TWV Podcast Episode 475: Can I Be Nutrivore If I Don’t Eat Organ Meat?
Welcome to episode 475 of The Whole View! This week, Stacy and Dr. Sarah dive into the science behind a nutrient-dense diet to decide if you can still be Nutrivore if you …
What Is a Nutrivore?
An herbivore eats plants. A carnivore eats meat. An omnivore eats both plants and meat. So, what is a Nutrivore? Nutrivore is the revolutionary yet simple dietary concept: Choose …
Clementine Pumpkins and Halloween Recipe Roundup
When you first ditch junk food—refined and manufactured foods designed to be hyperpalatable, overiding your satiety signals to stimulate overeating, and full of unhealthy …
Almond Coconut Bars
This is the recipe that got me through Halloween this year without eating a single fun sized candy (for the first time since I had enough teeth to chew them!). It is a …
Halloween AIP Marshmallow Ghosts
Making your own marshmallows with clean nutrient-dense ingredients is surprisingly easy and quite fun! In fact, the two primary ingredients are honey (see Honey: The Sweet Truth …
Halloween AIP Monster Mouths
This quintessential Paleo snack turned edible craft has become a Halloween tradition in my home. And, while the Paleo version of these Monster Mouths is incredibly versatile, it …
Halloween AIP Monster Finger Cookies
Halloween, and indeed any food-centered holiday, can feel like a challenge for anyone with dietary restrictions. And speaking for Paleo moms like myself (and Paleo dads too!), I …
Caramel Apples (Dairy-Free, AIP-friendly)
Four ingredients (including the apples). Autoimmune protocol-friendly. No dairy. No refined sugar. Amazingly delicious. I know what you’re thinking… it’s …
TWV Podcast Episode 473: Answering Listener Questions LIVE!
Welcome to episode 473 of The Whole View! This week, Stacy and Dr. Sarah answer listener questions live from their Patreon channel! If you enjoy the show, please review it on …
Autoimmune Protocol Clinical Trials and Studies
The Autoimmune Protocol, or AIP, is a science-based diet and lifestyle intervention for autoimmune disease and other chronic illnesses driven by immune dysregulation. You can think …
Spices on the Autoimmune Protocol
When it comes to herbs and spices, figuring out which ones are safe on the Autoimmune Protocol can be tricky. Many spices come from the seeds of plants and some are even from the …
The WHYs behind the Autoimmune Protocol: Nightshades
Tomatoes, potatoes (but not sweet potato), eggplants, sweet and hot peppers (but not black pepper), and chili-based spices (including paprika) all come from plants which are …
Autoimmune Protocol Lecture Series FAQs
As I gear up to teach the next session of the AIP Lecture Series, you’ve asked me a ton of excellent questions about the course! I decided to collate these questions and my …
TWV Podcast Episode 467: Can Eating Sugar Daily Be Healthy?
In episode 467 of The Whole View podcast, Stacy and Dr. Sarah look at the science behind sugar consumption to answer whether or not eating sugar daily can be part of a healthy …
The Reintroduction Phase of the AIP
The Autoimmune Protocol can be thought of as a nutritional intervention for a diet gone badly awry, overabundant in calories and lacking in vital nutrients. But how well an …
Can You Really Be Healthy at Any Size?
Spoiler: The answer is a resounding, evidence-backed, absolutely, positively, 100% YES! While the weight loss and diet market contracted by 21% in 2020 due to the covid-19 …
TWV Podcast Episode 464: Forever Chemicals: What are PFAS?
Welcome to episode 464 of The Whole View! This week, Dr. Sarah and Stacy dive into the science of PFAS and forever chemicals, why they are so problematic, and what we can do to …
Featured AIP Coach: Onelly Hernandez
Onelly Hernandez is a Certified Primal Health Coach and an AIP Certified Coach. She has worked as a Certified Nurse Assistant for 9 years in in-home care and health care …
Dietary Fat FAQ
How dietary fat impacts our health is related to the type of fat we’re eating as well as how much. Let’s review! What Fats Do in the Body Fats (or more technically, …
Bone Broth FAQ
Bone broth is definitely a healing food, but there’s also lots of myths about broth, so let’s review all the what’s, why’s, and how’s! The reason why …
TWV Podcast Episode 457: The Problem with a Low-FODMAP Diet
Welcome to episode 457 of The Whole View! This week, Dr Sarah and Stacy revisit the science and examine the problem with a low-FODMAP diet. Dr Sarah breaks down the science on what …
The Covid-19 mRNA Vaccines
There are many vaccine myths amplified by the internet leading to vaccine hesitancy with the new covid-19 vaccines. And, I completely understand how tough it can be to vet and …
The Health Benefits of Spices
Spices are used to flavor or color foods and come from the seeds, roots, buds, bark, resin, or fruits of a plant. They’re usually used in their dried form—with a few notable …
TWV Podcast Episode 453: Should We Eat Breakfast Before 8:30am?
Welcome to episode 453 of The Whole View! This week, Stacy and Sarah look back at an old show and dive into the updated science behind eating breakfast at 8:30am. If you enjoy the …
The WHYs behind the Autoimmune Protocol: Nuts and Seeds
Nuts and seeds in moderation are a health-promoting food. A variety of studies have shown that a mere 20 grams of tree nuts per day is associated with substantially reduced risk …
The Health Benefits of Herbs
Herbs and spices are any savory, aromatic, edible plant used to flavor or garnish food (or in some cases, for their medicinal properties!). Although herbs and spices are often …
The Trouble with Stevia
While many people in various “real food” communities agree that artificial sweeteners are a bad idea (see Is It Paleo? Splenda, Erythritol, Stevia and other low-calorie …
The Health Benefits of Chocolate
Who doesn’t want some good news about chocolate?! Luckily, this food really is as healthy as it is delicious—at least when we choose our chocolate wisely. Chocolate is made from …
The Health Benefits of Root Veggies
When it comes to nutrient-dense carbs, root veggies are hard to beat: foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, and cassava are not only delicious, they’re also great sources of …
Eggs: Nutritious Protein or Cholesterol Bomb?
Eggs: nutritious, delicious, and… controversial?! Out of all the animal foods out there, eggs are one of the most hotly debated in terms of their health effects on humans. On one …
The Health Benefits of Sea Vegetables
Sea vegetables, also known as edible seaweeds, are not only incredibly tasty, they’re also one of the most unique and nutritious foods on the planet! They’ve been consumed for …
The Health Benefits of the Parsley Veggie Family
The parsley family (also known as the Apiaceae family or umbellifers, due to forming umbrella-like stem structures called umbels) is a huge plant group with over 3,700 species, …
The Health Benefits of Ginger
Ginger is perhaps the most famous member of the Zingiberaceae family, which contains about 1600 known species (including turmeric, cardamom, and galangal!). Botanically, ginger is …
Featured AIP Coach: Indira Pulliadath
Indira Pulliadath is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP) and an AIP Certified Coach. She has a Masters in Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy and a Masters in Business …
TWV Podcast Episode 439: A Conversation around Current Events
Welcome to episode 439 of The Whole View! This week, Stacy and Sarah check in with how current events in the US have impacted their physical and mental health, and look at ways …
The Importance of Fish in Our Diets
Of all the animal products, seafood has one of the most consistently positive track records in the scientific literature. Oily cold-water fish like trout and salmon offer some …
What to Eat on the Autoimmune Protocol
Some foods are obvious wins for a health-promoting diet because they have tons of beneficial constituents and very few or no constituents that undermine health—good examples of …
TWV Podcast Episode 437: Intro To Nutrivore
Welcome to episode 437 of The Whole View! This week, Stacy and Sarah look into a nutrivore diet and how focusing on nutrient density can help your health and what being nutrivore …
TWV Podcast Episode 436: What Is Health, and How Do You Measure It?
Welcome to episode 436 of The Whole View! This week, Stacy and Sarah look at the science behind health, how we measure it, and good health indicators. Stacy and Sarah both share …
The Health Benefits of Stone Fruits
Amid all the talk of berries as superfoods, bananas as gut-health boosters, and citrus as vitamin C powerhouses, one fruit group tends to get sadly little attention: stone fruits! …
The Health Benefits of Tropical Fruits
ALL fruit have distinct health benefits (see Why Fruit is a Good Source of Carbohydrates, The Health Benefits of Apples, The Health Benefits of Melons, The Health Benefits of …
Dark Chocolate Bark with Mushroom Extract
This recipe features gut health superfoods, and it’s my favorite way to sneak in medicinal mushroom extracts, whose earthy bitterness pairs so well with chocolate and nuts. …
AIP Eliminations Summary
As you adopt the Autoimmune Protocol, your food choices become focused on consuming the nutrients to support healing—foods that provide everything your body needs to stop attacking …
TWV Podcast Episode 431: Troubleshooting Dry Winter Skin
Welcome to episode 431 of The Whole View! This week, Stacy and Sarah dive into the topic of dry skin and other skin related issues. Sarah Stacy go over the science of how the skin …
The Health Benefits of Bananas and Plantains
Bananas and plantains are both members of the genus Musa, growing on plants that are technically giant herbs rather than trees (due to having a “pseudostem” made of tightly packed …
TWV Podcast Episode 429: Lessons From A Storm
Welcome to episode 429 of The Whole View! This week, Stacy and Sarah take a break due to a power outage from a storm in Sarah’s area, which unfortunately left her unable to …
Should Everyone Follow the AIP?
Chronic illness is epidemic in our society. More than half of all Americans take two or more prescription drugs, and about one-fifth of us take at least five different daily …
The Health Benefits of Alliums (Onion Family)
The onion family, also known as alliums, includes hundreds of different species belonging to the genus Allium, although the ones we’re most likely to see on a dinner plate are …