#38 Tom Malterre on the Elimination Diet, Pillars of Health, and the Connection of Skate Culture

Pacific Rim College Radio

Tom Malterre has made a career of examining subtilties of good health and true wellness that most don’t even give fleeting consideration. As he advocates, “we are supposed to be engaged entirely with our environment.” But when our environment is filled with visible and invisible toxins, those toxins become part of is. To minimize their damage, we can fortify our systems through optimal nutrition and beneficial lifestyle practices.

Tom is not only an amazing educator, he is also a practitioner of what he teaches. He is co-author of 3 books – a pair of incredible cookbooks and The Elimination Diet, which examines what foods might be making us sick – and he is a teacher and practitioner of functional medicine. Growing up in Pacific surf and skate culture, he reaped the benefits of regular physical activity that connected him to his body, nature, and a thriving community. Now he creates similar opportunities for his children and strengthens his relationship with them in the process.

Tom is gifted in his ability to articulate, and thus we investigate many topics including his 10 fingers of health, how the environment is likely causing myriad chronic and debilitating conditions, the irreplaceable role of microbes in maintaining good health, relatively small food and lifestyle choices that can derail homeostasis, the value of limiting stress, and what he learned from his physician growing up in Hawaii.

Tom’s enthusiasm for life projects from him like a great wave of healing energy. Healing stems from engagement, from something Tom says can be as simple as receiving a smile from someone. I felt healing just from having this conversation with him, and I have no doubt that you will also.

Please enjoy this episode of Pacific Rim College Radio with Tom Malterre.

Episode Links:

Whole Life Nutrition

Nourishing Meals by Tom Malterre and Alissa Segersten

The Elimination Diet by Tom Malterre and Alissa Segersten

The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook by Tom Malterre and Alissa Segersten

Seeking Health

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Learning Links:

School of Holistic Nutrition at PRC

Holistic Nutrition courses at PRCOnline

Student Clinic at PRC