Ashleigh VanHouten is a health and nutrition journalist for Paleo Magazine, speaker, certified health coach, and self-proclaimed health and fitness nerd. She hosts the Muscle Maven Radio podcast (and has worked with other top-rated health-related podcasts like Shrugged Collective, Muscle Intelligence, and Paleo Magazine Radio), and is the author of It Takes Guts: A Meat-Eater's Guide to Eating Offal with Over 75 Healthy and Delicious Nose-to-Tail Recipes. Full show notes for Episode 134 of The Genius Life Podcast: https://www.maxlugavere.com/podcast/134-ashleigh-vanhouten What you'll learn from this episode: What the heck is offal, and how do you pronounce it? Ashleigh's take on using the paleo diet as a template for a personal, sustainable approach to nutrition without succumbing to the hype of its stricter, more extreme tenets. What Ashleigh tells people (particularly the "women laughing alone with salad" crowd) who mistakenly believe they have to eschew "heavy" meat in order to fulfill their weight loss goals. Ounce for ounce, organ meats are among the most nutrient-dense, protein-rich foods you can eat, and properly prepared (as Ashleigh teaches us to do in It Takes Guts), they can also be among the most delicious. Where to begin your adventures with offal if you've only had negative experiences with it (like being forced to eat liver and onions as a kid), and how to tame its stronger flavors into unique, craveworthy concoctions you'd be proud to share with your fanciest dinner guests. Subscribe to my podcast! Apple devices: http://maxl.ug/TGL Spotify: http://maxl.ug/TGLspotify For all other platforms, just search "The Genius Life"! Social: Instagram: http://instagram.com/maxlugavere Twitter: http://twitter.com/maxlugavere Text me (US and Canada only): (310) 299-9401