Yesterday, the Sustainable Living Show with host Jon Butts interviewed the President of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Sally Fallon Morell, and myself on a wide variety of health and wellness topics.
Included in the one hour conversation is dialogue on the travels of Dr. Weston A. Price, the dangers of high fructose corn syrup, why sustainability means having animals on a farm, why raw milk is the best nutrient dense food for growing children, and how cloudy thinking and morning fogginess is caused by a nutrient poor diet.
The best part of the interview is when Sally debates a couple of die-hard vegetarians who called in live, on the air!
For those of you who weren’t able to listen to the interview live, I’ve included a podcast for you to listen to here or download to your iPod or MP3 player.
What part of the interview did you enjoy most?  What did you think of the back and forth debate with the folks who called in to the show?
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
Great job, Sally and Sarah!!! Thanks!
LOTS of great info…so much was touched on in that small amount of time. Like the one caller said, you all stand out because you are so able to back up everything you say with references. Loved the part about Christians needing to stand up & speak about the evil of the CAFO’s…..we DO!
Thank you so much for all that you are doing.
Hi Sarah,
I heard about this interview yesterday when someone from Tampa with a business in Gettysburg called me, trying to get me to put him in touch with you or Sally. He had called in and was talking about hemp seeds as food product and was dismayed that you did not agree with him on the health and nutrient claims. He felt your information was outdated and inaccurate, but he must not have been listening very closely because he had no idea of our position on traditional foods, soaking/sprouting/fermenting of seeds, or on the deconstruction of food sources (hemp protein which he claims is very healthful, but is extracted from the seed). So you may be hearing from him again, he didn’t seem to grab ahold of what I told him but instead wanted to dicker over other details.
Listening to the podcast now…
That was a fantastic interview, and Sally won the debate, no question. But truth is always more convincing than propaganda.
I laughed when the vegetarian said during the interview that her doctor said she was “a perfect specimen.” It made me recall my days of rock bottom cholesterol (it was about 120 at the time) and my doctor said I was so healthy and that number was so great I should be very happy.
I remember thinking “then why do I feel terrible and tired all the time????”
Doctors wouldn’t know healthy if it hit them in the face. If your doctor tells you you are a “perfect speciman”, I personally would run out the door screaming in terror. That is not a good assessment from a conventional doc.
Remember the singer Davy Jones from the group the Monkees who was told a mere months before dropping dead of a heart attack that he had the heart and circulatory system of a young man and was in “perfect” health. Yeah right doc.
Thats so funny! Im a bartender and one of our “regulars” that comes in often is a doctor. He was in last night and had a bag of fried cheese curds. He said “these are soo good, its bad enough they’re cheese but then they’re fried…heart attack waiting to happen”. I went on to tell him how I wouldnt try them because I dont eat pasteurized dairy (made it a point to say that) then told him it was eating at me so I had to ask if he made the comment because of the saturated fat. This question turned into and actual conversation about health and he actually told me…this is a DOCTOR mind you…everything in moderation is fine, yes saturated fat is bad, theres no difference between grass fed beef and grain/corn fed, and when he left he asked for a diet coke to go and then told me I should feed my kids organic turkey jerky. I said “its nice if its organic, but that still isnt good enough for me”. That went in one ear and out the other and I said how we already make our own beef jerky. He said “turkey was leaner and better for the kids”. All I could do was shake my head.
I receive the same reaction when I try to tell people about WAPF. Even my family thinks I have the wrong information. The Nourishing Traditions book made sense to me when I read it. Especially how ancient peoples did not have doctors.
Sorry, when I said family I meant my brothers and sisters.
This was wonderful ! Thank you ladies for all you do!
Where is the podcast? Where is the link?
I listened to the program while milking goats this morning, and I enjoyed it.
I was very impressed with how calm SFM remained while speaking with one very emotional caller. It can be so difficult to have a factual discussion in such a circumstance.
Ummm…I can’t find the podcast…where is it, please?
Great interview! One thing that confuses people, especially the vegetarians, is that some of this information is at odds to the concensus portrayed in the media. It is hard for people to understand how easy it is to lie with statistics when there is a lot of money as stake. And the corporate owned media lie every day. How many people know that a meta-data study looking at the correllation between heart disease and cholesterol concluded there is no link. You would think this would be front-page news! But no, because that does not support the big businesses. Statins, for example, become laughable when people know the truth.
I hear ya” David….my mother’s doctor recently put her on low dose statins….she does not have a cholesterol “problem”. I said Mom why are you on this drug…her answer “I don’t know the doctor thought I needed it. I trust him” Ughhhh!!!!
Great! I’m interested in checking out the review of the China Study. It seemed a little bogus… Love the work you all do! Thanks for posting!