On this episode we are grateful to have Jeremy Umansky. Jeremy and his wife Allie own Larder, which has been using family recipes to become one of the best delicatessens in America. They are located in a Firehouse built in the 1800s in Cleveland's Ohio City. Since opening in 2018, have been nominated four times, including this year, for a James Beard Award.

In this episode we'll explore Jeremy's thoughts on food, health and longevity and discuss what continues to inspire him after 15+ years in the food industry as a corporate employee, farmer, and now chef.

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

Look for information on Jeremy and Allie https://larderdb.com/

Jeremy's Book https://www.amazon.com/Koji-Alchemy-Rediscovering-Mold-Based-Fermentation/dp/160358868X

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

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

Segment Notes:

Breakfast 3:23

The Pantry 4:26

Food Philosophy 7:13

- Closed Loop Systems

- Minimally Processed Foods

- Access to Fresh Food

From Farm to Chef 20:07

What is Koji? 27:15

- A nutritional and flavor powerhouse

Writing the Koji Book 47:33

Invest in the Midwest 50:12

- Favorite Local Restaurants

- Best Kept Secrets

Stop Fighting 54:27

Recipe 57:13

- Braised Shrimp/Tofu and vegetables

Eat a Variety of Fresh Foods 1:01:49

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.

On this episode we are grateful to have Chef Vinnie Cimino. Vinnie was a 2024 James Beard Finalist, and in 2023 his restaurant Cordelia was named Best New Restaurant in Cleveland and one of the Top 22 restaurants in the US. His restaurant embodies "Midwest nice" hospitality where the team and guests come first.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #seasonalshopping #jamesbeard #cordelia #clevelandfamilymeal

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

Look for information on Vinnie Cimino https://cordeliacle.com/

Other Places Vinnie mentioned:

http://www.food-conscious.org/cleveland-family-meal.html

https://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/how-to-butterfly-a-chicken-0154990

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

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

Segment Notes:

Breakfast, the James Beard Award Nomination 2:20

The Restaurant Journey 8:45

The Pandemic, Supporting the Community 18:07

Working with Local Farms 23:55

The Interruption 29:55

How Cordelia Came About 30:14

Midwest Nice 38:12

Food as Medicine Thoughts 39:39

Garden to Table for Kids 48:06

UH Cancer Fundraiser 48:56

First: Use Fresh Ingredients, Cook at Home 50:20

The Recipe: 42min Chicken 53:01

On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Mary Rensel. Mary is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Director of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Wellness at the Mellen Center of the Cleveland Clinic. She has graduated from the Medical College of Ohio and completed her Neurology and Neuro-immunology fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic. She is boarded in Neurology and Integrative Medicine.

Dr. Rensel's work has focused on Adult and Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Integrative Medicine. Her work in academic medicine often intersects with advocacy, innovation and strategic initiatives. She serves on the International Pediatric MS Study Group and is on the steering committee of the National Network of Pediatric MS Centers. She is a "Best Doctor" of Cleveland since 2010 per the Cleveland Magazine. She is the Past President of the Women's Professional Staff Association of the Cleveland Clinic. She is active as a coach, mentor, scientific reviewer, clinical researcher, activity director and speaks nationally. She has also appeared on numerous media outlets, including Good Morning America.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #brainfresh #brainhealth #clevelandclinic

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

Look for information on Dr Mary Rensel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-rensel-brainfresh/

Other Websites mentioned by Dr Rensel: Brain Fresh https://www.brainfresh.org

The Lancet Medical Journal https://www.thelancet.com/infographics-do/dementia-risk

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

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

Segment Notes:

Breakfast 1:44

Journey into Medicine 2:56

Brain Fresh, Professional Development 7:16

- The Jenga Foundation. Understand the brain better to " to optimize our gifts"

- Medicine's Burn-Out rate is upwards of 50%

- 4X the rate of suicide by woman doctors – BrainFresh provides guidance

Freeing Up a Doctors Time with AI 16:09

- AI as a note taker to increase doctor time with patients

Common Misconceptions about Brain Health 18:20

- Don't have to worry about it when you're young (you do)

- A Pill is the answer (its not)

- Relationships, Friendships don't matter (they do!)

The Nine-Point Framework 22:01

- Focus, Having Fun, Fine Tuning Daily, Build Support, Zone of Genius, Value Alignment, Belonging (5 people), Impact, Courage

Simplifying Neuroscience Concepts 28:40

- Lancet Medical Journal on Risk Factors for Dementia: poor hearing, poor vision, air pollution, alcoholism

Biggest Challenges Working with Patients 34:14

- Many more tools that can help today

- Look at whole person and their whole network, family –

- Comprehensive, integrative medicine – social, food, exercise, emotions, sleep

Cooking Healthy Meals at Home 38:15

- Patients Cooking a Healthy Meal with instruction at the Clinics kitchen

- Cook a healthy meal with what's at home tonight

- Use AI

First Steps to Improving Brain Health and Final Thoughts 42:53

- It can be fun, do it with friends, meal plan for the week, take a walk

The Recipe: Granola 45:31

On this episode we are grateful to have Ambassador Ertharin Cousin. Ertharin is the CEO for Food Systems for the Future; the Managing Director and CEO of FSF Ventures; a Distinguished Fellow for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; former Executive Director to the UN's World Food Program, and a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University Center for Food Security and Environment. She also sits on the Boards of Bayer and Mondelez.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #billclinton #barackobama #feedingamerica #joseandreas

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

Look for information on Ambassador Ertharin https://www.linkedin.com/in/ertharin-cousin-0695205/

Other Websites mentioned by Ambassador Ertharin

https://www.fsfinstitute.net

https://fse.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ertharin-cousin-former-us-ambassador-and-world-food-programme-director-joins-stanford-visiting

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

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

Segment Notes:

Breakfast 1:17

Ertharin's Journey 2:11

- Law school to Bill Clinton's State Dept to Jewel Food Stores to Albertsons' to Feeding America to Barack Obama's US Ambassador to Food and Agriculture to Executive Director to the World Food Program to a Stanford Payne Distinguished Fellow

The Community Must Partner with the Store 13:14

- Remaining profitable

- Putting systems in place to reduce shrink and theft

- Customers need to be delighted and feel safe

- Store relationships to support good prices

- Former Senior Retail Executive Support - GEROC

- Post Natural Disaster Support

Increases in obesity and diets related diseases is not just the poor 23:46

- Can't lose our parents, children's aspiration for better

- The Life You Aspire to You Will Not Achieve if You do not Have Health

Goal for the Bayer and Mondelez Board of Directors 29:30

- Chair the Sustainability Committee - to discuss what is needed for sustainable production

- Meeting their responsibility to all their stakeholders

First Thing to Improve Food Access, Food Nutrition, Food Education 32:29

- Partnerships – our success is their success

- Sell shares to a new grocery store to community organizations

- Church provides a $50 Coupon to shoppers at the local grocery store

- Do a market survey to determine if the community can support the store

- Local businesses in the local and surrounding communities purchase from the store

Success Looks Like … 36:14

- Education, Cooking, Financial, Boy/Girl Scout meetings

- It's Hard and needs Creativity, Imagination, Hope, Commitment

The Recipe: Fusilli Pasta with Vegetables, Tuna 39:55

On this episode we are grateful to have Gabriel Cian, all the way from Aux-en-Provence, France. We've talked about longevity many times on this show before, but Gabriel brings a different perspective. He is Serial Entrepreneur in the Tech space and Longevity Enthusiast. He spent the first 40 years of his life creating startups in the tech space. He is now spending the next 40 years to defeat aging. In this episode we'll talk about his foundation, his new startup, and his online healthspan service.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #2060foundation #food #exercise #sleep #stress

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

Look for information on Gabriel https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-cian-807b39156/ https://ikare.ai

Other Websites mentioned by Gabriel https://www.buckinstitute.org/ https://peterattiamd.com/ https://www.diamandis.com

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

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

Segment Notes:

Breakfast & Intermittent Fasting 1:47

Longevity after Creating & Selling 2 Companies 3:56 - One third of world population affected by metabolic disease - Hiding in plain sight – the revolution in longevity

The US & Europe are not Leading in Healthy Living, Longevity 10:09 - Singapore & So Korea are because their birth rates are under one, average age above 50

Three Longevity Startups: First the 2060 Foundation 15:23 - Longevity Escape Velocity by 2060: every year you age, science can decrease your age by one year or more - Attitude plus food, sleep, exercise also increases your lifespan - The 2060 Foundation: o 1. can already help people live 10-30 years on get, today o 2. To live longer need more advanced therapies. o Fund with an Investment Club focused on longevity startups. o Need countries to invest in preventative medicine to save money that is being spent on chronic disease. o Need to define Aging as a Disease. Then more research applied to the disease. Today its only 1%.

Second: Startup Studio 30:58 - Entrepreneurs Exiting a Startup: need to rebalance, find the next project, decide where invest - Help them through all three and present longevity as a good investment for their future

Third Startup: AI as a Preventive Medicine Assistant 35:06 - One longevity consultation for people 40 and over, monthly (3 Billion people globally) - Scarcity of doctors, professionals in Preventive Medicine - train AI to help with processes and the interaction of the 81 organs in our body, to make doctors more efficient

Biggest Challenge to the 2060 Goal 48:18 - how to motivate people to make changes

An Unusual Centenarian. 54:05 - Jean Louise Calmette, French, Lived to be 122 - food, exercise, sleep, stress mgmt - Healthspan Prize – should have on every continent

Nutritional, Organic Food 1:04:03

Longevity: The First Step 1:11:42

The Recipe: Ratatouille 1:15:00

On this episode we are grateful to have Kathleen Finlay. Kathleen is President of The Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Agriculture and has been a leader in sustainability movement for most of her career. She has also been instrumental in organizing women who work for environmental progress and founded the organization Pleiades, a constellation of women addressing social and environmental change.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #localfood #seasonalfood #nutritiousfood #smallfamilyfarms #regenerativeagriculture

@alicewaters @kathleenfinlay

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

Look for information on Kathleen https://www.linkedin.com/in/katfinlay/

Other Websites mentioned by https://www.glynwood.org https://aarome.org

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

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

Segment Notes:

Breakfast/Lunch 1:27

- Healthy local food … the sharing of food … a core of the intellectual experience at the American Academy in Rome

Path to Glynwood 3:38 - Food … it doesn't matter really what your belief system is or your political system is or your geography … it's a very fundamental need

Better Local Food Distribution 14:02 - Matching farmers with consumers and organizations in need - Better Utilizing CSAs. Cheaper, Healthier - Challenge with Perishable Fruits, Vegatables vs Meats, Seafood, Grains - Food for Immigrants

Biggest Challenges 21:33 - Move away from food-as-a-commodity - Better School Food

First Step: Advice on Where to Start 27:36

Cooking at Home 30:12

Proudest Accomplishment: A Network of Generosity 32:52

The Recipe: Stir Fry 34:35

On this episode we are grateful to have George Karimali, longevity expert from Ikaria, Greece. George and his wife Eleni have been featured in the Blue Zones Netflix documentary with Dan Buettner and the Blue Zones Cookbook. George has been studying longevity for the last three decades. George and Eleni run an Agritourism Center with an organic farm, winery, and restaurant on Ikaria. We met when they were in Cleveland, OH at the Case Western Reserve Medical School's Teaching Kitchen, where they shared Ikarian cooking traditions that promote health and longevity.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #longevity #centurions #ikaria #bluezones @georgoiskarimali @elenikarimali @georgekarimali @karilia

Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for this week's Recipe, Podcasts, YouTube videos, TV appearances, books, research.

Look for information on George https://www.facebook.com/george.karimalis/

Other Websites mentioned by George https://www.facebook.com/cookingikarianbluezone/posts/many-thanks-to-zach-bush-md-for-the-kind-words-he-said-in-this-interview-we-just/280860527156734/

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

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

Segment Notes:

Why is Ikaria a Blue Zone? 2:09

Longevity Lifestyle Protocols 5:52 - Wake, hydrate, move, eat, move - Insulin or cognitive issues

Healthy Foods 16:22 - Bad foods create leaky gut issues - Good Foods - Leafy Greens. Legumes. - Protein for muscle

The Social Aspect 20:03

The Agritourism Center on Ikaria 23:36 - Six day Longevity Retreat

The Wine Debate 26:01 - Wine is fermented food, helps digestion

Cook for Wellness 28:54 - Tasty food and preserve the nutrients

Where to Start 32:35

Recipes: Pittarakia, Fava Spread

On this episode we are grateful to have Gloria Treister. Gloria is an Author, Speaker, Consultant, Teacher, and a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner. She helps people achieve great energy, a clear, productive mind, and optimal health and well-being every day, so they are ready to take on the world. She teaches, coaches, and engages with people to guide them along a personalized path to achieving great successes in every aspect of life. Her focus is to Live Healthy Life Longer, which is a major focus of this podcast.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #wellness #gloriatreister #nutrition #functionalmedicine @gloriatreister

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

Look for information on Gloria Treister https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloriatreister/ https://wellnessevolution.com

Other Websites mentioned by Gloria https://www.hertelier.com/post/inside-the-breakers-success https://globalwellnessinstitute.org https://www.ewg.org

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

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

Segment Notes: Breakfast and Restricted Eating 1:12 What is a Holistic Health Practitioner 1:54 Functional vs Conventional Medicine 5:46 - The Parathyroid Hormone Live Healthy Life Longer 13:30 - You Make 30K decisions a Day - You Determine 80% of Your Longevity - What is Your WHY for Living Longer Working with Businesses 19:33 - Healthy means more productive, happier employees US Ambassador for Global Wellness Day 22:01 - You can exercise anywhere, inexpensively - Global Wellness Institute - Look at the ingredients! Ayurvedic Medicine 32:37 Wellness Evolution 35:09 - Started in 2002 after entering Health Space in 1980 - It's not about Health Coverage, It's about food, air, water - Be Cool to Your Future Self, Don't Be a Burden New Book: Wellness 101: Simple Steps to Good Health 42:18 - Weekly Short Articles: e.g. Healthy Snacks 48:28 - Food Dyes and ADHD - Science backed studies - Access to Functional Medicine Helping People in Food Deserts 59:54 - Brandon's Leadership Academy - Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables - Grow your own food, buying healthier at a gas station Cooking at Home 1:06:12 First Step: Where Should You Start 1:10:51 Recipe: Vegetarian Chile

A Look at the Past to Learn for the Future. Have a great 2025 and beyond. Have Hope. Fill the world with Hope!

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #HOPE #ACT #CREATE #BUILD

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

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

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

On this episode we are grateful to have Fr Anthony Marshall. Fr Anthony is the administrator for the Communion of Saints Parish in northeast Ohio. He is a graduate of John Carroll University and Borromeo Seminary. He has a Masters of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Theology. Fr Anthony's responsibilities include two church campuses, St Ann's in Cleveland Hts, OH and St Philomena in East Cleveland, OH.

This podcast has spent many episodes discussing healthy foods, exercise, and mindfulness. But longevity, or healthspan, needs more. So the focus of today's conversation, especially given that the holiday season is upon us, will be on Hope, Community, and Gratitude.

As you've heard me mention on past episodes, I am working with Fr Anthony and the Cleveland Catholic Diocese to bring the new Bishop Pilla Center to East Cleveland. This Center, with a focus on families, children, and health, will also have education and services to facilitate Hope, Community, and Gratitude.

#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #communionofsaintsparish #stphilomenachurch @franthonysss

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

Look for information on Fr Anthony https://www.facebook.com/franthony.marshall

Other Websites mentioned by Fr Anthony https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html

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

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

Segment Notes:

Breakfast 2:04

Path to the Priesthood 3:37

Food As Medicine 7:11

Center in East Cleveland 12:08

Hope 15:53

Community 18:59

Gratitude 25:46

Learning through Travel 29:58

The Recipe: Cacio e Pepe 37:03