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Make your health an act of rebellion. Join The Healthy Rebellion Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here News topic du jour: Pre-pandemic cognitive function and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: cohort study "Vaccination is central to controlling the present pandemic, with success reliant on a sufficiently high uptake to achieve herd immunity (Omer et al., 2020). 1. CBD and testosterone [35:01] Jonathan says: Hello I am a 42 year old male, to the best of my knowledge, in good health. I strength train 4 times a week and am looking to keep my testosterone levels optimal. I have no reason to believe my testosterone levels are not good, but am cautious about taking supplements that have a known negative impacts on testosterone. I am hearing a lot of positive claims for CBD, and believe that you’ve talked about personally using it. Two that are most prominent is: 1. to reduce inflammation and 2. To reduce anxiety. Do you know what the effects of CBD on testosterone? How does this differ from THC? Thanks! Jonathan https://gaiaguru.co.uk/does-cbd-affect-hormones/#:~:text=CBD%20has%20been%20suggested%20to,break%20testosterone%20down%20(4). "CBD has been suggested to reduce testosterone production by inhibiting the enzyme 17α‐hydroxylase, which makes Testosterone in leydig cells of the testes (4). However, CBD also inhibits specific cytochrome p450 enzymes in the liver which break testosterone down (4)." 2. Omega 6:3 Ratio When Lowering Saturated Fat [38:19] Nathan says: Hi Robb, First discovered your work in 2009 when podcast episodes were still single digits. My lungs had collapsed 14+ times, I had 3 lung surgeries, and long story short: I put a super rare autoimmune disease into remission thanks to you! In an effort to make this message easier to process, I've tried to ask the question first, then included context below if it's helpful. QUESTION: Dr. Cromwell recommended that I try lowering saturated fats to less than 15% of total calories, keep total fat around 60%, retest in a couple months, then chat with him again. Seems like a good next step. I've been mostly eating low-carb paleo + full fat grass fed dairy (keto at times, for mental performance) so I've been getting lots of what I've considered high quality animal fats...but this recommendation has me scratching my head regarding where I should be getting my ~60% of calories from fat from. I'm planning to increase fatty fish like salmon in my diet, but I'm a bit worried about getting omega 6:3 ratios all out of whack if I cut out much of the grass fed beef, grassfed full fat dairy, wild game, etc I've been eating. Egads! Thoughts? ### CONTEXT: After listening to your episode with Dr. William Cromwell, I ordered Cardiometabolic Risk Assessment and just got off a great call with him. Incredible person and amazing work he's doing. Anyway, everything looks good/great except for my cardiovascular risk, which is high (thanks to LDL-C at 174, non-HNL-C at 189, and ApoB at 136). I also have a family history of heart disease at a relatively young age, and though I'm only 34, I've been told that cardiac surgery in the future isn't much of an option on account of the fact that my lung surgeries essentially fused my lungs to my chest wall...so I basically need to just prevent cardiovascular disease in the first place. Given that I tested as highly insulin sensitive on his risk assessment, Cromwell said he'd expect me to do fine with up to 75g of carbs per day (currently doing 40-ish). p.s., my sister is a fishing boat captain and runs the only all-female crew (badasses) up there. If you and the family ever make it up there, we could get you the family discount (free) to go out on the boat and catch hundreds of pounds of incredible fish to bring back! Great for little girls to see women doing such badass work as well! You've made a pretty indescribable impact on my and my family's health over the years, and it's hard to thank you enough! 3. CGM sensor and BJJ [45:40] Jared says: Hey Robb, I'm making 2022 the "year of the data" and plan on spending time monitoring sleep, stress levels, etc with a wearable, testing ketones with finger pricks and tracking my blood glucose with a CGM (for at least a month). Any advice on where to place the sensor and how to secure it while rolling? I'm on the mats 4-6 times per week and I plan on using the Freestyle Libre 2 unless you have a better suggestion so ideally the sensor would stay stuck to me for 14 days. Thanks in advance for the insight and also for being a strong voice of nuanced reason during this covid shitshow. Jared   Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes Transcript: Can be found at: https://robbwolf.com/2021/12/31/vaccine-hesitancy-cbd-and-testosterone-omega-36-while-reducing-sat-fat-thrr096

Salty Talk is a special edition of Healthy Rebellion Radio. Each week on Salty Talk Robb will do a deep dive into current health and performance news, mixed with an occasional Salty conversation with movers and shakers in the world of research, performance, health, and longevity. For the full the video presentation of this episode and to be a part of the conversation, join us in The Healthy Rebellion online community. WARNING: These episodes may get “salty” with the occasional expletive. Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here   Show Notes: This is the second installment of our "fireside chat" with Diana Rodgers. Diana and I talk frequently, usually comparing notes on some of the insanity (and bright spots) we see we see in the food and regenerative ag space. Each time we talk we usually say "we should have recorded that!" So now we are.   Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes  

Make your health an act of rebellion. Join The Healthy Rebellion Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here News topic du jour: Therapeutic targeting of inflammation in hypertension: from novel mechanisms to translational perspective   1. Young Rebel Eating [11:09] Kevin says: Hi Nicki and Robb, A few podcast ago, Robb mentioned off hand answering a totally different question that leaky gut is actually a good thing in infants and that is why introducing allergens early was a bad idea. Either that or I totally misunderstood what he said. Either way, I am curious around your thoughts on Baby led weaning, exposing new eaters to allergens, and other food considerations when starting your little human out on food. Thanks for all you do to educate 6 people, Kevin 2. Dry Lips [15:22] Jen says: Hi Robb and Nicky!  Thank you so much for all you do!  I've been listening to The Healthy Rebellion Podcast and love learning from you.  I follow a paleoish diet, female of 45 yrs old, 5 feet tall, 130 pounds, and in pretty good health.  However since the beginning of 2021 I've been struggling with extremely dry lips.  I have tried half a dozen products, all help but only a little.  I have to use them upwards of 6 times a day to get close to normal.  I drink around 40 oz of water with some LMNT daily and some decaffeinated (mostly herbal) tea once or twice a day.  I am totally addicted to LMNT!  With the colder weather approaching, it seems to be getting worse.  Really unsure on how to move forward with this pesky annoyance.   Would really appreciate your input.  Thanks so much!! 3. Fueling for Wildland Firefighters [18:45] James: Hi Robb and Nicki! I am a wildland fire crew leader based in Ontario Canada. I am looking for information on how to best fuel myself and my crew for the sometimes gruelling efforts the job demands. I have listened to some of the other episodes regarding to fuelling for hiking and hunting etc., and while I've gleaned some valuable insight, I am aware that the intensity of the job might require a modified approach. Namely more carbs. We are deployable up to 19 days and usually have relative autonomy in fresh food choices, outside of the first 72 hours in which we have preselected, non parishable options. I personally choose the first 24 hours worth of food. While I do my best to fill our bag with canned fish, nuts, jerky and other sources of protein and fat, a sizeable portion contains candy, chocolate and other sources of quick sugar. In other words junk. For the sake of brevity, here is my question: What do you reccommend for innocuous sources of non-perishable carbs that can be consumed on the go? Thank you guys for all that you do, Wishing you the best, James   4. Offering a cautionary tale for excessive nicotine lozenge/gum consumption [25:46] Jack says: I recently quit using lozenges/gum. I began using it in college about 6 years ago for the stimulant/nootropic effect, not as NRT, as I've never smoked or vaped. I was bought into the idea that sure, it was addictive, but other than that it was basically harmless. So I didn't worry that much as my use became more and more excessive, especially since I wasn't using tobacco or inhaling questionable chemicals from vape liquid. I was consuming probably 30-40mg a day. As far as I can tell that isn't that far off from the initial starting dose for NRT. A day or two after quitting I began to notice drastic improvements in my circulation. My hands and feet were alternately tingly and itchy for a few days. My color vision improved, I suddenly noticed shades of blue/green had much more differentiation. Even just taking a hot shower felt incredible because my skin sensation was so improved. After a few days the dead skin on my feet started to peel, as if I was molting like a snake. And I hope my hair will grow in thicker as well, that is one of the main reasons I'm quitting (besides excessive spending on lozenges). And related to my hair, I do weekly microneedling of my hairline along with a daily compounded topical dutasteride/minoxidil/tretinoin formulation (microneedling and tretinoin both enhance the effect minoxidil). My skin heals a lot easier from the microneedling, and I have much less irritation from the tretinoin. I'm currently not the healthiest otherwise which didn't help matters, since I've gained quite a bit during the pandemic. I'm 27, and my fasting glucose a few months ago was 99, so not "clinically pre-diabetic", however in my opinion is definitely worrying for my age. But I never noticed the ill effects it was causing until I stopped. Interestingly, quitting cold turkey wasn't as difficult as I imagined. I didn't really have cravings, likely because it wasn't really tied to a physical ritual like vaping or smoking. But I could only do it because I had the week off from work. I couldn't focus or really do much besides watch videos and stare at the wall. I was grumpy but it wasn't unmanageable, but after a few days it felt like I had a really bad flu, apparently that can be an acute symptom of withdrawal. I could only sleep for a few hours at a time, so I had to do many short sleeps through the day and night. I hope this helps, I think there may be other people out there like me who are consuming extreme doses of nicotine. I recall there was a guy who wrote in a few months ago who used about the same daily dose of snus. 5. Discussions on Freedom [29:48] Ellen says: Hello! I really enjoyed your recent podcast discussion on freedom and the real dangers we are facing if we continue down this path. Thank you! It seems to me that the government wants us to feel alone, afraid, and to accept that we are the minority in our fight for freedom. By sharing your thoughts, I am reminded that we can make an impact if we stick together. We read a book with our nine year old recently that I thought I might share. It is called The Mysterious Benedict Society. Have you read it? There’s also a TV show, modeled after the book, on Disney+. It is incredibly interesting and was filled with content to fuel discussions around freedom, control, courage, bravery, etc. and was a very sobering reminder of the challenges we face today. In the book, the antagonist uses radio signals and cell phone towers to send subliminal messages in order to control the minds of the citizenry. I was curious to know if you’ve read it or had any thoughts. :) Thank you for all that you do! -Ellen Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes Transcript: You can find the transcript at https://robbwolf.com/2021/12/17/infant-leaky-gut-firefighter-fueling-excessive-nicotine-thrr095/

Salty Talk is a special edition of Healthy Rebellion Radio. Each week on Salty Talk Robb will do a deep dive into current health and performance news, mixed with an occasional Salty conversation with movers and shakers in the world of research, performance, health, and longevity. For the full the video presentation of this episode and to be a part of the conversation, join us in The Healthy Rebellion online community. WARNING: These episodes may get “salty” with the occasional expletive. Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here Show Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09maaUaRT4M Vinay Prasad MD How Democracy Ends Florida Dept of Health https://mobile.twitter.com/healthyfla/status/1466174868764958728   Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes Transcript: You can find the transcript for this podcast on its blog page at https://robbwolf.com/2021/12/10/on-health-and-freedom-salty-talk-037-thrr/

Make your health an act of rebellion. Join The Healthy Rebellion Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here News topic du jour: A Heart-Healthy Way to Eat Aim for an overall healthful dietary pattern, the American Heart Association advises, rather than focusing on “good” or “bad” foods. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/well/eat/heart-healthy-diet-foods.html https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001031 "The committee’s advice on protein foods, published during the climate talks in Glasgow, was well-timed. Choosing plant-based proteins over animal sources of protein not only has health value for consumers but can help to foster a healthier planet." https://www.performancemenu.com/article/1384/Robbs-Farewell/?mc_cid=46bc74eeea&mc_eid=f235501518 1. Sleeping and eating on a extremely variable schedule [12:35] Jason says: Hello, Long time listener, first time caller. I have listened to your podcasts on adjusting sleeping and eating cycles when changing shifts, as many first responders do. However, I am trying to locate resources and best practices, for a more dramatically changing schedule. I work as a locomotive engineer for a class one railroad. Truly, I am looking for actionable things I can spread to what I believe is an underserved industry. My co-workers and I are often under rested and unprepared, which can lead to poor dietary and lifestyle choices. Our schedule is extremely unpredictable, we may work a night shift, be off for ten hours and head back in for the afternoon shift. Equally as likely to be off long enough to work another night or even the next day. Unfortunately, there is no way to tell ahead of time, as we get either two hours or one and a half hour notice before our shift begins. These shifts often end up being twelve hours long. As such, there are multiple times a week, where I may be up for over twenty-four hours. In these situations, I am unsure how to even attempt to regulate my eating or trying to sleep when I need to but am not tired. I am forty-six year old male 5'11" 210 lbs. I lift four to five times a week, often when I am tired, and try to get some steady state cardio in daily. A live Q&A would definitely be a great addition to all the work you guys already to, I would like to add that I greatly appreciate everything you do. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.   2. Resistant Starch [18:19] Cheeny says: Worth the hype? Or is it Buck science? I love day old white rice so I’m hoping it’s got some merit to it. Thanks!   3. Plant Defenses [19:39] wzrdpow says: Are all plant defense mechanisms antithetical to human health or longevity? Thinking in relation to things like turmeric and sulforaphane.   4. Omicron [26:32] Jenni says: Hey, I'm an MPH, and this completely stumping me. Reports on omicron from the field describe it as a lingering cold with no hospitalizations-Quartz article 11/28/21 (https://qz.com/2095354/what-are-the-symptoms-of-the-omicron-variant/amp/). If that's the case, shouldn't we be happy and not locking down. It was a shift to a less catastrophic influenza that ended the last flu pandemic. We didn't vaccine flu out of existence. I know that we don't have all the data (but seriously that's just a mantra now), but if the symptoms are "basic cold", why is WHO and Fauci (last article I read had him making another reference to "the science" and I'm seriously going to vomit) flipping out? Thank you, Jenni https://www.honestlypod.com/podcast/episode/5bfb867a/is-covid-over-and-other-burning-questions-this-thanksgiving   5. Is the Covid response mass formation or hypnosis? Dr. Mattias Desmet [34:00] Joe says: Hi Robb and Nicki, love your work, thanks for all the excellent content. I came across a few interviews with Dr. Mattias Desmet who thinks that the response to covid can be explained by something called mass formation or mass hypnosis. Here are a few links to some interviews with him where he discusses this: https://jermwarfare.com/blog/mattias-desmet (relatively short and to the point) https://www.thestoryofmepodcast.com/dr-mattias-desmet-psychological-crisis-and-mass-formation/ (more of a discussion on the topic) (I've not listened to any other episodes from these podcasts) A written interview: https://dailysceptic.org/interview-with-mattias-desmet-professor-of-clinical-psychology/ Aubrey Marcus has done an interview with him, too, but I haven't listened to it: https://www.aubreymarcus.com/blogs/aubrey-marcus-podcast/why-people-willingly-give-up-their-freedoms-w-prof-mattias-desmet-aubrey-marcus-podcast Does this sound plausible? Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks, Joe Amy Peikoff discussion with Mattias Desmet - Professor of Clinical Psychology at Ghent University, Belgium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLhCdU4WXh4 Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes Transcript: You can find the transcript at the blog page for this episode: https://robbwolf.com/2021/12/03/omicron-variant-plant-defenses-extreme-sleep-schedule-thrr094/

Salty Talk is a special edition of Healthy Rebellion Radio. Each week on Salty Talk Robb will do a deep dive into current health and performance news, mixed with an occasional Salty conversation with movers and shakers in the world of research, performance, health, and longevity. For the full the video presentation of this episode and to be a part of the conversation, join us in The Healthy Rebellion online community. WARNING: These episodes may get “salty” with the occasional expletive. Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here   Show Notes: We had a THR member mention she was unfamiliar with substack and was wondering how to find people to follow. Several members chimed in with substacks they subscribe to, and we thought this might be a fun thing to talk about in today's episode. Common Sense with Bari Weiss - https://bariweiss.substack.com/ bad cattitude - boriqua gato https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/a-cats-tale-how-getting-canceled Vinay prasad https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/which-causes-more-myocarditis-covid19 Astral Codex Ten https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ivermectin-much-more-than-you-wanted Eugyppius - a plague chronicle https://eugyppius.substack.com/ https://eugyppius.substack.com/p/stupid-and-evil-in-equal-measures Natural selections - Heather Heying  https://naturalselections.substack.com/ Slowdown Farmstead - Tara Couture https://www.slowdownfarmstead.com/ an ode to the salty https://www.slowdownfarmstead.com/p/an-ode-to-the-salty Raelle Kaia Open Heart, Open Mind https://raellekaia.substack.com/p/whats-to-be-done-about-the-vaccine   Other authors to check out that were mentioned by THR members: Glen Greenwald https://greenwald.substack.com/ Matt Taibi  https://taibbi.substack.com/ Popular Rationalism https://popularrationalism.substack.com/ John Mcwhorter https://substack.com/profile/6527799-john-mcwhorter Alex Berenson https://alexberenson.substack.com/ Toby Rodgers https://tobyrogers.substack.com/ Steve Kirsch https://stevekirsch.substack.com/ Dr Rollergator https://drrollergator.substack.com/   Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes Transcript: For a transcript of this episode check out the blog post at https://robbwolf.com/2021/11/19/substack-goodness-salty-talk-036-thrr/

Salty Talk is a special edition of Healthy Rebellion Radio. Each week on Salty Talk Robb will do a deep dive into current health and performance news, mixed with an occasional Salty conversation with movers and shakers in the world of research, performance, health, and longevity. For the full the video presentation of this episode and to be a part of the conversation, join us in The Healthy Rebellion online community. WARNING: These episodes may get “salty” with the occasional expletive. Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here   Show Notes: This is the first installment of something that I hope y'all will like, a "fireside chat" with Diana Rodgers. Diana and I talk frequently, usually comparing notes on some of the insanity (and bright spots) we see we see in the food and regenerative ag space. Each time we talk we usually say "we should have recorded that!" Well, today, we did. We laid out some basic ground that we share and also dug into some news topics, including the first patient given a diagnoses of "climate change." https://www.instagram.com/p/CWIj9RDrY6T/ https://indianexpress.com/article/world/climate-change/climate-change-patient-canada-british-columbia-7614348/   Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes

Salty Talk is a special edition of Healthy Rebellion Radio. Each week on Salty Talk Robb will do a deep dive into current health and performance news, mixed with an occasional Salty conversation with movers and shakers in the world of research, performance, health, and longevity. For the full the video presentation of this episode and to be a part of the conversation, join us in The Healthy Rebellion online community. WARNING: These episodes may get “salty” with the occasional expletive. Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here   Show Notes: The COVID Guide: The Food and Supplement Guide for the Coronavirus   Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes Transcript: For a transcript of this episode visit this episodes blog post here: https://robbwolf.com/2021/11/05/covid-research-and-epistemology-a-conversation-with-chris-masterjohn-phd-salty-talk-034-thrr/

Make your health an act of rebellion. Join The Healthy Rebellion Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here News topic du jour: https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/how-democracy-ends "The pandemic events of 2020-2021 outline a potential pathway for a future democratically elected President of the United States to systematically end democracy.  The course of events leading to this outcome need not be a repeat of the direct assault on the Capitol, but a distortion of risk of illness as a justification for military force and suspension of democratic norms." 1. Cannot Sleep After Hard Training - JiuJitsu and Weightlifting [21:18] Nick says: After a hard JiuJitsu training class (or weightlifting) I always have trouble falling asleep. I also have trouble eating, too. I think it’s my adrenaline from hard rolling. I am competitive and this definitely affects my ability to rest. Practice starts at 6 and usually goes to 730-830. Both days I get insomnia if I train really hard. What can I do to relax my mind and body so I can fall asleep within two hours of training? I know carbohydrates play a role. I try not to eat too much during the day because I get drowsy at my desk job. I usually track macros and I began to up my carb intake to see if it helps the issue - it doesn’t. For example. Today I ate 131g carbs from organic purple sweet potatoes. (143g protein from organic grass fed beef). All cooked with EVOO & seasoned liberally with Mediterranean Sea Salt, garlic and pepper.  I trained at 6pm. Got home at 830. I know I need food but I cannot eat so I recently I tried forcing myself a shake made up of 35g grass fed whey, 4 eggs, plenty of fruit and 1/2 cup of oats. I am just ranting because I am suffering from this insomnia right now. I just discovered your product LMNT and instantly bought it after reading your story on the Amazon store website. I thought that an electrolyte in balance could be the issue so I’ll find out. I consume a lot of salt but maybe I actually don’t. Then I found your Instagram and realized I can ask a question so here I am. Thanks for reading this word salad! I am excited to LMNT and resolve this insomnia! 2. Workout intensity, frequency, duration [28:11] Dan says: Robb, I read the Paleo Solution and have found it to be only the tip of the ice berg compared to the value of your podcasts.  Thank you, great stuff. I am looking for more guidance on workout intensity, duration and frequency for improving body comp. I've been doing a crossfit-type of workout at my club for six months.  They call it "Dynamic" but essentially its the same stuff focusing on stability, power and strength in weekly rotations. I usually get in 3-4 of these workouts a week and sometimes a one hour bike ride (18mph) on off days. The workouts are a full one hour with a "melt down" in the last 10 minutes. I generally burn 700-850 calories during that time, ave HR 70-75% with max HR above 90% (according to Polar HRM).  I'm not sure the instructors understand the concept of stress-induced cortisol release and I want to understand it myself. I am wondering if the length and intensity of these workouts are unnecessary beat downs; and/or if I am doing too many in a week. I started in March, weighed 236 and about 29% body fat (6' 0"). I lost 18 pounds over first 3 months with calorie reduction, higher-carb low fat. I then plateaued for 3 months with no changes in eating or workouts. I've been 100% Paleo for two weeks and the weight appears to be coming off again (down to 212 lbs now). Ideal goal is to get to 185-190 at 10% body fat. I hear you guys talk about "Cross fit beat downs" and working out too frequently; I'm not sure if I am falling into that. I am looking for a better reference of what is an optimal body-comp program in terms of intensity, duration and frequency. Any guidance is appreciated. Thank you for what you do. Dan 3. Collagen and Folic Acid [34:47] Kay says: My SIL, who is involved with a MLM supplement company, said that I should not take collagen supplement daily because it will influence folic acid in my body in a negative way.  She said her supplement is only taken for 10 days out of 30.  I have never heard of this.  Any truth? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4417592/ 4. Aging and Abdominal Adipose [38:14] Annette says: Would love to hear your comments on abdominal fat.    I am in good health for 65 yrs old.  Always had a "belly" but I am 116 lbs, 5 ft.    Not fat, but my middle holds 6-8 lbs of fat I know is there.  I have a good dietary intake, exercise 3-4 days weekly, 2 of those days are weight training.   I have good abdominal muscles under the fat I can feel.   Can I ever lose this weight?   I am an ICU nurse with a Masters in Critical Care, and I have my adult NP so I am not without a good background education.      I enjoyed one of your books on Paleo; I feel you are a great educational resource. Please advise. 5. Is "Prepping" The Only Solution? [43:37] Richard says: What steps can a person or family take (other than to be as healthy as possible) to mitigate this situation as best we can?  I look at what is happening in Venezuela, for instance, and wonder what I would do in that situation: an almost complete breakdown of society, with hyper-inflation wiping out saving and making income equally worthless.  Is "prepping" the only solution: lots of weapons, years of stored food/water/gas, a bunker mentality?  I'm not sure that is a viable option of the majority of citizens.  So, what are your thoughts on what the average Joe-citizen can do? https://www.foxfire.org/shop/category/books/ Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes Transcript: You can find the transcript on this episode's blog page: https://robbwolf.com/2021/10/29/sleep-trouble-after-training-aging-and-belly-fat-is-prepping-the-only-solution-thrr093/

Make your health an act of rebellion. Join The Healthy Rebellion Please Subscribe and Review: Apple Podcasts | RSS Submit your questions for the podcast here News topic du jour: Durability of immune responses to the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine "reports of waning vaccine efficacy, coupled with the emergence of variants of concern that are resistant to antibody neutralization, have raised concerns about the potential lack of durability of immunity to vaccination. We recently reported findings from a comprehensive analysis of innate and adaptive immune responses in 56 healthy volunteers who received two doses of the BNT162b2 vaccination. Here, we analyzed antibody responses to the homologous Wu strain as well as several variants of concern, including the emerging Mu (B.1.621) variant, and T cell responses in a subset of these volunteers at six months (day 210 post-primary vaccination) after the second dose. Our data demonstrate a substantial waning of antibody responses and T cell immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and its variants, at 6 months following the second immunization with the BNT162b2 vaccine. Notably, a significant proportion of vaccinees have neutralizing titers below the detection limit, and suggest a 3rd booster immunization might be warranted to enhance the antibody titers and T cell responses."   1. Low Body Temperature [18:16] John says: Hi, Im trying to figure out if a declining body temp is something I should be focused on. I’m 42 now and a couple years ago I started noticing my daytime temperature was not a consistent 98.6. No big deal I thought until more recently I started having a hell of a time waking up in the morning. After doing some reading on thyroid related issues (which run in my family) I started recording my daily temp. Most days my waking temp is 96.9 - 97.1. During the day it hovers around 97.6. I’ve done a full suite of thyroid tests multiple times and my Free T3/T4, TSH, Reverse T4, and thyroid antibodies are right where they should be so no obvious issues there. I generally follow a paleo diet but switched to strict keto for a few months this spring and now follow a low carb diet, no gluten. For activity I do have a 40 hr work week at a computer but my spare time involves part time farm work and 2x weekly capoeira classes. When I’m not at the work desk I’m fairly mobile. I’m male, 5’5” and fluctuate between 135-140 lbs. Daily calorie intake is usually around 1500 calories unless I’m burning hard with activity on a given day. Is this just par for the course as we age for some folks? Is my metabolism just slowing down? My energy and muscle mass is still excellent, but I am fascinated with this and wondering if it’s anything I should keep paying attention to. Thanks! 2. Long-Term Blood Donation [23:23] Sherry Says: I'm a 61 year old female and a long time listener. I've been donating blood every couple months for several years. My mother had hemochromatosis. I was checked but fortunately do not have it. I know that blood donation helps keep iron levels in check and I like that my body refreshes itself by making new blood. I am wondering though if there's a downside to long-term, ongoing blood donation. I don't want to deplete some limited resource in my bone marrow, or something else like that! Thank you. 3. Wading through Scientific studies [26:32] Paul says: Hi to you both ,question for Rob My question is about the way scientific papers are written and the most effective method you have of screening out junk. I am not a medical professional or scientist. I work in IT and management during which I have developed a skillset around identifying ballshit. Whilst looking through papers in pubmed I find the summaries/ abstracts often very unhelpful or misleading. Then the main body of the paper is often rambling and I frequently find myself skimming details in an attempt to find basic facts about the study which I feel should have been stated clearly at the beginning. Information such as; The purpose of the study; the conclusions (if any); the scientific soundness of those conclusions (eg what kind of test with how many participants, the test cell characteristics and the control cell). Some papers are much better than others. But coming from a business background I am used to information following the following format Title 1 pager (recommendations) Appendix(method ,results,data and caveats) In my experience in business overly obtuse pros often points to deliberate deception or sloppiness. What is your view on this? How do you best navigate scientific papers in your research ? Are there recommendations you have for me so I can be more effective at working through these papers.? Are there services that grade papers with metrics. For example a simple way of filtering those studies without sizeable test cells and control groups. Or do you have any sources you consider to be consistently bad eg specific universities or business etc that you would avoid ? A final question on this topic is In your view what percentage of scientific studies are actually junk? Kind regards Paul Ps Love the show i feel with you both on the mic its very warm an nice, like sitting in front of a fire chatting about health. 4. Sea salt vs Electrolyte [45:30] Matt says: Hey Robb and Nicki. I’ve been listening to your podcast for a few years now and have definitely enjoyed the new format. Recently I read Sacred Cow, it was by far my favourite book of 2020. I have the paleo solution and wired to eat on my list of books to read at some point this year. To my question. For about a year now in the mornings my wife and I will each put a slice of lemon and 3 big pinches of Celtic sea salt into a big glass of water. Where we really noticed a difference was in the summer heat, when we would sweat. My question is, how is this different then consuming “electrolytes”? Are there any differences that we would notice by taking electrolytes instead of just a good sea salt? I would love to try LMNT one day, but being from Canada doesn’t make it as simple. Thank so much for your content. Matt. 5. What's the deal with EMF Filters and Earthing [48:00] Derek says: Hey guys, Love the show. Now straight to my questions. I don't think you have covered this yet, at least not in great detail: 1. What are your thoughts on Earthing? Is this legit? It seems kind of ridiculous and tree-huggerish, but at the same time it has a ring of legitimacy. I've seen different methods recommended - from using grounding mats that you sleep or sit on to just walking around outside barefoot or sleeping on the ground. 2. What about EMF Filters? Again they have some ring of legitimacy, but at the same time seem kooky. Obviously there are waves galore travelling through the air, but is blocking out these waves (if the filters even work) really going to make that much difference? What about just removing electronics from the room. Does that really make that much of a difference? I plan on trying out some of these methods, from the standard remove all electronics from the room, to actually shutting off the breaker for our bedroom, but given that there are so many other factors that could affect how I perceive my sleep quality I thought I would see what you guys think. Without solid research or, at a minimum, convincing anecdotes I am definitely not going to be dropping a few hundred dollars on something like this, but I would really like to know if it actually works. Thanks for all the awesomeness. Keep it up! https://robbwolf.com/2020/04/08/5g-and-coronavirus-salty-talk-004-thrr/ Sponsor: The Healthy Rebellion Radio is sponsored by our electrolyte company, LMNT. Proper hydration is more than just drinking water. You need electrolytes too! Check out The Healthy Rebellion Radio sponsor LMNT for grab-and-go electrolyte packets to keep you at your peak! They give you all the electrolytes want, none of the stuff you don’t. Click here to get your LMNT electrolytes Transcript: You can find the transcript at the blog page for this episode: https://robbwolf.com/2021/10/22/wading-through-scientific-studies-low-body-temperature-emf-filters-and-earthing-thrr092/