Do You Need to Explain Your Food Choices?

Holiday get-togethers can be dicey, even uncomfortable, for those of us who eat a “weird” diet. Everyone has an opinion or a biting remark. As tempting as it might be, you can’t just holler, “I’m not weird, YOU’RE weird. I’M eating a SPECIES-APPROPRIATE DIET!” in Aunt Martha’s face when she tries once again to put a biscuit on your plate.

You have to say something though, right? Or do you? When do you have to explain your food choices?

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From the Archives: How to Transition Away from Vegetarianism

I get a fair amount of emails from vegetarian readers asking how to start eating meat again after a period of vegetarianism or veganism. Although they see the health benefits of reclaiming omnivorism, they’re hesitant about the transition itself. As you all know, I have a number of vegetarians in my life, and there are many present and active in our MDA community. I empathize with the thinking that goes into their commitment, but I choose to eat meat and obviously encourage others to do the same for the sake of optimum health.

I’ve found their concerns generally fall into four areas that I’ll label taste, digestion, morality, and psychology. For all the vegetarians out there interested in rejoining the omnivorous side, let me take up your concerns and offer some Primal-minded suggestions.

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Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Soufflé

There’s just something cozy about autumn aromas coming from the oven by day, culminating with a steaming plate of home-cooked comfort food. Even if you’re laying low for the holidays this year, you can re-create your favorite family recipes that bring you back home with every bite. No Thanksgiving spread is complete without sweet potatoes or yams, and this Gluten Free Sweet Potato Soufflé Recipe delivers the creamy, sweet experience with a fraction of the sugar that traditional recipes call for.

Here’s how to make it.

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Exclusive Screening: Watch Sacred Cow, Free This Week

At our grocery stores and dinner tables, even the most thoughtful consumers are overwhelmed by the number of considerations to weigh when choosing what to eat—especially when it comes to meat. Guided by the noble principle of least harm, many responsible citizens resolve the ethical, environmental and nutritional conundrum by quitting meat entirely. But can a healthy, sustainable and conscientious food system exist without animals?

Sacred Cow probes the fundamental moral, environmental and nutritional quandaries we face in raising and eating animals. In this film project, we focus our lens on the largest and perhaps most maligned of farmed animals, the cow.

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Let's Have a Seat at the Same Table, with Riley Rees

Our guest this week is Riley Rees, founder of Sofia Health, a platform that aims to make holistic health and wellness care more accessible to the normal consumer. Sofia Health is an online destination for health and wellness services. Using this platform, practitioners can list their services, manage their business, and engage with their clients online. Additionally, clients can search for services and connect with practitioners anytime, anywhere. In the age of telehealth, we love seeing platforms come to life that are aimed at helping clients find the help they are so desperately searching for. In today’s episode, we discuss the current healthcare system and why it isn’t great for chronic conditions, the disconnect between how health coaches and practitioners market themselves versus how potential clients are searching for them, the idea of insurance as a crutch, and the Sofia Health platform itself. We believe that this episode will be inspiring for both the aspiring health coach and the practicing health coach alike. We hope you enjoy it!

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