
Realfoodology
Welcome to the Realfoodology podcast, with your host Courtney Swan. Courtney is a passionate food activist on a mission to heal America’s broken food system. Her show cuts through the noise by tackling the critical issues that impact our health and society as a whole. Each week, join Courtney as she brings together leading voices in food policy, nutrition, sustainability, and wellness to unravel the complexities behind our broken food system, and to simplify how we look at nutrition and food. From debunking misleading health trends to exploring the future of sustainable food systems, Realfoodology equips listeners with actionable insights and empowers them to make informed choices. Whether you’re passionate about healthy living, curious about the politics of food, or simply want to live better, this is your go-to source for conversations that matter. Discover a healthier way to live with Realfoodology. For more info, visit www.realfoodology.com and follow Courtney on Instagram, @realfoodology. NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAYProduced By Wellness Loud.
Latest episodes

Nov 16, 2022 • 1h 4min
Ketamine Assisted Therapy: The Next Level of Healing | Dr. Mike Dow
120: **REALFOODOLOGY PODCAST IS NOW ON YOUTUBE!**On today's episode, we talk all things Ketamine Therapy with Dr. Mike Dow of Field Trip Health. He is a Psychotherapist and Best Selling Author; his latest book is “The Sugar Brain Fix.” At Field Trip, they offer ketamine assisted psychotherapy to help people work through negative thought patterns, depression, anxiety, coping skills and trauma. Topics Covered:
What is Ketamine Therapy?
How long does Ketamine Therapy last?
Does Ketamine Therapy replace all other types of therapy?
Why Ketamine needs to be taken with the help of licensed professionals
Neuroplasticity
Neurotransmitters
The ego
Ketamine and the subconscious
Why Ketamine works better than SSRI’s
Process of Ketamine Therapy
Experiences that people have had with Ketamine Therapy
Risks of Ketamine
Who should and should not take Ketamine
Side effects of Ketamine Therapy
CBT
Why we need to pay attention to brain inflammation
Seed oils and processed foods
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Nov 9, 2022 • 1h 9min
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy & Methylene Blue | Dr. Scott Sherr
119: **REALFOODOLOGY PODCAST IS NOW ON YOUTUBE!**Dr. Scott Sherr is a board-certified internal medicine physician with an additional certification in hyperbaric oxygen medicine. He is the Founder of Integrative HBOT and the COO of Smarter Not Harder (maker of Troscriptions), a nootropic company providing methylene blue. Dr. Sherr is one of the few medical doctors in the country using an integrative approach to hyperbaric care (with targeted lab work, diet, and supplementation) to further advance HBOT’s ability to heal.Topics Discussed:
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hormesis
How to stop an inflammatory response with alternative therapies
BioHacking
Where to use a hyperbaric chamber
Who should and should not use a hyperbaric chamber
What is Methylene Blue
Viruses and Methylene Blue
Nootropics
Benefits of Nicotine
Why Vaping and Cigarette
Brain fog
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Nov 2, 2022 • 1h 3min
Getting Healthy at a Cellular Level | Dr. Bill Rawls
118: **REALFOODOLOGY PODCAST IS NOW ON YOUTUBE!**Bill Rawls, MD, graduated from Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest He was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in his mid-forties. He developed insomnia, fatigue, joint pain, muscle pain, and all the symptoms that collectively pointed toward fibromyalgia. Looking for answers he started searching outside conventional medicine. For the past 15 years, he has extensively studied the science behind herbal therapies and new sustainable approaches for protecting health.Today, Dr. Rawls shares the revelations that helped him and thousands of others reclaim their lives. Dr. Rawls is a leading expert in integrative health and Medical Director of Vital Plan, a holistic health and herbal supplement company in Raleigh, NC. He is the best-selling author of Unlocking Lyme, and his most recent book, The Cellular Wellness Solution: Tap Into Your Full Health Potential with the Science-Backed Power of Herbs. Topics Covered:
Advantages and disadvantages with acute care
Issues with western medicine
Pharmaceuticals
Fixing your body at a cellular level
What is healing?
How to slow down aging
Dormant microbes
Parasites and microbes
Germ Theory
What is aging?
Benefits of herb
Best herbs to start taking today
How to reduce stress at a cellular level
Red light therapy
Ancestral health and longevity
Environmental toxins
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Oct 26, 2022 • 1h 16min
Glyphosate, GMO's and How to Navigate the Food System | Zach Bush MD
117: **REALFOODOLOGY PODCAST IS NOW ON YOUTUBE!**Today's guest is a very special one for me. Zach Bush has been on my list of guests to interview since I started this podcast and I am so excited to share this episode with you. If you don't know who Zach Bush is, he is a physician specializing in internal medicine, endocrinology and hospice care. He is an internationally recognized educator and thought leader on the microbiome as it relates to health, disease, and food systems. Zach is a triple board-certified physician applying the rigor of science, the strength of humanity, and the intelligence of nature to transform the world. He is also the founder of Seraphic Group, Inc. parent company of Biomic Sciences, LLC maker of ION products.Topics Covered:
Can you wash off pesticides?
Soil health
Human immune system
How many microbiomes there are in your body
History of the chemical industry
Pesticides
Salting of fields
GMO crops
Roundup ready crops
Glyphosate and glyphosate toxicity
Cancer
The Dirty Dozen
Clean 15
Crop insurance
US dependency of international agriculture
Hybridization versus genetically modified
Nestle
Solutions and why the future is not so grim
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Oct 19, 2022 • 1h 9min
Healthy, Happy, Sexy | Katie Silcox
116: Katie Silcox, M.A. is the New York Times Best-Selling author of the book Healthy, Happy, Sexy - Ayurveda Wisdom for Modern Women. Holding a Master’s Degree in Hinduism and the Ayurveda Sciences, Katie is an internationally-recognized teacher, mentor to women and inspirer of hearts and minds. She is renowned for her depth of study, her ability to present the complexities of ancient wisdom in a practical, life-affirming manner, as well as her unique capacity to distill the teachings with southern-belle humor and grace.Topics Discussed:
What is Ayurveda
BioHacking
History of Ayurveda
Importance of laughter and joy
Duality of masculine and feminine energy
Yin and Yang
Younger people are having less sex
Loss of rituals in our society
Shadow work
Finding your soul purpose
Emotional triggers
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Oct 13, 2022 • 1h 3min
3 Pillars of Health | Andrea Nakayama
115: Andrea Nakayama is a Functional Medicine Nutritionist, educator, speaker, founder of Functional Nutrition Alliance, and the host/producer of the 15-Minute Matrix podcast. She joins me today to discuss what she calls the 3 Pillars of Health: Genes, Digestion and Inflammation.Topics Discussed:
Shortcomings of the healthcare system
Precision medicine
Epigenetics
Functional self help
Getting back to the basics
Dieting culture
Digestion
Feeding the microbiome
Hashimotos
Inflammation
Autoimmune conditions
Food sensitivity testing vs tracking and understanding
GMO's
Theories behind the rise in autoimmunity
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Oct 5, 2022 • 1h 16min
Living In Harmony with Oneself, Nature, and All Humanity | Chervin Jafarieh
114: Chervin Jafarieh is the founder of Cymbiotika- which means living in harmony within oneself, nature, and all humanity. It is a supplement company grounded on the need to fill in nutritional gaps thanks to our modern industrialized food complex. Chervin and I are very aligned on soil health, the desire to get back to nature for alignment and attunement. We share a similar desire to get the truth to people, no matter how hard it may sound because without truth we are unable to make truly informed decisions about our health and about our lives. Topics Discussed:
Living in the Shadow
Anthroposophy
Biodynamic farming
Breaking down the confusion behind being healthy
Industrialization of food
Immunosenescence
Benefits of removing everything personally, physically and mentally toxic from your life
Epigenetics
Addiction
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Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 2min
Algae and Mitochondria | Catharine Arnston
113: On today's episode we talk all things Mitochondria. Mitochondrial health is something that is being thrown around a lot in the health and wellness space, and today we have Catharine Arnston to break it down for us. Catharine Arnston of ENERGYbits joins me to talk about algae, how it can help improve your mitochondrial health and why we should care so much about it.Topics Discussed:
Macro algae vs. micro algae
Spirulina
Chlorella
What are Mitochondria
How many mitochondria there are in your brain, heart, women’s eggs
Refined carbs
Sugar
Types of antioxidants
What happens if you take Melatonin in the day
Spirulina and Alzheimer’s and other brain disorders
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Sep 21, 2022 • 1h 14min
Healing Adaptogens | Danielle Broida
112: On today's episode, I am joined once again by Danielle Broida of Four Sigmatic. This week she joins us to talk about the healing power of adaptogens and her new book Healing Adaptogens. Topics Discussed:
Functional mushrooms
Dosing
Cacao
Why it’s important to know where your adaptogens are coming from
Properties of adaptogens that make them so powerful
Theobromine
Magnesium
Is matcha an adaptogen?
How to pick the best type of adaptogens
Ayurveda
Safety of adaptogens
How to find the best brands of adaptogens
Bioavailability
Sustainability
Is turmeric an adaptogen?
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Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 12min
Food Lies | Brian Sanders
111: Brian Sanders is the host of the top ranked Nutrition podcast “Peak Human”, Owner of @eatnosetotail and currently working on a docu-series coming soon called Food Lies. You can watch the preview here. You may also know him from his IG @food.lies. He doesn’t sugar coat the truth about food and health, something I really love about him and his message. We talk about how we got to this place where we are blaming modern diseases on foods we have consumed since the dawn of time, what he thinks are the real cause of these chronic diseases, food propaganda, the corrupt food industry and so much more! Topics Discussed:
Pre-diabetes
Insulin resistance
Food pyramid
What we got wrong about red meat
Veganism
Carnivorism
Grains
How grains changed the way humans evolved
History of processed foods
Food marketing
Climate change
How agriculture kills animals too
Energy balance consortium
Importance of building muscle
Healthy state of some indigenous tribes
The Maasai people
Seed oils
Satiety
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