, Encouraging, Assisting Families
• "I volunteered for prison ministry because I wanted to help, I wanted to encourage people. So I'm doing it and I love it."
• "I've gotten so much more than I was able to give."
• Now Still Trying to Rebuild the Volunteer Base Since the Pandemic in 2020
• Garden Ministry: Emotionally, Physically, Spiritually they can see Themselves Doing Something Good and it's Rewarding for Those Working in the Garden.
• During the Pandemic, inmates started making masks for Catholic Charities and then Schools
• Then they started the Garden and Grew 3,000lbs in the First Year
• This has come out of the desire of these gentlemen to really help the community. That's what it's all about.

We Need More of These Programs. 15:26

• 47M people in the US Do Not Know Where Their Next Meal is Coming From
• The Program Benefits the People Receiving the Food AND the People Growing the Food
• Other Ohio Prisons are Starting or Considering Programs

How Would People from the Community Get Involved? 17:08

• Largest Need is in the Counties
• Grafton Support is Healthy. It's a Transition Place, Getting People Ready to Go Out

The Recipe – Vegetable Soup from the Garden. 22:24

• End of Year Event at Grafton – Catholic Charities and Grafton Admin Cook for the Men and Families
• Pizza Night with Families between Sept and the End of Year Event

Final Thoughts 25:47

• When men or women have Served their Time and We're There as a Community to Welcome Them Back

The Sante Foundation, to raise money, bring awareness, and build Centers to bring healthy food and services into underserved urban neighborhoods. In the world we live in today, we all need to do more to support one another and bring Hope into other people's lives.

Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let's make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations.

Subscribe to "Eat Better Food Today" for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life!

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything.

This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food.

Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Ep 100. Today's episode was recorded and filmed onsite at Grafton on a beautiful Fall sunny day in their garden. I wanted this to be my 100th episode so I waited until a snowy winter day to share. During my visit, I talked with inmates and leaders at the Grafton Correctional Institute, where Hope is provided daily. In 2024, the garden grew and distributed 23,000 pounds of produce.

This 100th Episode will be in two parts. Part One will be with two of the inmates. For those watching on YouTube, they were not allowed to be filmed. Their closing message, in their own words were "encourage everybody to get out there and give gardening a try. Don't be afraid to mess anything up. Put it in the ground. God will give you everything that you need when it comes to the land. You've just gotta work it."

#eatbetterfoodtoday #localingredients #longevity #health #foodasmedicine #localfarmers #hope #garden

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's recipe, interviews, books, research, videos.

Look for information on Grafton at https://drc.ohio.gov/about/facilities/grafton-correctional

Please Invest in the The Sante Foundation https://www.thesantefoundation.org

What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/

Cleveland Kitchen: https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/

Segment Notes:

Intro

Why Garden?

• Something that I've always done with my great grandmother and grandfather
• A Way to Give Back
• All of our harvest goes to three or four different homeless shelters plus a local restaurant
• Feed People who can't Feed Themselves
• In the Garden get Peace, Solitude in a 1200 person facility

What is Grown

• In 2 acres, with 32 inmates, they grow watermelon, cantaloupes, honeydews, tomatoes, okra, eggplants, cabbage, lettuce, greens, peppers, squash, zucchini, pumpkins, carrots, beets, radish, lettuce.
• Everything is Organically grown
• Begin with by Mapping it out. Need to rotate our crops every year due to insects getting used to a certain plant being there or tomatoes with too much acidity so they need to be moved around.
• Beehives produce honey and pollinate the crops being grown
• 23,000lbs of Produce Grown and Distributed last Year
• One Family Dinner and One Inmate only Dinner with some of the Harvest

Plans, Challenges, Stories

• Plan to Bring Back Greenhouses and Continue to Support Sister Rita
• Biggest Challenge: The Weather – Dealing with Extremes of Hot, Cold
• Story: Our family sees how much we enjoy this and it makes them want to start growing things. There's a guy, his girl lives in Amsterdam. She's been able to take seeds from this garden and she's got her own little garden in Amsterdam.
• Why not turn Abandoned Buildings into Gardens – free Food

If Someone at Home Wanted to Start a Garden

• Buy a Vegetable, Dry and then Plant the Seeds
• Seed Packets are only a Dollar
• Local Libraries have Free Seeds
• Encourage everybody to get out there and give it a try. Don't be afraid to mess anything up. Put it in the ground. God will give you everything that you need when it comes to the land. You just gotta work it.
• The Sante Foundation, to raise money, bring awareness, and build Centers to bring healthy food and services into underserved urban neighborhoods. In the world we live in today, we all need to do more to support one another and bring Hope into other people's lives.

Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let's make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations.

Subscribe to "Eat Better Food Today" for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life!

This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything.

This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food.

Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Ep 99: On this episode we are grateful to have Lisa Parda. Lisa is the Owner of RealtyScape Brokerage and co-host of Lisa and Robyn on the Mic, a live weekly radio show. Food has become Lisa's latest way of exploring connection. Her new cookbook, My Love Language Is Food, isn't about flawless recipes — it's about survival, joy, and the small rituals that keep people going. Lisa draws from her own seasons of struggle: long work hours, the ups and downs of body image, and the lessons of using food both as comfort and as medicine. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #genetics #lifestyle #realestate #lovelanguageisfood #bakeacookie Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Lisa Parda https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-parda-a0125532b/ What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast & The Morning Routine: Chia Seed Pudding with Blackberries and Raspberries 1:36 - UV light, Tea, Workout, Call four Friends The Journey: Real Estate to Food. 3:56 - Real Estate at 30 to Recipes to a Cookbook to a Radio Show 23 Years Later - Autoimmune and Diet – Food is My Medicine - 4yrs Ago Lost 50% of Heart Function - Been a Vegetarian but now Focused on a Mediterranean Diet - If You Eat all the Parts of an Animal and Not Just the Filet Mignon, you Only Need 50 Cows instead of 500 The Cookbook "Love Language is Food" 12:52 - Mediterranean Diet focused: Vegetables, Fish and a Little Meat, a Little Desert - Also Breakfast for Dinner - In every culture across time, we have shared food. - The first Thing We do When We Meet a New Person is to break bread Food that You Trust 14:47 - From a Local Butcher for Meats or Whole Foods for Vegetables, Frozen Fruits in Winter Heart Scare and Food. 16:52 - Stopped drinking alcohol, No More Shift Work, Started Zone Two Cardio, Did not Work Out Fasted - And that Cured the Afib – confirmed by an Electro Cardiologist The Emotional Power of Food Beyond Nutrition 23:07 - Eating Good Food, Together - Technology is Separating Us from Each Other - Find a Healthier Way to Interact with Food – not Withholding Food - The Importance of a $49 Continuous Glucose Monitor to Understand How Food Affects You The Cookbook – Part II 30:18 - Making Meals at Home You Decide the Ingredients in Your Salad Dressing, Cake or Cookie Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods Through Food, Education 32:35 - Just as Foundational as Food. Where we Rest Our Head at Night, Where We go to Work, Where our Kids go to Play, that is the Foundation for Our Lives. Success Stories 42:56 - Publishing Her Cookbook after Her Heart Issues - Overcoming Psoriasis in Three Weeks Through Food - Recommending a Real Estate Investment that Several Years Later Allowed a Dad to Quit his Job and Have money to send his Kids to College Anecdotes - So no matter what you have Genetically, you can Improve it by 70 % by your Lifestyle - Eating fruits and vegetables, you'll have better skin. - Drink more water, you'll have better skin. - Stop drinking alcohol, you'll have better skin. First Step to Change 49:33 - Stop Doing Your Worst Habit. Try Subtracting Instead of Adding. The Recipe: Quiche 51:33 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let's make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to "Eat Better Food Today" for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Ep 98: On this episode we are grateful to have Marion Nestle. Marion is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, in the department she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she retired in September 2017. She is also a Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley. She has won numerous awards during her career and has authored, co-authored, or co-edited sixteen books, with her latest one to being released Nov 11th titled What to Eat Now. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Marion Nestle https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/people/marion-nestle Other Websites mentioned by Marion: Her New Book https://a.co/d/0d5rNky What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast: Post Mini Wheats and Blueberries 1:34 Career Path and Marion's Memoir, Slow Cooked 1:56 - Gives Hope to a Lot of Young Woman Why Write So Much 3:45 - Food Politics Blog, Top Ten Twitter Account, 16 Books - Trying to Explain Complicated Issues as Clearly and as Simply as Possible The Book "What to Eat Now" 5:08 - A 6 month Project Turned into a 4 Year Project because of all that Had Changed in 20 Years - Now Supermarkets Do Online Deliveries - Aisles of Coke and Pepsi Replaced by Flavored Waters – Better Nutritionally Triple Duty Part One: Obesity and Disease. How Did We Get Here? 10:20 - Ronald Reagan Deregulation on Top of Previous Administrations Change in Agricultural Policy - Farmers Encouraged to Grow More Led to an Increase in the Number of Calories in the Food Supply - It went from 3,200 per capita per day in 1980 to 4,000 calories per capita per day by 2000 - That brought the Calories in the Food Supply to Twice what the Population Needs on Average - Food Companies then Had to Sell More, so Food was Introduced into More than Supermarkets - Larger Portions Have More Calories - If Somebody gives you a Muffin, you think it has a 100 calories, even if it has 800 - 1981 - the Shareholder Value Movement - CEO Jack Welch said the SOLE Purpose of a Corporation is to Make Money for Stockholders - That was the END of Companies who Took Care of their Workers and Communities - Food companies are Not Social Service Agencies or and Public Health Agencies - Food Noise: Food Companies Needed to Sell More and Created Ways to Make that Happen There's No Profit in Fruits and Vegetables 16:04 - The Consensus: More than Half the Calories in US diets, Even More in Kids, comes from Ultra-processed Foods - Foods that are Industrially Produced, have Lots of Color, Flavor, and Texture. Are HIGH in Sugar and Salt - So Much Research Now that Associates Consumption of These Foods in Large Amounts Leads to Poor Health - Brilliant Marketing – e.g. McDonalds – but Its Not Good for the Kids How Do We Change the System 18:05 - Change the Way Wall Street Evaluates Corporations - B Corporations, World Economic Forum Advice or Regulation - Food Industry Executive at a White House meeting: We would Love to Stop Marketing Our Foods to Kids, We think it's Morally Wrong, but our Stockholders Won't Let Us Triple Duty, Part Two and Three: Food Insecurity and Climate 20:16 - Healthspan, Lifespan is Decreasing in the US - What can I do to Change the System? You Have Power. How do you get Power in the US? Money. Elections. - Can't Change it Alone. Join Organizations and Lobby - Never, Never Give Up. Keep Working for What you Think is Right - SNAP Affects 42M People, Mostly White - They have Jobs, their Jobs just Don't Pay Enough - A Significant portion of Walmart Employees Receive SNAP Benefits – Shocking What Else Has to Change 25:36 - the Externalized Cost of Our CURRENT Food System is Climate Change and Bad Health - We NEED to Completely Redo Our Agricultural System - Its Focused on Feed for Animals and Fuel for Automobiles - In a Country with this Kind of Wealth and We Don't have Good Health Care, we Don't have Clean Air, we Don't have Public Transportation, we Don't have a Great Public School Systems. We SHOULD Have All Those Things. Food Recommendations 27:25 - Michael Pollan Quote: Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants. (and not ultra-processed food) - Requires Knowing How to Cook – Schools Used to Teach in Home Economics – Not Any More - We Need an Agricultural System that Promotes Eating Healthfully, Focused on Healthy Diets, Food for People - Need to be Growing Food Organically and Regeneratively - Biggest Problem with the American Diet is People Eat Too Much - Today's Kids are Overfed Food in Other Countries 32:23 - Less Snacking Overseas, so Eat Less, Move More - In the US with our Car Culture it means People are Not Doing as Much Walking or Moving Food in a Grocery Store 34:29 - What's a Good Product in the Middle Aisles – Look at the Ingredients - Most Front of Packing is What Is Not in the Item - If the List of Ingredients is Long, and the Ingredients are Not Recognizable Food Names, then it's Highly Processed and it's Probably Not Very Good for You - If it Looks Like It's Too Good To Be True, It Probably Is - Kids Need to Learn How to Eat Real Food - Kids Should be Eating What Their Parents Eat If their Parents are Eating Healthy - School Meals Need More Attention: Some Schools Do It Well, Most Do Not - We Need More Gardens at Schools – Local Tastes Better Where to Start 39:08 - Add Some more Plant Foods to Your Diet - Figure Out Which Ones You Like and Eat Them - Look at adding Roots, Vegetables, Grains, Beans to Your Diet - Food is one of life's greatest pleasures. Enjoy what you eat. The Recipe: Vegetables and Rice 40:53 - Fresh ingredients, freshly prepared, there's nothing better. This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let's make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to "Eat Better Food Today" for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Ep 97: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr. Aaron Hartman. Dr. Hartman is a distinguished medical professional with a deep dedication to integrative and functional medicine. Over the years, Dr. Hartman has accumulated numerous certifications, including a Fellowship from the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2006, board certification in Integrative and Holistic Medicine in 2015, Certification in Functional Medicine in 2017, and Board Certification in Antiaging, Regenerative, Metabolic, and Functional Medicine in 2022. Dr. Hartman's military service from 2003 to 2007 saw him rise to the rank of Major in the United States Air Force, where he received the Distinguished Service Medal for his service overseas. In 2010, Dr. Hartman founded the Virginia Research Center. In 2012, the Hartmans' moved to a farm outside Richmond, Virginia, where they learned about the interconnections between health, agriculture, and nutrition. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #functionalmedicine #foodismedicine #healthysoil #buylocal #chronicdisease Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Dr. Aaron Hartman https://richmondfunctionalmedicine.com/about/dr-aaron-hartman-md/ Other Websites mentioned by Dr. Hartman's New Book "Uncurable" https://a.co/d/4djRgmW , Soil and Health https://a.co/d/7R579Om What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast: Coffee with Collagen, Organic, Raw Cream from our Local Cow 2:12 The Journey to Functional Medicine and the Farm 3:12 - Enrolled in Air Force to pay for Medical School - Wife is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist working with Kids with Special Needs - Brought a very Small 12 mth Anna into their Home, Born of a Crystal Meth Mother - Learn to Talk from Eating and Chewing Food – so no Feeding Tube - Can't crawl if you have a Feeding Tube in your Stomach - Reported to Child Protective Services because Wanted to Feed Their Daughter Real Food - At the Time, Aaron and His Wife are both Doctors, He was a Captain in the Air Force - Aaron decided to Become Anna's own Personal, Professional, Personalized Doctor - Standard of Care takes 20 up to 50 years for New Research to Make it to Practice - Needed a Farm to Have Control of Their Food - Over 2 yrs became an Expert in Soil Health and Farm Animals - Impacted how Dr Hartman takes Care of his Patients Understanding Soil Health and Nutrition 9:27 - In order to have Healthy Cows, need to have Good Quality Dirt and Grass - Cows Ferment their Food, so Cows that Eat Corn Ferment that into Alcohol - That Ends up in the Fat of a Marbled Steak – Creates Fatty Liver - Human Health is Determined by Soil Health - Plants, Grass, Extract Small Quantities of Rare earth mineral Our Bodies Need - Cows that eat Grass Give us the 98 Minerals we need; Cows that Eat Grain Only give us 68 Minerals Transforming Family Health through Food 14:40 - There is so much in Nature. Kids can Stay Preoccupied just by Playing Outside. Great Education. - Health Benefits of Essential Minerals from Bone Broth for Soups, Fermented Foods like Sauerkraut - Health Benefits of Omega-3s, Omega-6s from Flax Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Eggs - Homemade Granola from the Seeds, Mayonnaise from the Eggs is Food for the Brain - Son was 6 months old, had bad Asthma and Eczema – afraid he would stop Breathing at Night - Fed him Homemade Raw Milk Formula and his Asthma and Eczema are Gone Research to Help Anna 19:07 - SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) or Gene Typos. If you have two copies of that Typo, for example, your ability to recycle a certain B vitamin called Folic Acid is maybe 20% - Did Gene testing to figure out all the Typos Anna had and gave her those Nutrients Back - You Can use Physical Activity to Activate the Brain - Looked into Energy Medicine - Pulse, Electromagnetic Field Medicine used by Elite Athletes The Shift to Personalized Functional Medicine 21:35 - After 15 Years, Functional Medicine was the Next Logical Add-on - It Holistic. You should look Your Environment. Which part of the country do you live in? Where were you born? - Your Home: Do you have a crawl space? Is it gas heated? Is it electric? - Food: You Should look at the Food You Eat - You Should Do Advanced Testing. Look at Family Dynamics. - If you Grew up in Certain Parts of West Virginia, and had Exposure to certain Chemicals, you will see certain Cancers, Not Based on Genes, but Based on the Environment - Dr Hartman has had over a hundred thousand patient encounters in seven countries over four continents - He has Seen Fibromyalgia go in Remission, those with Diabetes have their A1Cs come Down to Normal, Nerve Damage from Chemotherapy Resolve - Head. Heart. Hands. From Dr Hartman's Seminary Training, Look at All Three to Help Anna and Patients - Daily Mantra, Prayer: See what Can't be Seen, Hear what Can't be Heard, Diagnose what Can't be Diagnosed. What Are Our Medical Blind Spots Today 27:07 - Something that's there but You Can't See it Yet - The Doctor who Wanted to Wash His Hands to Prevent Germs was Put in an Asylum - The Doctor who Came up with a Cancer Cure Lost His Career, Now it's the Standard - 1950's Doctors Would have OK'd Cigarettes Chronic Disease and Food 30:39 - Hard to Believe, but You Have to Convince Patients that Diet Matters - 80% of Heart Disease, 70% of Most Cancers Can Be Prevented by Diet and Lifestyle - Time of Year and Where You Live Influence Your Diet - In Winter, You Need more Fat and Protein to Maintain Your Body Temperature - What Grows Naturally Tends to be what You're Body Needs at that Time of Year - So Eat Real food, Seasonally, As Locally As Possible - 30 % of all Protein Supplements on the Market are Contaminated with Lead Healthcare Costs 34:56 - Dr Hartman's three kids have each only had antibiotics once and only one cavity between them - That's All Diet - Personal Family Experience – Don't Have doctor Bills Success Story – Food-is-Medicine is Legit 39:09 - One patient would not cut out the smoking, diet soda, processed foods - As a result, every two months she needed a prescription for Diflucan - A second patient had Crohn's Disease. Put him on an Autoimmune Paleo Diet - Diet Solved his Uncontrolled Autoimmune Disease - put it into Remission Final Thoughts 42:23 - Dr Hartman's book, Uncurable, about his Daughter - If a little girl in her situation Can Change Her Total Health Trajectory, You Can Do It Too. The Recipe: Grass-fed Stir-fry with Roasted Broccoli 43:48 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio.

Ep 96: On this episode we are grateful to have Chef Mark Reinfeld. Mark is an award-winning chef and authority on plant-based cuisine, and is the founding chef of the Vegan Fusion Culinary Academy. Mark has traveled the world and had over 25 years of experience preparing and teaching creative vegan and raw cuisine. He has written eight acclaimed books, and in 2017, he was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #janegoodall #vegan #vegetarian #plantbased #chronicdisease #climate #protein #vipassana Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Chef Mark Reinfeld https://veganfusion.com/ Other Websites mentioned by Chef Mark Reinfeld: Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn https://a.co/d/4xRe9j5 Vegan Body Building https://www.veganbodybuilding.com Vegan Fusion World Cuisine https://a.co/d/0e50hul EWG https://www.ewg.org What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast: Whole Grain Toast with Tahini, Plant-based butter, Nutritional Yeast, Fresh Juice, 1:19 The Journey from Prelaw to Becoming a Chef 2:01 - Kibbutz in Israel, became Vegetarian, then India, Nepal, Mount Everest, San Diego - Personal Chef, Consulting Service the Blossoming Lotus - Opened a restaurant on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Started publishing Cookbooks Vegan vs Vegetarian 4:15 - Plant-based describes the Diet, Vegan goes Beyond the Diet into Lifestyle - Become Whole-Food Plant Based for one of three reasons - One. Health: plant based can Prevent or Reverse Chronic Diseases – Heart, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's - Two. Environmental or Sustainability. A Plant-based diet has less Environmental Impact - Three. Concerns for Animal Welfare with Commercial Industrial Agriculture and Factory Farming. - Factory Farming – there are a lot of Antibiotics, Drugs used to Keep them Unnaturally Alive - Factory Farming – Applies Manufacturing Principles to Farming – unhealthy for the planet, animals, people - The Local Small Family Farm is Different. Healthier Protein with a Well-Planned Plant-Based Diet 11:57 - 5% of Calories should come from Proteins, Major Health Organizations Double That - Super Firm Tofu has 70 grams of Protein. Seitan is even higher - Combine Food Groups to Create the Same Amino Acid Profile as Meat - Example: Pulses (lentils, beans, chickpeas, peas) with Rice Mark's Award Winning Vegetarian Cookbooks 16:00 - Jane Goodall wrote the Forward and Inspired the First Cookbook, Vegan Fusion World Cuisine Sourcing Ingredients Responsibly 19:11 - Look at the Least Expensive Organic and use the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen List if going for Non-organic - Know What's Available Seasonally at your Farmers Market Traveling Impacting Thinking about Food 21:27 - Saw people living in harmony with their surroundings - Saw the use of Ingredients that are indigenous to that type of local cuisine - Toasting Spices in a frying pan before using Adds to its Flavor Vipassana 23:43 - From that 10 day Silent Retreat now encourage students to have a calm and peaceful mind state when they're preparing foods - Like any Art Form, you can get into a more Creative Flow when Your Present in the Moment The Impact of Ultra-Processed Foods 25:33 - Hippocrates - food be your medicine and medicine be your food - The idea of returning to food as the natural way to maximize our health - Kids – talk to them about Nature's Candy (fruits and vegetables) Stories 28:02 - Firefighter, Navy Veteran both went Plant-Based and Solved their Type 2 Diabetes - Many More Cholesterol and Type 2 Diabetes Plant-Based Success Stories - Food Should Be Our First Line of Defense for our Health - You Do Not See the Same Level of Chronic Disease in other Countries - I Consider it a Form of Activism to Help People See They Can Prepare Healthy Foods on their Own - Doctor to a Patient: You have heart disease. I could either cut open your chest and take a vein from your leg and put it in there, or you can go on a vegan or vegetarian diet. Longevity with a Vegan-Vegetarian Approach 35:41 - Is the Food I'm Eating Going to Heal Me or Hurt Me - Stress Reduction, Exercise, Sleep, Nutrition, All Play a role in longevity - Nature gives us the cue to eat Whole Foods First Step to Start a Plant-Based Journey 37:07 - Have a calm mindset, go at your own pace, there are no mistakes in the kitchen - Try adding some new ingredients to your salad The Recipe: Monk Bowl with a Grain, a Green, a Protein and an Optional Sauce 42:41 - Can make over 2000 different recipes with this as the foundation Final Thoughts – You Can Do It 47:56 - This is important for your Family, for our Society to Cook More at Home, to Eat Healthier Food This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let's make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to "Eat Better Food Today" for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.

Ep 95: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Aimee Duffy. Dr Duffy, is the Founder and Medical Director of Carolina Integrative Medicine and Clemson IV bar in Clemson, SC. She is a Functional and Integrative Medical Physician, Lifestyle Mentor and Coach for medical providers seeking to learn more about they can optimize the health of their patients and clients. She is the #1 Best selling author of "Normal Doesn't Have Side Effects" and "Why Can't She See Me?" and an award winning speaker. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #functionalmedicine #testing #realfood #exercise #suicide Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research. Look for information on Dr Aimee Duffy, her Appearances and her Books http://www.aimeeduffymd.com/ Other Websites mentioned by Dr Aimee Duffy https://carolinaintegrativemedicine.com/dr-aimee-duffy What's In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/ Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/ Donate to Support East Cleveland https://www.thesantefoundation.org Breakfast & The Morning Routine: Bulletproof-type Latte 1:30 The Journey to Functional Medicine. 6:30 - Family Practice to Primary Care to Looking for Better Answers to How Does Everything in the Body Work Together to Functional Medicine - Be Careful of Looking for Quick Answers with AI. Sometimes it works. Importance of Testing: Creating a Comprehensive Picture 15:49 - Tests initially include Saliva, Food Sensitivity, Blood - Lifestyle Change after seeing the test results - Food may only be part of the Solution - But we All Need to Eat Real Food, that Comes from Nature - But Some Heathy Foods May not Agree with Your Body – everyone is different - Determine What Foods are Causing Stress on Your Body - Intermittent Fasting, the current Protein Craze – may or may not be the Right Answer for You Real Foods 24:29 - how many steps did it take from where it came from to when you eat it. - Should only be a few steps from the tree or ground or animal to you - if we're losing weight, we're losing the right weight, and we're not losing muscle - as we get Older You want to Bounce and not Break - Exercise: Walking AND Using Weights to preserve muscle - Sometimes your Lifestyle Means You Need a Supplement so you Can Feel Your Best Becoming an Author, Writing "Normal Doesn't Have Side Affects" 33:42 - Decided to write her own imperfect story - Led to a 2nd Book with her daughter about her attempted suicide - Her advice "if you're noticing some of these signs in your teenager, then just start a conversation. And if you are a teenager, talk to somebody" Nutrition and Mental Health 40:53 - We know there is a very strong gut-brain connection - Kids, Teenagers eating is influenced by social media - Kids, Teenagers Lack of Good Food, Nutrition can lead to ADD, Anxiety, Depression - Hope that the book she wrote with her daughter can save one life Food as Medicine: Protein 45:04 - Think of eating genetically modified chickens - Every molecule every day in our Bodies is replacing itself with these genetically modified foods - Is the Food I'm Eating going to support my body and nourish it, or is it going to create some stress? - Get your proteins from a natural source that hasn't been messed with - If you can't get good protein then go Lean - a Lot of the Toxins are Stored in the Fat. - Fat: you're not going to get rid of Fat because that's your Body's way of protecting you by storing those Toxins Patient Success Stories 49:45 - Giving Patients their Life Back The Recipe: Air Fry Organic Chicken Breasts with Brussel Sprouts 55:37 This podcast is about giving back. A portion of our profits supports initiatives combating child hunger in underserved communities like East Cleveland, Ohio. Join me every week as we redefine wellness one plate at a time. Let's make healthy eating accessible for everyone while supporting local sustainable farmers, chefs, businesses, and organizations. Subscribe to "Eat Better Food Today" for weekly inspiration on living a healthier, happier, more meaningful life! This Podcast is a production of Sante Strategies, LLC. Sante translated is - Health Means Everything. This is the company I have started to begin this health and longevity journey, focused on food. Disclaimer: We are sharing our experiences on this Podcast. Please be sure to consult a medical professional.