166. Conflicting Health Advice and What's True of False

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times have you been on social media

or browsing the web and you come

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across an article about coffee and

it says that coffee is the absolute,

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best thing that you can drink.

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It's great for your energy production.

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It's going to increase your

lifespan and ultimately just

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make you a healthier person.

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Only to come across another article

like a month later, that completely

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contradicts everything that was just

said in that first article you read.

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All of a sudden, now coffee is bad

for your nervous system and it's

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going to be taxing on your adrenal

glands and all these different things.

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There is so much conflicting

health advice out there.

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And it's not just with coffee.

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It's with literally everything

from meat to vegetables, to

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fats and everything in between.

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So this really raises the question.

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Why is it that there is so much

conflicting health advice out there?

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Well in this podcast, we're going to dive

deep into why there's such conflicting

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advice on when it comes to health.

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As well as what are truly the best eating

habits to live a long and happy life.

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And why is it that people

criticize you and be little you

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for making healthy life choices?

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All of these.

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And more is going to be

covered in today's episode.

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This is your host, Evan Roberts,

but more importantly, I'm just

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someone who really, truly cares

about your health and my health.

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Especially as someone who has dealt

with gut issues growing up as a kid.

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So it's my goal with this podcast to break

down health topics from a holistic and

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simplified approach so that everyone can

understand these different health topics.

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And even more importantly, walk away

from these episodes with knowledge that

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you can actually apply to your life.

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So in today's episode, you already

know we're going to be diving deep

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into all the conflicting advice when

it comes to health and why there's even

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conflicting advice in the first place.

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But I wanted to kick this episode

off with one of my favorite quotes

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when it comes to a health quotes.

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And yes, there's a huge category

of health quotes out there.

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Um, it seems like a very niche thing,

but there are ample amounts of them.

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And this one is coming

to us from Krishna Merde.

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It says it is no measure of health.

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To be well-adjusted to a

profoundly sick society.

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Personally, I think this quote just rings

very true for this day and age and kind

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of what we're seeing going on specifically

here in America, but as well in.

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Many other countries.

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Where.

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Uh, majority of the population

is actually not healthy, right?

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We're sick.

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We're dealing with some

kind of an illness.

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We're not eating the foods we should be.

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We're not living our lives in

the way that our bodies expect

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and demand us to live in.

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And ultimately we're living

in a profoundly sick society.

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So.

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Uh, for that reason.

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I felt it would be perfect to

add this quote in here and to

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really dive in on this topic.

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But I wanted to first start off

with explaining how profoundly

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sick this current society is.

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Uh, so just to start this off for

an a mainly just basing this off of

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Americans, but this does relate to.

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Definitely other countries as well.

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Um, but here specifically in

America, about 60% of the diet is.

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Uh, made up of processed foods.

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The average person is only physically

active for two hours per week.

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About 133 million Americans.

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So that's almost half of the population.

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Have at least one chronic illness.

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This could be anything from heart

disease, hypertension, arthritis,

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and anything beyond that.

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A little more than 41% of Americans

are considered obese and today's

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kids are believed to be the first

generation to not outlive their parents.

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So, yes, by at least my standards and

I think many other people's standards,

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we are in a profoundly sick society./

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What's going on everybody?

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So when it comes to living in a

profoundly sick society, it means that

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there is a really low baseline for the

average person in terms of their health.

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And anything outside of that

is typically criticized.

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It's viewed as against the grain.

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Like you're too good for people,

all these different, crazy out there

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ideas, which absolutely are not true.

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But nonetheless, if you look at the

average person, if we just based it off

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of the facts that I had listed off, That

means that if you are not eating a diet,

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that's 60% processed foods or, you know,

working out more than two hours a day or

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sorry, two hours a week, these are going

to be things that are against the grain.

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So if you decide to make a change in your

health for the better basically, meaning

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you just move away from the standard

American diet, which I always love it.

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Cause it's abbreviated as sad.

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And I think that's a very.

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Accurate depiction of

what this current diet is.

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It's a very sad diet.

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Um, but nonetheless, if you start

making those changes and let's

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say your family and friends are

very likely, maybe consuming a

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sad, uh, standard American diet.

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Then once you start making these healthy

decisions for yourself, it's likely

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going to be met with a little bit of

headbutting people, not really agreeing

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with it or just kind of comments.

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Um, I've definitely noticed it when

ordering a healthier food while

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everyone else is ordering food.

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That is, you know, Fried processed

all these different things and

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there's absolutely no shame on it.

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I think everyone has the, you know,

the absolute power to make the whatever

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decision they want for themselves, but

it's pretty wild that people find it.

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Weird that you're being healthy.

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Right.

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As opposed to weird that you're not eating

healthy, like when did that switch happen?

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Where all of a sudden, if you order a

salad or any kind of a clean meal, like

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a nice protein bowl or something along

those lines, it's a weird thing, right?

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Like people are like, oh wow.

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Are you on a diet?

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Like what's going on here?

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Or even if you decide to walk to

the store or ride a bike to the

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store instead of drive your car.

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Um, I've had many people ask

me, like, why do you do that?

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Like, that's so weird.

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Why not just take your car?

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It's so much more convenient.

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All these different things.

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But of course, if you do what the average

person does, you will become the average.

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And we are definitely not trying to be the

average in this profoundly sick society.

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So it's definitely a great idea to make

any action that you possibly can to move

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away from the standard American diet.

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And personally, I don't really care

which direction you move in terms of

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your diet, as long as it is away from

the processed foods and pretty much the

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average food that everyone is eating.

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Then it's very likely going

to be a whole lot better for

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you than what you were eating.

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And I say this as someone who largely

ate a very processed diet growing

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up, of course, my mom made home

cooked meals every now and again.

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Um, she was a working mom.

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So, you know, this was not something

that she was able to do all the time.

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But nonetheless, she did make some

really good meals, but in between

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those times of her making meals,

there was a lot of processed food.

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And of course it tasted good

and it was really easy to make

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and all these different things.

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Um, and I was unaware of the effects

that it was having on my health and very

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specifically my gastrointestinal health.

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So I'm coming from a place of moving

away from the standard American diet.

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Okay.

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I didn't start out eating whole foods

and just trying to be as healthy

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as possible, but in terms of diets

and kind of what is the best diet.

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Um, I really actually don't think

that there is a best diet, you know,

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um, when you try to find a one size

fits all, it's kind of a one-size.

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Kills all or, you know, loses

all like it, it doesn't work.

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Uh, when you try to put everybody

in a category, it just doesn't

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work because everyone's body and

body type is going to be different.

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Um, You know, our genetics are different.

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And so what works for one person is not

always going to work for the next person.

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So we have to keep that in

mind and understand that.

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You know, we shouldn't become super

dogmatic and, um, strict, so strict in

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our diets that we, you know, we, we think

all the other ones are completely bad.

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Um, I think there's benefit in pretty

much every single diet that moves

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away from the standard American diet.

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Right?

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So a few different things, though,

in terms of choosing which diet

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is right for you, because I do

want to help direct you in some.

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You know, some direction so that you

actually can start making decisions and,

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and find the diet that fits you best.

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But first off, I would say out of all

the diets and there's many of them out

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there, if you hop on social media or

any of those platforms, you can see

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that there are literally everything from

vegan to vegetarian, to plant-based,

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to keto, to paleo, to carnivore, to

animal-based, to counting calories.

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Like there are endless types of.

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Diets.

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And really, you just have to

pick one that resonates with you.

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I think if you find a diet

that resonates well with you.

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Is, that's probably going to be

the best one for you to go with.

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And that might not be the diet that you

have for the rest of your life, but it's

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probably a really good place to start.

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And so when you start a new

diet, there's a few things

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that you want to keep in mind.

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Um, the biggest thing I always tell

people is to listen to your body because

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your body speaks to you constantly, even

though, and I'm not talking like voices

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in your head, that's a whole other thing.

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But rather your body is

speaking to you through like a

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feedback loop when you eat food.

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Your body will feel a certain way.

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You have to get quiet and you have

to listen and be in tune with your

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body to sense how it's feeling.

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But for example, if you eat food and

you become very bloated, if you get

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stomach pains and cramps, if you all

of a sudden have to rush off to the

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bathroom with diarrhea, or if you.

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Uh, get acid reflux, or if

you get super bloated or if

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you start breaking out in you.

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You know, rashes over time.

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Like these are all signs from your body,

letting you know that something is wrong.

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So it's very, very important for us

to pay attention to these things.

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And I mean, it can be very subtle too.

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It could be simply that after

you eat a meal, you just feel

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very tired and lethargic.

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Like you kind of want to take a nap.

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Uh, but then other times you

can eat a meal and feel great.

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Like you could actually even go out

for a light jog after, um, after a

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meal, which probably isn't ideal.

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You don't want to go running and

doing crazy activity after eating

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a meal, but nonetheless, you could

feel energized after eating the meal.

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So this is very important

for us to be aware of.

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So I always say, listen to your body.

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Um, and then you want to really just

ultimately see how you're feeling, right?

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Like, is this diet making

you feel good overall?

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Are you happy?

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Like, what's your mood?

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Like, are you sleeping?

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Well, Uh, how does your skin look?

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Uh, how's your dental health, right?

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Are your teeth good?

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Um, or are they chipping

and falling apart?

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Uh, do you, your joints

hurt or do they feel good?

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Nice.

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And lubricated.

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Do you have a healthy sex drive?

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Right?

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Like these are all different

things that we can look at and

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realistically, we don't even need to.

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Uh, go get any blood work done or anything

to answer these questions, we just

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have to really tune in with our body.

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Of course, getting some blood work

done is always a great idea because

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then that really gives you a good idea.

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Um, but nonetheless, these are really

great things that you can just kind

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of keep a finger on the pulse on.

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So definitely though the most important

one out of all, those is to listen

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to your body, um, and just see what

feedback you're getting from your body.

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Now, like I said, anytime you move away

from the sad diet, it's going to be a

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good move in the right direction because.

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There's really just really, not a whole

lot of benefit in the standard American

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diet, but I will say one thing, and I

kind of mentioned this earlier and that

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is, do not become so attached to whatever

diet you choose, because if you become

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so attached to that diet down the road,

if that diet no longer works for you,

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it's going to be really hard for you to

step back, analyze that and shift and

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alter and, you know, start including

new foods or eliminating certain foods

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that work better for you or don't work

very good for you very well for you.

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So.

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Some people, they get so attached

to the diet that they're in.

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It becomes like their identity, which,

you know, No real shame in that at all,

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but we also have to be open to changing

and listening to the science that comes

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out and also listening to our body.

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Right.

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Because if you do.

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Uh, you know, fill in whatever, whatever

kind of diet you want, fill in the blank.

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Right.

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Uh, after eating a standard American

diet for like 20 plus years.

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Your body is probably going

to feel amazing regardless

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of what diet you choose.

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I really don't even care what the diet is.

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It's very likely that you're going to

feel so much better just because you

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got rid of all the processed foods and

the sugar and you know, all, all the

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bad stuff that they're putting in there.

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So that first diet might make

you feel amazing for the first

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five or maybe even 10 years.

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But it could also be that at some point.

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That diet isn't exactly optimal for you.

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And there might be other things that

are a little bit better for you, and

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that's where you start to fine tune it.

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So basically don't become super

attached to whatever diet is that

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you choose to go down that path with.

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Um, it's really great to try out different

diets and see which ones feel good to

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you and just kind of go from there.

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But really the ultimate thing here is

always paying attention to our bodies and

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tapping in with ourselves to understand

what's working really, really good for us.

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So.

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Now let's get into conflicting advice.

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So why is it that there's

conflicting advice?

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I kind of tapped on this

a little bit earlier.

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But really, I think the conflicting

advice really stems from.

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A couple of things, but the first one is

just our bio individually individuality.

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I hope that's even a word that

bio-individual individuality.

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Um, but basically every

person is different.

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We have different genetics and, you know,

certain foods might work really well

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for me and not work well for others.

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And this can literally be down to

even just the gut bacteria that

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I have compared to someone else.

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Right.

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Like I might be really good at digesting

certain things, but not others.

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And so this means that.

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While there is some really

great studies out there.

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These studies are not

including you, right?

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Like these are including a general

population and hopefully it's a robust,

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uh, study so that it does get enough

people in it to get a good idea.

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But nonetheless, like we have to

test these things out for ourselves.

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So coffee.

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Coffee, for example, for some

people can be totally great

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and have some great benefits.

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And for other people, it might be

really taxing on the body because

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you are stressed throughout your day.

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You're extremely stressed and by

drinking a cup of Joe first thing in

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the morning before even having any.

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Uh, water and it's like 20 minutes after

waking up, um, that coffee might be a real

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big shock to your nervous system and spike

the cortisol tax adrenals, all that stuff

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where they're already stressed out because

you just live a really stressed life.

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Whereas for other people, maybe

the coffee doesn't affect them.

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That way.

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It's a little bit lighter on their system.

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It just kind of helps them

get through their day.

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And it's not something

that is really as harmful.

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Right.

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So it really does come

down to the individual.

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And kind of your genetics and

just what works best for you.

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So I think that is one area

of conflicting health advice.

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But I also think that really,

we just don't know enough yet.

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Right.

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We need to figure out more in

terms of, you know, what truly

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are these health biomarkers?

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Like what, what are the things

that we should be looking at to

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make sure, you know, we are living.

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At our optimal, uh, peak performance

and, you know, doing the things

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that are really going to preserve

us and give us a lot of longevity.

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So we really, I think need a

little bit more research in there

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and better understanding of it

as well as just more studies.

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Honestly, I.

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I mean, every study is a

little chip away at the block.

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Um, no matter how small it is, but

I think the more studies that we can

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do and the more time that goes on.

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We're just going to start

finding more and more out.

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The only thing is sometimes it can

take a while for these studies to be

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published and then for them to eventually

make their way into the public.

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So.

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Honestly, trying things out

on yourself can sometimes be

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a really great way to do that.

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Um, of course being very safe

and not doing anything too crazy.

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But, you know, try out these

different diets and see

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which ones work best for you.

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Try out.

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Um, even if it's going vegan or

carnivore or anything in between.

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Um, you know, give those a try and

see how they resonate with you and

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see how they feel with your body.

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Honestly at the end of the day, that's

probably going to be the best way to

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determine what it is that's best for you.

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Now, with all of that said,

even though there is a ton of

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conflicting health advice out there.

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There are some general, like,

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Statements that we can make that.

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Really?

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Yeah, you could kind

of hold them as truth.

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Of course we shouldn't be too tied to

anything because of course science, new

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science can come out on anything, but.

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It seems like from most, uh, you know,

people from pretty much any diet can kind

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of agree on a lot of these statements.

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So let's first start off with what are

four things that you should really either

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minimize or completely avoid altogether.

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And a lot of these are found

in the standard American diet,

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or at least the average person

typically consumes these things.

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So the very first one is going to be

a fast food and ultra processed foods.

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So if you're unfamiliar with processed

foods, I mean, technically anything.

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That you do to alter, um, food is going

to be processing it like even cooking

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food is technically processing it.

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But when we say ultra processed

food, that means it's been.

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Processed again and again, and

again, and again and again, right?

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Like it's gone way far down the line.

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Like if you were to,

for example, take like.

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Uh, caramel, for example, right?

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Like first off you have to

get sugar from a sugar cane.

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So right there, that's already a very big

process to get sugar out of a sugar cane.

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But then on top of that, then you have

to cook that sugar down and then I

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think you add milk to it or something.

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Not really sure how to make Carmel

actually, but I know those are like

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the basic ingredients, so you're

just really removing it further and

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further and further away from its

original form to a point where it's

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actually hard to recognize what the

ingredients are in that product.

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And it would be very difficult

to find them in the wild, right.

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So we really want to avoid these foods.

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And typically fast foods contain a lot

of processed foods, as well as, um, just

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a lot of additives like preservatives

and, you know, Things that are really,

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shouldn't actually be in our food.

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Like if you drop a French fry and it

lands in between your seat and the center

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: 00:20:36

console, and you find that thing a year

later, and there is zero mold on it.

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There's something wrong

with that French fry.

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That should not be.

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Digested by your body.

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Um, it has some weird stuff going on.

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It is a Franken food and realistically

food is meant to be broken down.

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Uh, whether it's in your body

or by the earth and, uh, you

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know, used for other things.

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So yeah, we really want to stay away

from the fast foods and the process,

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or specifically ultra processed foods.

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Um, and then secondly, we want

to also avoid added sugar.

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So this is not.

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Naturally occurring sugar that you would

find in an apple or a mango, but rather

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added sugar, like cane sugar that we add

to all of our sports drinks and our Cokes

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and our pasta sauces and our breads.

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And basically every single thing,

there was so much sugar in everything.

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In fact, uh, here in America on the

low end, which I think this is honestly

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like, not even true, but, um, They

put it as low as 60 pounds of sugar,

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upwards of actually 155 pounds of sugar.

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Per person per year.

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So that is a ton of sugar consumed

by just one person every single year.

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And, you know, as the research comes

out, it just shows more and more that

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this added sugar is truly the culprit

of so many health diseases out there.

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That people were experiencing.

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So.

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Honestly, if you could avoid one thing,

I would say really try to minimize the

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amount of sugar that you're consuming.

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Even if you know, you go from a

hundred pounds of sugar down to 50.

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I think that's a huge win and hopefully

we can get it even lower than that

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: 00:22:21

because, um, yeah, there's just no need

to be consuming sugar at that level.

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In fact, sugar is a.

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Um, nutrient deficient food.

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: 00:22:30

There is literally like

no nutrients in it.

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It's just basically calories.

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: 00:22:35

Um, so yeah, like we don't need it.

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: 00:22:37

There's other things that we can

be eating that are much better.

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So a added sugar definitely

watch out for that one.

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Number three fried foods.

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Um, there might be a few exceptions here

that I would be okay with, but overall

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fried foods are pretty darn bad for you.

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: 00:22:51

And they definitely wreak

a lot of havoc in your gut.

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: 00:22:54

Um, I can definitely attest

to that, uh, for myself.

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: 00:22:58

But you know anything from fried

chicken, French fries, fried pickles.

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: 00:23:03

Whatever the heck you want to fry.

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: 00:23:05

All of those things are not

going to be good for you for.

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: 00:23:09

A few reasons, but one of the big

ones is the type of oil that they use.

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: 00:23:13

Typically in these establishments

are not the best kind of oil.

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: 00:23:17

But then when you're heating these oils

up to super, super high temperatures

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: 00:23:20

and you have it out there for a

really long, extended period of time.

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: 00:23:24

And then honestly, a lot of these

establishments are not changing out the

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: 00:23:28

cooking oil as often as they should.

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: 00:23:31

So then you just get this oil

that's sitting in there and just

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getting heated up and heated up and

heated up day over day over day.

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: 00:23:37

And what you end up with is this super,

super rancid oil that all of your

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: 00:23:43

food is being completely cooked in.

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Um, we really want to avoid that.

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: 00:23:48

That's.

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: 00:23:48

Terrible terrible food for us.

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: 00:23:50

It is not something we

should be consuming.

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: 00:23:53

Um, I would much rather you,

you know, Fry something at

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your house with some fresh oil.

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: 00:23:58

Um, but even still, that's

not going to be good.

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: 00:24:01

Um, I'm probably getting

a little bit better.

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: 00:24:02

It would be something like an air fryer

and then just moving on from there.

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: 00:24:05

But overall, we want to really avoid

the fried foods and don't get me wrong.

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: 00:24:11

Fried foods are delicious.

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: 00:24:12

Um, you know, you don't have to cut

them out a hundred percent, but if

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you could minimize them, uh, that

would definitely be a great idea.

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: 00:24:18

And then last but not least

is going to be alcohol.

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: 00:24:20

So I know alcohol is obviously very

enjoyable in the right setting.

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: 00:24:25

Um, but honestly it just really

doesn't provide any health benefit.

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: 00:24:29

And of course, I know there's people

out there who are like, no, no,

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: 00:24:31

but red wine has resveratrol in

it and all these different things.

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: 00:24:34

I get it.

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: 00:24:35

I know that there are blue

zones that consume, uh, you

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: 00:24:39

know, red wine and even alcohol.

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: 00:24:40

And if you don't know what a

blue zone is, it's an area where

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there's a lot of people that live

to a hundred years and over, but.

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: 00:24:47

Nonetheless from the research that

I've seen, it just shows that alcohol

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really does more harm than it does.

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Good.

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: 00:24:54

Now.

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: 00:24:55

I will admit I do have an

occasional drink here and there.

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: 00:24:58

Um, but it's pretty rare for me.

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: 00:25:00

And it's not that I'm holding back.

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: 00:25:01

I just, my lifestyle has adapted

this way where I just typically don't

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: 00:25:05

really drink very much alcohol, but

when I do drink alcohol and it's

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: 00:25:09

usually in a pretty moderate amount,

it's in the company of really good

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: 00:25:13

people and you know, I'm building

good relationships with my friends, my

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: 00:25:16

family, my loved ones, just my community.

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: 00:25:19

And if you're going to consume alcohol,

I hope you're doing it in that manner

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: 00:25:22

as well, because truly community plays

a huge role in our health and wellness.

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: 00:25:27

So.

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: 00:25:28

If you're going to do it, hopefully

it's in good company, but in general

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: 00:25:31

it is definitely something that

needs to be lowered, minimize,

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: 00:25:33

or if you want to eliminate it

completely as well, you could do that.

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: 00:25:37

And it would honestly be for the better.

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: 00:25:40

Uh, and then there's definitely much

more that I could add here on the

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: 00:25:43

list, but I really just want to keep

it pretty simple in today's episode.

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: 00:25:46

So we're going to stick

with just those four.

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: 00:25:48

So that's fast or, uh, sorry,

fast food or ultra processed food.

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: 00:25:53

That's added sugar.

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: 00:25:54

That's fried foods.

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: 00:25:55

And then that's alcohol.

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: 00:25:57

Now in terms of what's

actually healthy for you.

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: 00:26:00

This is probably going to be

more controversial than the

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: 00:26:02

things that I just mentioned.

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: 00:26:03

So, uh, funny enough, it's like health

is almost politicized these days, but,

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: 00:26:09

um, it's really interesting anyways.

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: 00:26:11

What I'm going to mention right now is

the things that I personally had found to

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: 00:26:16

be generally a healthy thing to consume.

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: 00:26:20

Um, and depending on your dietary

preferences, you might agree or disagree

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: 00:26:23

with these, but overall, we are keeping

these to whole foods, which I will go

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: 00:26:28

ahead and explain what a whole food is.

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: 00:26:31

Uh, after I explained what the, uh, the

different things are that I would include

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: 00:26:36

as being healthy things for us to consume.

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: 00:26:38

So the very first one is going to be.

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: 00:26:41

To eat vegetables and fruit.

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: 00:26:42

Okay.

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: 00:26:43

This is a good idea, right?

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: 00:26:44

Like pretty much just eating

plants in general is a good idea.

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: 00:26:47

It's going to have fiber.

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: 00:26:49

It's going to have enzymes.

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: 00:26:50

It's going to have vitamins.

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: 00:26:51

It's going to have minerals.

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: 00:26:52

It's going to do very much likely

more benefit for your body than it

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: 00:26:56

is going to do harm to your body.

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: 00:26:58

So highly, highly recommend that you

do include some plants in your diet.

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: 00:27:03

Now, of course there are

going to be some people.

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: 00:27:06

Who will say w w who will say, well,

Hey, what about the plant toxins?

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: 00:27:09

What about like oxalates and lectins?

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: 00:27:12

Like, you know, these things are

pretty harmful for the body and yeah.

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: 00:27:15

Those that, that might be absolutely

true, but I really just want to keep

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: 00:27:18

this pretty baseline and just, you

know, kind of cover a whole foods here.

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: 00:27:21

If you are interested in looking into that

a little bit more, you can look that up.

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: 00:27:26

It's lectins and oxalates.

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: 00:27:28

And you can find what foods have those.

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: 00:27:30

I know, for example, like kale and

spinach are supposed to have oxalates.

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: 00:27:33

And I think, um, like legumes, like beans

and tomatoes are supposed to have lectins.

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: 00:27:39

Uh, but there are some preparation

methods you can do to help minimize these.

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: 00:27:43

Um, But once again, I think this is

kind of a topic for another podcast.

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: 00:27:48

So I'm going to leave that there and

just mention that personally, I think

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: 00:27:53

plants are good for you to consume, and I

definitely try to consume a healthy amount

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: 00:27:58

of them in my personal diet as well.

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: 00:28:01

Next thing.

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: 00:28:01

And this is actually a food that

pretty much all diets will like nod and

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: 00:28:06

say, yeah, that's a good food to eat,

which is a pretty good thing because.

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: 00:28:10

People from different ends of the

dieting spectrum here have a hard

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: 00:28:14

time agreeing on a lot of things.

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: 00:28:15

So, um, when you find one that

everyone agrees on you, you

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: 00:28:18

pretty much know it's a good one.

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: 00:28:20

And that is fermented foods.

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: 00:28:22

So fermented foods are obviously, um,

You know, They can be a little bit of a.

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: 00:28:29

It can be a little difficult

for people to palate.

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: 00:28:31

Uh, for some, for some people

personally, I love all kinds of

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: 00:28:35

fermented foods and everything

from pickles to kimchi, sauerkraut.

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: 00:28:40

Uh, to Kiefer, which is a type of yogurt.

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: 00:28:43

Like these are all in my

opinion, super delicious.

548

: 00:28:45

Of course they have a little bit

of a sour taste to them, but that

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: 00:28:48

is just from that fermentation.

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: 00:28:49

And what these things are doing

is they're going to provide a lot

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: 00:28:53

of benefit to your gut along with

a lot of other benefits as well.

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: 00:28:57

But one of the really big things

that we're focusing on, especially

553

: 00:29:00

today are like probiotics and

prebiotics and gut health.

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: 00:29:04

And these are the O G like pro

prebiotic, um, you know, gut benefits.

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: 00:29:10

So including fermented foods

is a hundred percent something

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: 00:29:14

that you should be doing.

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: 00:29:15

And, um, you know, you don't

need to consume a huge amount of

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: 00:29:18

them, but even just a little bit.

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: 00:29:19

Each day is a really good idea too,

to have those in your, in your diet.

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: 00:29:24

And then the next thing is going to be,

and once again, probably controversial

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: 00:29:27

for some people, but I believe that high

quality meat is a good idea for you to

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: 00:29:32

consume at least in some portion, right.

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: 00:29:35

It doesn't have to be a massive

quantity, but at least some quantity.

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: 00:29:38

Right.

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: 00:29:38

And when I'm talking about high

quality meat, I mean, meat that

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: 00:29:42

has been responsibly raised, right?

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: 00:29:45

Like not factory farmed meat,

but responsibly raised meat

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: 00:29:49

with a diet that mimics.

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: 00:29:51

It's natural diet.

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: 00:29:53

Right?

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: 00:29:53

So if it's a cow than it is a grass

fed grass finished cow, so that's

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: 00:29:58

really high quality beef right there.

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: 00:30:00

It's also going to be things like bison.

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: 00:30:03

It's going to be things like

wild caught salmon or sardines.

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: 00:30:08

It's going to be, um, you

know, Organic heritage chicken.

576

: 00:30:12

It's also going to be, you know,

foods that you could also hunt.

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: 00:30:16

Like if you ever go out

hunting, so like venison or

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: 00:30:18

elk, like those are going to be.

579

: 00:30:19

Excellent options as well, but really

these high quality meats are, in

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: 00:30:24

my opinion, a really good addition

to our, uh, to our diets and more

581

: 00:30:29

specifically making sure we're also

including organ meats because organ

582

: 00:30:34

meats get passed up really easily here.

583

: 00:30:37

Um, in the U S you know, some places do

consume organ meats more than others.

584

: 00:30:41

Uh, but typically people love to just

go straight for the muscle meat, which

585

: 00:30:45

is usually really delicious, but.

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: 00:30:48

The Oregon meats do have a ton of benefit.

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: 00:30:50

Things like heart things

like liver, especially liver.

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: 00:30:54

Liver is a huge one.

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: 00:30:55

You know, these are going

to be very beneficial.

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: 00:30:57

They're going to have a ton of

minerals, vitamins, and, uh, provide

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: 00:31:00

a lot of benefit to your body.

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: 00:31:02

So personally, I believe including.

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: 00:31:05

Um, some high quality meat

into your diet is a good idea.

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: 00:31:09

Then you also have, um, nuts, which

some people debate on the nuts on which

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: 00:31:14

ones are good, which ones are bad.

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: 00:31:15

Um, if they're roasted and what

are they roasted in, that can

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: 00:31:17

also be a kind of a bad thing.

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: 00:31:19

But overall, I think, you know,

consuming things like raw cashews or

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: 00:31:23

having some macadamia nuts, macadamia

nuts are actually one of the nuts.

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: 00:31:26

Most people agree on as

being like a good food.

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: 00:31:29

It's safe.

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: 00:31:29

It's good to eat all that good stuff.

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: 00:31:31

Um, but, you know, I would much prefer

to see someone grab a handful of almonds

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: 00:31:36

or cashews or Beck macadamia nuts, as

opposed to like a handful of potato chips.

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: 00:31:41

Right.

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: 00:31:41

I think it's a much better option

instead of, uh, you know, all the other.

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: 00:31:46

Snacking foods, how we have access

to, um, so those are pretty much.

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: 00:31:51

The main things that I would

focus on as being, you know,

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: 00:31:54

generally considered healthy foods.

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: 00:31:57

Uh, of course, depending on your

diet, if you're a vegan, you're

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: 00:31:59

not going to be consuming the meat.

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: 00:32:01

And if you're a carnivore, you're

probably not going to be consuming very

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: 00:32:03

much of the plants that I mentioned.

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: 00:32:06

Um, but nonetheless, these are

generally pretty good things to consume.

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: 00:32:10

And as a general rule of thumb, we want

to stick to what I mentioned earlier as

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: 00:32:14

whole foods and whole foods are basically

the opposite of a processed food.

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: 00:32:20

It is usually a single ingredient.

618

: 00:32:23

Maybe it has two or three ingredients

maximum, and It's something that if

619

: 00:32:27

you were to walk out into the wild

into nature, you could very likely

620

: 00:32:31

find them growing on a tree, grazing

out on the grass, like things that you

621

: 00:32:36

would typically come across in nature,

where you could trace it back very

622

: 00:32:38

easily and know where it came from.

623

: 00:32:40

Whereas, you know, you couldn't trace

back where a, a gummy worm came from.

624

: 00:32:45

Right.

625

: 00:32:45

It'd be very difficult.

626

: 00:32:47

You don't ever see gummy

worms crawling in soil.

627

: 00:32:50

Growing on trees, right?

628

: 00:32:51

Those are manufactured and made in a.

629

: 00:32:55

I don't know, laboratory or

manufacturing processing, plant,

630

: 00:32:58

uh, something along those lines.

631

: 00:33:00

So that would be a processed

food and not a whole food.

632

: 00:33:03

Whereas, you know, an apple for example,

would absolutely be a whole food.

633

: 00:33:08

It's a single ingredient food.

634

: 00:33:09

You can see where it came from.

635

: 00:33:11

It came from a tree.

636

: 00:33:12

Someone literally just picked it

off of a tree and that is a whole

637

: 00:33:14

food it's very close to its source.

638

: 00:33:16

So.

639

: 00:33:17

Those are the general guidelines stick

to the whole foods, stay away from the

640

: 00:33:20

ultra processed foods and, um, Yeah,

those are, those are going to be some

641

: 00:33:24

good guidelines to really stick to.

642

: 00:33:26

Now, of course, there

are other things that.

643

: 00:33:30

You know, come together to make

up our health and wellness, right?

644

: 00:33:34

It's not just diet that makes us healthy.

645

: 00:33:36

Beings, but rather there are many

other components and aspects that

646

: 00:33:40

come together to make us healthy.

647

: 00:33:42

Uh, so I did want to include a

couple quick honorable mentions.

648

: 00:33:45

First one being sleep.

649

: 00:33:47

Second one community

number three, exercise.

650

: 00:33:49

And then number four, outdoor time.

651

: 00:33:52

Uh, I'll not going to take a

super long period of time on this,

652

: 00:33:54

but sleep is super important.

653

: 00:33:56

Um, it's right up there with diet.

654

: 00:33:58

If ever you were to, uh, you

know, have three hours of sleep.

655

: 00:34:02

As opposed to eight hours of sleep,

it would be very noticeable for you.

656

: 00:34:06

It'd be something you'd feel

probably the entire day.

657

: 00:34:09

And it would be hard for you to

focus and function properly because

658

: 00:34:12

sleep is literally that important.

659

: 00:34:13

It Hills every part of your body and is

100% very necessary for us to be healthy.

660

: 00:34:19

So sleep super important.

661

: 00:34:21

Community.

662

: 00:34:22

The reason I have community

in here is because more and

663

: 00:34:24

more we're finding studies.

664

: 00:34:26

We're finding these blue zones as

having community as a major piece

665

: 00:34:31

of the puzzle when it comes to

having a very long and healthy life.

666

: 00:34:36

So I know it might not sound like

it would be, you know, something, we

667

: 00:34:40

would include it in a health topic

here, but community is possibly one

668

: 00:34:44

of the most important things actually

for you to do for your health.

669

: 00:34:47

Number three was exercise,

exercise and diet.

670

: 00:34:50

Really just go hand in hand for me.

671

: 00:34:52

Um, I think they're both so, so important.

672

: 00:34:54

Um, exercise can do wonders for

the body and truthfully your body

673

: 00:35:00

demands and expects you to move.

674

: 00:35:02

It is designed to move.

675

: 00:35:04

And for you to sit in a chair all

day long is really, um, just criminal

676

: 00:35:10

against your, a criminal act against

your body because your body expects you

677

: 00:35:13

to get up and to move and to do things.

678

: 00:35:15

Uh, physically.

679

: 00:35:17

So this whole two hours of physical

activity per week, um, definitely

680

: 00:35:22

needs to be changed and this

can be some very simple things.

681

: 00:35:25

It could be going out for a walk,

going out for a run, going to the gym,

682

: 00:35:29

yoga, um, you know, playing a sport.

683

: 00:35:31

All of these things can

be included in there.

684

: 00:35:32

So, um, Exercise can be fun.

685

: 00:35:35

It doesn't have to be something that you

dread, and it is something that our bodies

686

: 00:35:38

demand and can quite literally heal you.

687

: 00:35:41

And, um, you know, in some cases,

even, uh, like with Anthony Bordain,

688

: 00:35:46

rest in peace, I heard that, uh, he

had really, you know, kind of high

689

: 00:35:50

blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

690

: 00:35:53

And he even went on

like Statens and stuff.

691

: 00:35:55

So he was on some medications,

but then once he got really into

692

: 00:35:58

a Brazilian jujitsu, he started

training super, super hard.

693

: 00:36:02

And apparently did not change the,

you know, his eating habits at all.

694

: 00:36:06

Uh, but just through the excessive.

695

: 00:36:08

Uh, working out in training or

not excessive, but just a lot

696

: 00:36:11

of working out in training.

697

: 00:36:13

He was actually able to get off

of his medications because he

698

: 00:36:16

had pretty much cured himself

of, uh, of his, of his elements.

699

: 00:36:20

So exercise super, super important.

700

: 00:36:22

And then last but not

least is outdoor time.

701

: 00:36:24

The reason I include outdoor time is

because truthfully we are a part of

702

: 00:36:28

nature and we need to be immersed in it.

703

: 00:36:30

And being that we have created this

separation between us and nature,

704

: 00:36:35

where we spend, honestly, just

a majority of our time indoors.

705

: 00:36:38

I think is the culprit for a lot of,

uh, mental health issues, as well as

706

: 00:36:43

pretty much all kinds of health issues.

707

: 00:36:46

Uh, so I think it's really important

for us to get outside, get the sunlight

708

: 00:36:49

on us, get some fresh air, get our

feet connected to the earth and, you

709

: 00:36:52

know, get our hands into the soil and,

uh, just get reconnected to earth.

710

: 00:36:57

And, um, you know, remember that we

are a part of nature and that we.

711

: 00:37:01

Uh, rely on it very, very heavily.

712

: 00:37:03

So it's important for us

to get connected to it.

713

: 00:37:05

So those are going to be

the honorable mentions.

714

: 00:37:07

Um, I hope this was a

beneficial episode for you.

715

: 00:37:11

Um, I'll do a quick little recap here, so.

716

: 00:37:15

Just in general, we have, um,

pretty much what I would consider

717

: 00:37:19

a profoundly sick society.

718

: 00:37:20

Um, you know, the average person.

719

: 00:37:22

Is not super healthy.

720

: 00:37:23

And so therefore we should not try to

compare ourselves to the people around us.

721

: 00:37:27

Um, Because by us stepping out of the box,

it might make them feel uncomfortable.

722

: 00:37:31

But ultimately it is the right thing

for us to do for our own health.

723

: 00:37:35

Um, when it comes to a diet, you need

to pick the one that resonates best with

724

: 00:37:39

you and also makes you feel the best.

725

: 00:37:41

Right?

726

: 00:37:42

So really pay attention to how you're

feeling on these different, uh,

727

: 00:37:45

eating habits and eating, you know,

Uh, different lifestyle choices here.

728

: 00:37:50

Really pay attention to how you're

feeling and just kind of go off of that.

729

: 00:37:54

Don't become too attached to any one diet.

730

: 00:37:57

Um, no matter how good it is for you

and how well it works for you, it

731

: 00:38:01

doesn't always mean that it's going to

be the right diet for the next person.

732

: 00:38:04

So don't become too dogmatic with it.

733

: 00:38:07

And in terms of conflicting advice, we

have a lot of conflicting advice because

734

: 00:38:10

everyone is so, uh, uh, unique and, and

we're all individuals here and our bodies

735

: 00:38:15

just work and function differently.

736

: 00:38:17

And honestly, I think we just need more.

737

: 00:38:19

Uh, testing and, um, more studies to come

out to really narrow down what it is that

738

: 00:38:25

works best for each individual person.

739

: 00:38:28

And the things that we need

to be avoiding, or at least

740

: 00:38:30

minimizing our fast foods.

741

: 00:38:33

Ultra processed foods.

742

: 00:38:34

Uh, sugar added sugar,

specifically fried foods, alcohol.

743

: 00:38:39

Those are going to be the four things,

or actually there's five in there,

744

: 00:38:41

but, um, that we should be avoiding

or minimizing and then the healthy,

745

: 00:38:46

or generally regarded healthy things.

746

: 00:38:48

I'll just basically say.

747

: 00:38:50

These are usually whole foods.

748

: 00:38:52

So once again, Single ingredient foods,

things that you could typically find

749

: 00:38:55

or trace very easily back to nature.

750

: 00:38:58

These are going to be things

like plants, fruits, vegetables.

751

: 00:39:01

These are gonna be, uh, fermented foods.

752

: 00:39:04

These are gonna be really

high quality meats, nuts.

753

: 00:39:07

And basically once again, whole foods,

things that you could find in nature, and

754

: 00:39:12

then real quickly, the honorable mentions

sleep community exercise and outdoor time.

755

: 00:39:18

So that is going to do

it for today's episode.

756

: 00:39:20

I hope you enjoyed it.

757

: 00:39:21

I hope you found a lot of

benefit in today's episode.

758

: 00:39:24

It's been a pleasure providing

this episode today and

759

: 00:39:26

doing the research on it.

760

: 00:39:27

I really, uh, I enjoyed this one and

it's always fun for me to, uh, to

761

: 00:39:31

reflect on my own health journey as well.

762

: 00:39:33

And just kinda see how far I've come.

763

: 00:39:36

And, uh, it's always, always

a process, always a journey.

764

: 00:39:38

Um, stay open, stay, stay flexible.

765

: 00:39:41

You know, don't get, uh, don't

get too tied down to any one

766

: 00:39:44

belief in terms of, of diets.

767

: 00:39:46

I think it's a good thing for us to,

uh, remain open-minded with them.

768

: 00:39:49

And just remember science is always

going to be updating and changing.

769

: 00:39:52

So we need to be aware of that.

770

: 00:39:55

And aside from that.

771

: 00:39:56

I hope you guys enjoyed the episode.

772

: 00:39:57

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773

: 00:39:59

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: 00:40:02

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: 00:40:09

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778

: 00:40:13

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779

: 00:40:17

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: 00:40:19

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: 00:40:22

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782

: 00:40:23

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: 00:40:23

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784

: 00:40:25

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785

: 00:40:28

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786

: 00:40:30

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787

: 00:40:31

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788

: 00:40:34

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789

: 00:40:35

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790

: 00:40:36

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791

: 00:40:40

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792

: 00:40:42

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793

: 00:40:44

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: 00:40:47

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795

: 00:40:49

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796

: 00:40:53

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797

: 00:40:58

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798

: 00:41:00

And I will see you next Wednesday.

799

: 00:41:02

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800

: 00:41:03

It truly means so much to me.

801

: 00:41:05

And you know, the motto of the show.

802

: 00:41:06

It's do everything with good

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803

: 00:41:10

Thank you all so much.

804

: 00:41:10

I send all the love to you guys.

805

: 00:41:13

Peace.