Wise Traditions

There are still people on the earth in perfect health--who don't know what a headache is, who don't experience insomnia, period pain, depression, or anxiety. Dr. Mary Ruddick is traveling the globe to find them and learn from their traditional health ways, to see how we might apply the protective mechanisms to our own health. Today, she tells stories related to her travels throughout Africa, the Blue Zones, and remote regions of the world. She discusses her observations, both from traditions kept and others, lost. She also tells her own health journey and how the work of WAPF and the GAPS diet helped her recover after years of being bedridden. Finally she tells us about a project she is putting into place to help children stick close to their ancestral diets. Visit her website: enableyourhealing.com & cows4kids.com Sign up for the Lunch Leader Training Academy Rate and review our podcast Check out our sponsors: Redmond Real Salt and Paleo Valley

Glyphosate residues are in our food, air, and water. How can we combat this carcinogenic toxin? And could it be contributing to our current global health crisis? Dr. Stephanie Seneff, an MIT scientist, has been studying the effects of glyphosate for decades. Today, she highlights glyphosate's role in respiratory illnesses (including COVID), how its presence in bio-fuels is contaminating our air, and what a glyphosate map overlaid with COVID cases reveals. Stephanie also talks about what we can do to lessen glyphosate's effects on us – from Epsom salt baths to nutrient-dense foods, to sunlight and grounding. She also offers an idea for an overall solution for preventing glyphosate contamination. Pre-order Stephanie's upcoming book at chelseagreen.com. Order the WAPF free info pack. Check out our sponsors: Redmond.Life & Earth Runners Rate and review our podcast.

Can we benefit from drinking seawater? Water expert Robert Slovak says "Yes!" Robert is a mechanical, aeronautical, and astronautical engineer best known for his decades of research, exploring a variety of waters: hydrogen-rich water, deuterium depleted water (DDW), and seawater. Today, Robert focuses on seawater, a world-famous medicine, hidden in plain sight. For most of the twentieth century, seawater was considered a medicine. It was even imported and used to treat tuberculosis in children's hospitals in the USA. Robert makes a case for including seawater in our diets today, because of its mineral-rich composition, noting that it is the only aqueous solution that contains the entire periodic table! Robert explains how to get the therapeutic benefits: he covers the amount we should drink, and where it should be sourced. Visit his website: waterandwellness.com Become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Check out redmond.life and paleovalley.com. Find out about upcoming events on our website: westonaprice.org.

When doctors are stymied by a patient's case, they often label the patient "difficult." What can you do when that label has been put on you? Dr. Cynthia Li, author of "Brave New Medicine," understands where you're coming from. Because it happened to her, too. A functional medicine physician, she once was labeled "difficult" while dealing with a debilitating auto-immune condition. Today, she describes her own personal journey to health, and how she had to shift her paradigm from one of relying on external authorities and rationality, to moving toward embracing intuition, instinct, and ancestral wisdom. She discusses the importance of "not trying harder but trying differently." And how, for her, true healing came as she pursued connecting with herself on a profound level. Visit Cynthia's website: cynthialimd.com Check out our upcoming WAPF events. Rate and review our podcast. Join our email list. See our online store.

Is there any "up" side to all that's happened this past year? What lessons have we learned along the way? Joel Salatin, the man behind Polyface Farms in Swoope, VA, is an author, speaker, and a leader in the regenerative farming movement. Today he dares to suggest that we examine what has happened and our role in it. What are we doing to nurture good health? What has been the impact of the restrictions, locally and globally? And what can we expect next? Joel asks important questions and offers common-sense advice on where to go from here. Check out Joel's website: polyfacefarms.com Like and follow our new Facebook page: Wise Traditions Become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation Order a USB drive full of podcasts! Join the WAPF email list!

We are movement-deficient in this era of conveniences as close as the click of a mouse or a word to Alexa. Author and speaker Katy Bowman of "Move your DNA" and "Grow Wild" offers insights on how we got this way and what we can do to reverse the trend. She suggests that we make small environmental changes (like limiting screen time, switching positions when we are on our computers, and more) that can help each of us integrate more movement into our lives. She also makes a strong case for diversity of movement, and she explains how that nourishes our body in ways we might not have expected. Visit Katy's website: nutritiousmovement.com. Donate to the Weston A. Price Foundation. Order a free info pack. Rate and review the podcast. Get on our email list.

If cooking isn't your strong suit, where should you start? Gretchen Hackmann Adler invites us to gain confidence in the kitchen, as she shares her own cooking journey. She is the founder of the health and lifestyle group: Gretchy. Today, she shares her successes and flops and reminds us that cooking is a journey. She talks about what matters most when just getting going, how to cultivate your children's craving for real food, the importance of a growing awareness of how processed foods make you feel, the role of cookware in the kitchen, and more. Her practical, down-to-earth advice ("the more you do it, the easier it'll get") is designed to empower and encourage each of us along the way. Check out Gretchen's course: How to Create a Nourishing Kitchen or follow her on Instagram: @gretchy Donate to the Weston A. Price Foundation. Order a free info pack. Rate and review the podcast. Get on our email list.

Salt has had a bad rap for a while now. But avoiding it can lead to nausea, headaches, depression, and more. In actuality, salt is essential for good health. Darryl Bosshardt, of Redmond's Real Salt, is a salt expert who has studied salt and minerals his whole life. Today, he explains what natural, well-sourced salt in the diet can do for us. He explains how salt, one of the world's most prized foods, got its bad reputation in the first place. And he offers simple steps to ditch the fake stuff (industrialized table salt) and find the real deal that will nourish our bodies well on multiple levels. Visit Darryl's website redmond.life Check out our website: westonaprice.org Become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation Order our free info pack Rate and review our podcast

Many people around the world are getting COVID injections. But many are also disinclined to do so. Christian Elliot is a personal trainer, and life and health coach and his recent blog post entitled "18 Reasons I Won't Be Getting a COVID Vaccine" has gone viral. It's very well-referenced and fact-based. Today, Christian explains why he wrote this blog and he gives us his top reasons for not getting the jab – including the fact that all three major vaccine candidates cause blood clots, that Fauci himself has admitted that vaccines do not stop transmission or infection, and that there are a large number of adverse vaccine reactions and deaths that are going unreported. Visit Christian's website: truewholehuman.com Become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Request a free info pack. Get a trifold brochure pack. See our coronavirus resource page.

We've been told that there is no treatment, prevention or cure for COVID-19. But some successful protocols that have helped COVID patients have been hidden away. Why is that? Dr. David Brownstein is a board-certified family physician and the Medical Director of the Center for Holistic Medicine in Michigan. He is also the author of "A Holistic Approach to Viruses". Today he shares with us the exact protocols he's used with his patients over the past 28 years to support immune function and effectively fight all kinds of viruses, including SARS CoV2. He explains what he did when governmental censorship tried to quiet his results during the height of the pandemic. In this conversation, he reminds us that we have options when it comes to safeguarding our health and offers hope for the future. Visit his website: drbrownstein.com. Get our free info pack. Rate and review our podcast. Visit our sponsor Chelsea Green Publishing. Check out Bordeaux Kitchen Naturals.