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It’s the mitochondria, stupid !

December 28, 2022 Regenetarianism

This past spring in Santa Barbara, California, I had the opportunity to listen to and meet Dr. Chris Palmer at the 2022 Metabolic Health Summit. Palmer is currently the Director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean … Continue reading It’s the mitochondria, stupid !

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Comparative physiology debunked

December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 Regenetarianism

If people want to follow plant based or plant centric dietary patterns, I really don’t care. I care even less when such people recognize the importance of producing their plant food in regenerative agroecological systems of food production especially integrated … Continue reading Comparative physiology debunked

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Endophytes, rhizophagy and One Health

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Regenetarianism

PREFACE: The first week of this past August, I heard a presentation by Dr. James F. White, Jr. at the Acres’ Soil Health Summit in Sacramento, California. This was a very provocative presentation. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, this presentation wasn’t … Continue reading Endophytes, rhizophagy and One Health

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Soil and human gut dysbiosis

July 31, 2022August 1, 2022 Regenetarianism

I’m sort of a soil nerd. Well, not sort of…I’m a HUGE soil nerd. Most of my environmental and food perspective is based upon what improves or degrades the health of soil ecosystems. Why? Because soil health largely determines planetary … Continue reading Soil and human gut dysbiosis

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Grams of protein in context

July 24, 2022December 8, 2022 Regenetarianism

One of the most meaningless stats bantered about by sophists is “grams of protein”. Why? Because proteins from different sources of food have different amino acid compositions and different bio-availability. So arguing that 100 grams of kidney beans has the … Continue reading Grams of protein in context

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Restoring the plant’s soil microbiome

December 28, 2020December 31, 2020 Regenetarianism

Preface: The below content is a cursory overview of numerous plant and soil microbiological processes. This overview is intended as an introduction to these processes. So rather than a detailed dissertation on each item, with lots of references, a lot … Continue reading Restoring the plant’s soil microbiome

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Regenerative Ag- Clearing up some misconceptions

December 3, 2020November 28, 2022 Regenetarianism

Over the past year or two, I’ve seen a lot of articles and videos by people new to regenerative agriculture defining or attempting to define what regenerative agriculture is and isn’t. Some of these articles and videos are better than … Continue reading Regenerative Ag- Clearing up some misconceptions

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This is your brain on food- A book review

August 16, 2020August 23, 2020 Regenetarianism

I recently listened to a very interesting conversation on the Doctor’s Farmacy podcast with Dr. Uma Naidoo about nutritional psychiatry.  I actually found this discussion interesting enough to buy Dr. Naidoo’s new book, This Is Your Brain on Food: An … Continue reading This is your brain on food- A book review

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Absolute Versus Relative Risk- What’s the Difference?

October 2, 2018April 17, 2019 Regenetarianism

We’ve all read headlines like the following: “Pfizer rare heart disease drug reduces risk of death by 30 percent in study.” “Eating processed meat daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by about 18%.” “Ditching Meat can help reduce cancer … Continue reading Absolute Versus Relative Risk- What’s the Difference?

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What the Health, a [vegan] film review

June 24, 2017October 2, 2018 Regenetarianism

“The whole problem with the world today is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people are so full of doubts,” Bertrand Russell. Now that the film “What the Health” is on Netflix, I went … Continue reading What the Health, a [vegan] film review

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