159: Walking on the wild side
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Did you know that we're more bacterial DNA than human DNA, and that we're only as happy and healthy as those beneficial little bugs that live inside of us? Today, we take a walk on the wild side as we explore the beauty and benefits of wild fermentation--along with the bacteria and enzymes that come along with it. Monica Ford, ancestral cuisine educator and the founder of Real Food Devotee, explains in a lively way why fermented foods are fabulous and absolutely essential for good health and a strong microbiome. Monica talks with us not only about how food fermentation started, but what it means for our health and how/why we should reincorporate it into our diet.
She shares her story, including her scrappy attempts at making her first jar of sauerkraut, and how everything evolved from that. Find out just how wild and powerful fermentation can be through this conversation. Who knows, maybe you'll even get inspired to make your own batch of pickles or kombucha at home?!
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| 0:00.0 | I'll tell you it's amazing how people can heal from these serious issues that can't |
| 0:07.5 | necessarily be healed by medicine right now just by food. It makes sense to me because it's something we're exposed to |
| 0:15.4 | every single day we're putting it into our bodies so that's what our body is |
| 0:18.6 | using to remake ourselves but but it does still surprise me. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast, sponsored by the Weston A Price Foundation for |
| 0:36.0 | Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts. |
| 0:39.8 | We're your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 0:47.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Hilda Labrada Gore and this is episode 159. My guest today is |
| 0:56.5 | Monica Ford. Monica is an ancestral cuisine educator and a chef for very busy |
| 1:02.4 | families, celebrities, and athletes. |
| 1:05.0 | Her business is real food devotee, the first traditional foods delivery service in Southern California. |
| 1:11.0 | I met her this summer and I was blown away by how |
| 1:14.6 | delicious her food was and how beautifully sourced. I get why people love it and I |
| 1:20.6 | get why people love Monica. She is so knowledgeable. |
| 1:23.5 | And one of her specialties is food fermentation. |
| 1:26.5 | Today, Monica takes us on a fantastic journey through time |
| 1:30.7 | as she explains how food fermentation started, what it means for our health, and why |
| 1:36.0 | we got away from it. |
| 1:37.8 | She shares how we benefit when we add more live fermented foods to our diet, and she really gets down to the nitty gritty |
| 1:43.9 | about what wild fermentation really is and how it has the power to heal us. Our |
| 1:49.7 | conversation was recorded as a part of a podcast festival in Baltimore, Maryland this past fall. |
| 1:55.4 | Before we get into the conversation, we want to give a quick thanks to our sponsors |
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