#22: Wild Food, Brain Food, and All Things Nutrition with Josh Gitalis

Published: Sept. 27, 2018, 4:10 p.m.

b'Host: Dhru Purohit\\nGuest: Josh Gitalis\\nWe talk about the topic of food often\\u2014it gets a lot of airplay, but shouldn\\u2019t it? We eat three, sometimes more, times a day and we believe that food fuels our cells. It\\u2019s important! Today, we are talking with Toronto-based functional nutritionist Josh Gitalis who is passionate about helping his clients figure out the best approach to eating for their needs.\\nJosh and our host Dhru start off with wild foods and how they are nutritionally superior to your supermarket finds. Have you eaten any dandelion greens lately? (Just be sure they aren\\u2019t sprayed with pesticides!) Find out how you can incorporate wild foods into your meals and adapt to enjoy the taste of bitter foods.\\nYou\\u2019ll also get to hear about why you may need a different diet for different times of your life, functional lab testing, how you can incorporate more greens in your meals, practical tips for feeding kids, and much more. This is a great one!\\nIn this episode, we dive into:\\n-Josh\\u2019s love of wild greens and mushrooms (3:38)\\n-Wild food and brain health (6:15)\\n-Adapting and retraining taste buds to enjoy bitters (12:15)\\n-Cutting through the nutrition confusion (14:26)\\n-What is the FODMAPs diet? (20:36)\\n-When is it time to go back to a less restricted diet? (24:14)\\n-Using functional labs to dig deeper (25:44)\\n-Josh\\u2019s background and journey (29:12)\\n-Eating greens and their role in our microbiome (35:20)\\n-Tips to help you eat more whole foods (38:51)\\n-Freezing food for later (43:12)\\n-Tools for helping with meal prep (46:04)\\n-Bone broth\\u2014fad or a real healer? (48:21)\\n-What\\u2019s in a brain? (50:28)\\n-Genetic testing clues to help us (57:58)\\n-What does Josh eat? (1:03:24)\\n-Tips for feeding kids (1:11:07)\\n-Resources and where you can find Josh (1:15:49)\\n\\nSponsor: This episode is sponsored by our partnership with the AquaTru Water Filter. To get exclusive access to this deal visit www.brokenbrain.com/filter\\nInterested in joining Dhru\\u2019s\\xa0Broken Brain Podcast\\xa0Facebook Community? Submit your join request here:\\xa0https://www.facebook.com/groups/2819627591487473/\\nFor more on Dhru Purohit, be sure to follow him on Instagram\\xa0@dhrupurohit, on Facebook\\xa0@dhruxpurohit, on Twitter\\xa0@dhrupurohit, and on YouTube\\xa0@dhrupurohit. You can also text Dhru at\\xa0(302) 200-5643\\xa0or click here\\xa0https://my.community.com/dhrupurohit\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'