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Paleovalley: Our preferred source for fermented beef sticks and other products

 

 

I’d like to welcome my new Defiant Health podcast’s latest sponsor, Paleovalley, makers of absolutely delicious grass-fed beef sticks, healthy snack bars, and other products.

You know that we are extremely picky around here and insist that any product we consider has no junk ingredients like maltodextrin, carrageenan, carboxymethylcellulose, sucralose or other additives that have potential adverse health effects. You will not find any such unhealthy ingredients in Paleovalley products. And all Paleovalley products deserve the Defiant Health stamp of approval because they contain no gluten, grains, soy or added sugar. In fact, I find Paleovalley products among the cleanest of any in their category . . . and they are—truly—irresistibly delicious. 

When I first tasted their grass-fed beef sticks, I was taken by surprise at how delicious they were. These beef sticks are made from 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef raised in the U.S.A. by family farmers focused on using rotational grazing practices and maintaining pastures free of chemicals and pesticides. 

One of the habits I urge everyone to get into is to include a fermented food product at least once, if not several times per day, in their lifestyles. I urge you to learn how to ferment your own veggies, just as generations of humans before us have done. But in a busy world, it is sometimes convenient to resort to foods that have put natural bacterial fermentation to use—including in meats. Unlike nearly all other beef sticks available, the Paleovalley grass-fed beef sticks are all naturally fermented, meaning they contain probiotic bacterial species. I especially liked the Jalapeño flavored sticks, as they add to your intake of capsaicin that has positive effects on your microbiome, as does the garlic in the Garlic Summer Sausage. And, of course, all their products are gluten-free. 

Paleovalley grass-fed beef sticks are available in 5 varieties: 

• Original (0 carbs)      

• Jalapeño (0 carbs)

• Summer Sausage (0 carbs)

• Garlic Summer Sausage (0 carbs)

• Teriyaki (2 carbs and gluten-free)

They also offer 2 flavors of pasture-raised turkey sticks: original and cranberry orange. But I’ve got to admit: my favorites are the grass-fed beef sticks. 

Paleovalley also has Super Food bars that come in Dark Chocolate Chip and Apple Cinnamon. And they’ve recently added Lemon Meringue. I’ve tried them all and I found them irresistible. Low-carb, of course, with 8 grams net carbs per bar, well below the limits that I advise for health and weight management.

Shipping is free for orders of $75 or more. Use the coupon code “Defiant” for a 15% discount; use this link and the discount will be applied automatically:

https://paleovalley.com/offers/grass-fed-beef-sticks-bk-lt-promo/defiant?uid=123&oid=2&affid=733

And be sure to take a look at their other products, such as Bone Broth Protein, a rich source of collagen, and their organic Super Greens, rich in phytonutrients. Like all other products at Paleovalley, all ingredients are organic and devoid of the additives that many other manufactures will include. 

If you are new to my Defiant Health podcast, go here to subscribe or to your favorite podcast directory such as Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music, or Podchaser.

 

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Are you squeamish about fermentation?

Including fermented foods in your diet is among the most important strategies you can adopt for bowel and overall health. It is so important that I tell people to include at least one, if not many, fermented foods in your daily routine.

Fermented foods literally come in thousands of different forms. Among the most familiar are yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, pickles, and fermented meats like salami and sopressata. (Note that most commercially sold sauerkraut, and pickles in the U.S. are not fermented, but simply packaged in vinegar and brine. Yogurt, and to a lesser degree, kefirs, are fermented for such a short time to hasten production that microbial counts are negligible.) In parts of the world in which consumption of fermented foods remains a popular practice, you can find an extraordinary variety of fermented foods: omeboshi (plums) and other forms of tsukemono in Japan, the many forms of kimchi in Korea, Horta in Greece, raw meats in Spain and Italy.

A recent study conducted by the husband-and-wife team of Justin and Erica Sonnenburg and their team at Stanford is the clearest evidence of the benefits of consuming fermented foods. Vigorous consumption of fermented foods was associated with increases in microbial species diversity (the number of different species present that are lowest, for instance in people with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and neurodegenerative diseases) and decreases in multiple measures of inflammation such as IL-6 and IL-10. And the more fermented foods that were consumed, the greater the effects. Interestingly, the increase in microbial richness was not due to inoculating the microbiome with species provided by fermented foods, but due to the appearance or increase in other species, though it is not quite clear how this is accomplished.

So including fermented foods in your daily routine is important. While you can buy an increasing number of commercially fermented foods, it is still best to make your own. But many people remain squeamish about doing so, fearful of the cloudy mix that develops or the white residue that sometimes appears on top. I therefore came across some products from a company called Cutting Edge Cultures that offer products that make it a bit easier. Here is a terrific video, for example, with fermented food book author, Donna Schwenck, demonstrating how to use their Starter Culture for fermenting vegetables. In other words, rather than allowing the microbes present on the exterior of a cucumber or onion to initiate fermentation, you can use this Starter Culture that contains Lactobacillus plantarum, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and Pediococcus acidilactici to start the process and add to the microbes already present on the vegetable or other food. Starting with the greater numbers of microbes in the starting culture also accelerates the fermentation process while also making it less likely that contaminating organisms proliferate. Cutting Edge Cultures, by the way, also has a kefir starter and a nice prebiotic fiber mix.

It is my suspicion that populations on this planet who have far less heart disease and obesity, such as Koreans, the Japanese, and some traditional Mediterranean cultures, are less likely to experience these conditions partly due to their enthusiastic consumption of fermented foods. The wide availability of refrigerators was a death sentence for fermented foods in the U.S. It’s time to recognize that fermented foods are a crucial part of your effort to maintain or regain health.

 

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Are you ready to Fall Into Good Health? Join us for the next Wheat Belly10 Day Grain Detox Challenge!!!

Fall Into Good Health September 15th to September 24th:

The Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox supplies you with carefully designed meal plans and delicious recipes to fully eliminate wheat and related grains in the shortest time possible. Perfect for those who may have fallen off the wagon or for newcomers who need a jump-start for weight loss, this program guides you through the complete 10-Day Detox experience. In addition to this quick-start program, it will show you:

How to recognize and reduce wheat-withdrawal symptoms,How to avoid common landmines that can sabotage successHow to use nutritional supplements to further advance weight loss and health benefitsHow to effectively navigate the grocery store and choose safe productsHow weight loss and magnificent health are achievable without cutting calories, without hunger

To join the Detox Challenge:

Step 1: Get the book. And read it (at least the first 5 chapters).

Detox Challenge participants should be informed and active in order to get the most out of the challenge and private Facebook group. READING THE WHEAT BELLY DETOX BOOK IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE DO NOT PARTICIPATE IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK or else the conversations will not make sense and you will not enjoy full benefit. It is a very bad idea to try and piece the program together just from our conversations. (Note that the Wheat Belly Detox program is NOT laid out in the original Wheat Belly book.)

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1JqzMea

Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/wheatbelly10daygraindetox-bn

Indiebound: http://bit.ly/1KwcFTQ

Step 2: Join the Wheat Belly Blog community 

Access the thousands of discussions that provide additional recipes, discussions about issues relevant to the Wheat Belly lifestyle, and access the newest ideas in the Wheat Belly Blog.  By becoming a Wheat Belly Blog community member, you will have access to the huge number of resources available on the Wheat Belly Blog: nearly 2000 posts with recipes, tips, new concepts, avoiding pitfalls, etc. You are also supporting the cause and covering the costs of Wheat Belly staff and projects.

The cost is $15.99 for an annual subscription. Here is why we have converted to a subscription process.  Please provide the name you registered with when requesting to join the private Facebook page:

Step 3: Join the Private Facebook Group.

Step 4: Prepare for the Detox Challenge:

Head to the Private Facebook Group for tips, strategies, recipes, videos and discussions to help you prepare for your upcoming detox challenge.  Be sure to check out the guides section for chapter discussions and the files section of the page has some really helpful tools.

Our goal: to help you succeed in restoring your health and achieving your health goals.

Dr. Davis and site administrator, April Duval will be posting and answering your questions.  April is herself an example of a fabulous Wheat Belly Detox success, she knows the ins and outs of this lifestyle like the back of her hand.

Step 5: Join the Detox Challenge conversations from September 15th to September 24th

Dr. Davis will personally kick off Day 1 of the Detox Challenge with a LIVE Facebook session.  It will be held on the Detox Facebook page Wednesday, September 15th, 12 pm EDT/11 am CDT/10 am MDT/9 am PDT. Find it here: Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Facebook page

Why the Detox Challenge?

Through the New York Times bestseller, Wheat Belly, millions of people learned how to reverse years of chronic health problems by removing wheat from their daily diets. But, after reading the original Wheat Belly or the Wheat Belly Total Health book, or even using the recipes from the Wheat Belly Cookbook and Wheat Belly 30-Minute Cookbook, people still said: “I’ve read the books, but I’m still not sure how to get started on this lifestyle.”

The Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox  Challenge helps readers navigate the core Wheat Belly lifestyle strategies. This is the quickest, most assured way to get started on regaining magnificent health and slenderness by adopting the Wheat Belly lifestyle.

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What I’ve learned from my mistakes

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Defiant Health: This Is Your Brain On Wheat

Here’s the latest episode of my Defiant Health podcast: This Is Your Brain On Wheat.  

Of the many effects of wheat consumption on the human body, it’s the brain effects that stand out, effects that include:

Appetite stimulationDepression, suicidal thoughtsHigh blood sugar and insulin resistanceSeizures

Once you understand how and why the various components of common wheat products can be blamed for many modern health problems, you have the key to reclaiming many aspects of health and weight control.

Find the episode here or on your favorite podcast platform (Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, etc.) 

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Belly Farm

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Oxytocin: Superstar for bone and joint health?

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How sweet it is!

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Where have all the grasshoppers, earthworms, and fireflies gone?

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