Jason Karp, founder of HumanCo and healthy food advocate, shares his personal health journey that drove him to challenge the food industry. He reveals troubling differences in food formulations between the U.S. and Canada, highlighting the presence of unhealthy additives. Karp discusses the link between food dyes and children's health issues like ADHD and emphasizes the political shortcomings in food regulation. He argues for urgent reforms to tackle America's food crisis and its impact on public health, calling for consumer activism to promote positive change.
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Jason Karp's Health Transformation
Jason Karp's health journey began with multiple autoimmune diseases and a degenerative eye disease, predicted to cause blindness by 30.
By adopting a whole-foods diet, he reversed his conditions, challenging conventional medical dogma.
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Modern Society's Health Decline
Karp's experience led him to believe he was a "canary in the coal mine," foreshadowing broader societal health issues.
He emphasizes the importance of respecting human evolution and traditional diets like those of indigenous peoples.
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The Maasai's Changing Health
Even the Maasai, traditionally known for their health, are now experiencing dental problems, obesity, and chronic diseases.
This shift is attributed to the introduction of processed foods and sugary drinks like Coca-Cola.
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In 'Food Fix', Dr. Mark Hyman delves into the systemic issues within the global food system, highlighting how corrupted food and agriculture policies driven by money and lobbying contribute to chronic diseases, climate change, poverty, violence, and educational achievement gaps. The book pairs the latest nutritional and environmental science with a critical examination of the food industry and its policies. It offers practical solutions for individuals, businesses, and policymakers to create a healthier world, society, and planet by focusing on regenerative organic agriculture, public health initiatives, and policy reforms.
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In 'The UltraMind Solution,' Dr. Mark Hyman explains that many mental and psychological disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and memory loss, are rooted in physical and biochemical imbalances in the body. He proposes a six-week plan to correct these imbalances through optimizing nutrition, balancing hormones, reducing inflammation, and other lifestyle changes. The book emphasizes the importance of functional medicine, focusing on the body's natural healing processes rather than just managing symptoms with drugs or psychotherapy. By following the outlined steps, readers can achieve an 'UltraMind' that is highly focused, able to pay attention at will, has a strong memory, and leaves them feeling calm, confident, in control, and in good spirits.
Food has become a more complex part of our lives than ever before. Much of what we think is food is actually many ingredients disguised as food, with entirely different, often negative impacts on the human body. Sadly, this is a greater problem here in the US than in other parts of the world, thanks to the food industry, corrupt intentions, and broken policies. Today, I talk about all this and more with my guest Jason Karp, whose personal experience of nearly going blind due to a toxic lifestyle led him to discover a different way; he made it his mission to get “back to human.”
In this episode, we discuss:
Jason’s personal health journey and why that has prompted him to take on the campaign against Kellogg’s (7:53)
The unhealthy state of America’s food industry (22:42)
How Kellogg’s has one cereal formulation for Canada and another for the US that is full of chemicals (26:07)
The correlation between food dyes and ADHD, and the failure of Kellogg's pledge (29:04)
The political aspect of food regulation and dangers of unregulated food additives (32:55)
Why we are in a state of metacrisis and what that means for our future (37:18)
The bidirectional relationship between food and mental health (46:04)
The financial burden of healthcare on the US government due to unhealthy diets (53:52)
Supporting the Kellogg's Initiative: Sign the Petition (1:06:03)
We have a lot to do to shift our food system and eliminate harmful ingredients in the US, but there are ways to enact positive change starting today. We can all support a cleaner food industry and better health by voting with our dollar, purchasing real food, and getting involved in policy policy changes. I hope you’ll listen to this episode to learn more.
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