The Food Matters Podcast · Laurentine ten Bosch

Glowing Skin and Vibrant Energy at Any Age: Susan Teton's Nutrition Secrets

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Susan Teton says oils belong after cooking: "I steam my veggies and then I pour my oil on after."

The body needs a compass. Susan Teton starts with a simple premise: health gets harder to read when people stop noticing where they live, what the soil is like, what kind of terrain surrounds them, and how their days actually run. James keeps the tone warm. He brings Susan back to the early FMTV years, when she helped people make fermentation feel doable, along with healthy dinners, meals, snacks, dips, salads, and desserts. It is grateful, but it does not get floaty for long. The conversation turns to fats, where small choices can add up quietly. Susan treats essential fats as the anchor because the body does not make them. Food has to bring them in, and heat or light can damage them fast. Rancid fat becomes the warning sign. Her concern is the ordinary stuff people may think of as healthy: dressings, bars, nut milks, crackers, chips, dried fruit, and the oils tucked inside them. James recognizes the pattern. He names nut milks and bars, then points to how common vegetable oils have become. Canola gets called out, along with soybean, sunflower, safflower, and rapeseed oils as heavily processed examples. The olive oil story makes the contrast easier to picture. James remembers touring an olive oil factory in Spain and seeing an old press described to him as about a hundred years old. That image sits beside newer large-scale processing without needing a lecture. The episode stays close to the body. Susan's frame is food as medicine, and the ending moves into Emiola: seeking the highest form of well-being near the end of life. James answers with wonder. The feeling is gentle, almost like an invitation to choose vitality and less suffering where that is possible.

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A grounded conversation about food, aging, and the everyday choices that shape health.

This episode keeps its focus on food, aging, and the plain habits that shape both. Susan Teton's early Food Matters cooking work gives the discussion a clear anchor, while Laurentine and James move it toward everyday choices such as fermentation, simple meals, body awareness,…

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If you want a calmer take on aging, food, and long-term vitality choices, with no hype.

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