Ashleigh VanHouten is a health and nutrition journalist for Paleo Magazine, speaker, certified health coach, and self-proclaimed health and fitness nerd. She hosts the Muscle Maven Radio podcast (and has worked with other top-rated health-related podcasts like Shrugged Collective, Muscle Intelligence, and Paleo Magazine Radio), and is the author of It Takes Guts: A Meat-Eater's Guide to Eating Offal with Over 75 Healthy and Delicious Nose-to-Tail Recipes.
What you'll learn from this episode:
What the heck is offal, and how do you pronounce it?
Ashleigh's take on using the paleo diet as a template for a personal, sustainable approach to nutrition without succumbing to the hype of its stricter, more extreme tenets.
What Ashleigh tells people (particularly the "women laughing alone with salad" crowd) who mistakenly believe they have to eschew "heavy" meat in order to fulfill their weight loss goals.
Ounce for ounce, organ meats are among the most nutrient-dense, protein-rich foods you can eat, and properly prepared (as Ashleigh teaches us to do in It Takes Guts), they can also be among the most delicious.
Where to begin your adventures with offal if you've only had negative experiences with it (like being forced to eat liver and onions as a kid), and how to tame its stronger flavors into unique, crave-worthy concoctions you'd be proud to share with your fanciest dinner guests.
And so much more!
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Resources from this episode:
Ashleigh VanHouten | Primal Health Coaching
Ashleigh VanHouten | Paleo Magazine
Ashleigh VanHouten | Instagram
How to Pronounce Offal | Pronunciation Guide
The Offal-Eater’s Handbook: Untangling the Myths of Organ Meats | Eater
Paleo Diet: What Is It and Why Is It So Popular? | Mayo Clinic
Robb Wolf | The Healthy Rebellion
We Are Made to Eat Meat | Shawn Baker, MD | The Genius Life 113
The Differences & Similarities Between Paleo, Keto, and Carnivore Diets | Dr. Jack Wolfson
Mark Sisson | Mark's Daily Apple
Women Laughing Alone With Salad | Know Your Meme
Most Diverse Foods City in the World? New York | Foodfaves
The Addiction Potential of Hyperpalatable Foods | Current Drug Abuse Reviews
Seriously, the Best Broccoli of Your Life | Erren's Kitchen
You Should Be Cooking with Blood | Vice
Hannibal Season 1 | Prime Video
20 Ways to Use Ghee in Recipes | Culinary Nutrition
All About Meat | Precision Nutrition
5 Simple Habits for Raw Chicken Safety | The Spruce Eats
How Meat Can Be Good for You and the Planet | Anya Fernald | The Genius Life 61
11 Things You Didn't Know About Rocky Mountain Oysters | Thrillist
Ancient Dopers Got Their Kicks from Raw Testicles | Reuters
Why You Should Add More Collagen to Your Diet, According to Science | Max Lugavere Blog
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