Balanced Bites Podcast: Episode #26
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Episode #26
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Topics:
#1. Clearing up some “Useful Guides” recommendation confusion on sweeteners, fats & cooking fats.
#2 Yersinia bacterial infection.
#3. Are soaked/fermented/sprouted grains okay?
#4. Effective female mass gain?
#5. How to take Betaine HCl.
#6. An oil for skin when coconut oil isn’t enough?
#7. Is there a Paleo version of the BRAT diet?
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#1. Clearing up some “Useful Guides” recommendation confusion on sweeteners, fats & cooking fats.
So I was telling a friend about you, your books, your podcasts (which I enjoy). She is overweight and was planning on contacting you to hire you if possible because she trusts me and knows I won’t misguide her. BUT, she did some research (thanks to Dr. Google) and here’s the email I just got from her:
Dear (friend), So I was looking at Diane’s website and her pdf guides am kinda shocked at the bad information in them. She recommends agave nectar in her sweeteners guide. Then in her fats and oils guide she recommends “saturated fats” for cooking (even though butter, tallow, lard, and coconut oil also contain polyunsaturated AND monounsaturated fats), and unsaturated fats (including sesame, walnut, pecan, flaxseed, and macadamia nut oil) for salad dressings or non-heated dishes. I’m not sure if I understand why she would recommend nut and seed oils AT ALL when you can get those fats from eating the nuts and seeds themselves right? This is so confusing and now I’m not so sure with her. And what’s with all the bacon pushing?
She also lists the “smoke points” of all the oils, and as it turns out that all the unsaturated fats have a HIGHER smoke point than all the saturated fats. If she is using “smoke point” as an explanation for why you should cook with saturated fats and only use unsaturated fats when they are non-heated, then shouldn’t it be the other way around? If olive oil has a higher smoke point than butter, tallow, lard, and coconut oil, shouldn’t we be cooking with olive oil and not cooking with butter? I don’t get it.
#2 Yersinia bacterial infection.
Thank you for a great podcast, I enjoy every episode 
I’m wondering if you could talk about your take on how to best recover from a parasite and bacterial infection?
I was diagnosed with a yersinia bacterial infection and an unknown parasite infection in September/October. My doctor put me on Olive leaf extract (4 capsules a day) to beat the yersinia infection and probiotics, he did not give me anything for the parasite. I’ve taken the olive leaf extract for about 3 months, but I recently stopped on doctors orders. My last stool test to see if I still have the parasite was negative, I’ve not been retested for the yersinia infection.
Since I stopped the olive leaf extract some of my symptoms are back… My digestion does not work as well any more, is that a sign that I’ve not completely beat the yersinia infection? Or perhaps I have some other dysbyosis? I’m still taking the probiotics.
I’m thinking about doing the GAPS diet. What do you think about it? Thank you! Tiril
Notes:
#3. Are soaked/fermented/sprouted grains okay?
One of the most important books I read in my journey to better health was Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon, which has grains and legume preparation and recipes, so I’m wondering if grains and legumes are prepared properly, soaking for twelve hours or more and then sprouting or slow cooking, are they really still bad for your body?
#4. Effective female mass gain?
I LOVE eating the paleo way, don’t do bread/rice/pasta/nuts/seeds, I eat TONNES of avocados/good fats and eat my fair share of protein but I do want to build some bigger muscle mass and struggle to make any gains eating paleo even with the heavy workouts – any thoughts on how I can change my food to help?
#5. How to take Betaine HCl.
Betaine HCl…should I be taking it immediately before, during or after eating? Perhaps some combination, like during and after?
#6. An oil for skin when coconut oil isn’t enough?
Beauty question – coconut oil is not strong enough for my dry skin in the winter. is there anything else I can use on my body, not my face, to help with winter dry skin?
#7. Is there a Paleo version of the BRAT diet?
Cheers!
Diane & Liz
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Tags: betaine HCl, BRAT diet, fermented grains, mass gain, SIBO, skincare, WAPF, yersinia