The Appropriate Omnivore with Aaron Zober

To Your Health Sprouted Flour owner and founder Peggy Sutton pays a visit to the show. To Your Health is a leader in sprouted flours and sprouted grains. Peggy explains that sprouted grains are what we used to bake with before the Industrial Revolution. She talks about the different varieties of flours and grains offered by her company, including ones for people that have wheat allergies or gluten...

Children's book author Suanne Hastings makes a visit to the Appropriate Omnivore to discuss how she deals living with soy allergies. Soy is found in more than just fake meats and milk. Ingredients such as soy lecithin are used to process everything from breads to desserts. Plus animals in feedlots are given soy as part of their diet. Suanne talks about how she has to carefully read labels in the s...

Reflex Performance owner and personal trainer Tom Legath pays a visit to the show to talk about not only what type of diet is best to maintain optimal health, but also what is the best type of exercise to engage in. Tom explains his support of a nutrition based along the Weston A. Price/paleo guidelines. He also weighs on in all of the different types of workouts from running to weights to kettleb...

Dee McCaffrey, founder of Processed Free America and author of the recent book The Science of Skinny, makes a return visit to the show to talk about fats and oils. Dee gets into the science of what fats and oils are healthy to consume and which ones you should stay clear from. Dee also tells you how you can avoid the bad fats when eating at restaurants.

Rory Odell, general manager of the recently opened Burger Lounge in Beverly Hills, stops by The Appropriate Omnivore. Rory talks about how the Burger Lounge is sustainable from the farms they pick their food from to go to their restaurants to the compost and bio diesel trucks that leave the restaurants. Rory also talks about specials that the Burger Lounge will be offering and plans for expansion...

It's the first show of July, where we celebrate our independents -- as in independently owned businesses. The first topic tackled on the Appropriate Ominivore is soft drinks. As the food industry is heavily dominated by companies like Coca Cola and Pepsi, Hannah Crum of Kombucha Kamp talks about why kombucha is a great alternative beverage. Hannah also talks about why you should include more ferme...

Kangen Water nutritionist Isabel Charleston has the knowledge and passion to tell you why it's important to avoid genetically modified foods and support the upcoming proposition in November for mandatory GMO labeling. Isabel and Aaron share their experience of the campaign so far and their experience of where you can find foods that are non-GMOs.

The Appropriate Omnivore is joined by Transition to Green founder Diana Brandt, as well as Terry Kubar who serves on the T2G board with Aaron. The trio talks about their three very different dietary backgrounds. From Aaron's appropriate omnivorism to Terry's veganism to Diana's diet falling somewhere in between, they find that they actually share many similar views on what they consider real food....

Dee McCaffrey joins the Appropriate Omnivore and gives her definition of processed foods. She talks about the dangers of refined sugar and what alternatives can be used in its placed. Dee also explains how she first got interested in living a healthy lifestyle and founded the organization known as Processed Free America, as well lets the listeners know about her upcoming book The Science of Skinny...

After The Appropriate Omnivore appeared on the Good Green Witch an hour earlier, the table are turned and now Aaron interviews Rhonda DeFelice. They continue discussing why some bans are good (the plastic bag ban), some bans are bad (sugary drinks, foie gras, trans fats), and some bans fall in between (the fur ban). Aaron and Rhonda also talk about where these bad bans could lead and what should b...

The final show for Meat Lovers May gets down to the issue of whether cholesterol is really responsible for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer and many other illnesses. To shed some light on the issue is Chris Masterjohn, a grad student at the University of Connecticut, who is pursuing a Ph. D. in nutritional sciences with a concentration in biochemical and molecular nutrition. Chris is also s...

Meat Lovers May continues as we talk to Stanley Fishman, author of the books Tender Grassfed Meat and Tender Grassfed Barbecue, as we learn the best way to cook grassfed meats. Stanley shares his story about how he discovered the Weston A. Price Foundation and pastured beef. Stanley gets into the best things to marinate grass fed meat with. He also talks about cooking other types of meat, such as...

It's the first show of Meat Lovers May as Luis Quismorio makes a visit to the Appropriate Omnivore. Luis is President & CEO of the Figueroa Produce Market, the local natural food store in Aaron's neighborhood of Highland Park. Luis talks about how he's able to keep prices on organics affordable and why grassfed beef and raw milk are superior to their conventional counterparts. He also talks about...

The Appropriate Omnivore is joined Ryan Mason of The Bu Kombucha as the two discuss one of the best things you can drink -- kombucha. Ryan tells listeners the story behind his relatively new SoCal kombucha company, where to find out, and the future of The Bu. Aaron and Ryan also get into how they've both been able to drink more kombucha in place of beverages like pop, coffee, and beer.

Kimberly Hartke, publicist for the Weston A. Price Foundation, makes a visit to the show. She discusses all of the great recources the WAPF offers in terms of what's real food and where you can get it. Kimberly also talks about current campaigns being run on Facebook, such as Red Meat Won't Kill You and Soy Alert.

Aaron brings on Jason Jones, President of Vital Farms, which produce some of the most sustainable eggs available in supermarkets across the country. Jason and Aaron share their views on why pastured eggs are the best eggs to eat and what the difference is between pastured and free range. Jason also talks about how Vital Farms being located in Austin has been the perfect city for his business.

Aaron is joined by Anet Aguilar, who's been out there working hard to get an initiative on the California ballot that would require all GMO foods to be labeled. Anet talks about how GMOs affect not just the U.S., but also Mexico, as corn is a staple food there. The two, having learned about genetically modified corn from very different backgrounds, share their knowledge on the issue and let the li...

The Appropriate Omnivore is joined by the Kombucha Mamma, Hannah Crum. Hannah talks about her business Kombucha Kamp and the two get into why kombucha and other types of fermented foods are great to consume. They also discuss more ways to go back to the way we used to eat by including things like raw milk, sprouted foods, and of course, grass beef back into our diets.

Good Green Witch Rhonda, DeFelice and the Appropriate Omnivore discuss the greenwashing they've both witnessed in the environmental world from so-called earth friendly products that are packaged in plastic to natural foods made from some unnatural ingredients. They also share what they saw at the Natural Products Expo from the good to the bad. And Aaron and Rhonda get into how vegalicism involves...

Graham Meriwether, director of the documentary American Meat, speaks of his experiences going across the country visiting farms with pastured animals. He also talks about how his film is unique as far as content and the way it's been released without going the festival route. In addition, Graham lets people know about his organization Leave It Better, which provides community gardens to the youth...

It's the Appropriate Omnivore and the Angry Omnivore (Johnny Dam) sharing why they both think the world isn't suitable for the vegangelical dream of abolishing animal products. They get into how abstaining from eating animals could lead to scenarios where we're competing for crops or our vegetables lack the needed nutrients that come from animal fertilizers. And they propose more sustainable solut...

Adam Rinella, General Manager of the Burger Lounge in West Hollywood, joins Aaron Zober to explain how his restaurant has been successful by offering burgers and other foods made with more sustainable and healthy ingredients. He also gets into Burger Lounge obtaining a liquor license and serving great southern California craft beer.

With only a couple days until the Weston A. Price Foundation's Wise Traditions Conference in Atlanta, Aaron Zober interviews his final guest for the Speaker Series. Joann Grohman has been raising backyard cows for most of her life and has written the book "Keeping a Family Cow". Joann explains how much space you need to raise a cow in your backyard and the benefits you'll get, such as obtaining fr...

With less than 2 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's Wise Traditions Conference in Atlanta, Aaron Zober invites Pure Indian Foods founder Sandeep Agarwal to talk about his Butterworld exhibit that will premier at the Conference. Butterworld gives a history of butter, containing artifacts from the 17th-20th century, including various churns and a cream separating bottle. For the Wise...

With less than 3 weeks to go until the Weston A. Price Foundation's Wise Traditions Conference in Atlanta, Aaron Zober brings on the debaters for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense FundRAISER Dinner. For the Fundraiser dinner in Atlanta this year, there’s an extra bonus of a Lincoln/Douglas style debate on whether the federal government should mandate labeling of genetically modified organisms on...