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Episode 311: Holiday Recipes 2025

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A study of more than 4,000 people linked higher blood erythritol to major heart problems.

1. Body Chat Podcast episode 311 focuses on holiday recipes for 2025, with Ron Nedd and Dr. Steven Nedd moving from side dishes to dessert and a health warning about erythritol. 2. Ron Nedd is a retired Twin Cities chiropractor now working in Tampa Bay and Los Angeles real estate, and Dr. Steven Nedd runs a chiropractic practice in Clearwater, Florida. 3. The episode is built around annual holiday recipe ideas that listeners can use for Thanksgiving and other gatherings while checking with a doctor before making health changes. 4. Dr. Nedd starts with mashed potatoes made richer by mascarpone cheese, which he says he would buy from Poli's Pork Store on US 19 because imported cheese from Italy is cleaner than many store options. 5. He then moves to chipotle mashed sweet potatoes, using chipotle peppers from a can, adobo sauce, butter, salt, and pepper for a sweeter dish with heat. 6. The keto stuffing section includes a bread made from finely ground blanched almond flour, six large eggs, cream of tartar, butter, baking powder, and salt. 7. Ron and Dr. Nedd talk through the stuffing's meat option, saying pork sausage is something they now avoid unless it comes from a trusted local farmer, and they suggest chicken sausage or turkey sausage instead. 8. The stuffing also uses fresh parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary, and garlic, and Dr. Nedd describes it as a keto version that can go with turkey on Thanksgiving. 9. Keto gravy follows, built from turkey pan drippings, butter, beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and xanthan gum. 10. The cranberry sauce discussion turns into a deeper food-label review because the recipe uses Swerve, and Dr. Nedd pauses to check what erythritol is doing in sugar-free products. 11. He cites a Cleveland Clinic article titled "what's erythritol and is it bad for you?" and says the piece links erythritol in diet and keto foods to heart attack and stroke risk. 12. Dr. Nedd names Dr. Stanley Hazen and says his team studied more than 4,000 people in the United States and Europe while looking for blood compounds that predicted future heart attack or stroke. 13. He says the researchers found that erythritol raised clotting risk in non-human models and made blood clump more easily by lowering the threshold to activate platelets. 14. The conversation also notes that one serving of an erythritol-containing food can raise blood levels 1,000-fold, and that the increased clotting risk may last for several days. 15. Ron Nedd raises a caution about study funding and asks for randomized controlled trials and linked studies before treating erythritol as settled science. 16. Dr. Nedd then moves the guidance toward whole foods, stevia in dropper form, allulose, and monk fruit while saying he is putting a monk fruit or allulose product with erythritol into the garbage. 17. The dessert segment returns to practical holiday food with keto mac and cheese made from cauliflower florets instead of elbow macaroni. 18. Eggnog gets a keto version with egg yolks, heavy cream, unsweetened almond milk, vanilla extract, nutmeg, cinnamon, and a store-bought fallback from Harmless Harvest called organic smoothie coconut nog. 19. The tone stays conversational and advisory, with Ron asking questions and Dr. Nedd giving recipe details, ingredient sources, and side comments about what he has personally tried. 20. Listeners who want holiday recipes with lower-carb substitutions and ingredient-by-ingredient commentary will get the most from this episode, while people who want a short, strictly recipe-only segment may skip it.

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