The science behind food as medicine, and why plant diversity is key to soil, animal, and human health.
How our modern food system has resulted in human’s losing our innate nutritional wisdom.
We overeat ultra processed foods seeking nutrients in which we are deficient; when we eat wholesome foods, flavor guides us to nutritious foods.
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If we take the time to be quiet, still, and curious, there’s an immeasurable amount of knowledge to be gained from our natural surroundings. In watching grazing animals and their food choices, we see they know how to personalize their nutritional intake to eat plants that match their exact needs. Though many of us have lost our innate wisdom to eat intuitively, upping our intake of phytochemicals and reducing processed foods means we can recalibrate our cravings to lean towards what we truly need. Vitamins and minerals often get most of the attention when it comes to eating for nutrient density, but phytochemicals are the real hidden talent for optimizing plant, animal, and human health. Unfortunately, modern agriculture has actually damaged the phytochemical richness of our food, by breeding for yield, appearance, and hardiness. I enjoyed sitting down with Fred Provenza in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy to talk about all this and so much more.
Fred grew up in Salida, Colorado, working on a ranch and attending school in Wildlife
Biology at Colorado State University. He is professor emeritus of Behavioral Ecology in the
Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University where he worked for 35 years,
directing an award-winning research group that pioneered an understanding of how learning
influences foraging behavior and how behavior links soil, plants, herbivores, and humans. He is the author of three books, including Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us about
Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom; Foraging Behavior: Managing to Survive in a World of
Change; and The Art & Science of Shepherding: Tapping the Wisdom of French Herders (co-written with Michel Meuret). He has published over 300 research papers in a wide variety of
scientific journals.
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Yes! Food is Medicine. Period.
Hey Mark it is also the ph of the food sources which determines the ph of the fed item’s ph and then what you then feed it to… too advanced…1 step further…think further away
As much as I love your videos they are hard to watch these days.. that hair on ur face has got to go..lol
You could always close your eyes and imagine whatever level of facial hair you find inoffensive and just listen.
Plants are most complex medicine and we only know a little about. Modern medicine is only a little about those we know.
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For some reason pitch is high and irritating to my ear.
Ya the audio has a echo
The audio/sound quality of this video was really lacking and so distracting I couldn’t finish the video.
I’m 61. Poor diet. Overweight & miserable. After couple of years(early 2000’s) on prednisone I gained a lot of weight & still battle it. I fluctuate btw 162- 187lbs. Help! It’s not comfortable. I’m only 4′ 10”. I have a primary immune deficiency (C.V.I.D.) B cells don’t function properly. I was a skinny kid. Growing up my mom cooked almost every night. Well rounded meals, no dessert and the junk food draw was locked(padlocked!) after dinner. I averaged between 95 lbs. – 115 lbs. throughout my teens into 20’s. At 27 I was 100 lbs. when I got pregnant. Before I knew I was pregnant I had several recurring dreams where I went to diner’s searching for the best tuna fish sandwich up & down the east coast. The kicker is I hate fish. I gag at the smell of seafood. I craved seafood throughout my entire pregnancy. I ate fish, mussels, etc. My baby needed it. My taste buds allowed me to eat what she needed & I lacked! That’s a true pregnancy craving. I gained 54 lbs. total. She weighed 9lbs. & 22 1/2 ” long. 3 days after her birth I was 121 lbs. Since her birth I haven’t touched a bit of seafood. The Native American Indians stressed to us about the connection we have to the plants animals & land. We ignored their wisdom. Earth will survive & thrive again. I hope Mother Earth, Father Sky & the Universe plan to have us humans’ hang around for another few million years or more?
Is it true that our appendix was used long ago to digest plants and grasses? Not eating those plants and grasses anymore is probably why it’s as small as it is and we can get along without one.
Whomever did the sound levels on this needs to find another job. Too much hissing!!
Over fed and undernourished, so sad.
Your guest was a little hard to hear. Needed to speak into microphone. Good interview.
Excellent interview. I look forward to the new book by his friend “King Kong” plant based. Indeed, there is a lot of money behind the so called plant based movement. I am no longer a vegan. Meat eating, sun loving, nature boy Paul Saladino is amazing, and Daniel Vitalis is wonderful, too. wild foods forging. We have not had a lawn in 40 years, no regrets. Lawns are the thing of the past. uggggnnnnnhhhhhhhhh Yes, vegans can be bullies and mean spirited, militant, too. Its such a turn off. Wild and/or organic fresh Meat is NOT harmful.
AND, even as an adult, I drink fresh goat’s milk. We have a goat arm nearby. Fred Provenza’s beard is beautiful!!! He’s so handsome, too