The Definition of a Superfood

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The notion of a superfood was a marketing thing for someone who's trying to sell you beans or some other crap. If you were to say foods that reduce all cause mortality, that is a plant-based superfood. And use modern technology to remove all of the plant toxins and toremove all of the parts of the plant you don't want to eat. That's our coffee name. You can argue that coffee, I mean, there's just hundreds of studies of mitochondrial enhancement. There's hundreds of studies showing reduction of all cause mortality,. Things like cancer, things like diabetes, things like bone density.

In this week’s episode, Paul chats with member of the biohacking space and author, Dave Asprey. They touch on phytic acid, oxalates and seed oils, they deep dive into fructose, they explain why peanut butter is one of the worst foods for humans, and they share their differing views on whether coffee is beneficial.

00:11:10 Can vegetables be low inflammation?

00:19:05 Thoughts on phytic acid

00:27:00 The problem with chronic cardio

00:35:15 Why peanut butter is not good for you

00:42:45 What is a superfood?

00:44:45 A friendly debate about coffee

00:48:30 A conversation about fructose

00:57:22 Migraines and micronutrients

01:01:12 Thoughts on seed oils

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