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Re: Parasites! Who’s Inhabiting Your Gut? - Evan Brand #160

Rebecca White — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:16:07 -0000

Yes! This was such a great episode - one of my faves. Please bring back Evan ASAP for part 2 on herbal healing strategies. Big ❤️

Re: Ben Hewitt on Unschooling Ourselves and Our Children

kristin @ petal and thorn — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 21:22:23 -0000

This was refreshing. After listening to a few head-scratching "radical" unschooling podcasts where the parents allow the kids to be on screens all day every day with no limits and see no problem with this (in fact, they heralded their kids' tech obsessions) I was starting to become very disillusioned with the unschooling model. But then I read Ben's book Home Grown, and realized that there are other like-minded unschooling parents out there who do believe in unfettered, free-range learning that embraces nature and natural rhythms. Nature is not optional i nmy opinion. That's why I have distanced myself from the term unschooling recently in favor of my own term- Nature and Community Based Immersion (NCBE for short :)

Re: Parasites! Who’s Inhabiting Your Gut? - Evan Brand #160

Bryan Hardy — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 10:40:50 -0000

Epic talk my friends! I'm gearing up to do a GI map myself to see what sort of critters I've got hanging out.

Great stuff!

Re: Parasites! Who’s Inhabiting Your Gut? - Evan Brand #160

James Bennett — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:02:47 -0000

Wow! This was an extra good episode. Love this show so much! Thanks for getting these amazing discussions out there. After this conversation I literally walked out to my backyard, harvested a bunch of green black walnuts off the tree back there, washed them, and put them in a jar to tincture up. I think candida is behind a lot of my sneaky little issues right now and then moon cycle bit was mind blowing as my cravings, binging, and depression all seem to peak with the full moon.

I am looking for more information on nature immersion and parasympathetic activation. I didn't see anything in the links, any clues? Thanks!

Re: Parasites! Who’s Inhabiting Your Gut? - Evan Brand #160

Chris — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:16:23 -0000

Hey Daniel, do you take any multi-vitamins, and are they even worth it? And if you use them what brand do you use?

Re: The bed cost how much?! - Claus Pummer #84

LAURA GREEN — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:31:42 -0000

Hey Daniel!
Thank you for the awesome info and inspiration! I had a chance to meet with Claus and Denise directly and try out the Samina bed while they were in San Francisco. (It's not that far from where I live in Lake Tahoe/Truckee, CA.) I bought the grounding pads first and my husband and I noticed an immediate difference with our sleep and dream state. These are really worth the cost because they last a LIFETIME so we will never have to replace.

I felt that we would never be able to afford the Samina bed entirely - but I figured we would try to save for it anyway. After months of dealing with extreme back pain and lower disc bulge myself - my husband slipped a disc upon waking up and trying to put on his shoes. We are only 29 and very physically active, healthy and body-aware-people, so I felt it had to have been our bed. We instantly got rid of our old bed and started sleeping on the floor, which helped a little, but we would still wake up stiff in the mornings.

After much contemplation, we finally bought a Samina BED! Luckily having a partner to split the cost helps tremendously. No tax and no shipping because we picked it up in LA. We opted out of the expensive bed frames and built our own. Overall - the bed cost is jaw dropping, and most of my friends and family laugh because it seems so ridiculous to them.

After reading the discussion below - I must admit I feel where everyone is coming from about the cost. It is outrageous. Completely un-heard of and I truly wish it was more affordable. We spent our entire savings. But money comes and goes, we only get one body, one spine.... it is the best investment we have made for our health. We no longer have back pain! We have un-interrupted deep sleep. It is the most amazing asset to our lives. We are truly happier people because our sleep is so good. ... AND the bed lasts for 25+ years! No other bed I have found is rated for that lifespan. It hosts no dust mites. It does not outgas. It feels like sleeping on a cloud.

It is truly worth it. Every penny.

I would LOVE your advice on sheets! Do you have any recommendations?

Re: Is Blue Light the New Smoking?

Anthony — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:12:33 -0000

Check out the big lab glasses from uvex...extremely affordable and they block from the sides much better than normal ones. This episode changed my life! I wear them nearly every evening and I feel like it is counting towards extra sleep hours. They become quite addicting. This is a huge piece of the puzzle that so many health nuts completely skip over.

Re: On Being A Mortal Animal - Dr. Scott Eberle #156

Nicolle Sawczyszyn — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:47:01 -0000

After having bee nat my mother-in-laws bedside last year as she passed I found this episode very insightful, thought provoking and comforting all at the same time. Thanks !!

Re: Flat Footed Squat: How Homo Sapiens Sit

Elle — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 23:46:07 -0000

I self-taught myself a flat-footed squat when I lived in India a year ago, very wide stance, and I can hold it for a long time but my feet start tingling almost immediately. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? I can tell that I'm a bit unbalanced with my feet- most of the weight is on the outside of my foot.

Is this the sort of thing that might sort itself out as I get stronger? I have been ridiculously sedentary for the better part of a year and only just started using my body again.

Re: Why I'm Not a Vegan - Daniel Vitalis #94

Jessica Long — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 19:23:09 -0000

I found this podcast after following a trail that started with "what the health." This was one of the most informational things I've heard in a long time. It answered questions I've had for years about eating vegan and how our body is designed to eat. I just wanted to say thank you for doing the research and putting this out there for others.

Re: Strategic Relocation: Where should you live? - Joel Skousen #98

Alpha Wolf59 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:10:13 -0000

Is N/E Wisconsin, A safe place to move to??

Re: Forager's Guide to Tending the Wild - Sam Thayer #152

Martin — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 13:34:30 -0000

Yeh, like what happened after Moses rescued the Jews from civilization.
They were out there, free from Egypt, and started to complain about not
having agriculture. What a bunch of dumb asses. They deserved to die.

Re: The Ancestral Biology of Birth - Dr. Sarah Buckley #153

Tamara Kaneen — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 01:44:35 -0000

I entered into this podcast half hearted, not sure there was anything there for me as I have two children 18 & 8 and have no plans for more. (take good precautions to insure it:) However once again Daniel delivers a very thought provoking interview and there was huge validations for me about my last pregnancy, labor and delivery that I had struggled to understand, until now.... I am vert grateful for Sarah and her work and to Daniel for always having such diversity in the guest's he has on his show.

Re: The Ancestral Biology of Birth - Dr. Sarah Buckley #153

Catherine De Marin — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 17:32:27 -0000

Thank you so very much for this wonderful interview. I wish every person who contemplates birthing and parenting could hear this information. I deeply appreciate Sarah's caring, passion and skill in making this information so accessible. I also appreciate Daniel's questions and the manner in which he asks them - so respectful and sensitive to what a listener might want to know.

Re: Ask a Mortician - Caitlin Doughty #146

Kathryn — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:05:22 -0000

I know corpses moan and make guttural sounds shortly after death because of the air left in the lungs. However do they ever make sounds that sound like words?

Re: Ancestral Amnesia & the Village Mind - Stephen Jenkinson #151

kay — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 05:41:53 -0000

Good to bring attention to this issue. I agree that ancestral healing is a very vital part of what we hand on to the next generation and how we move forwards. I also find it takes a negative slant on the issue. USA citizens tracing their roots are usually welcomed by Europeans, no?
Pursuing an interest in other cultures which still have a living heritage of connection to nature and ancestry, can promote a recognition of our own culture - though this is the pivotal point - do we take the influence to throw light on where our own culture and personnel ancestry needs healing or do we try to consume a foreign culture to pay for a sense of belonging. I see both happening. Anyone genuinely following a spiritual path eventually discovers the value of nothing.
Also, I feel that we are creating new multi cultures, and just because these are new, does not mean they have no value or cannot have genuine belonging. I just think that as well as this, we need to not use it to avoid facing our own ancestral past, as that will come back to visit us & future generations in some way.
I agree that we need to interfere less with indigenous cultures to allow their traditions to survive and to learn most from them. We are in danger of destroying what inspires us in indigenous cultures, b seeking to get a part of it.

If we keep future generations in our minds eye and let this inspire how we should live now... we move towards a more sane and connected culture.

Re: The Hidden Cost of Veganism - Lierre Keith #143

Jeff Conner — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 13:37:38 -0000

READ: This does not conform to the biased studies I have taken to heart.

Re: The Hidden Cost of Veganism - Lierre Keith #143

Jeff Conner — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 13:32:49 -0000

But you really have to factor in phytic acid, oxalic acid, xenoestrogens and other dangerous elements of even organically grown legumes and grains. No argument for factory farmed animals, I agree, but simply the act of modern agriculture has had detriment to our health.

Re: The Hidden Cost of Veganism - Lierre Keith #143

Jono — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 15:49:10 -0000

The entire argument hinges around the assumption that the only model we use is this mechanised abuse of the land that aggressive agribusiness pushes with GMO mono-crops, chemical fertiliser, pesticides, factory farms and so on. Vast amounts of the plant crops produced from these rapacious practises goes towards the undernourishment of those factory farmed animals. Of course it's bad. It's bad because it is a blatant abuse of living in balance with the ecosystem. The argument about "biotic cleansing" would make sense if you viewed it from this angle. But this isn't even acknowledged as a reason for why we have come to where we are now. Instead, the effects of this devastation is used as fodder for her argument against veganism. If you go organic, you already knock out this exploitative approach to the land. Of course the soil is depleted if you overuse it (especially if you treat like a Petri dish and poison it with artificial chemicals). That's why farmers in the good old days used to allow plots to cycle between active and inactive states (allowing fields to go fallow), so the soil could replenish itself naturally. There is no reason we can't continue to have a civilisation based upon farming in this way. If we were more reasonable in our approach and less rapacious towards the land, there is no reason why we can't come to a compromise with planet Earth. Technology IS still the key to unlock a more sustainable way of life. We must balance it with better management of our own expectations for life on Earth.

Re: Demineralized Water? ReWild Your Water, Part 1

CJ — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:39:52 -0000

I have an RO 5 stage system and am now going to add the 6th filter to add back some minerals..is this sufficient or should I be more selective about what minerals are added back by adding to the end result directly afterwards? or should I just skip the 6th filter and just add sea salts? Or both?

Re: Ancestral Amnesia & the Village Mind - Stephen Jenkinson #151

Isabella — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 01:20:50 -0000

I am moved to deep tears. Powerful and gentle. Thank you thank you thank you ~

I look forward to how you rewrite your finaly podcast question in light of how he rephrased it

Re: “Hunter Safety?” ~ Why I am not a Vegan

Pisces — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:13:33 -0000

Raw milk? That is not safe to drink nor is it anyway more nutritious than pasteurized milk. Also the flaw with your reasoning about the SAD diet is that you assume that our bodies are stuck in the ice age. In reality we have evolved and adapted to different foods. During the early days of farming, we have learned to domesticate wild ungulates to produce milk, wool, and meat. People from cultures that heavily relied on milk can do so because of a mutation that allows them to consume lactose even after weaning. We have taken wild plants and domesticated them into corn and other crops. All of this happened before civilization. Our bodies adapted to it.

Re: ReWild 101 - Arthur Haines and Daniel Vitalis #125

Aaron — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:16:36 -0000

Is it possible to get access to the ReWild 101 book? I just discovered your podcast and got SUPER PUMPED when I listened to this episode. I'd really like to dive into the book and start a local reading group, but I can't find links on your website or Arthur's. Please tell me that there are some options in the works! XD

Re: Ask a Mortician - Caitlin Doughty #146

olivo leon — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:27:51 -0000

From France,
Thanks a lot, great podcast!!!!

Re: Spring Liver Detox Drink — Daniel Vitalis

tara — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:15:56 -0000

Love this concoction. Thanks for sharing, did'nt you mention in a podcast or two...about a new surthival product coming out that would be a good coffee replacement??