Dr. Bill Schindler's Eat Like a Human
It’s not about WHAT we eat, but HOW we eat it.
It’s not about WHAT we eat but HOW we eat it.
We believe the secret to true health is finding the perfect balance between nourishing both our biological and emotional needs while successfully navigating the demands of our modern lives. Eating like a human means that we are eating the safest, most nourishing, delicious and satiating food in powerful ways that connect us to ourselves, our family, our community and our environment.
During difficult times it is important to carry on important traditions whenever possible. Traditions are traditions for a reason and, amongst other things, convey a needed sense of normalcy even during unprecedented times. As you know, over the past few years Ireland has become incredibly important to our family. Last night we celebrated St …
If you are like me you are not really sure how you feel about what is going on at the moment. Everything is strange right now, and it all happened so quickly. It was only last week we were watching news coverage on the epidemic taking place in distant countries. But, it didn’t take long …
PACKAGED MEAT. What we consider convenience in the modern day grocery store has actually distanced us from our food sources and resulted in devastating consequences for how we include animals in our diets. In fact, this “visceral insulation” has produced the least nutritious, ethical, and sustainable use of animals our diets have ever known. As …
CHRISTINA AND I JUST RETURNED HOME FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA, SO WE ARE A DAY LATE WITH OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER . . . As we pulled into our drive, we reflected on the strange week we just experienced and three things came immediately to mind: Stone tools, Sourdough bread and the Space shuttle. …
They are here, just like us, subject to the same evolutionary forces struggling to survive and produce viable offspring. In order to accomplish this they need to protect themselves. Most animals do this through physical defense mechanisms like strength, speed, claws, teeth, horns and antlers. Plants, on the other hand, cannot move and are forced …
I have been talking for years about learning to eat like a human. I want to take this opportunity to tell you more about it. Let me be clear – this is not a diet. At least not in a traditional sense. Instead, this is an all encompassing approach to connecting with your food and, …
A few nights ago, I taught a cheesemaking class and some of the conversations during the class got my mind spinning… I know there is a lot of controversy over whether or not humans should be consuming dairy as adults. And, frankly, it is an absurd debate. Any dispute focused on what our digestive tracts …
FOOD IS POWERFUL. It is not just a vehicle for delivering nutrition and pleasure to our bodies. When approached properly it can also feed our souls. Our approach to food over the past 3.5 million years built us biologically and shaped us culturally. As a result, food is so intricately intertwined with everything that it …
I could just make out the silhouette of her carrying the goose decoys as the sun was setting in a brilliant display behind the tree line. I couldn’t have been more proud of her. Final bucket list item of 2019 checked, and, just in the nick of time for the New Year! Well, …
There are many approaches to prevent cheating on your diet during the holidays. And, most of them are destined for failure because they are too orthorexic. Even if whatever approach to your diet makes sense for you biologically, a black and white approach ignores something that is equally as important to us modern humans…our cultural …
Last night, we had a completely homemade spin on a Philly classic that Christina grew up on – South Philly Cheesesteaks. Instead of beef, we used thinly shaved venison from a deer that Billy shot last fall. I was shocked that it was a crowd pleaser for all 5 members of the family! We had: …
I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING… After spending months dreaming of taking it to the next level I was actually going to see her outside of work and school. We had met months earlier on the first day of the spring semester at The College of New Jersey and, perhaps serendipitously, it also happened …
A STAPLE IN OUR HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TACO NIGHT. HOWEVER, I GOT A PIT IN MY STOMACH EVERY TIME I READ THE BACK OF THE PRE-PACKAGED TORTILLAS AT THE GROCERY STORE. I knew that all these ingredients were not necessary in a real tortilla and didn’t want to feed that crap to my kids. …
Does your child eat a sandwich for lunch? Learn the impact of eating white bread instead of sourdough bread on a daily basis
Recently there is more polarizing dialogue over human diet and health than ever before, and as a result, navigating the modern human dietary landscape has never been more confusing. On one side of the argument a vegan diet is advocating an animal-free, wholly plant-based for health of the planet and our species. On the other, …
I have always been fascinated by the incredibly strange things that people have learned to eat through time in order to extract the maximum amount of nutrition from even the most desolate of environments. And, it has been rewarding to repeatedly attempt to shed myself of my inherent cultural biases that defines “normalcy” in …
THE YAK I am still in awe that one, single, well-placed strike with a sledge hammer had the power to drop the massive beast instantly to its knees…unconscious. It was the last time the animal moved. Certainly, it was not the first time this Mongolian herder had killed a yak, and his experience showed. As …
It started over a year ago, when Bill met Konrad on a plane from the States to Copenhagen. Who would have guessed that a foodie conversation about bone broth would have propelled us to visit Konrad in Germany this December, but guess what? When he told Bill to stop in if we are ever in …
“No, I am putting my foot down on this one. No. No. No . . .You are not allowed to eat them.” What do you mean? Wait. Are you telling me what I can and cannot eat? I replied in disbelief. You don’t understand. I think there is something important in all of this, and, I don’t feel …
For some father and sons, quality time means watching Sunday football games. For others, it might be heading to the park to throw the ball around. Where we live on the eastern shore of Maryland, typical father/son bonding moments occur in goose pits and tree stands in the wee hours of the morning or just …
For my entire life, January 2nd has always signaled the “back to school” after Christmas break. As a student, I remember the dreaded morning wake-up call on January 2nd, just a mere week after playing with all my new Christmas toys and visiting with family and friends. Then fast forward to my 1st job teaching …
1 week ago, I was sitting in seat 21C on Ryanair flight FR8558 bound for Germany. Brianna was seated on my left and holding my hand as she said, “MOM – WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS. HIT POST!” I still remember the look of confidence on her face but meanwhile my hand was literally …
Almost exactly a year ago, I boarded a WOW Air flight in BWI bound for Reykjavik, Iceland. This was the first leg of an almost two-week long food research trip I had been anticipating for months. The first ten days were to be spent at the Italian Culinary Institute where I was enrolled in a Traditional Italian …
Thanksgiving for the Schindlers this year was not like any other –but it was still magical, nonetheless! Airfield gratefully allowed us to use one of their rooms inside their museum section of the Estate, and so we took full advantage. We entered the room, and we were delighted to see, that under the magnificent Christmas …
