Blog — nutrients

Written by Dr Kellyann Petrucci The other day, someone online called me “pretentious” for using the term bone broth instead of simply saying stock or broth. I have to say, it made me laugh. Opinionated, I may be. Stubborn, sure. And sometimes I’m even a little crazy. But pretentious? Uh uh. I don’t call green beans haricots verts, or say courgettes when I mean zucchini. I don’t refer to my pot roast recipe as rustic instead of saying that it’s simple. And I don’t call myself a locavore just because I buy tomatoes at the vegetable stand down the road. I’m...

Written by Damian Kristof The ‘Which Oil When?’ debate can be dated back to the 1960s showdown between butter and margarine. In response to growing concerns about the perceived dangers of animal fats and saturated fats in our diets, the food industry promoted a new range of ‘heart-healthy’ unsaturated fats, coined vegetable oils. These industrial seed oils offered what was believed to be a safer alternative to traditional animal based cooking oils such as butter, tallow and lard, and with that, thousands of people swapped their cooking staples with these new and exciting alternatives. But what actually were these exciting...

   

Written by Casey Thaler It's been a long, rewarding day... Your ancient ancestral tribe of hunter-gatherers have just finished a long overdue, fruitful hunt. Everyone in the tribe is hungry and excited. As you look on, they're harvesting every part of the dead animal.   Mouth-watering muscle and organ meats are taken first. Even things that can't be eaten are scavenged to make clothing, weapons and tools later on. Everything is precious. Nothing is wasted. But what about the parts of the animal too tough to chew? What about those that don't work so well for shelter, weapons or clothing? What about the bones,...