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Aaron Zober returns with a new cycle of The Appropriate Omnivore podcast for the summer season. His first guest back well represents the idea of being an appropriate omnivore. Jasen Urena is vice president of NestFresh Eggs and New Barn Organics. Jasen explains how you should never take the position that any one segment of food is bad. So Jasen offers healthy animal products with the regenerative New Barn eggs and the pasture raised NestFresh eggs and healthy plant based products with New Barn's almond and coconut milks. Jasen and Aaron talk about the importance of sourcing sustainable and regenerative almonds and coconuts as well as keeping the ingredients simple in plant based milks.

Aaron Zober is joined by clinical nutritionist Sara Keough of Eco Nutrition. Sara's practice focuses on having her clients be healthy by eating food which is both nutrient dense and environmentally sustainable. Aaron and Sara both see grass fed pasture raised meats as important for a person's health and for the health of the planet. Yet some are confused by their messages and ask both of them if they recommend these fake meats such as Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat. While Aaron and Sara see that there's no one size fits all diet and are okay with people being vegetarian or vegan if it works for an individual, they break down why these fake meats aren't the correct way to do a plant based diet. Sara shares her take as both a nutritionist and a consultant on regenerative agriculture as to why the fake meats are bad both for in terms of health and sustainability.

Goodmylk Co. founder Brooke Harris is on a mission to bring truly good food to the world. And like many mission-based companies, Brooke’s is driven by a personal experience that left her asking, “Why isn’t there something better?” Goodmylk Co. makes real “alt-mylks” with only the good stuff, and nothing else. No chemicals, no binders, no fillers and—above all—no compromises.

Live from the 2017 Chicago Womens Funny Fest, Jen and Erica are trying Baileys Almande, an almond milk version of Baileys Irish Cream. Erica is really excited to try this one, because of her lactose intolerance.

A raft of new dairy substitutes are turning up on supermarket shelves, but in part four of Healthy or Hoax we ask: can they really be called milk?