The Healing Wisdom We Lost With Nature! Part 2 With Udo Erasmus – #735

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In this episode:

What if your greatest hardships were the doorway to discovering how the body truly heals? In this powerful episode, Julie Ryan sits down with health pioneer Udo Erasmus, who shares his extraordinary journey from being separated from his mother during wartime to becoming a global voice in holistic nutrition and wellness. Udo reveals how early trauma, a life-altering experience with pesticide poisoning, and deep study of biology and psychology led him to question conventional medicine—and uncover the profound healing role of nutrition, especially healthy fats.

Together, we dive into the misunderstood world of essential fatty acids, unraveling the truth about omega-3s, omega-6s, and how modern food processing has quietly undermined our health. Udo offers practical, eye-opening guidance on choosing and using oils, honoring traditional food wisdom, and preserving the life force in what we eat—wisdom that can immediately change the way you nourish your body.

But this conversation goes far beyond food. Udo explores the spiritual dimensions of health, the vitality found in fresh and living foods, and lifestyle practices like intermittent fasting that help restore harmony between body, mind, and spirit. Blending science, soul, and lived experience, this episode offers a holistic roadmap for reclaiming vitality, purpose, and true well-being. If you’re ready to rethink health from the inside out, this conversation is not to be missed.

Guest Biography:

Udo Erasmus is a pioneering health and wellness expert whose work spans more than four decades, widely recognized as a leading voice in the Healthy Fats and Oils movement. He helped raise global manufacturing standards for food oils, including flax oil, and co-founded Udo’s Choice in 1994, now a world-renowned brand specializing in healthy oils, probiotics, digestive enzymes, and greens. An accomplished author, Udo wrote the bestselling book Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill, with over 250,000 copies sold. With a background in biochemistry, biology, and a master’s degree in counseling psychology, Udo has influenced millions worldwide through his clear, integrative approach to achieving optimal health.

📣Udo Erasmus’ Website:

➡️https://udoerasmus.com/

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:01) – Exploring Healing Beyond Medical Industry

Udo Erasmus shares his journey from childhood to becoming a health pioneer, discussing the role of nutrition and contrasting it with conventional medicine.

(0:11:02) – Essential Fatty Acids and Health

Nature’s interconnectedness of science, spirit, and health through improved nutrition and the critical role of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

(0:19:18) – Optimal Cooking Oils and Techniques

Nature’s oils and their health benefits, misconceptions about omega-6 and omega-3, best sources, authenticity of olive oil, traditional Mediterranean cooking, balanced oil blend.

(0:32:07) – Optimal Oil Choices for Health

Nature’s oils, packaging, and intermittent fasting can improve health and longevity, avoiding poor choices and damage.

(0:39:32) – Optimal Health and Spiritual Wisdom

Maintaining a balanced omega-3 and omega-6 ratio, consuming fresh and organic foods, finding stillness, and living a life of service.