Let Them Eat Dirt: Biohacking Family Nutrition - Andrea Bemis : 1070
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Today, we're delving deep into the importance of dirt, not just as soil beneath our feet, but as a key factor in regenerative agriculture and biohacking. Our guest, Andrea Bemis, is an expert in sustainable organic farming and a passionate advocate for nurturing healthy babies and children. Together, we explore the power of the family dinner and the significance of avoiding harmful chemicals and additives in the food we provide for our kids.
Andrea Bemis, the brilliant mind behind the farm-to-table blog "Let Them Eat Dirt," joins us as our special guest. She has authored remarkable books, "Dishing Up the Dirt" and "Local Dirt," which provide invaluable insights into creating a healthy and nourishing food environment for children. Through our shared belief in empowering kids to make healthier choices, we aim to guide parents away from the junk and chemicals that can harm their children's well-being and towards more sustainable, locally sourced and economical options.
Join us as we share our tips and tales from our own dinner tables, and our top strategies for nourishing your children with whole foods that taste good, too. Welcome, Andrea, to The Human Upgrade.
00:02:07 — Avoiding Processed Foods: Dangers of Heavy Metals & Artificial Sweeteners
• How processed foods can change brain chemistry
• The mistake parents of young children make when it comes to food
• Tips for getting kids to eat diverse foods and flavors
• Logistics of living on a farm
• Benefits of buying from a CSA
• The Baby Food Facts Report findings on sweeteners in baby food
• Heavy metals in baby food
00:21:01 — Healthy, Fast & Economical Recipes for Kids
• Most economical ways to make healthier baby food at home
• Recommended cooking oils for kids and why
• Being mindful of how much kids are snacking
• Not forcing your kid to eat when they’re not hungry
• Andrea’s fast recipe ideas
• How salt impacts babies’ digestive system
• Read: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
00:43:45 — Andrea’s Favorite Sweetener & Farm Life Insights
• Andrea’s favorite sweetener for kids
• Pros and cons of kale
• Finding quality bacon
• The most difficult crops to grow
• Teaching your kids where food really comes from
• Why small farms are so incredibly important & economical
Resources
• Website: dishingupthedirt.com
• Instagram: @andreabemis
• CSA: gotumbleweed.com
• Read: letthemeatdirtkids.com
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| 0:00.0 | Two billion years ago, mitochondria took up residents in your cells, and now they're |
| 0:06.2 | the guys who decide how you feel. |
| 0:08.1 | They sense the environment around you and they do whatever they think will help your |
| 0:11.5 | body survive. |
| 0:13.4 | Your environment tells them what energy to create and that energy drives your willpower, |
| 0:17.7 | your thoughts, your feelings, every breath you take. |
| 0:20.8 | Unfortunately, just about every one over 40 has mitochondrial insufficiency, except maybe |
| 0:27.1 | some of us biohackers. |
| 0:29.0 | We call that aging. |
| 0:30.5 | The good news is that system is totally hackable. |
| 0:33.0 | All you have to do is improve the signals that you send to your mitochondria, which then |
| 0:37.0 | improves how your cells make energy. |
| 0:39.7 | That way you can do a better job of turning air and food into electricity to power yourself. |
| 0:44.8 | One of my favorite mitochondrial hacks is infrared sauna, and you can use a blanket from |
| 0:50.4 | bond charge to do it in a small amount of space. |
| 0:53.1 | The infrared heat gets deep in your tissues to increase mitochondrial function so they |
| 0:57.4 | become more efficient. |
| 0:58.7 | It also helps to detoxify heavy metals that get in the way of your mitochondria working. |
| 1:03.5 | So if you're looking to add infrared to your biohacking stack, try the bond charge infrared |
| 1:08.5 | sauna blanket. |
| 1:09.9 | Go to bondtarge.com-dave-usecode-dave and I'll give you 15% off because you're a listener. |
| 1:15.4 | And thank you. |
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