Culture Precedes Success with Hilary Boynton - Episode 2621
Mar 21, 2025
A fascinating discussion reveals the importance of healthy school lunches and how a pilot program is transforming children's nutrition. Hilary Boynton shares her journey with raw dairy, highlighting its healing benefits. The conversation also challenges popular diet myths about carbs and fats, stressing that hormones, not just calories, play a crucial role in our well-being. They explore personal experiences with veganism and its potential health pitfalls, advocating for real food and community engagement to boost awareness and success.
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Fat-Free Fad
Hilary Boynton fell for "fat-free" propaganda in high school and college.
She feared fat and embraced carbo-loading, reflecting common dietary beliefs at the time.
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Carbo-Loading Era
In the 80s and 90s, the prevailing belief was that carbohydrates were essential for athletic performance and fat made you fat.
This led to practices like carbo-loading and avoiding fat, which are now considered counterproductive.
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Health Consequences of Low-Fat Diets
Hilary Boynton experienced health issues like stress fractures in her tibias and femur bones during her athletic career.
She attributes these issues to the prevalent low-fat, high-carb dietary advice of the time.
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In this book, Nina Teicholz presents a nine-year-long investigation into the history and science of dietary fat. She argues that the low-fat nutrition advice of the past sixty years has been based on weak, inconclusive evidence and has led to disastrous health consequences. Teicholz documents how misinformation about saturated fats took hold in the scientific community and public imagination, and how recent findings have overturned these beliefs. She explains why traditional foods like meat, cheese, whole milk, and eggs are safe and beneficial for health, contrary to long-held dietary dogma.
Eat to Win
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THE HEAL YOUR GUT COOKBOOK
THE HEAL YOUR GUT COOKBOOK
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Hillary Boynton
Episode 2621: Vinnie Tortorich speaks to Hilary Boynton about a pilot program for school lunches, how culture precedes success, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/03/culture-precedes-success-hilary-boynton-episode-2621 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - Learning About Food They discuss Hilary’s background a little. (4:00) Vinnie reviews the practice and beliefs behind the “fat makes you fat” ideology and carb-loading. (10:00) It’s very liberating to learn that eating is less about calories and more about hormones. When you understand that fat and protein are proper fuels for your body, you will be more satisfied and less white-knuckled. Hilary shares how she learned about low-carb, high-fat eating. (22:40) She also had a child with severe eczema that wouldn’t heal. She tried giving him raw dairy and his condition cleared up within months. They discuss raw dairy, what it is, and both the benefits and caution of consuming it. (29:00) Always do your research and know your farmer. (33:00) Culture Precedes Success Hilary is working on a pilot program for her school to get healthy, nutrient-dense foods into her school. (46:20) The program teaches parents the proper ratios of nutrition. There is a fundraising program so schools can get more cooking equipment to help schools provide nutritious food. They discuss veganism and how it affected people they know who tried it and how their health deteriorated. (56:00) Many school programs have become lax in what they provide, but many parents reinforce this. (1:01:00) Vinnie gives an example that reflects the lack of physical education in schools. Culture precedes success: develop a culture of health and activity, and success will follow. (1:11:00) Hilary hopes that her pilot lunch program in Topanga Canyon will set an example for kids and parents and demonstrate that they have agency in their health. (1:04:00) Items mentioned in this episode: Hilary's cookbook: THE HEAL YOUR GUT COOKBOOK School of Lunch - SōL West Foundation - Facebook - Instagram - More News If you are interested in the NSNG® VIP group, closed for registration, but you can get on the wait list - Don’t forget to check out Serena Scott Thomas on Days Of Our Lives on the Peacock channel. “Dirty Keto” is available on Amazon! You can purchase or rent it . Make sure you watch, rate, and review it! Eat Happy Italian, Anna’s next cookbook is available! You can go to You can order it from . Anna’s recipes are in her cookbooks, website, and Substack–they will spice up your day! Don’t forget you can invest in Anna’s Eat Happy Kitchen through StartEngine. Details are at Eat Happy Kitchen. There's a new NSNG® Foods promo code you can use! The promo code ONLY works on the NSNG® Foods website, NOT on Amazon. https://nsngfoods.com/ PURCHASE DIRTY KETO (2024) The documentary launched in August 2024! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie’s fourth documentary in just over five years. Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: Then, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. Additionally, the more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE (2022) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere:
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