Conflicting Health Advice and What's True of False

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How often do you see conflicting health advice on social media? From meat being good to being the devil, to plants being the best thing in the world to terrible toxins, if you want to find evidence of why your diet is the best, then you're likely to find it! In today's episode, Evan will express why he thinks that there is so much conflicting health advice, what the best type of diet is, as well as why making healthy choices is often frowned upon in today's society.

To learn all about what diet is best for you and how to sift through all of the conflicting health advice, be sure to tune in. Of course as always, do everything with good intentions and connect to your elements.

DISCLAIMER:

This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.

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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about your health and my health.

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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

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But I wanted to first start off

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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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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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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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There is literally like

no nutrients in it.

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It's just basically calories.

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

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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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And they definitely wreak

a lot of havoc in your gut.

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Um, I can definitely attest

to that, uh, for myself.

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But you know anything from fried

chicken, French fries, fried pickles.

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Whatever the heck you want to fry.

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All of those things are not

going to be good for you for.

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A few reasons, but one of the big

ones is the type of oil that they use.

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Typically in these establishments

are not the best kind of oil.

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But then when you're heating these oils

up to super, super high temperatures

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and you have it out there for a

really long, extended period of time.

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And then honestly, a lot of these

establishments are not changing out the

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cooking oil as often as they should.

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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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And what you end up with is this super,

super rancid oil that all of your

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food is being completely cooked in.

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Um, we really want to avoid that.

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That's.

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Terrible terrible food for us.

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It is not something we

should be consuming.

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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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Um, but even still, that's

not going to be good.

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Um, I'm probably getting

a little bit better.

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It would be something like an air fryer

and then just moving on from there.

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But overall, we want to really avoid

the fried foods and don't get me wrong.

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Fried foods are delicious.

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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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And then last but not least

is going to be alcohol.

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So I know alcohol is obviously very

enjoyable in the right setting.

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Um, but honestly it just really

doesn't provide any health benefit.

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And of course, I know there's people

out there who are like, no, no,

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but red wine has resveratrol in

it and all these different things.

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I get it.

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I know that there are blue

zones that consume, uh, you

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know, red wine and even alcohol.

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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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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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Now.

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I will admit I do have an

occasional drink here and there.

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Um, but it's pretty rare for me.

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

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I just, my lifestyle has adapted

this way where I just typically don't

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really drink very much alcohol, but

when I do drink alcohol and it's

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usually in a pretty moderate amount,

it's in the company of really good

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people and you know, I'm building

good relationships with my friends, my

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family, my loved ones, just my community.

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And if you're going to consume alcohol,

I hope you're doing it in that manner

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as well, because truly community plays

a huge role in our health and wellness.

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So.

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If you're going to do it, hopefully

it's in good company, but in general

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it is definitely something that

needs to be lowered, minimize,

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or if you want to eliminate it

completely as well, you could do that.

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And it would honestly be for the better.

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Uh, and then there's definitely much

more that I could add here on the

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list, but I really just want to keep

it pretty simple in today's episode.

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So we're going to stick

with just those four.

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So that's fast or, uh, sorry,

fast food or ultra processed food.

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That's added sugar.

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That's fried foods.

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And then that's alcohol.

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Now in terms of what's

actually healthy for you.

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This is probably going to be

more controversial than the

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things that I just mentioned.

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

is almost politicized these days, but,

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um, it's really interesting anyways.

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What I'm going to mention right now is

the things that I personally had found to

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be generally a healthy thing to consume.

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Um, and depending on your dietary

preferences, you might agree or disagree

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with these, but overall, we are keeping

these to whole foods, which I will go

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ahead and explain what a whole food is.

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Uh, after I explained what the, uh, the

different things are that I would include

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as being healthy things for us to consume.

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So the very first one is going to be.

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To eat vegetables and fruit.

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Okay.

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This is a good idea, right?

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Like pretty much just eating

plants in general is a good idea.

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It's going to have fiber.

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It's going to have enzymes.

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It's going to have vitamins.

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It's going to have minerals.

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It's going to do very much likely

more benefit for your body than it

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is going to do harm to your body.

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So highly, highly recommend that you

do include some plants in your diet.

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Now, of course there are

going to be some people.

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Who will say w w who will say, well,

Hey, what about the plant toxins?

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What about like oxalates and lectins?

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Like, you know, these things are

pretty harmful for the body and yeah.

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Those that, that might be absolutely

true, but I really just want to keep

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this pretty baseline and just, you

know, kind of cover a whole foods here.

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If you are interested in looking into that

a little bit more, you can look that up.

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It's lectins and oxalates.

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And you can find what foods have those.

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I know, for example, like kale and

spinach are supposed to have oxalates.

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And I think, um, like legumes, like beans

and tomatoes are supposed to have lectins.

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Uh, but there are some preparation

methods you can do to help minimize these.

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Um, But once again, I think this is

kind of a topic for another podcast.

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So I'm going to leave that there and

just mention that personally, I think

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plants are good for you to consume, and I

definitely try to consume a healthy amount

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of them in my personal diet as well.

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Next thing.

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And this is actually a food that

pretty much all diets will like nod and

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

which is a pretty good thing because.

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People from different ends of the

dieting spectrum here have a hard

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time agreeing on a lot of things.

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So, um, when you find one that

everyone agrees on you, you

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pretty much know it's a good one.

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And that is fermented foods.

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So fermented foods are obviously, um,

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

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It can be a little difficult

for people to palate.

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Uh, for some, for some people

personally, I love all kinds of

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fermented foods and everything

from pickles to kimchi, sauerkraut.

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

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Like these are all in my

opinion, super delicious.

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Of course they have a little bit

of a sour taste to them, but that

549

is just from that fermentation.

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And what these things are doing

is they're going to provide a lot

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of benefit to your gut along with

a lot of other benefits as well.

552

But one of the really big things

that we're focusing on, especially

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today are like probiotics and

prebiotics and gut health.

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And these are the O G like pro

prebiotic, um, you know, gut benefits.

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So including fermented foods

is a hundred percent something

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that you should be doing.

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And, um, you know, you don't

need to consume a huge amount of

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them, but even just a little bit.

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Each day is a really good idea too,

to have those in your, in your diet.

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And then the next thing is going to be,

and once again, probably controversial

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for some people, but I believe that high

quality meat is a good idea for you to

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consume at least in some portion, right.

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It doesn't have to be a massive

quantity, but at least some quantity.

564

Right.

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And when I'm talking about high

quality meat, I mean, meat that

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has been responsibly raised, right?

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Like not factory farmed meat,

but responsibly raised meat

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with a diet that mimics.

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It's natural diet.

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Right?

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

fed grass finished cow, so that's

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really high quality beef right there.

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It's also going to be things like bison.

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It's going to be things like

wild caught salmon or sardines.

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It's going to be, um, you

know, Organic heritage chicken.

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It's also going to be, you know,

foods that you could also hunt.

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Like if you ever go out

hunting, so like venison or

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elk, like those are going to be.

579

Excellent options as well, but really

these high quality meats are, in

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my opinion, a really good addition

to our, uh, to our diets and more

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specifically making sure we're also

including organ meats because organ

582

meats get passed up really easily here.

583

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

consume organ meats more than others.

584

Uh, but typically people love to just

go straight for the muscle meat, which

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is usually really delicious, but.

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The Oregon meats do have a ton of benefit.

587

Things like heart things

like liver, especially liver.

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Liver is a huge one.

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You know, these are going

to be very beneficial.

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They're going to have a ton of

minerals, vitamins, and, uh, provide

591

a lot of benefit to your body.

592

So personally, I believe including.

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Um, some high quality meat

into your diet is a good idea.

594

Then you also have, um, nuts, which

some people debate on the nuts on which

595

ones are good, which ones are bad.

596

Um, if they're roasted and what

are they roasted in, that can

597

also be a kind of a bad thing.

598

But overall, I think, you know,

consuming things like raw cashews or

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having some macadamia nuts, macadamia

nuts are actually one of the nuts.

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Most people agree on as

being like a good food.

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It's safe.

602

It's good to eat all that good stuff.

603

Um, but, you know, I would much prefer

to see someone grab a handful of almonds

604

or cashews or Beck macadamia nuts, as

opposed to like a handful of potato chips.

605

Right.

606

I think it's a much better option

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

607

Snacking foods, how we have access

to, um, so those are pretty much.

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The main things that I would

focus on as being, you know,

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generally considered healthy foods.

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Uh, of course, depending on your

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

611

not going to be consuming the meat.

612

And if you're a carnivore, you're

probably not going to be consuming very

613

much of the plants that I mentioned.

614

Um, but nonetheless, these are

generally pretty good things to consume.

615

And as a general rule of thumb, we want

to stick to what I mentioned earlier as

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whole foods and whole foods are basically

the opposite of a processed food.

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It is usually a single ingredient.

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Maybe it has two or three ingredients

maximum, and It's something that if

619

you were to walk out into the wild

into nature, you could very likely

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find them growing on a tree, grazing

out on the grass, like things that you

621

would typically come across in nature,

where you could trace it back very

622

easily and know where it came from.

623

Whereas, you know, you couldn't trace

back where a, a gummy worm came from.

624

Right.

625

It'd be very difficult.

626

You don't ever see gummy

worms crawling in soil.

627

Growing on trees, right?

628

Those are manufactured and made in a.

629

I don't know, laboratory or

manufacturing processing, plant,

630

uh, something along those lines.

631

So that would be a processed

food and not a whole food.

632

Whereas, you know, an apple for example,

would absolutely be a whole food.

633

It's a single ingredient food.

634

You can see where it came from.

635

It came from a tree.

636

Someone literally just picked it

off of a tree and that is a whole

637

food it's very close to its source.

638

So.

639

Those are the general guidelines stick

to the whole foods, stay away from the

640

ultra processed foods and, um, Yeah,

those are, those are going to be some

641

good guidelines to really stick to.

642

Now, of course, there

are other things that.

643

You know, come together to make

up our health and wellness, right?

644

It's not just diet that makes us healthy.

645

Beings, but rather there are many

other components and aspects that

646

come together to make us healthy.

647

Uh, so I did want to include a

couple quick honorable mentions.

648

First one being sleep.

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Second one community

number three, exercise.

650

And then number four, outdoor time.

651

Uh, I'll not going to take a

super long period of time on this,

652

but sleep is super important.

653

Um, it's right up there with diet.

654

If ever you were to, uh, you

know, have three hours of sleep.

655

As opposed to eight hours of sleep,

it would be very noticeable for you.

656

It'd be something you'd feel

probably the entire day.

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And it would be hard for you to

focus and function properly because

658

sleep is literally that important.

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It Hills every part of your body and is

100% very necessary for us to be healthy.

660

So sleep super important.

661

Community.

662

The reason I have community

in here is because more and

663

more we're finding studies.

664

We're finding these blue zones as

having community as a major piece

665

of the puzzle when it comes to

having a very long and healthy life.

666

So I know it might not sound like

it would be, you know, something, we

667

would include it in a health topic

here, but community is possibly one

668

of the most important things actually

for you to do for your health.

669

Number three was exercise,

exercise and diet.

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Really just go hand in hand for me.

671

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

672

Um, exercise can do wonders for

the body and truthfully your body

673

demands and expects you to move.

674

It is designed to move.

675

And for you to sit in a chair all

day long is really, um, just criminal

676

against your, a criminal act against

your body because your body expects you

677

to get up and to move and to do things.

678

Uh, physically.

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So this whole two hours of physical

activity per week, um, definitely

680

needs to be changed and this

can be some very simple things.

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It could be going out for a walk,

going out for a run, going to the gym,

682

yoga, um, you know, playing a sport.

683

All of these things can

be included in there.

684

So, um, Exercise can be fun.

685

It doesn't have to be something that you

dread, and it is something that our bodies

686

demand and can quite literally heal you.

687

And, um, you know, in some cases,

even, uh, like with Anthony Bordain,

688

rest in peace, I heard that, uh, he

had really, you know, kind of high

689

blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

690

And he even went on

like Statens and stuff.

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So he was on some medications,

but then once he got really into

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a Brazilian jujitsu, he started

training super, super hard.

693

And apparently did not change the,

you know, his eating habits at all.

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Uh, but just through the excessive.

695

Uh, working out in training or

not excessive, but just a lot

696

of working out in training.

697

He was actually able to get off

of his medications because he

698

had pretty much cured himself

of, uh, of his, of his elements.

699

So exercise super, super important.

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And then last but not

least is outdoor time.

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The reason I include outdoor time is

because truthfully we are a part of

702

nature and we need to be immersed in it.

703

And being that we have created this

separation between us and nature,

704

where we spend, honestly, just

a majority of our time indoors.

705

I think is the culprit for a lot of,

uh, mental health issues, as well as

706

pretty much all kinds of health issues.

707

Uh, so I think it's really important

for us to get outside, get the sunlight

708

on us, get some fresh air, get our

feet connected to the earth and, you

709

know, get our hands into the soil and,

uh, just get reconnected to earth.

710

And, um, you know, remember that we

are a part of nature and that we.

711

Uh, rely on it very, very heavily.

712

So it's important for us

to get connected to it.

713

So those are going to be

the honorable mentions.

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Um, I hope this was a

beneficial episode for you.

715

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

716

Just in general, we have, um,

pretty much what I would consider

717

a profoundly sick society.

718

Um, you know, the average person.

719

Is not super healthy.

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And so therefore we should not try to

compare ourselves to the people around us.

721

Um, Because by us stepping out of the box,

it might make them feel uncomfortable.

722

But ultimately it is the right thing

for us to do for our own health.

723

Um, when it comes to a diet, you need

to pick the one that resonates best with

724

you and also makes you feel the best.

725

Right?

726

So really pay attention to how you're

feeling on these different, uh,

727

eating habits and eating, you know,

Uh, different lifestyle choices here.

728

Really pay attention to how you're

feeling and just kind of go off of that.

729

Don't become too attached to any one diet.

730

Um, no matter how good it is for you

and how well it works for you, it

731

doesn't always mean that it's going to

be the right diet for the next person.

732

So don't become too dogmatic with it.

733

And in terms of conflicting advice, we

have a lot of conflicting advice because

734

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

we're all individuals here and our bodies

735

just work and function differently.

736

And honestly, I think we just need more.

737

Uh, testing and, um, more studies to come

out to really narrow down what it is that

738

works best for each individual person.

739

And the things that we need

to be avoiding, or at least

740

minimizing our fast foods.

741

Ultra processed foods.

742

Uh, sugar added sugar,

specifically fried foods, alcohol.

743

Those are going to be the four things,

or actually there's five in there,

744

but, um, that we should be avoiding

or minimizing and then the healthy,

745

or generally regarded healthy things.

746

I'll just basically say.

747

These are usually whole foods.

748

So once again, Single ingredient foods,

things that you could typically find

749

or trace very easily back to nature.

750

These are going to be things

like plants, fruits, vegetables.

751

These are gonna be, uh, fermented foods.

752

These are gonna be really

high quality meats, nuts.

753

And basically once again, whole foods,

things that you could find in nature, and

754

then real quickly, the honorable mentions

sleep community exercise and outdoor time.

755

So that is going to do

it for today's episode.

756

I hope you enjoyed it.

757

I hope you found a lot of

benefit in today's episode.

758

It's been a pleasure providing

this episode today and

759

doing the research on it.

760

I really, uh, I enjoyed this one and

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

761

reflect on my own health journey as well.

762

And just kinda see how far I've come.

763

And, uh, it's always, always

a process, always a journey.

764

Um, stay open, stay, stay flexible.

765

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

get too tied down to any one

766

belief in terms of, of diets.

767

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

uh, remain open-minded with them.

768

And just remember science is always

going to be updating and changing.

769

So we need to be aware of that.

770

And aside from that.

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And you know, the motto of the show.

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It's do everything with good

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Peace.