Abel James Show

In this very special episode, I'll be responding to your questions in an AMA-style free for all. Most of these questions came in through the newsletter. If you'd like to ask me your question in an upcoming episode, make sure that you're signed up for the newsletter. As a special thanks for signing up, I’ll even send you some delicious recipes for low-sugar cookies, a quick start meal plan and other goodies to get you started eating Wild. I know some of you have been doing The Wild Diet and Wild lifestyle for many years now, maybe on and off, so the free downloads you’ll get for joining the newsletter can be a great reminder with quick tips on eating Wild. So, be sure you’re signed up. So, let's go ahead and get started. In this AMA, I’ll be answering your questions about… • Strength training and maintaining muscle mass on a keto diet • How to snack and eat healthy on the road • Why Instagram completely deleted my 10-year-old account with 40,000 followers • Dairy-free snack options • Benefits of eating real food based on the ancient traditions and ways our families ate just a generation ago • And more… Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/ask-me-anything-strength-snacking-why-instagram-deleted-my-account-with-40000-followers/ Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames  Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman  Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman  And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

Can you imagine if what you chose to eat at every meal were a life-threatening decision? According to researchers, an estimated 32 million Americans have severe food allergies and for many cross-contamination or a mislabeled ingredient label could be lethal. Today we're here with Sonia Hunt, a food allergy activist, tech marketing executive, TEDx speaker with over one million views, and the bestselling author of “NUT JOB: How I Crushed My Food Allergies To Thrive.” Sonia successfully eliminated her food allergies and she has some inspiring words on turning your food allergy weakness into a strength. We're chatting about: • What happened when Sonia ate a cross-contaminated dish at a restaurant • How to turn a food allergy into a strength • The importance of reading food labels • The link between allergies and environmental toxins • Why to consider getting allergy tested • And tons more… Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/sonia-hunt-how-to-turn-food-allergies-into-a-strength/ Check out and support Sonia Hunt at http://soniahunt.com/ Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames  Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman  Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman  And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

How can we find peace and happiness amongst the chaos of this world? As social media and increasingly the entire internet embraces the worst kind of censorship, it really does seem like the algorithms are trying to excise a part of the complete human. For instance, Instagram just deleted our 10-year-old account with 40,000 followers—something I'll be talking about a bit more in an upcoming podcast. But these bogus copyright claims, the shadowbanning, censorship, and now just outright deleting our accounts, this is something that's been happening to the leaders of health and fitness for quite a few years now, to be honest. And frankly, it's something that we're all going to have to rise above. So what can we do? How can we find that inner peace and to keep our cool while these technocrats bury and censor us in a dangerously lazy attempt to control all of our minds? Well, today, I'm pleased to say that we're here with J. Stewart Dixon, a modern day mindfulness teacher, musician, blogger and author of the #1 best-seller and award-winning book, “Spirituality For Badasses.” If you're a badass and you like Zen, steak and Chuck Norris, this is the show for you. We're chatting about: • How to be a spiritual badass and find your inner peace • Why you should consider a vacation from the sound of your own voice • How to swap social media for good habits • Getting started with meditation • How to do a quick body scan • And tons more… Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/j-stewart-dixon-how-to-swap-social-media-for-good-habits/ Check out and support J. Stewart Dixon at https://spiritualityforbadasses.com Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman  And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

As the world we know seems to crumble all around us, how prepared are you for the worst case scenario? Can you keep your head in a real world survival situation? How can we train for the unexpected? Is your health and fitness up to snuff? Today we're here with Craig Weller and Jonathan Pope, co-authors of the incredibly informative and useful Special Operations book entitled Building the Elite. Craig is former USN Special Warfare Combatant Crewman, who held a variety of instructional and diplomatic security roles in locations, including Kenya, the Philippines, Central America, South Sudan and Iraq. Jonathan is a Strength and Conditioning Coach with over 10 years of coaching experience. Together, Jonathan and Craig co-founded Ethos Colorado Training Center, a full-service strength and conditioning facility based in Denver, Colorado. They're sharing some powerful information today on how to think and train like a member of the elite special ops. If you want to be ready for whatever is coming next, please listen to this entire interview. On this show with Jonathan Pope and Craig Weller, we're chatting about: • How to adapt your stress response to work in your favor • Why we should train for survival and not just performance • Harnessing the body's natural dopamine response for long-term success • How to train for fear • And much more… Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/craig-weller-jonathan-pope-how-to-train-for-real-world-survival-scenarios/ Check out and support Craig Weller and Jonathan Pope at http://buildingtheelite.com/ Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames  Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman  Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman  And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

What kind of person do you want to be? Do you want to be the person who always seems to be in great shape no matter what? Do you want to shred on guitar and unleash a face-melting solo? Do you want to be creative and just sketch or doodle, even if it's just for a few minutes a day? Or do you want to be the person who wakes up and immediately jumps on their phone for a quick hit of drama-induced dopamine? By asking ourselves a few key questions in getting to what actually fuels our passion, we can set up systems in our lives to become the people we aspire to be. It takes discipline and a bit of time, but when you take the reins of your own life, magical things can happen. So today, I'm thrilled to say that we're here with our friend, Brock Armstrong, a Cognitive Behavior Therapy Practitioner, writer, podcaster, Marathon and Triathlon Coach, and founder of Brock Armstrong Coaching, where he's used a functional approach to fitness and movement to personally coach hundreds of people across the finish line. Brock has worked with many familiar faces in the health and fitness world, including Mark Sisson, Dave Asprey and Ben Greenfield, to name a few. And fun little fact: Years ago, back around 2015, Brock was actually the audio and video editor for the Fat-Burning Man show (and he even introduced us to our current audio and video engineer, Ian). Brock is very talented and a super nice dude, I think you're going to dig this show. We're chatting about: • How to replace habits that aren't serving us anymore • Key insights from helping hundreds of people train for races • A simple method for finding what makes you tick • How to harness the power of your own curiosity and excitement • Why a song Brock wrote in 1994 as a goof still plays in hockey stadiums around Canada • And tons more… Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/brock-armstrong-how-to-harness-the-power-of-your-own-curiosity/ Check out and support Brock Armstrong at http://brockarmstrong.com/ Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames  Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman  Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman  Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatburningman/ And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

What's it like to be on the front lines as a nurse these days? Today, we're here with Jessica Viker, a Registered Nurse and certified health and wellness coach who has been working with patients and clients for nearly a decade. In this very special conversation, Jessica is sharing some of the specifics on.. • How to wade through all the hype around keto • Why prevention is better than a cure • What it's like being on the front lines of nursing • How she healed her own thyroid issues • Problems with for-profit medicine • And a whole lot more… Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/jessica-viker-why-prevention-is-better-than-a-cure/ Check out and support Jessica Viker at http://newterrainwellness.com/ Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames  Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman  Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman  Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatburningman/ And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

What if you could dramatically improve your body composition, balance your hormones, and even reverse the signs of aging just by eating one little food? My wife, Alyson and I already made a couple of batches and can't believe the difference in how we feel, and it's only been a couple of weeks. So what is it? It's a very particular type of yogurt, replete in scientifically proven strains of probiotics that you can whip up right at home. Today we're here, once again, with one of our very favorite doctors in the whole wide world, Dr. William Davis. Dr. Davis is a cardiologist, #1 New York Times best-selling author, and health crusader whose best-selling books include the “Wheat Belly” series, “Undoctored,” as well as his newest book “Super Gut.” We dig into some spicy and timely topics here today, including… What it looks like when Doctors get blacklisted by corporate media and Big Pharma An easy way to drastically increase testosterone How to grow and treat your microbiome like a garden Restoring beneficial gut microbes with delicious homemade yogurt (I can vouch for this) The link between mental health and your gut How to minimize your exposure to glyphosate And tons more… Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/dr-william-davis-how-to-heal-your-gut-with-delicious-homemade-yogurt/ Check out and support Dr. William Davis at DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatburningman/ Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

Could you use a little inspiration to eat less sugar? I think we probably all could. So today, we're here with Sam Apple, a writer, science journalist, and author of the highly rated book called “Ravenous.” Sam is no slouch, he taught creative writing and journalism at the University of Pennsylvania for 10 years, and is currently on the faculty of the MA in Science Writing and MA in Writing programs at Johns Hopkins. Sam loves digging into taboo and controversial topics, and his latest book, Ravenous, is no exception. I think you’re going to dig this show. We're chatting about: • The scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat • The link between cancer and the foods you eat • Surprising results when looking for cancer in indigenous populations • Benefits of low-carb ketogenic-type diets • How to be a bookworm in the internet age • And tons more… Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/sam-apple-surprising-links-between-cancer-and-the-food-you-eat/ Check out and support Sam Apple at SamApple.com Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames  Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman  Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman  Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatburningman/ And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

How can we reduce our exposure to toxins without driving ourselves absolutely out of our minds? Our workplaces, homes and foods are contaminated with a mind-numbing mix of chemical toxins. And by default, there's a shocking lack of information available about what exactly is contained in the products we buy. But instead of aiming for super sanitized perfection—which is totally impossible—it's better to learn how to reduce our toxic load by ridding our pantries and homes of the worst offenders. And I'm pleased to say that joining us today is our friend, Gin Stephens, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of multiple books. Gin is also a retired teacher, wife, mother, and host of multiple top-ranked podcasts. Gin's intermittent fasting lifestyle shift back in 2014, led to her shedding over 80 pounds and then going on a success rampage with all that extra energy, so you're going to dig this one. On this very special show with Gin Stephens, we're chatting about: • How to reduce your toxic load without driving yourself bananas • What to do about food contact chemicals and cosmetics in particular • Why the precautionary principle actually matters in science • How and why intermittent fasting works so well • How to get family on board • And much more… Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/gin-stephens-how-to-reduce-your-toxic-load-without-going-bananas/ Check out and support Gin Stephens at GinStephens.com Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames  Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman  Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman  Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatburningman/ And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

Today, I'm honored to be here with the wonderful Bob Harper, long-time host of The Biggest Loser, heart attack survivor and celebrity trainer, whose clients include the likes of Ben Stiller, Selma Blair and Gwyneth Paltrow. Bob is kind, compassionate and hilarious, and he'll be the first to tell you today why reality TV show workouts aren't exactly what they seem. And as it turns out, not only is Bob a yoga instructor, snowboarder, and tennis enthusiast, he’s also quite a talented street and portrait photographer. And we'll be talking about why finding your creative outlet is worth it, even if it looks a little bit different for each one of us. I hope you dig it. We're chatting about… How Bob survived his widow-maker heart attack and cardiac arrest Recalibrating your goals after injury or a major life event Why reality TV show workouts aren't what they seem The many forgotten benefits of walking Why we all need at least one creative outlet Enjoying life while staying on track And tons more... Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/bob-harper-surviving-a-heart-attack-the-truth-about-reality-tv-workouts/ Listen to Bob Harper's new series "Running Your Mouth with Bob and Christi" on Apple, Spotify, the NEOU Fitness app, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames  Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman  Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman  Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatburningman/ And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus