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Hello everyone, welcome back to the time of week where I get to share another fantastic guest with you. I try to get all kinds of thought leaders and experts covering a wide variety of topics that pertain to your health, fitness, longevity, and even environmental health. They're all connected - who would have thought. If you’re new to this show, I’m Brian Sanders and I’m creating the feature-length documentary Food Lies that seems to be taking forever to come out. But that’s just because it’s going to be that good. Please be patient. We’re actually learning more each day and more and more things are happening in the world that either are going to make this film better or that we need to address. It’s turning out to be a good thing, in a way, that we didn’t rush this thing out. We have more resources, better experts, and more opportunities that are too many to name. Learn more at http://FoodLies.org In the meantime I’m creating the Game Changers DEBUNKED film which is almost in a rough cut somehow even though we just started it! It’s been a whirlwind and we’re moving at lightning speed. It also is opening doors and benefitting the Food Lies film. Look out for it on YouTube on November 27th - be sure to subscribe to the Food Lies channel. We’ll also try to get it on another platform. Thanks for supporting its creation on Indiegogo. You still can help out and even get a producer credit - just search for Game Changers DEBUNKED on http://Indiegogo.com/projects/gamechangers-debunked or click through the show notes. I also work with patients at Evolve Healthcare in Los Angeles. We have a medical clinic where Dr. Gary Shlifer and I treat the root cause of disease with diet and lifestyle. This is part of our company SAPIEN and the Sapien diet. Find out more at http://Sapien.org I also have a company similar to Butcher Box called Nose to Tail. The difference is we raise our animals in the US and we use the entire animal. We have the organ meats mixed into ground beef, buffalo, and pork and also sell the bones and bone broth. It’s all grass fed and finished and raised sustainably and ethically. You can even get a thanksgiving turkey with ultra high omega-3s due to our special diet we feed them. Get it delivered to you at http://NosetoTail.org Now onto today’s guest. Dr. Joan Ifland who has been creating breakthroughs in recovery from food addiction starting in 1999. She is currently at work on evidence-based trainings for health professionals.  Dr. Ifland is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. She earned her PhD in addictive nutrition at Union Institute and University and her MBA at Stanford Business School  She was selected by the Oprah Winfrey Network as the food addiction specialist on the Book of John Gray. Dr. Ifland is the lead author of the first scholarly publication describing refined food addiction and the definition of addictive foods. She’s doing great things in this space including giving talks and creating support groups to continue to help people with problems around food. I think she has very valuable additions to the health conversation that go beyond what has been covered in the past 60 episodes of this podcast and most other podcasts and lectures I’ve heard. And if you want to get the super valuable extended show notes and support the show please go to Patreon and search for Peak Human or http://patreon.com/peakhuman The other way to support the show is to simply give it a 1-5 star rating on the Apple podcast app or iTunes and give it a review. Thanks so much, I really appreciate everyone. I love all the messages I receive and am glad people are finding this podcast valuable! Here’s Dr. Joan Ifland.   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES Joan Ifland has her PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a specialization in Addictive Nutrition and wrote a textbook on food addiction titled “Processed Food Addiction: Foundations, Assessment, and Recovery” A lot of money spent on marketing processed foods and suppressing knowledge of addiction There are addictive substances hidden in processed foods When you are addicted to processed foods your taste perception is completely altered to maintain the addiction There is a scientific foundation for food addiction  If you are addicted to food, you don’t stand a chance trying to adhere to “calories in calories out” method  One of the hallmarks of any addiction is obsession 11 diagnostic symptoms of addiction Joan initially removed processed foods from her diet as part of a weight loss program and found she was dramatically less irritable and had less anger She has a food list that she uses for herself and her family at foodaddictionresources.com Her children had significant behavioural improvements by removing processed foods She has three rules for her children: they can not bring these foods in the house, they cannot ask her for them, they cannot ask for money to buy them but they are allowed to do what they want outside of the home The food industry has done a remarkable job at suppressing the connection between processed foods and health and disease 1600 die every day from diet-related disease  [9:40] every bite of processed food hurts you If that child is getting processed foods regularly it is reducing their quality of life In the 1980s food companies hired a Harvard trained PhD psychologist to max out their food products addictiveness Different foods activate different reward centres in the brain The more variety and targets you hit in the brain, the harder the addiction is to overcome “Hunger doesn’t sell snacks, desire will” [40:28-41:00] By 1997 Americans were eating a pound per person per day of sugars, flours, high-fat dairy, and French fries [42:28] Your kid isn’t a picky eater, he/she is just addicted to processed foods Our reward centres wear out and require more and more to get the “high” from the food so people are eating more and more  [46:54] Addiction scientists formulate foods to be highly addictive  The limbic system gets more agitated and uses up more of the brain’s power and the addiction centre is capable of controlling behaviour  When you have cravings you also have a stress response and vice versa  You need to remove food stimulations from your life The same way you train your muscles you alter the way you stimulate the brain  We started out as a reptilian brain and developed an emotional brain and then only recently we developed this neocortex in the front of the brain a very small region of the brain for thinking, creativity, and learning  You activate the reptilian brain during food scarcity (evolutionarily) and same occurs when you diet Binging was a survival behaviour  Now in our culture with full-time access to food it’s dangerous to activate this binging behaviour One of the steps in binging recovery is to have three meals a day, spaced out, slow release meals If you surround yourself with people that eat a healthy diet you are more likely to eat a healthy diet and vice versa  Mirror neurons are all about conforming or die but in this culture it can be dangerous  Joan and her team run online video chat groups to help with adherence and support  There is a facebook group called “Food Addiction Education” where people can communicate She hopes to educate practitioners set up these online communities in their practices  Doctors and health professionals can use her textbook to learn how to diagnose their patients Joan highly advises people work with a healthcare professional if they need help If you are addicted to food, processed foods can not be eaten in moderation Where you can find Joan Ifland: https://www.drjoanifland.com/ http://www.foodaddictionresources.com https://www.facebook.com/foodaddictionreset/ https://www.instagram.com/foodaddictionreset/ https://twitter.com/pfaddiction     BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies Sapien Movement: http://SapienMovement.com   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg   Theme music by https://kylewardmusic.com/

Hello, hello beautiful people, how great is it to be alive and well in 2019? I’m Brian Sanders and this is Peak Human where I talk to the leading experts around the world about all things health, food, exercise, food production, and being your best self.  Today I’m talking with one of my favorite humans ever, you’ll probably get the gist of this as we continually talk about how much we respect each other’s work. Dr. Ted Naiman was the first person I got ahold of 2 years ago when I started making the Food Lies film and has been a great help and inspiration ever since. He was my first guest which has always been a fan favorite episode. I’m glad to have him come back on and talk about a ton of new stuff. Blows the old one away. Who needs it after this one. He’s spent years working on his magnum opus which is the book The P:E Diet which he wrote with William Shewfelt. I felt bad because we didn’t bring up William in this episode. I’ll be interviewing him on the new SAPIEN podcast tomorrow actually, so we’ll get a chance to hear from him soon! A recap on Dr. Ted - he’s a board-certified Family Medicine physician practicing in the Seattle area. He’s seen about 100,000 patients over the past 20 years and has drawn a lot of conclusions from his observations as well as from the scientific literature. He’s spoken at major health conferences around the world and is basically a genius. Maybe I just feel this because we think the same way - either way, let’s get a few updates out of the way. The Game Changers DEBUNKED film is moving along at lightning speed. We had a great shoot last week and I’m going to San Diego Wednesday to film with Dr. Paul Saladino, Tim Shieff (the Vegan Prince who dropped out of the Game Changers film), and ex-vegan celeb Alyse Parker. This will premiere on November 27th so please help us finish it by supporting the project at http://indiegogo.com/projects/gamechangers-debunked Food Lies is also in full force. Meeting up with that editing team thursday to work through some of this beautiful footage. That’s also on Indiegogo - please learn more at http://FoodLies.org And we’re shipping out a lot of grass fed and grass finished meat lately. You can get your own at http://NoseToTail.org We do all the organs and bones and everything is raised ethically and sustainably. It’s beyond organic. And our chicken and pork is fed a special feed that makes them very high in Omega 3. We also do this for our turkey which is a new product just in time for Thanksgiving. Nothing like this is sold in stores. They have an unprecedented 2:1 omega 6 to omega 3 ratio. Check them out and all the other delicious meats at http://NoseToTail.org Lastly please support me on http://Patreon.com/peakhuman and get the extended show notes. This way I don’t have to take on any outside sponsors which I’ve been turning down. These show notes are super valuable and go into depth on everything mentioned. If you can’t afford any of these things, please give the podcast a review! Just tapping the 5 stars icon on the Apple podcast app or itunes is giving us a boost. Alright, I really, really appreciate everyone and let’s get onto the show!   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES Dr. Ted Naiman is a board-certified Family Medicine physician in the department of Primary Care at a leading major medical center in Seattle. His personal research and medical practice are focused on the practical implementation of diet and exercise for health optimization He has a new book out called “The P:E Diet: Leverage Your Biology To Achieve Optimal Health” go check out his website for more information at thePEdiet.com  Ted explains how nutrition unfortunately doesn't have any first order science - there is too much religiosity, voodoo, mysticism  He explains what we need to do is to zoom out and look at the bigger picture of nutrition based off of principles like the importance of the ratio of protein, minerals, and energy from carbon-carbon bonds [6:15] Three things we need to accomplish when we eat Foods rich in protein and nutrients seems that we see higher satiety in individuals  Most processed foods that have been stripped of these vital proteins and nutrients have caused us to eat more of these foods while lacking the essential nutrients our bodies need He makes the argument that food choice (in other words what we eat) is the big picture we should focus on rather than how much we eat His thought experiment of if you were stranded on a deserted island with nothing but whole foods (fruits, vegetables, roaming animals, seafood) the likelihood of someone eating excess energy and a diet low in protein and nutrients is very unlikely [18:20] How the cultivation, breeding, and processing of these whole natural foods we find in nature is the reason why we see so many health issues in our society today [19:30] These “empty calories” tend to make us overeat through a “push pull” method [24:45] The importance of a protein-rich diet while keeping energy lower and how it helps create and maintain more lean muscle mass and less fat [26:40] The problem with the general population, especially women, who think because they lift weights and eat protein they will build too much muscle and look “bulky” like a bodybuilder  [29:15] The phenomenon of fat adaptation  How reducing carbohydrate feeding frequency can aid in fat adaptation [32:20] Although Ted is trying to avoid zealotry he explains that it does show in the results that a lower carb/cyclical carb feedings are much more efficient for the average everyday person [35:40] The importance of timing your meals/carbohydrate intake [37:50] Benefits of intermittent fasting and why you should consider it [40:35] Animal foods versus plant foods [46:15] Why eating animal foods “nose-to-tail” is so important and should be implemented in modern diets more often [49:10] Plant based diets are possible but not optimal; there is so much room for error [53:02] Having a larger portion of our diets come from ruminants rather than plant foods makes much more sense, in regards to economy, health, and practicality [1:00:14] The importance of not trying to be so fragile in our diets and being so dogmatic in eating in one way or the other [1:07:30] Running out of subcutaneous fat storage and storing it all in the ectopic and visceral fat (abdominal, pancreas, organs) is what causes insulin resistance [1:09:30] The ability to burn glucose or fat as energy is like a see-saw, it depends on what you have consumed for your body to rely on [1:12:54] Why he prefers low-carb diets over low-fat, even though both have their time and place for effectiveness in weight loss and body recomposition [1:17:40] The Carbohydrate Insulin Hypothesis and why it is false [1:22:09] Intensity is the most important factor for exercise [1:32:45] The use of drop sets and rest-pause sets for driving more intensity in your workouts [1:43:20] Carbohydrates, are they really necessary of high intensity/explosive activities?  https://www.burnfatnotsugar.com/ http://twitter.com/tednaiman   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies Sapien Movement: http://SapienMovement.com   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg   Theme music by https://kylewardmusic.com/

Hello. We’re back. I’m Brian Sanders and I’m excited to share another great episode with you lovely people. Dr. Ken Berry is the author of the great book “Lies My Doctor Told Me,” he’s a speaker, he’s got an awesome and very popular YouTube channel, and he’s a great doctor who realized he was doing everything wrong and had the humbleness to admit this was so and reverse course. His own health was failing him and the advice he was giving his patients was failing them as well. I love these people who can man up to their mistakes, admit they didn’t have all the answers, and work tirelessly to make up for it. He’s got a bunch of great takeaways to offer so listen up to the good doctor! Now I’ve got a few updates - we just started an impromptu project - a mini-doc debunking the latest installment of vegan propaganda called the Game Changers. If you haven't heard of this, it’s a “documentary” on Netflix about a few athletes who eat only plants and think everyone in the world should do the same thing. They misrepresent science and purposely deceive a huge population of the world who is not well-versed on food and nutrition and might believe that because a few genetic freaks are doing midly well eating a few salads and James Cameron who has $140 million invested in pea protein which they make the fake impossible burgers out of say that this is how humans should eat that it is actually true. I could go on and on about this, but I won’t because this short film will say it all much better. We got a great team together on short notice including Shawn Baker, Paul Saladino, Mark Sisson, and Tim Shieff who used to be called the Vegan Prince and was actually in the Game Changers film. That’s until he realized the diet was destroying his life and he moved to embrace animal foods and basically immediately restored his health. We’re filming some comedy reenactments of some of the stupid so-called “experiments” they do in the film tomorrow with some of these guys. We’re going to be releasing this on YouTube for the whole world to see for free on November 27th the night before Thanksgiving. So many people were falling for this propaganda piece we had to make this and get it out quick - just in time to show your family members who may be refusing that turkey because they saw this unscientific joke. This is not going to delay the Food Lies film which is still my main focus. You can learn more about that if you haven't heard of it yet at http://FoodLies.org I have a different team working on that and it’s moving full steam ahead, so don’t worry! http://NoseToTail.org is also going strong. We deliver sustainably raised grass fed, grass finished meat to your door. It’s similar to other meat delivery services but we use the entire animal and it's from our family owned ranch in Texas. Get the bones, marrow, fat, organs, and everything else at http://NoseToTail.org I’m liking the beef bacon these days. It’s kinda like your best guy friend and best girl friend getting married. It’s a beautiful thing. That’s about it for now. So much going on daily here at SAPIEN it’s hard for me to not go on about it - you can learn more at http://SAPIEN.org  So now I’ll let ya’ll hear from my man Dr. Ken Berry.   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES Dr. Ken Berry is a medical doctor, author of the book “Lies My Doctor Told Me”, and has a pretty amazing YouTube channel  He triggered some people with his tweet: “Don’t take advice from a fat doctor”  15 years ago when he started his practice he was obese, inflamed, diabetic, etc. In changing his nutrition he reversed all his health issues and made it his mission to help others do the same  [around 4:54] People are so obsessed with losing weight, but they’re spending so much of their discipline on the meaningless practices You can lose a significant amount of weight without exercising  90% of the battle is what you eat, 90% of that 90% is to cut carbohydrates  You don’t need to be able to afford fancy gym memberships and grass-fed beef  Eat less move more is useless advice  Doctors believe patients are noncompliant instead of thinking their advice is wrong  If you don’t look like you should be giving nutrition advice then you should be doing something about it  [17:29-18:11] If you remember biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy from med school, a ketogenic diet makes sense but is completely counter to the nutrition you learn about in med school Eat Lancet is not concerned with you entering old age with muscle mass and good health, they are interested in feeding the world as cheaply as they can Egyptian mummies had terrible atherosclerosis, bad teeth, and the majority of their diet was a grain-based plant based The DASH diet is not backed by science and risks elevated glucose, insulin, and cortisol There is plenty of positive research supporting low carb and ketogenic diets  There is a lot of negative evidence for grains and low-fat diets Ken’s “Proper Human Diet” The proper human diet is a spectrum, some people do well on vegetarian some people do well on carnivore He used to think a vegetable heavy keto diet was the best diet, but has changed his perspective of this and essentially follows a carnivore diet now When you can sit in front of food and not have the desire to eat is when you have control over your hunger The first step with patients is eliminating processed grains, refined sugars, and industrial seed oils, if you are hungry eat fatty meat, eat some veg, eat some eggs, just eat real food Just removing these three slow poisons, will make a huge difference  Carbohydrate addiction appears to be a real thing, when you withdraw from carbs you will get symptoms and it will suck from 3-10 days but once you get past that, you will realize how sustainable this way of life is  In the same way you can eat the standard American diet and not develop any obvious nutrient deficiencies for decades, you probably can on a muscle-meat only carnivore diet too You will develop vitamin and mineral deficiencies quicker on a vegan diet than on a carnivore diet  When you use a carnivore tool, and start adding back foods, they are given answers to what makes them feel good  Even cheap meat is better than eating grains and processed foods  Myth that meat causes gout  Ken predicts that in 5-7 years, Layne Norton will recommend a ketogenic diet  The HDL to triglyceride ratio is best improved on a low carbohydrate ketogenic diet  Ken has admitted where he went wrong in the past, prescribing statins, etc.  Eating this way helps with acne Where to find Ken berry:  https://www.kendberrymd.com/ https://www.youtube.com/kendberrymd https://twitter.com/kendberrymd https://www.instagram.com/kendberry.md/   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies Sapien Movement: http://SapienMovement.com   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg   Theme music by https://kylewardmusic.com/

Dr. Cate Shanahan, an expert on the True Human Diet and Nose to Tail Animal Foods, discusses topics such as the flaws in the medical system, the impact of diet and lifestyle on lifespan, the benefits of a true human diet for athletes and everyday individuals, practicality and hacks for adopting a healthy diet, the four pillars of a healthy diet, regenerative agriculture, and the impact of chronic stress on human durability.

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls. Season 5 is here. I took a short break to collect some more interviews and put out a few episodes of the new SAPIEN podcast. You can check that out on youtube or any podcast app. It’s a more casual and conversational show we shoot on video and audio with Dr. Gary in our medical clinic Evolve Healthcare in Los Angeles. We’ve started to take on more patients to our weight loss, chronic disease management, and  SAPIEN lifestyle programs. You can find out more at http://Sapien.org/programs We offer one off consultations, physician supervised weight loss through insurance, and the 3 month Sapien program with one-on-one diet and lifestyle coaching. This is offered in the clinic in Los Angeles or remotely. Again that’s http://Sapien.org/programs This episode is jam packed with information so get ready to take some notes. Dr. Ben Bikman is a legend. He is a professor of pathophysiology and a biomedical scientist whose research focuses on the molecular mediators of obesity and its co-morbidities. Employing cell-autonomous to whole-body systems, his lab’s main efforts explore the intimate associations between the metabolic and immune systems. He also is a world class presenter and has some fantastic lectures on youtube. I highly recommend watching them and links will be included in the show notes. Dr. Bikman is really one of the foremost minds on human metabolism in the world. I’m honored to be able to speak with him and share this episode. I’ll quickly give a shout out to Kristi and the super comprehensive show notes she does. You can get access to them by supporting the show on Patreon at http://patreon.com/peakhuman Throwing a few bucks there allows me to keep doing this show and creating content of all kinds. If you can’t spare any cash, please give this podcast a review or even just tap the 1-5 star rating on the Apple Podcast app would be helpful. It bumps up the show in the results and gives it a bit more cred. Appreciate all the complimentary reviews so far. It helps keep me going! Also if you like meat and eat it to survive as a human being, why not get top-quality grass finished meat from http://NoseToTail.org This is my company so you will be supporting me and a Texas ranch. Our signature products are ground beef, pork, and buffalo with all the organs mixed in. You can get your liver, kidney, heart, and spleen without having to get out the meat grinder and while enjoying a very delicious burger. With a little seasoning it tastes beautiful. I think it’s the best way to get all those amazing nutrients. Our pork and chicken is actually extra special. We spend quite a bit more money giving them a proprietary high omega 3 feed that translates into super high omega 3 meat. The omega 6 to omega 3 ratio is insane - it’s less than 2 to 1. Compare it to conventional pork which is about 20:1 and conventional chicken about 24:1. This is much better for you than normal stuff obviously. Chicken and pork usually get a bad rap, and maybe that’s well-deserved for conventionally grown versions. This is a different ballgame here folks. If you want to mix it up from the wonderful staple that is red meat, this is where it’s at. So let’s get to this episode with Dr. Ben Bikman - we talk about brown fat vs. white fat, how this relates to the calorie in calorie out model of obesity, insulin, glucagon, and why protein doesn’t cause problems in a low glucose context, longevity, mTOR, body composition and gaining muscle, to name a few - he covers so many interesting and valuable things, I don’t want to hold it up any longer. Enjoy the show!   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES Ben Bikman is a professor of pathophysiology and biomedical science at BYU in the physiology and developmental biology department and the class he teaches is pathophysiology His undergrad and MS was exercise physiology and he loved learning how the body adapts to exercise  He got into his current research interests by stumbling upon research on adipose tissue as an endocrine tissue that secretes anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory hormones Insulin resistance is at the root of many diseases Type-2 diabetes is at its core a disease of insulin resistance where there is too much insulin, the pancreas is working so hard to produce insulin but the body is not responding to it as well as it was before  Teaching pathophysiology exposed him to the link between insulin resistance to almost all chronic diseases and the more he covered more diseased states insulin resistance was always relevant Clinicians typically look at fixing individual problems with separate medications when we could just target the underlying issue Insulin resistance is a disease of too much insulin and part of the insulin resistance is caused by too much insulin it’s a vicious cycle  Too much of a stimulus, system will reduce sensitivity to this stimulus  If insulin resistance is relevant to every chronic disease you have to resolve the insulin resistance if one of the main causes of insulin resistance is hyperinsulinemia then the best way to reverse course is to reduce the insulin and low-carb is the easiest strategy  His concerns about vegan diets  What he tries to focus on is the common grounds, keto or low-carb, vegan, whatever diet you choose the thing in common needs to be avoiding processed foods, at the end of the day, the goal is to lower insulin  If a person is in ketosis, then you know their insulin is low, it’s a nice metric to know you are controlling insulin because you can’t make ketones if insulin high  Of the three macronutrients, carbohydrates have the greatest insulin spike and carbohydrates are the only non-essential macronutrient  Anyone attempting to control insulin should consider the insulin to glucagon ratio which Glucagon is one of the hormones that act in opposition to insulin, released in the alpha-cells of the pancreas One of insulin’s main actions is to lower blood glucose, if it is elevated to get glucose into our cells which is required to live Glucagon’s main job is to elevate blood glucose  In a fasted state you will have a low insulin to glucagon ratio, because glucagon triggers the mobilization of energy from stored energy [around 20:20] When we are eating a low-carb high-fat diet, this insulin to glucagon ratio will remain similar to that of fasting so that we can mobilize energy not store it On a low carb diet high fat diet, we are eating but we are mimicking the state of fasting Eating carbohydrates frequently throughout the day almost guarantees insulin will be elevated all day long  In a fasted state the insulin to glucagon ratio will be around 1, on a standard american diet that will go up to around 10 and a low carb high fat will go up to maybe 2-3 A lot of people are scared to eat protein on a ketogenic diet and instead people eat a lot of pure but this is not found in nature Context matters, glucose interferes with the insulin response to protein  [around 29:45] You can not afford to spike insulin from protein in a low carb state because you will shut down glucogeonesis which makes glucose in the fasted state and you will go hypoglycemic  Protein on a high carb diet amplifies the insulin response to glucose  The main substrate for gluconeogensis is lactate not amino acids  Gluconeogenesis is demand driven  Ketones spare muscle break down by providing an alternative fuel source  Transitioning into ketosis you go through a brief phase of using amino acids from muscle for glucose but you transition out of that once you get into ketosis  The difference between fasting and starvation is breaking down muscle as last resort  The glycemic load of the carbohydrate in the diet matters for the insulin response  Dangers of low-protein “longevity diets”  We know in experimental models one of the keys to longevity is to lower insulin  Promoting a high carb diet for longevity isn’t logical because carbohydrates have the biggest insulin response  [around 40:20] Insulin increases mTOR much greater than amino acids do so the argument to lower protein to lower mTOR for longevity by replacing protein with carbohydrates is not achieving this Soy is a complete protein however a normal response to exercise in both females and males is to transiently increase androgens (e.g. testosterone) and animal proteins don’t change this response but when a man takes soy, it abolishes this androgen spike from exercise (studies haven’t been done in women)  Pea protein is about half as absorbable to animal proteins  You do not need carbohydrates for the insulin spike to build muscle  The difference between lean gains vs bulking and cutting  In order to make ketones you need fat to enter mitochondria via carnitine Carnitine is the essential transporter for fatty acids  If you are focusing on protein, fat, and carnitine in order to maintain a good insulin to glucagon ratio, there is nothing better than a piece of red meat Insulin slows metabolic rate and ketones accelerate metabolic rate  Brown fat is enriched in mitochondria and is enriched with mitochondria in contrast to white fat and these mitochondria behave differently  Mitochondrial metabolism is “uncoupled” in brown fat and “coupled” in white fat Ketosis helps “waste” energy so to speak  Ketones help turn white fat cells to brown fat cells  Insulin turns off mitochondrial uncoupling Hormones dictate what the body does with food consumed to mobilize or store  Ideas behind personal fat threshold and carbohydrate-insulin theory of obesity  Inflammation and fat create a perfect storm for creating insulin resistance throughout the body  The personal fat threshold explains why slim people can be insulin resistant and overweight individuals can be metabolically healthy  Fat storage can differ among different ethnicities  You can eat a high carb diet and not gain weight and lose weight if you are eating whole food carb sources  Lab grown meats are not natural and require a ridiculous amount of antibiotics to grow in the lab His lab website https://bikmanlab.byu.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBikmanPhD   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies Sapien Movement: http://SapienMovement.com   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg   Theme music by https://kylewardmusic.com/

Nina Teicholz, an adjunct professor at NYU, discusses the benefits of a sapient diet and challenges current dietary guidelines. She explores the origins and consequences of limiting saturated fat and cholesterol, highlights the importance of cholesterol, and addresses the lack of discussion on contradictory nutrition information in the media. Teicholz also discusses the influence of the food industry and the power of films and stories in educating people about nutrition.

Hey everyone out there in podcast land, we’re back for another great episode. I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Anthony Jay this week. He’s probably best known for his book Estrogeneration where he explores how all the nasty xenoestrogens creep into our body through plastics, food like soy, personal care products, sunscreen, the water, etc. This is important stuff because you may think it doesn’t affect you, but it does, and you just don’t realize it. You don’t have to go crazy over this stuff, but it’s best to minimize your exposure. What was really cool for me is that I got to talk to him before and after the show and realized what a great wealth of knowledge he has on so many subjects - which is also very apparent throughout the episode. We could have talked all day, but we cut ourselves off at 2 solid hours of hot nutrition talk. Dr. Jay earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Boston University School of Medicine, researching fats, hormones, and cholesterol. He’s currently at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota researching stem cells, epigenetics, and infrared light. He also does DNA consulting which I’m going to do with him in the near future. So now for a huge announcement - the SAPIEN show is finally here! I haven’t mentioned it much, but it’s been in the works for a while. It’s recorded on video and audio at SAPIEN headquarters at Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, California with in-person guests.  My co-host is the one and only Dr. Gary Shlifer who was a recent Peak Human guest. By far the most positive feedback of any episode. Go back and listen if you’d like (it’s episode 48) or just jump in and start with the Sapien podcast that is launching today!  So I’d suggest pausing this episode and subscribing now before you forget. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Just look up Sapien in any podcast app or on youtube. The podcast version has higher quality audio and the youtube version has our smiling faces! We already have a bunch of great episodes in the bag, including one where Dr. Paul Saladino and Dr. Gary get in a small war. It got awkward after that one. My other co-host is Yaniv Fituci, the producer of Food Lies and co-founder of http://Attack.Media He produces shows for Disney, Sony, Nintendo and all that other Hollywood stuff. He’ll be coming in and out and bringing his awesome perspective into the mix. So I’ll keep it quick this week on how to support this show, myself, and all things Sapien. My main venture is the sapien organization which can be found at http://sapien.org which includes the Food Lies film, Nose to Tail grass finished meat, this podcast, and even the long term vision of changing the way we farm with the Sapien Movement. You can find out more about the Sapien Diet there which people have been asking about. I posted my before and after picture on instagram, facebook, and twitter to show what happens when you eat densely and move intensely and live a Sapien Lifestyle, which is how us modern homo sapiens in 2019 should be living. I swear it’s the easiest thing to do once you understand what to do and why you’re doing it. I eat the most delicious meals I can imagine until I’m full, never worry about calories or macros, then go work out for 17 minutes most weekdays… and this helped me transform my body and my life. So start eating densely with all the grass finished meat on http://NoseToTail.org support this podcast so I can keep doing it at http://patreon.com/peakhuman preorder the film so we can finish it - the more funds we have, the sooner it will come out. You can click through to the Indiegogo at http://FoodLies.org and subscribe to the new Sapien show on any podcast app and the Food Lies YouTube channel. Without further ado, please welcome the superb Dr. Anthony Jay.   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES Dr. Anthony Jay is currently a researcher at the esteemed Mayo Clinic He received his Phd at Boston University School of Medical in Biochemistry Anthony’s definition of cholesterol and why it is absolutely essential  Why dietary cholesterol does not directly affect your blood cholesterol in a harmful way How harmful exposure from estrogen is all around you whether it be everyday use products, your environment, diet or water supply  Fake estrogen (man-made chemicals) are harming you in products you would never expect  Why scientists, researchers, and governmental standards tend to ignore the negative effects of these everyday products and how they manage to stay on shelves Explanation of how the problem lies with the slow buildup of these artificial estrogens in the body long term  How artificial estrogens alter sex hormones and can lead to male feminization How Epigenetics work and instances it has been shown in history You can read more about one of the first instances of Epigenetics here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579375/ How methylation changes creates physical marks on DNA which lead to increases in DNA mutations and epigenetic alterations  How Atrazine, a widely used herbicide in North American agriculture (but illegal in Europe) is harming current and future generations  How estrogen directly influences PPAR-gamma (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma) to store more fat  How estrogen affects SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin) and leads to lower testosterone  Why 4-Methylbenzylidene-camphor is being outlawed in Hawaii, Australis, New Zealand, Philippines, and the Caribbeans How xenoestrogen compounds are even being found in polar bears in northern Alaska  Why Dr. Anthony Jay stopped using sea salt due to microplastics  How a pristine mountain lake in Switzerland with little to no human contact had its male fish somehow becoming female Atrazine in even relatively low doses compared to US agriculture can still lead to male frogs to become female   How religious dogmatism in scientific community leads to little or no discourse about these types of issues  What Dr. Anthony Jay’s power rankings of dangerous xenoestrogens are Check out what everyday products he uses and feels safe about at: AJconsultingcompany.com/whatiuse   Learning about your genetic predispositions and how to cater your diet, supplements, and lifestyle to best fit your genetics is an effective way to live a healthier, longer life  How ancestry.com analyzes your genetics and allows you to get it looked at by professionals such as Dr. Anthony Jay to customize your own diet and supplementation Iodine and Vitamin D are essential The importance of cycling in and out of ketosis and being able to get fat adapted/metabolic flexibility  Reasoning behind intermittent fasting Developing a foundation of strength - the big 6: squat, deadlift, bench, row, pull-down, overhead press Why there is no such thing as a perfect diet for everybody How to optimize sleep and why it's important  What flavonoids are and why he suggests them for most people How you can optimize your testosterone  Heavy metal exposure can lead to testosterone to drop  How having too much of essential micronutrients can drop testosterone Why you should avoid BPA, BPS, BPF and phthalates If you want to learn more go check out his book “Estrogeneration: How Estrogenics are Making You Fat, Sick and Infertile” Find him at http://ajconsultingcompany.com   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies Sapien Movement: http://SapienMovement.com   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg   Theme music by https://kylewardmusic.com/    

Alright everyone, we’re back, Brian Sanders here with another episode of Peak Human where I talk to the leading experts around the world about health, nutrition, exercise, and how to live a long and healthy life. I’m a bit behind this week due to the holiday and filming a couple more awesome interviews for the Food Lies documentary. Every time I think we’re done, I get a new opportunity to talk to an amazing expert. Yesterday we filmed with Professor Craig Stanford a USC anthropologist and world-renowned authority on primates who walked us through how savage our chimp ancestors were and still are. It’s no vegan utopia out there with them quietly munching on leaves and twigs. They hunt monkeys and rip them apart and eat them with their bare hands. He also explained the changes our bodies, brains, and digestive systems went through as we began eating more and more nutrient dense animal foods and became human. Then today we hit my alma mater UCLA completing the cross-town rivalry professor square-off and talked to Dr. Aaron Blaisdell. He’s a powerful force in the ancestral health space and actually co-founded the Ancestral Health Society which puts on the Ancestral Health Symposium each year. They bridge the gap between the science and researchers in academia with the rest of the world. They’re basically undoing all the weak correlations and bad epidemiology that’s been done in the last 60 years that gave red meat and saturated fat a bad name using actual hard science. It’s a little sad that we need this group of “crazy rebels” to show us simple facts of human evolution and animal foods being the foundation of how we became human and continue to be the foundation of health. So check them out and support the Food Lies film at http://FoodLies.org We’re on Indiegogo and you can help us finish the film by clicking through - one more time FoodLies.org - and pre-ordering a copy. It’s seriously the only way we can fight this battle - which is crazy that it is turning into an actual battle for our right to eat the healthiest foods on the planet. Speaking of eating animal foods, Nose to tail is going strong and it’s hard to keep all the meat in stock. By the time you’re hearing this we should be back with some of our signature products such as the primal ground beef with liver, heart, kidney, and spleen mixed in. We’ve got a ton of nose to tail cuts of beef, buffalo, lamb, pork, and chicken as well on http://NoseToTail.org Quick thank you to supporters on Patreon - help the tribe survive with a few dollars there and help us continue to stay afloat. Get the extended show notes and Slack invite link on http://patreon.com/peakhuman So onto the guest this week, Chris Masterjohn, PhD. If you haven't heard of him, you should have because he’s a force of nature when it comes to nutritional research. He’s got a PhD in nutritional sciences and knows more than just about anyone concerning how fat, carbs, protein, vitamins, and minerals work in our body. He’s publishing papers, putting out tons of great content on his site and youtube, has a masterclass series, and is a great guy for putting up with all my questions. I hope he wasn’t put off by this interview that I pushed to the very last minute before his next meeting. I wanted to bring up a lot of points that went against the standard nutritional narrative. I think a strict carnivore diet (or victus I should say - which is a better word than diet that I think we should be using) is super interesting and wanted to see what he thought about it. It gets technical in the beginning, but hold on and wait for the end, because that’s when it really gets good. So here’s the interview, I hope you enjoy it.   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES Chris Masterjohn has his PhD in Nutritional Sciences  He runs his own online blog and programs at https://chrismasterjohnphd.com Chris’ definition of nutrient density and selecting nutrient dense foods  The importance of nutrient balance when considering nutrient density  Why looking at nutrients per calorie isn’t that useful, for example if you compared protein per calorie for broccoli it would be very high but no one is going to eat that amount of calories of broccoli to ever reach a sufficient amount of protein  He has a 5 tier ranking system that helps you figure out which foods help you hit your nutrient targets for the day and which don’t  You can either choose to eat foods super dense in nutrients or you can choose to eat a lot of different foods that are moderately dense in nutrients Why he is strongly against Joel Fuhrman’s nutrient density score You want to consume all the essential nutrients well over the point of being deficient without being near the point of having too much  Reaching riboflavin toxicity is unheard of  The role of vitamin D in preventing leaching calcium from your bones  The interactions of vitamin D with vitamin K and vitamin A in preventing calcification in soft-tissues (ie. anything but bones and teeth) If you don’t balance vitamin D with vitamins A and K you may be at risk for soft-tissue calcification (e.g. kidney stones) and this is a danger of having too much vitamin D You can read about is theory here: https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/from-seafood-to-sunshine-a-new-understanding-of-vitamin-d-safety/ Animal foods with vitamins A and K: 4-8oz of liver per week, cod liver oil, egg yolks, full-fat dairy products (you won’t get enough vitamin A and K with dairy and egg yolks alone) Plant foods with vitamin A: red/orange/yellow/green vegetables have vitamin A in the form of carotenoids that needs to be converted into the form in animal foods which is retinol, these are good sources of vitamin A but many people have poor conversion rates, there are also other factors that can interfere with the conversion  Two main forms of vitamin K: K1 (in plants - fermented foods like sauerkraut or natto) and K2 (in animals - fermented dairy (cheese, yogurt), liver, egg yolks, meat, etc.)  Non-fermented animal foods have MK4 that appears to have unique and essential roles in humans Most people are bad at converting vitamin K to MK4 therefore it’s a good insurance policy to get vitamin K from animal foods The dropout rate of vegans is very high  Carnivore shares a lot in common with veganism by cutting out a whole group of foods and the risks are the same because you are cutting out certain nutrient profiles  You are vulnerable to getting too much of something on the carnivore diet Why eating too much protein could be bad  Carnivores are also vulnerable to not getting enough manganese and vitamin C  There’s no longitudinal data on carnivore diets and the life-long effects and there is no human population that traditionally eats a carnivore diets  Weston Price looked for vegans and only found cannibals: https://www.westonaprice.org/weston-price-looked-for-vegans-but-found-only-cannibals/ All traditional diets emphasize animal products for health but they also all eat plants Even at the extremes of the arctic where plants barely grow, they try very hard to get plants Theoretically, if you insist on being carnivore then the best way to avoid nutrient deficiencies you would need to eat nose to tail, there are no nutrients you can’t get  What is in an animal’s tissues is a snapshot of what that animal needed in that tissue at the time it died Eating nose to tail and shellfish (especially mussels for manganese) and eating fish is probably going to prevent you from nutrient deficiencies if carnivore Risk of not getting enough vitamin C  Solutions to acid-base issues on carnivore There are no populations that were chronically keto  If you look at the anthropological spread of traditional diets across the globe correlates strongly with latitude, the maximum plant consumption is at the equator and the further you go from the equator the more animal products are consumed  Plant foods availability goes down and down as you move from the equator and Chris believes this is the main thing that has driven more animal foods in the diet  Even when plant foods are maximally abundant, no one has chosen to eat all plants  Calorie availability was probably the driver of food choices  Canadian Natives prevented scurvy by eating the adrenal glands of moose All cultures were either seeking plant foods or obscure parts of the animal that were more nutrient dense that you could usually get from plants like vitamin C  The default for humans is neither vegan or carnivore  We have protein needs and you can choose carbs and fats in a way that provides micronutrients, fits your lifestyle, and in a way you won’t overeat The physiological requirements for glucose are only low if you are keto-adapted Chris does not believe you need less vitamin C if you aren’t eating carbohydrates (i.e. the theory that glucose and vitamin C compete for the same transporter)  Carbs are generally going to improve vitamin C recycling  Plant polyphenols are toxins that we have co-evolved throughout animal evolution and we are adapted to them and learned how to exploit them to increase our defences without allowing them to cause toxicity - it increases our defences enough to make it a net positive Anything that’s hormetic is only hormetic in the hormetic range and then it’s toxic  People that react to plants and go carnivore probably have genetic problems with their defense mechanisms For most of us, plants and vegetables are hormetic  We know mechanistically what molecules in plants do and how they benefit us Chris' site http://chrismasterjohnphd.com   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies Sapien Movement: http://SapienMovement.com   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg   Theme music by https://kylewardmusic.com/

Hey hey, what’s going on healthy friends? Is everyone eating densely and moving intensely? People have been saying I should make shirts or stickers for that phrase. Anyone want to help design that? I want it to look really cool. Also for new people, or anyone really, I should quickly spell out what eating densely and moving intensely is. A nutrient dense diet with a full array of bioavailable nutrients and the least processing, sugar, and other antinutrients is what I’ve been exploring for the past 5 years and more intensely for the last 2. I’ve landed on the sapien diet which is really a framework that many good dietary strategies fit into. Go to sapien.org/diet to learn more. Moving instesley just means resistance training and high intensity stuff like sprinting. There’s nothing wrong with long cardio workouts if you enjoy them, I just don’t think they're that efficient timewise or for weight loss. Start back at episode one of this podcast if you haven't caught them all - you’ll be glad you did. So hard cut transition to today’s episode with Dr. Sara Place. She works in sustainable beef production research at National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. She did her PhD under Dr. Frank Mitloehner at UC Davis who’s awesome and was a guest on a very popular episode a few weeks back. She’ll also be presenting tons of information that goes counter to all the vegan propaganda you hear thrown around in mainstream media or the social media world. She works daily to improve the environmental impact of raising cattle. Beef producers also want to do this because they care for the environment just as much if not more than a vegan activist. It’s their livelihood. They care for animals, care for the land, and care about being efficient for the future of these as well as actually trying to make a few dollars off this challenging enterprise. Contrary to popular belief the meat industry gets zero subsidies from the government. Sara was kind enough to spend almost  2 hours answering all my questions, partly to help prepare me for the presentation I'm giving at the big food industry conference in Chicago at the end of September and the friendly debate with the vegan activist lady after. This really helped and I hope it will help you get the other side of these arguments you never get otherwise. Other updates and thinly veiled promotions include us compiling and editing all our footage for Food Lies. We’re really on a roll here and have some great graphics coming together. You can help fund these on Indiegogo by clicking through http://FoodLies.org My favorite thing I ate last week was definitely the NoseToTail.org lamb. I slow cooked some overnight with onions, rosemary, and garlic. Also the ground lamb with a bit of greek seasoning is one of the best things ever. Always sad when that runs out. Get a box delivered to you at NoseToTail.org and add on some marrow bones or cod liver - get some extra nutrition in the mix. Also want to say thank you to Kristi for helping me daily. She also puts together the extended show notes for this podcast for supporters on Patreon at http://Patreon.com/peakhuman Throwing a few bucks a month helps support all this work. I’ll say it again - I really appreciate this community and couldn't do it without you guys! Much love! Alright so that’s it! Enjoy this episode with Dr. Sara Place and support your local farmers and ranchers!   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES Sara Place received her PhD from UC Davis working under Dr. Frank Mitloehner studying animal agriculture  She currently works in sustainable beef production research at National Cattlemen’s Beef Association This association serves as a contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program which is a program that beef farmers and ranchers fund for research and promotion as it relates to beef in the US and part of that is sustainability which is what she manages www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/ Her research at UC Davis was measuring methane emission directly from cattle People think the beef industry is an evil empire, but there are people trying to improve the impact  [5:30] Its harder to find something more important than how are we going to nourish ourselves for the next few decades [6:30] only around 10% of cattle’s diet is edible to humans  Beef production in the US is based on grazing, forage of whole plants, and most are finished on grain  People assume cows spend their whole life in a feedlot but this is not the case [8:44] Most of the animals are primarily eating forage, almost all feed resources going into producing beef is mostly forage the stuff humans can’t eat  CO2 out of the air, is transformed through photosynthesis, carbon is captured in plants, and if we ate them we wouldn’t be able to access the energy, but ruminants can and they turn it into food, it’s a symbiotic relationship Beef production is not inefficient Feed for beef is not in competition with the human food supply  If we were to compare cattle, to pigs, to chicken, it would look like cows would look like they need a lot more feed resources but if we look at human edible feed inputs, cattle are consuming less than chicken and pigs or at least equivalent  Chickens and pigs are monogastric, they have to eat more energy dense feed and higher quality protein source  Ruminants can consume forage resources and have a symbiotic relationship with the microbes in their gut that ferment the material and convert it into something that the animal can absorb and metabolize This also plays into the feed efficiency when we look at what are human edible protein inputs going into the system vs outputs, this is where ruminants shine and are much more efficient than pigs or chickens, ruminants are the best from this standpoint  About 10% for US average of grain going to cattle but another 7-8% is from byproduct feed that humans can’t consume  [15:47] Cattles take this waste product and upcycle into something of worth  The plant based vs animal based foods dichotomy is false because it doesn’t take into consideration how agriculture works Plant and animal agriculture is integrated  Plant-based companies are indirectly supporting animal agriculture There are farms that integrate animal and plant agriculture together (for example, 1 acre of land producing corn and also supporting cattle for part of the year) A lot of corn is grown to make ethanol and then cows can eat the byproducts of this  Crops today are far more efficient (higher yield for less space) 38% of all domestic corn use in the US goes towards corn ethanol production for fuel and the same amount goes to all livestock, beef cattle is around 10% of this Cattle accounts for about 8 million acres of corn, that’s about 2% of US cropland acres [24:43] We generate more human protein by taking that corn and running it through cattle to generate beef than consuming that corn directly  If we look at the whole US cattle system we generate two times more high quality protein than goes into the cattle themselves  We have to ask the question “What’s the alternative?” Soy as an alternative protein source wouldn’t produce more protein per acre than cattle [28:55] These discussions are too far from reality because we have to consider what the actual alternative would be, and where corn is grown, a common alternative would be in fact a corn-soy rotation this is reality we’re not going to start growing quinoa or something similar If we remove the cattle industry we lose grasslands and these grasslands play a crucial role in the environment and in ecosystems  [31:14] We could have a much smaller land footprint by producing a certain crop but we are degrading the soil over time so it’s not a durable or resilient system, so is that better?  We’ve lost the connection between the reality of the human animal bond and just the fact that human beings are part of the cycle You can visit beefitswhatsfordinner.com to see 360 degree videos of feedlots  Feedlot operators are proud of what they do, and the perception that its evil crushes them  Feedlot practices are a lot better than what is represented online  There are PhD researchers who formulate the diets of these animals to make it as efficient as possible it’s much more precise than human nutrition  The reality is that the resources in North America are lots of forage as well as all this byproduct from processing grain crops and so feeding it to animals makes sense The majority of people live in cities and suburban areas so efficient food production is needed to feed everyone We have gotten more efficient, the number of cattle in a herd today is the same size as it was in 1953 but we produce far more beef and milk with these cattle It is not perfect but we are doing the best we can  Cattle and livestock are more than just food, they are a source of livelihood for people, they cycle nutrients, they provide all sorts of byproducts, we even use cow material in medicine (heart valve replacements) The life cycle assessments are calculated inappropriately  [46:45] Eliminating livestock in the US wouldn’t solve anything We are avoiding micronutrient deficiencies when we eat animal-sourced foods  82% of the cattle’s feed comes from grass and forage, 7% from by products and 11% from grains  The best source is USDA to find out % use for each US commodity Most of the beef raised in the US are family-run operations, even the feedlots If you want to consume grass-fed beef that’s awesome, but there isn’t substantial evidence to say that grain-fed isn’t healthy When animals go to a packing plant, they are screened for antibiotics and hormones so there is no contamination in the human food supply  Dairy is very highly regulated and is tested rigorously for antibiotics In the US we have a very safe food supply  The FDA came out with a regulatory directive over two years ago that you cannot feed antibiotics to livestock for growth promotion but you can for disease prevention They give antibiotic doses based on body weight, it is very precise, and they make sure to give a withdrawal period before going for slaughter where for human medicine the doctor will prescribe antibiotics in dosing that is the same for someone that weighs a lot more than you  Fossil fuels are a lot worse than the methane produced from cattle On the GHG issue, remember that according to the EPA cattle contribute only 2% of GHG emissions most coming from methane Cattle numbers are stable in the US for the last decade or so but methane is increasing so we can’t point our fingers at cattle If we put all our hopes to fix climate change by eating our way out of it, unfortunately all our hopes will be lost  If we look at the potential impact of climate change, we do not want to pigeon ourselves into a less diverse agricultural system The government does not directly subsidize beef production in the US it is 100% funded by the farmers and ranchers There is a small group of researchers that kind of just cite each other to create consensus but there is a large amount of data showing the benefit of animal based foods, there is no consensus Beef consumption in the US is going down  All of the food security challenges are happening in developing countries and we should be helping them out to improve  A lot of this privileged conversation is coming from the US and Europe and doesn’t take into consideration the other growing countries  There are so many people depending on animals for livelihood, food, power, etc.  If we want to make a big difference in climate change, changing your diet is not the way to do it  Fake meats and lab-grown meat is not the solution  We already have solar powered plant-based meat, it’s called beef. Videos of feed lots https://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/raising-beef/360-videos   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies Sapien Movement: http://SapienMovement.com   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg   Theme music by https://kylewardmusic.com/

Alright, we’re back! We got Dr. Zsofia Clemens from Paleomedicina in Hungary. They’re doing groundbreaking stuff over there curing all types of diseases mainstream medicine believes are incurable. And you know what - they use zero medications. Their whole thing is removing patient’s medications one by one. They’ve published a bunch of studies you can link to from their site. Dr. Zsofia is a neurobiologist and clinical researcher specialized in nutrition, nutritional therapy and brain research. Previously she’s been affiliated with the National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Budapest and the Neurological Department, University of Pécs, Hungary and have been involved in research related to epilepsy and sleep, electroencephalography, vitamin D and brain MRI. They take a pretty radical approach. It makes sense to me though. If I ever had one of these diseases I’d follow their program as well. Take a listen. Some of it may be a bit controversial. Let me know what you think on the old Instagram machine. I’ll give a quick nod to the things that make this show possible. First and foremost is http://NoseToTail.org where you can get sustainably raised grass finished beef, buffalo, lamb, and high omega 3 pork, and chicken shipped to your door. This is my company so you’re supporting me by ordering and a Texas ranch. My favorite thing this week is definitely the Omega 3 primal pork breakfast sausage. It’s seasoned so perfectly and you don’t even taste all the great pastured liver, kidney, heart, and spleen mixed in giving it all the great nutrition. I posted a stack of these patties I cooked up with some pastured eggs and cheese online the other day to make people jealous. I’m telling you it was something special. Maybe it’s all in my head. Maybe it’s that I know how nutritious it is as I eat each delicious bite. Who knows. Last couple things - we have the Food Lies film on Indiegogo with a bunch of perks. We still need to fund all the awesome graphics we have planned for the film. This will be important to get across all the info. It’s a lot, but it’s so important to spread this message in a way people can understand. So much of the world doesn't know about this information. If you’re listening, you probably do know it. But just think how long it took you to figure it all out. I’m here trying to get every single bit possible across in 95 minutes. It’s not easy.  You can preorder the film on Indiegogo or click through from http://FoodLies.org and you can also help the cause by supporting me on Patreon at http://Patreon.com/peakhuman Kristi has been adding to the extended show notes for supporters there. And that’s it. Thanks everyone! Really appreciate it. Now let’s hear from Dr. Zsofia Clemens   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post     SHOW NOTES   Dr. Zsofia Clemens is a neurobiologist, brain researchers, and head of the institute run in Hungary called Paleomedicina also known as ICMNI (International Center for Medical Nutritional Intervention) Their clinic treats patients with various autoimmune diseases, different cancers, and neurological disorders  They work with the patients and implement their diet which they refer to as the paleolithic ketogenic diet (PKD)  They don’t use any medications in their clinic  The clinic was established in 2011 and they have had amazing success with treating patients Crohn’s disease cannot be managed by medications, and 100% of their patients are cured by the PKD  The diet was originally developed by Csaba Toth  The PKD is 100% animal based and includes meat, fat, and organs  The ratio of fat to protein is 2:1 (82% fat and 18% protein) which differs largely from most carnivore diets which are much higher in protein and lower in fat  Red meat is very important  In the US and UK the quality of pork is usually very low and not recommended  Intestinal permeability is associated with all autoimmune disease and cancers The diet works by normalizing the gut permeability  Zsofia doesn’t believe genetics play a significant role in disease and that it is all related to diet  The survival rates with chemotherapy are extremely low and patients lose all quality of life  Their clinic has treated various patients with Glioblastoma (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of cancer, who have become progression free  The standard of care for GBM may go against the effectiveness of the PKD  Patients that adhere to the diet correctly always do well The classical ketogenic diet (CKD) is not enough in most cases for treating cancer and once they shift to PKD they see results  There are side effects to the CKD: delayed growth in children, respiratory problems, kidney stones, vitamin and mineral deficiencies and pneumonia related deaths  CKD does not normalize intestinal permeability Problems with dairy include iron deficiency, lactose intolerance, causing leaky gut and inducing intestinal permeability  Milk proteins are associated with diabetes, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and more   Milk only came into the human diet when we started domesticated animals, it is not part of the hunter gatherer diet  The role of the intestinal line and how gut permeability leads to disease  When the gut is permeable, proteins get into circulation and trigger autoimmunity  Milk proteins that get into circulation can attach to pancreatic beta cells and trigger an immune response that destroys these cells and can cause type-1 diabetes  Gluten also triggers autoimmunity but attaches to joints and cartilage  The importance of organ meats to avoid mineral and vitamin deficiencies  The most nutritious organs: liver, heart, brain, kidney The higher the metabolic rate of the organ, the more vitamin C it will have  They can tell if their patients are eating organ meats or not by their bloodwork  All vitamins and minerals that humans need are found in animal foods  Taking supplements can interfere with the effectiveness of the diet  In the context of the PKD, nutrient requirements are lower because there is less interfering with their absorptions and bioavailability  Adherence is the number one issue with patients  They have documented cases where they have put type-1 diabetes into remission and off insulin with a PKD  Majority of epileptic patients become seizure free  Brain cancer patients also become seizure free  They don’t recommend fasting to avoid nutrient depletion  The protein requirements of PKD are low compared to general protein recommendations because excess protein overloads the systems in the body that have to get rid of it  Too much protein can turn to glucose  Athletes should increase food intake but keep the same ratio of fat to protein  The claims about needing carbohydrates for functioning thyroid are not true  Children do not need carbohydrates during growth, if you feed a child PKD they may not be as tall but this is what their normal height should actually be  Crohn’s, IBS, colitis, and other bowel conditions are what they have the most success with  You can find Zsofia Clemens at: https://www.paleomedicina.com/en https://c.nutriintervention.com/order https://twitter.com/clemenszsofia https://www.instagram.com/zsofiaclemens/     BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! 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