The Truth About Seed Oils with Sherry Calbom

We have the renowned, I hope I'm pronouncing her name correctly. It's Sherry Calboom, MS. She's known worldwide as the juice lady. She is a nutrition expert, CEO of Trinity Wellness Institute. And she's also the author of 36 books that have sold more than 3.5 million copies. Now, dig this. She's the bestseller of the book, Juicing for Life. She's a former nutritionist to George Foreman. She spent decades helping people improve their health through. Whole food nutrition. And now she tackles the controversy surrounding seed oils in her latest book, The Truth About Seeds Oil. You guys already know what to do. Let's give a warm We Talk Weekly welcome to Sherry Calboon. Hey, hey, how are you? How are you? Looks like you on mute. Let's see if we can fix that. Let's give a sound check one more time. Say hello for me. Say hello for me. Hey, hi. There we go. We'll give you another round of applause. How are you? How are you? How are you feeling today? I'm doing great. And thank you so much for inviting me on your show. And I'm really excited because this is a very hot topic. Lots of people are interested in the seed oils. Yes. The story behind it. Absolutely. Absolutely. Fantastic. Before we get into that, right, I want to back up and I just want to know a little bit more about you. You know, like what? What was, okay, so how about this? Let's start here. Was oils and nutrition and well-being, was that in the cards for you earlier? Or was it, you know, your training and your education and your background? Was this something that you knew that this is something that I wanted to focus on? I knew after I got well, and it was nutrition that really healed my body. In my 20s, I was really sick. I had chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. And I ran around to different doctors and nobody knew what to do. And they still really don't about those conditions. They just manage them with drugs. But I was not getting any help at all. And so I thought, I've got to do something for myself or I'm never going to get out of this hole. I'm young. I'm single. I don't want to be sick the rest of my life, you know. And so I went to some health food stores and talked to people there. And learned my diet was really all wrong. I love junk food and fast food. And I was a sugar addict. And I was not a vegetable lover at all. So I changed my diet. I got a juicer. I went on a five-day juice fast. On the fifth day, my body expelled a tumor this size, the size of a golf ball with blue blood vessels attached. And I went, oh my goodness, that was spectacular. I'm sure I was heading in my mother's footsteps who died of cancer when I was six years old. And so I thought, well, tomorrow I'm going to wake up well. But I didn't. I was on a journey of healing. And it took me about three months. I kept juicing. I added in a plant-based diet. And in three months, one day I did wake up and feel like, wow, I got a new body last night. And that's when I decided I'm going back to school. I'm getting a degree in whole foods nutrition, a master's level degree. And I want to be a credible source. And I have been writing and teaching people about diet ever since. All right. So let's back up. Let's back up because I mean, your story is amazing and I appreciate you sharing the story, but I want to know, because I'm sure people who are watching are curious in you going through that journey to heal yourself. How did you know how to do that? What was it that was the impetus or the trigger to say, I'm going to try this juice? Was it something that you read? Was it Something because, I mean, we hear you have an amazing book and we have it, by the way, but some of the people that are watching don't. I want people to know the journey to what encouraged you or what was that trigger to say, let me try this particular juice. Or you read something in the newspaper, maybe this may work with my healing journey. What was that? There was a book. It's an old book. I don't know if it's even in print anymore. It was a Norman Walker book was written, I think in the thirties and it was still popular then. And it did not have recipes, but it was all about juicing, healing the body. And it had numbers like one to 30 or something. And you could pick out what ailed you and find the vegetables that you would combine, put them together to make a juice during healing to your body. And, And the reason that juice is so effective is that it's broken down so well. It gets right into your cells. The more you drink, the more you're flooding your body with those nutrients that are healing your body. So I had no recipes though. I had to just try combinations. Some tasted awful. Some tasted good. That's why I've written 36 books and all of them just about have recipes in them. And I wrote Juicing for Life, my famous book that sold over 2 million copies. because I wanted people to have an A to Z guide, 50 different ailments. And you look up what ails you and you find the juices and the nutrients that help that ailment and then delicious recipes. I knew people had to have that. Now, seed oil and juicing is a little different, right? But I want to talk about the juicing and then we'll go to the seed oil because that's why you're here. But juicing, what was one of the recipes that you found worked almost right away that was Similar to a magic bullet. I mean, you know how we are. We are a microwave community society. So we want to know what works right now. Right. But we know sometimes it takes time because you've been juicing for a while during your journey. And you found out one day you woke up and was like, wow, it works. Right. But what was one recipe or one particular juice that you can say to the people who are watching? Like, try this because it works. Yes. Try this because it does work. So I started with a base. She wants something that tastes good. And carrot, apple tastes great. You can do carrot, apple, or I did a lot of carrot, lemon. Surprisingly, that tastes really good too. I put in some ginger because I did read somewhere and it's true. Now there are lots of studies. Ginger is an anti-inflammatory. It's very rich in zinc, which is great for your immune system. And I added in greens. And we just don't get enough of those leafy greens. to really change our health and get all those minerals that our system needs. So I added in different greens from. Day to day. So I did things like kale or chard, spinach, parsley, green leaf lettuce. I kind of switched them up and changed them around. I also did some celery juice. I did carrot and celery and cabbage is another really, You feel it when you drink it. But it's delicious. It tastes kind of nutty. It's a strange response that you get when you combine those. But I kept switching up juices and trying different things. But all of it working together, there was a lot of synergy. And that's when I started feeling better, a little better, a little better. And then, of course, I got rid of that tumor. That was pretty spectacular. And then I just kept on my program of detoxification and healing until one day I was completely well. The pain was gone. The illness was gone. I didn't feel like I had the flu all the time, which is how you feel when you have chronic fatigue syndrome. Yeah. Wow. You know what? That's such an amazing story and journey. And the recipes that you utilize, I do want to back up because you said celery. Celery has been a huge conversation lately in terms of healing and fixing. Why do you believe celery is an amazing recipe addition? What is it in celery that propels the immune system, so to speak? Well, you know, celery juice isn't most people's favorite flavor. Let's put it that way. If it's not and you just can't chug it on down, add some lemon or lime juice or a little apple or something. But I went searching for studies on celery because several years ago, it just kind of exploded onto the scene, you know, and everybody was talking about celery juice and running to their nearest juice bar to get a big glass of celery juice and on it went. And when I got my master's degree in nutrition, we were just told way back then, that celery was just mainly water and sodium and it didn't have a whole lot of nutrients to offer. And it was looked at as more of an addition to an appetizer tray, right? You could scoop up that dip with it. But then I found all these studies showing, proving that celery lowered blood pressure, lowered blood sugar. Those of you with diabetes or prediabetes should really perk up when you hear that. Lowered cholesterol levels. And it has in it three specific phytonutrients that fight cancer, especially fighting angiogenesis. That's the growth of the blood vessels out to the tumors to feed it. That's what I saw when my body expelled that tumor. I saw like somebody cut three or four or five blood vessels. There were little blue blood vessels attached to it. Well, something had, I call it God scissors, those vital nutrients that are shown in studies now to cut off angiogenesis, that blood supply. Wow. That's, geez, I'm going to go get some celery right now. Amazing. The last question that I have for you is the transition from juice to the seed oils, right? So I want to talk a little bit about that because you started expansive studies in the oils, right? Most people just think of juice, not necessary oils. Can you elaborate on what was the start of that journey and what you have found? I started back in early 2000s studying oils. I connected with an importer of coconut oil way back in the early 2000s. And at that time, coconut oil was pretty demonized. People said, oh, it's a saturated fat. You shouldn't have it. It's not good for you. It's not heart healthy. Get it out of your diet. Don't put it on popcorn. Don't eat that theater popcorn if it has coconut oil on it. All of this false information was flooding the market, but I didn't know any better and I believed it too. But when this importer started telling me all of the wonderful benefits of coconut oil and how it's been a traditional staple in Southeast Asia and how many, many people have been healed and how good it is for you and started pointing to some studies that did show something different. I thought, I've got to look into this. So back in 2005, I wrote the book, The Coconut Diet, based on the research I'd done then and brought coconut oil back to the West. I was one of just two other writers to introduce coconut oil. And suddenly, within a couple of years, it was coming back into the Western market. Now you can find it everywhere. It's in great big jars at Costco and it's in all the grocery stores. And we were effective in that. But now we've come to a point in time where lots of people have been talking about seed oils and there's a lot of confusion. And a lot of it's just on TikTok or Instagram. And you know, you get a 90 second or a 60 second bite and you're going, what? And what's that based on? So I thought there's a real need for a book that really tells the truth. Here it is, the truth about seed oils. And so I went looking for research and I do have a co-author. So both of us were looking at research on what about seed oils, what does it show? And they are not good for us. And I did a study on how they're made. All of this is in my book. And then I wanted people to have shopping guides and great recipes and a lot of nutrition information about Seed oils and good oils as well, like coconut oil and olive oil and avocado oil are excellent oils for you. But the other ones, and I should name them really fast because people wonder, what are they? Canola, soy, corn, safflower, sunflower, grapeseed, rice bran, cottonseed, excuse me, and peanut oil are the not good ones. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I was going to say soy has been overstudied at this point to say like, leave that alone. Yes. But I do want to, for those who are just tuning in, you're listening right now to We Talk Weekly after the talk. And we have the Juice Lady on. She's telling us about, one, her new book, The Truth About Seed Oil. Amazing book. We have it here, We Talk Weekly. But I just want to make sure that you guys are listening because when we talk about increasing your health and living and your nutrition and taking your journeys of even weight loss, This is something that you want to look into. All right, classy lady, holla at me, holla at me. Hi, juice lady. Hello. Hi, this is Sparkle talking to you. I'm a self-proclaimed herbalist. So I, like yourself, have done a lot of research. I have a health background. So I am like, when you talk about juicing, you spoke about celery. I do okra, all of those beautiful things. So I want to talk to you about the GI system. As far as what people don't believe, a lot of things like even the zoister family, such as herpes, chicken pox, shingles, those things are really caused from parasites. And a lot of times when we get those parasites, sometimes even dementia could cause those things. What is something that you could say that. Will allow us to bind parasites as far as something we can juice and drink to excrete those things out of our bodies to be free of that family of parasites. Well, juice your grains and turmeric and ginger. I would say they don't like those two very much either. But pumpkin seeds, they go after the parasites. And then you can do, you talked about herbs. So wormwood is a good one. You could do wormwood tincture. would be excellent to go after those parasites as well. And then there are all sorts of herbal combinations on the market, you know, parasite cleansing diets and supplements and so forth to get extra herbs in there. They also don't like garlic very well. So you can juice garlic and it's very surprising when you juice it. I was shocked the first time I tried to juice with garlic in it. It was really delicious. It doesn't taste like garlic. Thank you for that. And another thing I can add is oil of oregano. You have to be careful with oil of oregano because if you take it too much, Just like anything, you want to just take it for a good seven days, let your body rest for a month or two to reintroduce it. But yes, those are some very, very good ones. Also, what would you recommend? I always say I won't use it on my body if I can't digest it or eat it. So you spoke about coconut oil being used. I use that. And here's a hack for some women. There's a oil or an herb called Damiana. So I take Damiana and I actually put it in my coconut oil and use it on my body. Damiana is something that increases the libido in men and women. But what's your outlook on using something for your body that you're able to use as something like juicing or something? What would you recommend? Almost like a skincare or overall routine for something like that. You know what's really hot right now? Beef tallow for your skin. So many people have different tallows on the market with different herbs in them and other natural ingredients. I mean, things that you would eat. Not that I recommend you eat a jar of the tallow that's for your skin. But more people are cooking with tallow right now. Steak and Shake was, I think, the first restaurant to become very popular in switching their seed oil out to Beef Tallow to cook their fried foods. And then many other restaurants have jumped on board and are using Beef Tallow as well. But it's becoming a trend. It's a big trend out there. Beef Tallow for your skin. And I use it. I do too. That was a good one. I forgot about that one. Yeah. Isn't that fun? And then I take my eye makeup off with olive oil. So I keep a little jar in the bathroom. And at night I take my eye makeup off. And I swear, my eyelashes are getting a little longer and a little thicker. And I read that that could happen. And I didn't expect it to happen for me. But every time I do my eye curler, I think, well, I think they're getting a little longer. Amazing. Real quick, I just want to jump in real quick, Classy Lady, because we have some comments You have, look, you have everyone excited on here. So I want to bring up the first comment. So Monica, definitely your friend to the show. She says, do you have a recipe for juice combo for acid reflux? Oh my goodness. Yes. Okay. I do. And I have several other remedies as well. So acid reflux, it can be either you're too acidic or you don't have enough stomach acid. And so you want to treat it differently, but you try different things and you see what's going to help you. The greens and celery juice are very, very good, no matter which side you're on. But you can take two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and get the raw apple cider vinegar. The one with the mother in the bottom, you know, it's kind of cloudy. Get the raw apple cider vinegar, two teaspoons in water and drink that 15 minutes before your meal. If that helps you, then it's an indicator that you are low on stomach acid. But if it doesn't help you, then I recommend you take a teaspoon of baking soda and get a good one, like from the health food store that doesn't have garbage in it, and mix a teaspoon of baking soda in water and drink that 15 minutes before your meal. Ginger is also excellent for acid reflux. And so you can juice up ginger and you could have like a little glass of, Ginger with maybe some apple and celery before dinner. You can also get chewable at your health food store. Most of them have this. Chewable ginger tablets that are sweetened with stevia. So no bad sugars, no bad stuff in there. And then it is recommended to one to two of those before your meal. So my husband, we've learned a lot about that this year because he's been plagued with that in the last few months. And all of these things have been helping him. Amazing. Look, let me give you a round of applause for that one. Amazing, amazing. So we have another question. Like I said, you have everyone just like going crazy on here. Amazing work. And so this is Tony J. This is mom. Hey, mom. Love you, mom. So she asked the question, can you juice and freeze the juice? For safe example, can you put it in an ice tray? Can you freeze it like ice and then drop it in whatever? Can you do that? Absolutely. All of the above. Lots of people right now are because they're so busy. So many of us are so busy. Do big batch juicing. So they juice a lot of juice all at once and then freeze it, like get little canning jars and don't fill it all the way to the top because they will expand. You can also definitely put it in ice cube trays. And that is a trending thing right now. And here's a double whammy, freeze cantaloupe juice. And it is excellent for indigestion, acid reflux, also known as GERD. So it is very soothing to the esophagus and it can really help. So having a couple cubes of cantaloupe, frozen cantaloupe juice right after dinner can be very, very helpful for you. Shout out to mom. She was like, yo, I got to donate $ 2 for that. Thank you so much. Amazing, amazing. And so this is why we do shows like this to make sure that we give to the community. And one of the things that we always say is that we're solutions based. So we don't just talk problems. We talk about solutions. How can we fix some things? And you definitely are giving information to fix. Go ahead, classy lady. She answered a whole lot of different things. Juice Lady, can you tell us about what women in the perimenopause or that menopause part of their life, what kind of juices would help either I know you mentioned tallow, which is one I believe that helps as well with the skin for hot flashes and stuff, but what's something else that they can use to help them as they go through that journey? Ginger may not be your best friend because it can bring heat. It might be, so you can try it, but maybe you have to cut down. We don't want you to have hot flashes. We don't want you to have night sweats. I can tell you that so many people that I've worked with when they get on the better program, I call it of really feeding your body, juicing and juicing a variety of things like celery can be one of your best friends. Celery and apple can be a good friend to you and juicing different greens. And then really looking at cleaning up your diet, getting rid of processed foods, fast foods, junk food, sugar. Sugar can be an enemy to you, especially right now. And watch the coffee, not too much caffeine. So maybe just one in the cup in the morning, um, and watch the, the wine at night, all of these things can affect you hormonally. So, um, if you get on a really good program, if you juice every day, if you have calming juices at night, like celery is known to be very, very calming, that is going to really help your system. And I've had ladies who've gotten rid of all hot flashes, all night sweats, um, improve their skin, improve their libido, on it goes. Fantastic work. You know what? I can have- Your libido improves. Yeah, how about that, right? I mean, you know what? Geez, I can have you on all night to talk. That went so fast. Guys, you are already on, Lauren. I'll let you- Oh, hi, Juice Lady. I have a question. What would you say out of all of your clients, the people that have purchased your products, what would you say is the biggest success story that you know of that you could tell us right now? Great question. Oh, wonderful question. I'm so excited to tell you, and it's hard to say which one, but this one's pretty dramatic. A lady came to me a number of years ago and she had gained 50 pounds of water weight. Both her naturopathic doctor and her allopathic doctor, that's conventional medicine, said there was nothing more they could do for her, get her affairs in order because they didn't think she was going to live. And she came to me as kind of the last ditch hope, right, of what do I do? So we went over her diet. We did the diet diary, looked at everything, and she was actually eating pretty decently. So I said, here's what we're going to do. we're going to add a 16 ounce glass of green juice and it can be whatever greens you want from cucumber to zucchini, celery, and then the green leaves. And you can put some apple in there, green apples, lower in sugar and ginger and so forth and make it taste good or a little squeeze of lemon. But I want you to have one 16 ounce glass of green juice three times a day before each meal. In a month, she contacted me again She had lost all 50 pounds of that water weight. She was chopping wood, walking around the block, cleaning her house, cleaned out her garage. She was well. She certainly was not going to lose her life. Amazing. You want to have people running out, grabbing your book and grabbing a juicer. I need to get a juicer. If anybody's watching and you want to donate a juicer, holla at us, Charles Gregg. You send it to We Talk Weekly. They're kind of expensive. I want to juice it up. But yeah. So Sharon, you got something you want to ask? Yeah, just just a couple questions from a practical standpoint. As far as juicing goes, I know in this economy we currently live in right now, organic is a little bit more expensive. So do you recommend when you start juicing, is it all organic or can you use the other fruits in the supermarkets? Well, I would send you to ewg.org. That stands for environmentalworkinggroup.org. Every year they test fruits and vegetables for what's highest in the pesticide residues and what's the lowest. You can look at the Clean 15 list and you don't have to buy organic on that list. And you can look at what's near that list because it's a long list. But the Dirty Dozen, the top 12, are the worst offenders and they can have maybe 40 to 60 different pesticide residues on them. They're often the thin skin fruits and veggies like the grapes and plums. Strawberries. Yeah, all the berries are always on that list. Apples are on that list. Spinach, kale, chard, and so forth are on that list. But take a look at it. You can get the free app, download it on your phone. So it can be very helpful when you go shopping. And so we can kind of divide it out and say the top 12, yeah, look for organic or just skip it, right? And then maybe what's close to that top 12. And then the rest, you can kind of maybe not go organic. But I know it is hard. And when you're pinching pennies, but if you're not pinching them too tightly, you can say, well, do I want to spend a few extra pennies or dimes on this? Think about this. What you do for your health at the front end is really going to affect the back end. The back end is what you spend when you get sick, right? You're over a counter meds, your day's missing from work, whatever it's costing you to be sick and your family to be sick. So we want to prevent that and that you're investing in your health. You're investing in your body, your health of tomorrow. You're building today. I have one last question. How was it working with, the former heavyweight champion of the world, George Foreman. Those were some of the happiest days of my life. I was on 13 years with the George Foreman grill on QVC. And of course the other spokesperson, I was in three infomercials with George. We called him the gentle giant. When he shook hands with you, it was very limp because he said his hands were weapons. He didn't want to hurt anybody. He was soft-spoken. He was kind. He was funny. I loved doing shows with him. And I never knew he had a good sense of humor. It was kind of subtle and I never knew what he was going to come up with. So it was always kind of fun, you know, and he loved vegetables. He always wanted vegetables on the grill with his meat, whatever was cooking. So we always had vegetables on the side. He was just a great person, a great human being. He loved God. He loved his family and he loved America. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. A couple of questions for you real quick. You have, um, If you're just tuning in, ladies and gentlemen, you're listening to the Juice Lady. She's talking about her new book. Make sure you go out and grab it. So listen, if there's a legacy that you would like to leave, what would that be? I would love for people to say, you know, she really cared about me. I knew that she really cared. And I do. I care about each person. I don't want anyone to suffer anymore. And I want each person to fulfill God's plan for their life. Each of us have a purpose. We're here for a reason. If we're sick, it's hard to fulfill our purpose. And that's the second part of it, that I want everybody to be able to be healthy and well so they can fulfill their purpose of why they're on this earth. Let me give you a round of applause for that. Such a beautiful person. I got to mention your blouse, though. You're like, I. Love the color. I love the blouse. You look amazing. So I had to tell you that real quick. Thank you so much. You're quite welcome. You're quite welcome. One last question, because I had a woman talk about this before when we had a conversation about hair loss. Men go through it and some women go through that too, thinning hair. Are there anything that you could recommend in terms of juice? You're already shaking your head. So you already know where I'm going. So I'll just give you the mic. Hey, yes. Well, what a question. What a wonderful question. I went through it and discovered that I have an allergic response, especially to wine. I cannot drink it. Makes my hair fall out. Sweets do the same thing. So I had to start learning. Okay, we've got to cut here. No wine, no sweets. And then I found some enzymes, Nesformula, and I normally don't talk about product, but I can't not tell you this. Nesformula protein digestion, it helps to digest the protein as you eat it. And then Nesformula number four helps to clean up the protein that's floating in your system. So when you do that, it helps your hair grow back. It helps it get a little stronger. so that it isn't so weak and breaks off easily. And then ginger is very helpful. And I call it ginger for the scalp. So you can juice up ginger and rub it on your head, rub it on your scalp. It's tingly and it stimulates the hair follicles to grow more. So sometimes if you have a little extra time, you can do that maybe 10 minutes before you wash your hair, rub it all in some ginger juice. And, uh, I know. If you do some of these things, I'm telling you, you're going to see some hair growth. Wow. I never heard that before. I'll give you another round of applause. I just want to thank you for coming to the show. But before we leave, why don't you let everyone where they can get your book? How can they find you? All that good old stuff. Yeah. Okay. So we want to talk for just a second about juicers because you mentioned that. I love the Nama J2 only because you don't have to stand there and plunge you know, push the produce through. You put it in the top chamber, close the lid, turn it on, walk away and go clean your kitchen, make food, whatever you want to do. And Nama J2, use my code JUICELADY and you'll get 10% off. You'll get free shipping. So come visit me at JUICELADYINFO. That's my website.com. Sign up for my free newsletter and you'll get the seven anti-inflammatory juices in the ebook. And then get my book, The Truth About Seed Oils. that I've been talking about. It's on Amazon. If you go to the landing page on my website, it'll take you over to Amazon, but it'll really help you to understand which juices are best for you, which ones are slimming and will help you lose weight, which ones are for your brain and will help to improve, improve brain power. And then follow me on all the social media is the same at Juice Lady Sherry, C-H-E-R-I-E. And I would just love to connect with you. And then I'm having a retreat, Next April, a wellness retreat. It's going to be fabulous. We're going to juice and have organic gourmet plant-based foods. We're going to have tons of classes and you'll learn so much. So go to my website, find out more about that. Sign up for my retreat next April. Round of applause, round of applause. Well, we want to thank you for coming on the show. And one thing that we tell everyone on the show is once you come to the show, you're a friend to the show. So you're always welcome to come back. I want to I want to wish you the best and just continue to do what you do. We have your book and we're going to keep reading and we just have to find another time for you to come back. Would you would you mind just coming back, doing us the honor? I would love to come back. I love your show. You all have fabulous energy and you're a great show. I'll be back.