I’ve been to Mars and played with Elvis; I haven’t been interviewed by a real forage agronomist, until now…
Peter Ballerstedt, PhD (@Grassbased) has been a mentor to me since discovering the interconnectedness between our health, metabolic health, and the food that we produce to sustain it. The quote in the title comes from Peter, not from me, and has personally helped me frame the goals we are trying to reach when we think about sustainability, because
- Climate change is a threat to human health
- Metabolic disease is a threat to human health
- We have to take steps to mitigate both
- This is the decade of “data over dogma”
The podcast is a bit “world according to Ted.” In some circles this is entertaining 🙂 .
Or as it was once sung…
I am what I am, I am my own special creationGloria Gaynor
Watch / listen
“Meet Your Herdmates, Ted Eytan, MD”
Audio version (or wherever you get podcasts): Meet Your Herdmates – 13 – Dr. Ted Eytan, MD
Relevant Visuals
As it says in the intro, I am a visual storyteller. Here are several visuals from the stories told.
Disclaimers/Conflicts of Interest (I have none)

My Calculated carbon footprint

Carbon footprint, the pharmaceutical industry

Carbon footprint, health care

Physician nutrition education – it has always been there – just not from the right places

Remembering an era where doctors were always right and diversity was less expansive

The food at sustainability meetings, the kind that makes health care UNsustainable

The fat-free seasonal greek yogurt parfait with homemade granola at a sustainability conference that started a meaningful conversation (the featured image in this post)
A great illustration of the challenge that environmental advocates seem to have in understanding the science of nutrition – nothing about this photograph says “health” OR “sustainability”
