Eat Better Food Today!

On this episode we are grateful to have Ken Counihan. In this episode we'll explore different public and private initiatives to source and distribute healthy foods, with help from the White House, The Rockefeller Foundation, Giant Food, USDA, CDC, Professional Sports, Food Recovery Network, FreshFarm, and many other organizations. 44M people, including 13M children, are food insecure.  #eatbetterf...

On this episode we are grateful to have Kylene Bogden.  Kylene is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Nutrition and is considered a leading expert in the field of Functional Sports Nutrition. She wears many hats, in addition to being a mother, she is the COO of FWDfuel Sports Nutrition and the Performance Dietitian for Cleveland Cavaliers professional basketball team. Over her career, Kylene ha...

On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Leben Tefera.  Dr Tefera, is a staff physician in the Vascular Medicine Section of the Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.  Dr. Tefera is experienced in the medical management of patients with all forms of vascular disease to help them reduce their risk of blood vessel blockages.  Dr. Tefera earned his Doctorate o...

How can you can take steps to live to be a healthy 100+, even 120 years old? On this episode we are grateful to have my wife Kim to help kick off this very important Podcast. We are excited to be sharing insights on why we believe that health and longevity begins with the food we eat. The goal of this Podcast will be To Inspire, Educate and Enable folks to Live a Healthier Life, and do it affordab...

On this episode we are grateful to have Donita Anderson. She is the Executive Director of the North Union Farmers Market.  Donita has created, from nothing in 1995, nine Farmers Markets in Northeast Ohio, to meet the now growing demand for locally grown food, plants, and flowers — all raised using environmentally sustainable methods.  There are more than 300 local, family farms, artisans, and othe...

For the past 25 years Doug Katz has been spreading real joy through his food at Fire, Amba, and Zhug, and his recently announced Kiln. His passion for using fresh, high-quality ingredients with integrity always makes his food outstanding. In this episode we'll explore Doug's inspiration for his restaurants, his staff and of course food's relationship to health and longevity. In this episode we dis...

On this remote episode we are grateful to have Dr Elizabeth Bradley. She is the former Director of the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Functional Medicine.   Dr Bradley is currently the Medical Director of the Advanced Functional Medicine and Longevity Center, and a Medical Consultant to the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.   On this episode we discuss getting to the root cause of chronic disease...

On this episode we are grateful to have Chef Bob Sferra, who has been in the culinary world for over three decades.   He is the chef/owner of his brick and mortar French patisserie, Sophie La Gourmande, which opened in 2022, and the catering company, Culinary Occasions, which opened in 2009.   On this episode we discuss Doing Good, Fresh Ingredients and Movements impact on Longevity, Cooking with...

On this episode we are grateful to have Ben Bebenroth. He is the owner of the Spice Hospitality Group which includes Spice Catering, Spice Acres, Boom Pizza and the Cleveland Cavaliers player nutrition program. Ben also has a non-profit with his wife Jackie - Spice Field Kitchen – where he teaches elementary kids about food at his farm (8,500 students and counting). On this episode we'll cover wid...

On this episode we are grateful to have Celina Cunanan and one of her patients, Nevada. Nevada is a cancer survivor and battles Type 2 Diabetes. Her A1C numbers are down after her Food for Life experience at University Hospitals, and she now knows how to better cook for herself and her six children. Celina is the Chief Diversity, Equity and Belonging Officer at University Hospitals and has been wo...

On this episode we are grateful to have Dr. Betul Hatipoglu. Dr Hatipoglu is currently the Medical Director of the Diabetes & Metabolic Care Center, and the Mary B. Lee Chair in Adult Endocrinology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. She is also a Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Please listen to the end for her final story. In this episode...

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 t...

On this episode we are grateful to have chef Karen Small. Karen has been working with fresh, local ingredients for decades at the Cleveland's Ninth Street Grill, Fulton Avenue Café, Flying Fig, and now at Juneberry and the Pearl Street Wine Market & Café. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #foodismedicine #goodfoodforkids #foodtraditons Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com f...

On this episode we are grateful to have Bob Gorman and Rebecca Rodriguez from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, which is responsible for 35,000 students in 82 schools. Bob is the Executive Director of Nutrition Services at CMSD. Rebecca is the Program Manager of Farm to School at CMSD. Bob was previously at Parma City Schools where he worked with Chef Ben Bebenroth to educate and feed ov...

On this episode we are grateful to have Mark Trapp. Mark and his family have a 30-acre Farm on Route 303, in Peninsula, OH. The Trapp Family Farm is a Countryside Initiative Farm, training interns on site, as part of the New Farmer Academy in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Countryside is a nonprofit organization that the park service established in 1999, to rehabilitate and lease the park's or...

On this episode we are grateful to have Hope Barkoukis, PHD, and Chair, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. Hope is also an Associate Professor at Case and Faculty Lead for the Mandel Wellness and Preventative Care Pathway for Medical students. Prior to joining the faculty, she developed nutrition and wellness programs for Fortune 500 companies and has com...

On this episode we are grateful to have Trevor Clatterbuck. Trevor is the owner of Fresh Fork Market (2008), Wholesome Valley Farm (2015), and Provisions (2016). He is a native of Wheeling, WV, but settled down in northeast OH after attending Case Western Reserve University in 2004. In August 2007, he and four fellow students won a $1,000 prize for developing the business plan that eventually grew...

On this episode we are grateful to have Nathan Rutz. Nathan is the Director of Soil for Rust Belt Riders. He is a graduate of Wabash College where he studied philosophy, chemistry, physics, and biology, and he is a certified Compost Operations Manager, licensed by the US Composting Council. On our previous episodes we have talked a lot about the food we eat and its effect on our health and longevi...

On this episode we are grateful to have Drew Anderson. After a career in banking, Drew co-founded Cleveland Kraut (now called Cleveland Kitchen), in 2014 with his brother Mac and brother-in-law Luke Visnic. After a few short years, in 2017, you made the Forbes 30-under-30 list. And in 2022, you won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. You now sell your products in about 16,000 stores...

On this episode we are grateful to have Brandon Chrostowski. Brandon envisioned and established in 2007, EDWINS, whose mission is to give formerly incarcerated individuals a foundation in the hospitality industry while providing a support network necessary for successful re-entry into the workforce. Brandon is a classically trained chef and sommelier, who honed his skills at fine dining establishm...

On this episode we are grateful to have Sara Continenza, Executive Director of Food Strong. Sara was a member of the Peace Corps in West Africa, holds a Masters in Public Administration, and serves as Ward 3 Councilwoman in South Euclid. She has been the Executive Director for Food Strong since 2018, founded to support health equity, food access, environmental stewardship, community beautification...

On this episode we are grateful to have Kristin Warzocha, President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. She became CEO in 2014 and has been with the Food Bank since 2000. She leads efforts to engage the community in the work of the Food Bank where over 51M pounds of nutritious food, of which 20M is fresh local farm produce, supports 400,000 people (or 25% of the people in a six county area...

On this remote episode we are grateful to have Lloyd Noble, whom I met while visiting Paris. At the time, Lloyd was working at a great restaurant, Bistrot Paul Chene, and spoke fluent French and English. His father was from the US, where he visited often, and mother from Paris, where he grew up. Our conversation about food, gratefully, led to this conversation today. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity...

On this remote episode we are grateful to have Fred and Jamie Peterson. Fred and Jamie are the father-son team at Peterson Winery, where they have been producing wine in Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma for 37 years with an old-world winemaking philosophy and a reverence for sustainable farming. The Peterson approach is to capture the essence of vintage and vineyard—a philosophy they call Zero Manipulat...

On this episode we are grateful to have Alison Patrick. Alison is an experienced manager leading the charge for early childhood and K-12 nutrition and health. She has a passion for cultivating authentic relationships and leveraging existing community assets to improve the policies, systems, and structures that create opportunities for improvements for the health of our children. Highlights from ou...