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Birke Baehr and Sarah Czipowski, brilliant kids with a lot to say about real food and low-carb health, are our guests today on The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore!
Birke Baehr is a youngster who turns 12 years old today and yet he has already delivered a TED Talk after learning about mercury in HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup). His interest in real food developed spontaneously and without the guidance of his parents–surprisingly!
Sarah Czipowski is a 17-year old high school senior and she arrived at the low-carb lifestyle after looking at other dietary alternatives such as vegetarianism and low-fat. Sarah doesn’t have any kind of body-image problems as many her age do. Instead, her interest in healthy eating came from hearing adults talking about how hard it is to become fit in adulthood. Sarah decided to get fit now to save her the expected grief later.
Be encouraged by this next generation of low-carb, real food thinkers!
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LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 447
– Support our sponsor: ZSweet stevia/erythritol blend
– Birke Baehr bio
– “Birke On The Farm” blog
– Birke Baehr’s 2010 TEDx NextGeneration Asheville speech entitled “What’s Wrong With Our Food System?”
– Sarah Czipowski bio
– Sarah’s “Low Carb Sense” blog
Hey Jimmy, I am a bit confused. Who knows, perhaps it’s my kooky low carb diet but I thought you said that you were going to interview 2 kids. Well, where are they? I listened to some very eloquent, intelligent mature individuals that are going to leave a big mark on the world of health. I am also pleased to hear that they are homeschooled. We must give the parents a big shout-out for their contribution to their education. I enjoyed this podcast very very much. I knew that they would be intellegent but their depth of intelligence was refreshing. Birke was outstanding and I loved the fact that HE loved his greens. He had a deep understanding of artificial farming and I was pleased to see that he Knew so much about GMOs and other forms of agricultural engineering.
Can I adopt Sarah? I can just see her and I eating all of the same foods. I would live to give her a big fat glass of half and half to drink with her buttered greenn beans and ham. I wonder if she likes heavy cream. I believe that she will find the courage to walk the low carb path as a career.
I’m glad you enjoyed it Mary. I agree these “kids” are mature in their nutritional thinking well beyond their years.
Sarah’s line about not hearing about “a pack of wild dogs clearing out the wheat fields and the corn fields ” should become a classic.
I intend to use many variations of that in the future – especially when encountering those vegetarians deluded enough to think that their cat or dog should be eating fruits and vegetables.
Funny what we can learn from a 17-year old. 😀
http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/03/10/vegan.dog.diet/index.html
What a joy! Thank Dog these impassioned, idealistic young people didn’t fall into veganism head first.