220: Sarah Ballantyne - Paleo Is Almost A Plant-Based Diet • Prioritize Sleep • AIP 101
The Jesse Chappus Show
Jesse Chappus
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🗓️ 27 February 2018
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Ballantyne, Ph.D. (a.k.a. The Paleo Mom) is a New York Times Bestselling author, the blogger behind the award-winning blog The Paleo Mom, and cohost of the top-rated and syndicated podcast, The Paleo View.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Sarah's new 6 and a half pound book... Paleo Principles
- Sarah's health started to decline when she was 7
- Healing on the paleo diet
- Just cutting out the carbs... isn't the answer
- The paleo diet is almost a plant-based diet
- Plant foods are not as calorically dense vs animal foods
- There's nutrients we get from plant foods that we can't get from animal foods and vice versa
- Grains and legumes are pretty empty calories and contain compounds that negatively impact our health
- The science shows that humans are omnivores
- AIP (autoimmune protocol) 101
- Everyones chronic illness has inflammation as part of the pathology
- Pick vegetables over grains for the win
- Elimination and challenge is the gold standard when it comes to identifying food reactions
- Why Sarah's not a fan of the ketogenic diet
- Not eating a few hours before bed is important for sleep quality
- Consuming breakfast means better food choices throughout the day
- Intermittent fasting isn't all it's cracked up to be
- There's a tendency to want to go more and more extreme with our dietary choices
- Getting enough sleep is more important than the foods you eat
- You need to prioritize sleep
- Everyone needs a bedtime (grown ups too)
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Related links:
Sarah Ballantyne - Paleo Principles (book)
The Paleo Mom (Sarah's website)
Follow Sarah Ballantyne of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
The Paleo View (Sarah's podcast)
The Healing Kitchen - Alaena Haber & Sarah Ballantyne (cookbook)
Sarah Ballantyne - The Paleo Approach (book)
Sarah Ballantyne - The Paleo Approach Cookbook
Dr. Loren Cordain - The Paleo Diet (website)
Dr. Loren Cordain - The Paleo Diet (book)
Robb Wolf - The Paleo Solution (book)
Listen to Robb Wolf previously on TUHP (episode #145)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Carbohydrates need to be so low on a ketogenic diet and protein actually needs to be quite low. |
| 0:05.6 | It is incredibly difficult to get that level of fiber required to support a healthy and diverse gut microbiome. Hello and |
| 0:25.0 | we are here on a week, Jesse Chappas here with Marnie Wasserman, |
| 0:28.0 | and we are here on a weekly basis to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:31.0 | This week our featured guest is Sarah Ballanteen. She's a |
| 0:34.4 | PhD also known as the paleo mom. She's a New York Times best-selling author, |
| 0:39.6 | the blogger behind the award-winning blog The Paleo mom, and co-host of the top-rated and |
| 0:44.8 | syndicated The Paleo View Podcast. |
| 0:47.4 | I first came across Sarah a couple years ago when I was doing the AIP diet. |
| 0:52.0 | I got a hold of a few of Sarah's books especially her cookbook and I fell in love |
| 0:56.2 | with the recipes and ever since I've been following Sarah so I am so happy that she |
| 1:00.9 | had a chance to be on our podcast and we got a chance to really talk about |
| 1:04.7 | not only her depth of knowledge in the world of paleo, but we also get into what AIP is and so many other things. |
| 1:10.9 | So here is some of the juice on today's podcast. We talk about |
| 1:14.4 | how the paleo diet is almost a plant-based diet, why Sarah isn't a fan of the |
| 1:18.9 | ketogenic diet, why it's important to stop eating a few hours before you go to bed? |
| 1:23.5 | How intermittent fasting isn't all it's cracked up to be and getting enough sleep is more important than any of the foods you eat. |
| 1:30.2 | Sarah is very passionate about quality sleep. |
| 1:34.0 | So lots of great information in today's episode. |
| 1:36.0 | Here we go with Sarah Ballanteen. |
| 1:38.0 | Hi Sarah, welcome to the show. |
| 1:40.0 | How are you today? |
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