273: Discover Wild Food & Weeds

It's easy to get excited about the newly-imported Brazilian berry with crazy-high antioxidant levels; but what about the weeds and wild foods growing your backyard? When it comes to micronutrients, the simple rule "fresh is best" usually wins, and no matter where you live, there is a ridiculous amount of wild food available that is so nutritionally-superior to anything in the grocery store, some of it is even considered medicine. On this week's show, we'll talk about how to get started with wild foods and weeds.    ------------ Listen & Learn: Why you should start with dandelion leaves The difference between a decoction vs. infusion   Why Japanese knotweed is better than red wine for resveratrol Purslane: much better source for Omega-3's than flax or chia Lambsquarter: super potent superfood Why Russian autumn olives are an amazing wild berry Why comfrey can be amazing for healing injuries (topically and even orally) Nettles: how to use for tea and nutrition ABOUT OUR GUEST Brett Mayette is a passionate cook, organic grower, forager, and herbalist for over 20 years. He is the founder of, Conscious Cuisine, designed to help you discover and incorporate the wonders of wild plants into your life – without being a professional chef or even a nutrition expert. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Collagen Links & References from the Show: Wild Wisdom of Weeds Book Brett's Site, Conscious Cuisine Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: [email protected]  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: Trapeze Teacher Training -- For passionate yoga students who love inversion yoga, this is an exciting opportunity to train with YOGABODY, the leading educator and manufacturer of inversion slings worldwide. The Yoga Trapeze is the most-popular yoga inversion sling ever with over 100,000 students in 81 countries. Despite the ever-growing demand, there are hardly any professional instructors—until now. We're now accepting applications for The Yoga Trapeze Certification course where you'll learn how to teach both group and private lessons for beginning and intermediate students. Learn More

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