How fertile are you? Our new issue on fertility is now LIVE! Proudly powered by our friends @graffeocoffee and FRTIL. The fertility crisis is real... Some are saying it could be what ends the human race in of itself. Is the environment to blame? Our food? Our lifestyle choices? All these questions are answered from various angles in this fertility themed issue! 2025 is the year of fertility-maxxing. I also hope we get a pomegranate emoji this year lol.

The cutting boards you use matter. You could buy the best ingredients yet unknowingly inject chunks of plastic in your food. Or even worse, hurt yourself.

The best cutting boards elevate your cooking experience. Here's your ultimate cutting board rankings:

1. End Grain 9/10 2. Edge Grain 8.5/10

It's officially broth season. And there's no secret formula. You're just EXTRACTING nutrients over a low flame. It's an age-old practice and one of the best things you can do for your health. Here are some tips. Use high quality ingredients as much as you can. Whatever unwanted ingredients will only CONCENTRATE in your broth.

Use vegetables that's been sprayed in pesticides?
> it's in your broth

Use chicken that's fed corn & soy?
> you're getting all that PUFA in your broth

The biggest crime of fast food companies is that they bastardized the burger. They turned one of the greatest culinary inventions into the image of a heart attack. When you look at it closely? The burger is peak Americana 🇺🇸

Here's how you make the best burger ever: It all comes down to the INGREDIENTS you use. You can make the tastiest, most nourishing burger in the world if you construct it properly.

Top bun - sauce - topping - cheese - meat - sauce - Bottom bun

Every thing in the chain has to be IMMACULATE ‼️

The FIRST thing to do when you make good money is to invest in your health. Without it you have nothing. Every dollar gives you the greatest ROI there exists in the universe ‼️

Here's your ULTIMATE list of the best health purchases you can make (will continuously update this): 1. Replace all your seasonings with quality herbs & spices that come in glass bottles

Avoid general "all purpose" seasonings. They're poor quality, and you don't know what goes into them. Get as single ingredient as you can without the microplastics.

Coffee should only be enjoyed in high vibrational states. You sip coffee to fuel creative pursuits. What you never do is RELY on coffee as a crutch for basic human function.

If that's you? You need immediate coffee jail. And here's how you never end up there again. 1. Never drink coffee on an empty stomach (ESP if it's black!)

What this does is eventually damage your gut lining. Using coffee like this is a sure fire way to destroy your body.

It's okay once in a while, but never everyday

THE MOLD PROBLEM

You eat organic. You drink fancy water. You avoid seed oils. There's no question you take care of yourself.

But what if I told you there's something IN YOUR ROOM that could unravel it all?

Here's everything you need to know about the mold toxicity phenomenon: Before we get into it all, let me give you some backstory...

See, mold isn't anything new. It's something we have battled with for thousands of years. Those that came before us figured it out, even without the technology we have today.

Cooking a steak is a skill that every human being should have

Yet, most recipes are too time consuming or just not suited for your home kitchen

After experimenting for years, here’s how I nail a PERFECT steak every single time (no grill required) 👇 Before getting into it, I have to tell you that we here at the WARKITCHEN are not responsible if you start being disappointed by the steaks you eat in restaurants

It’s not our fault they lather it all in canola oil... 🤷‍♂️

The Bee is the Greatest Animal on the Planet. Here's Why:

1. Bees don't fly. They levitate. It would otherwise be impossible for such tiny little wings to carry a fat ass bumblebee.

2. Bees will never sting you if you have the right energy. They can feel it. If you're evil they will sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the hive.

3. Bees and human beings have a symbiotic relationship. We provide them a safe home. They make extra honey for us as a treat. Don't feel guilty when you eat honey!

4. Bees feed 90% of the world. If they ceased to exist, flowers as we know would disappear. Plants would die. The entire food chain would be destroyed. Bees silently pollinate the world. And they ask for nothing in return. How amazing.

5. Bees are not insects. They are furry animal friends. In a just society, it would be punishable by law to kill a bee.

6. Bees make honey that's so incredible some producers sell fake honey. The way you can tell is to drop it in water. It shouldn't dissolve. Real honey is thick. While it won't separate, it might crystallize over time.

7. Honey isn't the only thing bees make. They make bee bread, propolis, pollen and royal jelly — all wonderful compounds with incredible medicinal benefits.

8. Royal jelly is what turns regular worker bees into queens — it's what they're fed exclusively. It contains the compound royalactin that's responsible for this magic. Royal jelly is widely used as a "super medicine" or in skincare products where it's applied topically.

9. Bees build their hives with propolis. It's made from plant resin and rich in flavonoids. Incredible anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties.

10. Bees have superhuman memory. They remember every flower they've visited. Another reason why you should give them some water if they visit your kitchen. They will remember your kindness.

11. Human beings aren't the only animals with a coffee addiction. Bees often get their caffeine fix from sipping on caffeinated nectar. He's just like me!

12. The sound of bees is not just therapeutic, but it has powerful healing powers. Eastern Europeans have been using it as medicine for thousands of years.

13. Bees are sensitive to the quality of your environment. The presence of bees in your area is always a good sign.

14. The Ancient Egyptians believed bees were created from the tears of Ra himself, their Sun god. Bees are divine.

Name me another animal that single-handedly props up the food chain while producing so many products that help us human beings lead stronger and healthier lives. Bees are simple the best. There is no competition 🐝🥂 Imagine thinking red meat and eggs make your heart explode. A majority still think this way and honestly I don’t blame them...

Nutrition is one of those areas where we’ve been fed absolute garbage our entire lives.

They lied about everything. "Heart-Healthy" cereal? Yeah right. The first ingredient is soybean oil.

It took us years to figure this all out. We attacked every myth one by one, and eventually got to the truth. Seed oils. Artificial dyes. Soy. Fortified iron. Unactivated grain... Sometimes it's difficult to believe that so much of what we've been taught is simply not true.

We’ve collated everything we’ve learned here at the WARKITCHEN into one complete resource — Optimal Fuel — it’s 400 pages, broken down into:

• ACTIONABLE information on exactly what’s healthy and what isn’t in layman terms

• TECHNIQUES to cook healthy food that tastes amazing without needing to rely on recipes

• RECIPES for healthy and tasty food you can easily replicate and make at home every single day

Optimal Fuel is the WARKITCHEN’s magnum opus. IIt’s everything we wished we had at the beginning. Healthy doesn’t have to be bland & tasty doesn’t have to be gluttonous… you CAN have the best of both worlds

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Rosemary is the most powerful herb in the world 🌿:

1. Napoleon was so obsessed with rosemary perfume he used 162 bottles of rosemary water in the first three months of 1806

2. Aristotle's students wore rosemary garlands on their heads — it was said to grant them super memory

3. Rosemary extract has been found to reduce tumor size and inhibit the growth of new cancer cells

4. Rosemary tea is a nature's anti-depressant — it modulates GABA, and is studied to naturally improve mood and cognition

5. Rosemary improves insulin resistance, suppresses gluconeogenesis and regulates glucose uptake and transport

6. Rosemary oil inhibits fungal growth and has been found to support hair growth in those with alopecia.

7. If rosemary was a patented drug, it would be one of the most expensive and widely sold drugs in the world

8. Washing your face with rosemary boiled in white wine was said to give you eternal beauty

9. Consuming rosemary infused holy water brings back a lost appetite

10. Sleeping with a sprig of rosemary under your pillow eliminates nightmares (important for glycine enjoyers)

11. Rosemary was carried everywhere during the plague of 1665. It was common practice for ladies to keep it in their bags, and for the men in their handkerchiefs or gentlemen's walking stick. We didn't need jabs in 2021... we just needed rosemary 🤷‍♂️

12. Nobody ever had "too much rosemary"

13. Rosemary can be effectively used as the second ingredient of almost anything. Rosemary omelettes. Rosemary chicken. Rosemary potatoes. Injecting fresh rosemary is a cooking hack.

14. Rosemary oil, to this day, one of the leading compounds used to regrow hair follicles

15. Rosemary has always been known as "brain food". I don't know how the Ancient Greeks figured this out, but modern science has only confirmed this.

16. Bathing in rosemary infused water was said to be the "bath of life"

It's a no-brainer to start consuming more rosemary. Fresh or dried. Add it to your diet. Insanely easy to grow too.

My favorite ways of incorporating rosemary in my diet:
- Basting steaks with fresh rosemary
- Mincing rosemary finely and adding to eggs
- Make rosemary garlic compound butter & use on toast
- Blend rosemary in your basil pesto
- Drink rosemary tea

"All must be left when Death appears,
In spite of wishes, groans, and tears;
Not one of all thy plants that grow
But rosemary will with you go."
— George Sewell (1687-1726)
If you like rosemary? You definitely appreciate beautiful things.

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What’s the best cooking pan material?

You spend time sourcing the best ingredients. But do you realize that your pan is an INGREDIENT too?

Use aluminum? You’re ingesting metal that’s been linked with neurodegenerative disease

Use Teflon? You’re eating plastic!

Let me explain…

Aluminum Pans:
- Incredibly toxic metal that you don’t want ANYWHERE near your system
- Linked more & more with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s

Side note: Never heat food with aluminum foil ‼️

Non-stick Pans:
- You’re essentially cooking with plastic here
- It takes very little for the surface to start scraping and then you’re leaching a ton of microplastics into your food

Technically you could use a brand new Teflon pan, but it’s only a matter of time before you get toxins in your food. I personally avoid completely, my stainless steel is non-stick.

Non-stick & aluminum pans don’t deserve to be anywhere near your kitchen. You deserve better.
Cast iron & carbon steel are great but I personally wouldn’t want to use them everyday with how much free iron they leach.

This isn’t a problem back in the day but these days we already have so much iron fortification in our foods you don’t want excess.

Man created fire. With fire, came charcoal.

But why did he only harness the powers of charcoal a MILLION years later?

How did charcoal go from fuel in Ancient Egypt to a detox pill today?

This is the Story of Charcoal: The Most Underappreciated Substance in World History Do you even know what charcoal is?

It's essentially the "essence" of every burnable material. When you burn wood (without any air), you're removing everything but the carbon.

This concentrated carbon is CHARCOAL ⚫️

It’s easy. Just stock your fridge with:
- Eggs
- Raw Goat’s Milk
- Orange Juice
- Mangoes
- Ribeyes
- Sirloins
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Yogurt
- Bone Broth
- Bone Marrow
- Ghee
- Raw Butter
- Fresh Rosemary
- Spring Onions
- Duck Fat
- Coconut Oil
- Oysters
- Carrots
- Black Seed Oil
- Golden Kiwi
- Wild Sockeye
- Broccolini
- Chicken Thighs
- Parmigiano Reggiano
- Aged Cheddar
- Minced Beef
- Asparagus

Pantry:
- Olive Oil
- Sea Salt (Fleur de Sel)
- Peppercorns
- Nutmeg
- Simply Organics Spices
- Brown Rice
- Oats
- Potatoes
- Garlic
- Onions
- Banana
- Cod Liver
- Sardines
- Canned Tomatoes

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Everyone loves to overcomplicate bone broth

But when you think about it… broth is just a mixture of

1. Bones
2. Water
3. Heat

It’s REALLY easy to make. Let me show you how 👇

Before that, understand that broth isn’t a fad.

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They Don't Teach You This About Honey Bees in Schools 🐝:

1. Honey is the only food that has every single substance to sustain life.

2. Honey doesn't ever turn bad. You can actually eat honey that was found in Egyptian tombs thousands of years ago. (if you dare) ‼️

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Eggs are the best breakfast food.

And french omelettes are the pinnacle of what you can make with an egg.

Learn how in 3 minutes: https://t.co/iG1oNGgTnYtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Years. That’s how long it took for me to go from cooking omelettes on the left, to the ones on the right.

And boy, was the difference night and day. The ones on the left were a pain to eat, and I couldn’t quite understand why they tasted so flat.

THE NEGLECTED ELECTROLYTE: POTASSIUM 🍌

98% of Americans are potassium deficient. If you’re reading this, it’s likely you are too.

But just how bad is a potassium deficiency? Here’s everything you need to know to join that 2%: Sodium isn’t the ONLY electrolyte. That’s a common misconception.

The four main electrolytes are:
• Magnesium
• Potassium
• Sodium
• Calcium

"What you eat affects your brain"

Heard of the Gut Brain Axis?

It acts as the portal that transports nutrients to your brain, just like a fuel nozzle would refuel your car twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Due to a number of reasons, this axis sometimes gets disrupted and you develop deficiencies & your brain doesn't have the ingredients to cook

Depression, ADHD, Bipolar, etc are a result of these deficiencies and sometimes you're even born with it

But... it can be fixed!

It’s actually REALLY simple:

1. Going carnivore won’t fix all your problems. It’s just a tool.

2. We’ve been eating herbs & vegetables for eons. To disregard them just because they’re plants is childish.

3. Grains can be part of a healthy diet, if prepared properly (soaked, sprouted, fermented).

4. What your food is made up of is infinitely more important than its macronutrient breakdown.

5. What you drink is equally as important as what you eat.

6. RO water is dead water. It needs to be remineralized before consumption.

7. You don’t have to fear the sugar in fruit like a maniac. Fruit is God’s nectar.

8. Every “heart healthy” oil you see in the supermarket is doing the opposite thing.

9. The cholesterol in your blood ≠ the cholesterol in foods.

10. Not all LDL is the same. Smaller LDL particles are what clogs arteries, and consuming oils like canola & sunflower oil contribute to plaque formation.

11. Animal fats are extremely healthy. The narrative will change soon and you’ll be thankful you’re early.

12. Raw honey is the best natural sweetener on the planet. It’s got every substance to sustain life.

13. Wild fish and seafood are extremely healthy for you. Heavy metal fears are overstated. Even then, it really only affects bigger fish like tuna.

14. A pack of wild sardines is a nootropic. Might not smell the best, but it gives you what you need. (Pro tip: keep a pack of mint toothpicks handy).

15. 90% of bread you see is not real bread. If you want bread, always go artisan. Sourdough & sprouted grain >>

16. The Sun is one of the most powerful healing agents. Eating your food alfresco should be prescription.

17. Rosemary is one of the most studied herbs in the world, and incredibly versatile. Consuming 1-3x per week is a no brainer.

18. Being stressed over your food choices (even if you’re eating healthy) is detrimental. Make peace with what’s in your control, leave the rest to God.

19. Organ meats are supplemental, not a staple. Eat in relation to what we would’ve gotten naturally after slaughtering an animal. 1-3x per week.

20. Protein is important yes, but most people overly focus on it at the expense of everything else.

21. There’s no such thing as “the best” cooking fat. You can use more than one. Butter for toast. Olive oil for fish. Ghee for steak. All special in their own way.

22. General “seasoning” blends are a waste of money. Buy individual herbs and spices and make them yourself.

23. The key to consistently eating healthy is reframing mealtime from enjoyment to rocket fuel that takes you closer to your dreams.

24. How you feel an hour after the meal is the best indicator of how healthy it was.

25. Not all cheese is made the same. Opt for the parmigiano reggianos of the world, and avoid the contemporary American (which has more plastic than cheese).

26. The type of pans you use in the kitchen matter. Stainless steel is the best, followed by cast iron, carbon steel. Avoid non-stick & aluminum pans — they are associated with cancer. Glass is great as well.

27. Pregnant moms deserve the best nutrition in the world. If they don’t get it, their bodies are designed to leach every mineral from their bones just to nourish their baby.

28. Farmed salmon is known as the most toxic food in the world. Either buy wild salmon, or choose other protein options.

29. Artificial dyes in candy are responsible for the rising trend of mental illness we see in our children today.

30. There is no such thing as fake meat, fake eggs or fake milk. They’re all inferior products, sold at higher prices. Stick with the real thing. It’s healthier for you.

31. White rice is healthier than brown rice. And, it’s tastier.

32. You can eat healthy food at any price point. All money does is increase variety.

33. Having some fruit (as a snack) is a great way at introducing antioxidants in your diet & hitting your Vitamin C targets. Learn more about these points in easily digestible chapters in Optimal Fuel

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THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE OATS

Yes, you absolutely can eat oats

BUT, only if you prepare them the right way 🌾🥂

Rosemary is a MIRACLE herb!

• Anti-Cancer
• Anti-Anxiety
• Anti-Diabetes
• Pro-Fertility

And to think you can just pluck it from a random highway… It’s beautiful It’s also incredibly diverse and you can’t really name all of its benefits in a singular tweet