Balanced Bites Podcast: Episode #4

September 20, 2011

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Balanced Bites Podcast

Episode #4

Announcements: Upcoming Practical Paleo Seminars in 2011
October 1, CrossFit Excel – Manteca, CA
November 12, CrossFit ACT – Saddle Brook, NJ

Diane & Liz have a discussion of fats & oils, proper oils for cooking and why, irrelevance of smoke point to a degree, rancid oils, trans-fats and Omega 3 supplementation. [6:20]

#1: Heavy cream/fish calming to the mind. [30:32]
#2: Incorporating more healthy fats for a picky-eater child. [32:50]
#3: Coffee/Caffeine and Paleo [41:50]
#4: Anorexia & Low-Carb High-Fat Paleo [55:35]

Note: The episodes are now available in iTunes as well and we’ll work on other feed services soon! Until then, the RSS feed link is available from the Blog Talk Radio page here. We’re using the “Notes” after each question to link to any relevant/additional information or items we mention in our responses on the podcast and say we’ll link to, but those are not anywhere near the extent of the answers we’re supplying… just so you’re clear on that!

Diane & Liz have a discussion of fats & oils, proper oils for cooking and why, irrelevance of smoke point to a degree, rancid oils, trans-fats and Omega 3 supplementation. [6:20]

Notes: Ranking of Common Cooking Fats (Balanced Bites Chart in this post), Dr. Kurt Harris: archevore.com, Chris Kresser: ChrisKresser.com, Chris Masterjohn: Cholesterol-and-health.com
Books referenced: ”Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill” and “Know Your Fats”
Products: Coconut Oil, PureIndianFoods.com Grassfed Ghee;
WildernessFamilyNaturals.com soybean-oil-free mayo

#1 Heavy cream/fish calming to the mind.

Niko asks: Why does heavy cream or fish balance my spirits when I’m totally stressed in mind and loss of orientation? When I’m feel very confused and I eat fish or heavy cream or similar I get balanced in mind.

Notes: Nora Gedgaudas, “Primal Body, Primal Mind.”

#2: Incorporating more healthy fats for a picky-eater child.

Amy asks: First, thanks for the great website! I have been following Everyday Paleo and Robb Wolf for a while now, but stumbled across your site yesterday and I just love it! I listened to your first two podcasts in one sitting today

My question is about getting healthy fats into my avocado-, coconut-, nut-hating son. I have four kids (14 yr girl, 11 yr boy, 9 yr girl, and 22 mo girl), and for the last 4 years I was an ovo-lacto vegetarian. I cooked mainly vegetarian meals for the family, and added in some form of meat a couple of times a week for the husband and older kids.I realized vegetarianism was making me (and my family) very unhealthy, so I made the switch to paleo about a month ago. I am totally loving it! The husband and the girls are all happy, but my son… not so much. He is a carb-addict like I was and is still a little upset with me for taking away his bread and brownies.I am lucky enough to be able to find local sources of pastured beef and free-range chicken and eggs. I cook with coconut oil and add it — and flaxseed oil– to our coconut milk fruit smoothies. The girls all eat almond butter, nuts, and avocados. My son loves the meat and eggs aspect of the paleo lifestyle, and he is putting up with the added vegetables, but I am worried that he is not getting enough fat.

So, how can I incorporate more healthy fats into his diet? Should I try sneaking avocados in to his smoothies? Do you think he is getting enough just through limited consumption of coconut oil, eating pastured and free-range meats, and eggs?

Thanks for all your great wisdom!
Amy

Notes: RealMilk.com

#3: Coffee/Caffeine and Paleo

Jami asks: ”Where, if anywhere does coffee/caffeine fit in the paleo world? How to break the addiction?? Especially if it relieves one’s constipation? Inquiring minds want to know…”

Notes: licorce root tea, dandelion tea

#4: Anorexia & Low-Carb High-Fat Paleo

Patrick asks: ”Dear Diane and Liz, I have a friend with anorexia, Doctors say that she must eat carbohydrates and that her fear of carbohydrates is dangerous. She following a Paleo/LCHF-diet. Do you have any ideas about this issue? Many thanks, Patrick”

Notes: EvolutionaryPsychiatry.blogspot.com (Dr. Emily Deans), PaleoPhysiciansNetwork.com

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Cheers!
Diane & Liz

About the author

Diane Sanfilippo BS, Certified Nutrition Consultant, C.H.E.K. Holistic Lifestyle Coach is a New Jersey-based Holistic & Paleo Nutritionist serving clients locally and beyond (US & international) via phone, Skype consultations and nutrition seminars nationwide. Author of “Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle.” Creator of The 21-Day Sugar Detox, a program designed to help you bust sugar and carb cravings in 21 days with the help and support of a community who is all in it together! Co-host of The Balanced Bites Podcast, a weekly radio show about all things health and nutrition.

9 Comments

Primal Toad says:
September 20, 2011 at 8:27 pm

You’re a day early… awesome! I’ll have to download it on my ipad right away!

The sound quality may habe been below average for the first 2 episodes but it was near perfect for episode 3! Danielle and I will have a podcast list on the Primal Unite blog. I guess we shall feature you since you are brand new! Keep it up Diane and Liz!

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- Primal Toad says:
  September 20, 2011 at 8:44 pm
  
  I don’t see episode 4 available on iTunes!
  
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  - Karina says:
    September 20, 2011 at 9:38 pm
    
    I don’t either! Let us know when it’s up and running. Looking forward to it!
    
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    - Diane Sanfilippo says:
      September 21, 2011 at 4:28 am
      
      It’s there now- sometimes iTunes has a delay in reading the feed.
      
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Amy says:
September 21, 2011 at 9:15 am

Thanks so much for answering my question! You gave me lots of great ideas, and I’m running out to try to find coconut butter — too hot for shipping, I think.

I guess I did leave a little info out — I did eat fish on occasion over the last 3 years, and my son and 9-year old daughter looooove fish. I used to buy them the lemon-flavored kids’ DHA supplements, but the price is just too high, and I would rather feed them whole food anyway.

As far as milk goes, my oldest daughter and son both had severe eczema as babies due to milk products. Son grew out of it for the most part, but daughter still breaks out if she eats dairy. We haven’t had actual milk in our house for 10 years, and we switched to raw milk cheese about 6 months before becoming paleo. I was hoping the raw milk aspect would alleviate my daughter’s eczema, but it didn’t.

I do saute vegetables in grass-fed butter once in a while, and think I will purchase some grass-fed ghee and cream next time I go shopping. I have read that ghee, butter, and cream have the lowest casein levels, and I have always thought that the casein is what bothers my kids.

Also, will be removing the flax seed oil from our diets right away!

Thanks again!

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Laura says:
September 21, 2011 at 9:21 am

yes agreed! I do always have to poo or pee when I go to a lake where there is NO bathroom Like always! I’ll even empty my bladder before hand and it’ll still come about. Glad I’m not alone.
Little confused now on what exactly I am to eat on paleo to balance omega 3 omega 6. Sounds kinda like fish,fish, fish and veggies…delicious but not certain of possibility. lol.

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Sue B says:
September 23, 2011 at 9:18 am

I’m liking the podcasts. Any chance you can put on Sticher? I have a few I listen to on my phone app (Robb wolf, Everday paleo, Week in Paleo) each week and would be nice to be able to get there.

Thanks!

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Debby says:
October 13, 2011 at 11:57 am

I have a question about coconut oil. I have read that olive oil is not good to cook with so I moved to coconut oil for cooking, but I bought just what I found in the grocery store and I’m sure it is processed by chemical extraction because it is fairly inexpensive. My husband would kill me if I bought the expensive stuff. (He eats Paleo at home because I do the cooking but other than that he is not drinking the Kool-aid. He has never had a weight issue or allergies so does not see a great reward in eating clean) So my question is, should I even bother with the inexpensive coconut oil? Or should I go back to using olive oil? Is there another inexpensive option?

Thanks!

Debby

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val says:
November 11, 2011 at 8:39 am

Fantastic podcast!! I found your Fats and Oil handout but had not heard the podcast til last night. I am a WAPF chapter co-leader and I handed out your chart at the meeting we had on fats and oils. Question about the rancidity of animal fats; lard, does it go rancid? if so how long? It was used to seal food for preservation in the past (meat pies, coating hams etc) so my guess it is shelf stable and can be stored outside the fridg?? You don’t mention tallow, schmaltz or duck fat. Can you provide me with a brief comment on those for me? We use all of these to get a wide range of fatty acids in our diet.

Do you know of an animation that describes the inflammatory response in the gut caused by oxidized oils?

Again, brillant discussion on a VERY important topic!! You both are very knowledgable and able to explain a complex topic in an easy understandable way. Keep up the great work. I just found your podcasts and am listening to all of them … more than once!

Valerie

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