Alternefit Radio is a balanced health and wellness podcast corresponding to the alternefit.blogspot.com blog. It was started to continue to help others understand how the body and mind can be healed by nutrtion and wellness keys.
Rachel, your host for Alternefit Radio, is a professional with an MA in teaching and a BA in psychology. She has put extensive time and work into health and wellness, with a focus on nutrition and how it will heal the whole body. Her studies have taken her through knowledge of many subjects in alternative health and wellness, and her certifications and education add to her knowledge to create a balanced and unique show.
Activities
Nutrition research and review, fitness research and review, health and wellness writing
Favorite Books
Primal Body, Primal Mind by Nora T. Gedgaudas, Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson, How to Eat, Move, and be Healthy by Paul Chek, Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
Schools / Education
BA-Psychology
MA-Teaching
AAS-Graphic Design and Multimedia
BS-Health and Wellness
Interests
Paleo and Primal Nutrition, Low-carb Nutrition, Natural Movement, Health and Wellness, Metabolic and Functional Diagnostic Testing, Supplementation for Various Lifestyles, Body-Mind Connection, Metal and 80s Music, Videobob and his Cars, King Arthur, History
Favorite Movies
BTTF, Little Shop of Horrors, Food Inc., RHPS, Sugar: the Bitter Truth, King Corn, and more
Favorite Music
80s metal and alternative music, diverse other music
Favorite Quotations
Depression is not a Prozac deficiency. Nora T. Gedgaudas, Primal Body Primal Mind
As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. Joan Gussow
You are what you eat eats too. Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food.
Thirty years of nutritional advice have left us fatter, sicker, and more poorly nourished. Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food.
When digested, all carbs are sugars. So, think of eating carbs as eating sugar. Moreover, think of eating refined (processed) carbohydrates as eating concentrated sugar. Dennis E. Bradford
The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter. Barbara Cartland
No one dies of a bread deficiency. Neander-steve.blogspot.com
Why do we feed cows grain? Because it makes them FAT, QUICKLY. That should tell you something about grains.
Places I've Traveled
Canada, Mexico, various states in the United States
