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| Dearest Visionary... đź’«
Welcome back to our weekly edition of Friday Field Notes. 🤍
This week we're sharing a behind-the-scenes look at how we approach nourishment, metabolism, and healing foods in our Doctor of Holistic Nutrition program.
Everyday Food Swaps 🌱
Holistic nutrition isn't about calorie counting or chasing trends. It's about understanding how fats, proteins, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, aminos, and minerals work together to shape your energy, immunity, hormones, and long-term health.
Our students learn to read the body as a complete system, understand why nutrient density matters, and recognize how anti-nutrients—like lectins, oxalates, and nightshades—affect each person differently.
What happened to our food?
Most modern food is unrecognizable. Industrial seed oils are extracted using hexane—a neurotoxic gasoline byproduct—creating oxidized fats your body can't process. The problem isn't fat—it's bad fat.
Ancestral fats and cold-pressed oils are essential for cellular health, hormone production, and brain function. Industrial agriculture depleted the soil, and in turn, the crops lost much of their nutrient content.
Ultra-processed foods are designed for shelf life and profit—not your body. The result? Disrupted gut function, metabolism, and chronic inflammation.
A different approach:
Holistic nutrition returns to real food, clean fats, intact proteins, and whole carbohydrates tailored to you. In our Doctor of Holistic Nutrition program, we teach you how to evaluate foods from both a modern and ancestral perspective, understand nutrient interactions, and support your body rather than override it.
We also teach practical, everyday swaps and kitchen DIYs—what you eat, drink, put on your skin, and use as medicine. Real tools for real life.
✨ Want a sneak peek? See below! |
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| 🧺 FOOD SWAPS
- Primal Kitchen mayo or homemade mayo instead of conventional mayo. No industrial seed oils, no chemical stabilizers, and far more stable fats for cell membranes and hormones.
- Siete cassava chips instead of potato or corn chips. Free from inflammatory seed oils, gluten, and nightshades, making them much gentler on digestion and the immune system.
- Avocado pudding instead of packaged desserts. Creamy, mineral-rich, blood-sugar friendly fats that support skin and hormone health. Get the recipe here!
- Fresh-milled bread from whole wheat berries instead of commercial flour. This may sound like a tall order, but once you get into making your own bread, you'll never turn back—and you can find a grain mill for under $100. This is a very beginner-friendly, overnight, no-knead bread recipe.
*Wheat berries contain the enzymes, vitamins, and minerals needed to properly digest gluten. This is why traditional European breads tend to be better tolerated. Modern flour is stripped, bleached, and oxidized. 🍞
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| 🌿 FOOD AS MEDICINE
- Manuka honey — Powerful antibacterial and wound-healing properties. Supports immune defense, sore throats, and tissue repair. *Pro-Tip* Check Marshalls and HomeGoods for discounted manuka honey.
- Garlic — Natural antimicrobial and antiviral. Supports circulation, detoxification, and immune activation. Crushing it first will release its powerful healing properties. Don't skip this step!
- Clove — Rich in eugenol, which helps fight microbes, reduce pain, and support oral and gut health. Great as a simple tea!
- Ginger — Improves circulation, digestion, and immune response. Excellent for nausea, inflammation, and respiratory support. 🫚
- Fermented foods (sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir & yogurt) — Feed the gut microbiome, improve mineral absorption, and strengthen immune resilience. We share many recipes in our DHN program.
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|  🫧 FOOD AS HYGIENE
- Cocoa powder +/- baking soda for dry shampoo. Absorbs oil, supports scalp health, and avoids hormone-disrupting aerosols and fragrances.
- Lime or lemon juice for deodorant. Naturally antibacterial and pH-balancing. If you prefer a stick, look for brands that use charcoal, baking soda, tallow, coconut oil, and essential oils instead of aluminum and synthetic fragrance. 🍋
- Tallow for dry or sensitive skin. Nearly identical to human sebum. Deeply moisturizing, barrier-repairing, and anti-inflammatory.
- Apple cider vinegar hair rinse. Restores scalp pH, adds shine, reduces buildup, and supports healthy hair follicles.
🤍 These kinds of swaps and remedies are just a small glimpse of how we teach food to function as nourishment, medicine, and daily care in the Doctor of Holistic Nutrition program.
When you begin to see ingredients through this lens, even the simplest choices become powerful tools for long-term health, resilience, and vitality. ✨ |
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