Abel James Show (Abel James)

Do you ever feel like you’re “too busy” to make health a priority?

Welcome to the club.

While we might know how to eat right and exercise, why is it so dang hard to actually DO it?

Today we’re here with Sarah Fragoso, the bestselling author of 6 books, world-traveler, and mother of 3 who might have the answer.

Today’s show is with the blockbuster bestselling author, Gretchen Rubin. You may have seen her on Oprah or listened to her hit podcast, The Happiness Project. On the show, you’ll learn why low carb diets work, simple tricks to be happier, and how to hack your habits to kick butt in health and life.

What do you really want to do with your life? 

Too many of us settle for dead-end jobs and careers that aren't even close to what we actually want. 

So even if you lost your job or you're in between gigs, as so many of us are these days, now is a great time to get clear on where you're going and what you actually want to do with your life. 

So today we're here with Ashley Stahl, an American national security and counterterrorism professional, turned entrepreneur, podcaster, career coach and author of the newly released book “You Turn.”

If you're looking to land your dream job or start a career you love, this show is for you. We’re chatting about…

• How to stay adaptable when everything changes
• Tips on overcoming self-limiting beliefs 
• Discovering the truth about who you are and what your gifts are
• Designing your dream career
• Nurturing an atmosphere of support and respect
• And tons more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/ashley-stahl-how-to-stay-adaptable-design-your-dream-career/

Check out and support Ashley Stahl at AshleyStahl.com

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How's your thyroid doing?

If you're low on energy, gaining weight or your metabolism is off, it's time to take a look at that little gland at the front of your neck.

A century ago, severe iodine deficiency was widespread across the world, but now, we have the opposite problem with 52 nations at risk for thyroid disease due to an extreme excess of iodine.

As some of you know, the health of my own thyroid was struggling in my early 20s and hypothyroidism actually runs in my family.

Now, thyroid problems are rapidly increasing in frequency, but the good news is we're starting to understand why.

Today, I'm thrilled to be back again with my good friend, Dr. Alan Christianson, a Board Certified Naturopathic Endocrinologist who specializes in thyroid care, and a New York Times bestselling author whose recent titles include The Thyroid Reset Diet and The Metabolism Reset Diet.

Dr. Christianson is also a father, an avid outdoorsman and in fact a surprisingly talented off-road unicyclist.

And on today’s show we're talking about...

• Hidden sources of iodine that could drive your levels dangerously high
• What ideal levels of dietary iodine should look like
• Why eating tons of seaweed snacks is probably not a good idea
• Which salts could compromise thyroid health and which choices are best 
• And much, much more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/dr-alan-christianson-how-to-optimize-thyroid-function-avoid-excess-iodine/

Check out and support Dr. Alan Christianson at DrChristianson.com

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When’s the last time you doodled just for fun?

There are surprising benefits to getting your creative juices flowing, and today we’re here with returning guest, Dr. Srini Pillay, to dig into the inner workings of the mind and how to use tinkering to improve all areas of your life.

Dr. Srini Pillay graduated at the top of his class in medical school in South Africa and has been dazzling minds ever since. He's an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, CEO of NeuroBusiness Group and also an award-winning author. I even hear he's writing a screenplay, maybe a musical, and dabbling in a bunch of other things.

His wonderful new book has perhaps the best title of all time, Tinker, Dabble, Doodle, Try. We're about to teach you how to upgrade your brain, health, and performance by having more fun.

What can a former FDA Special Agent teach us about America?

With big corporations and big government steamrolling small-town businesses and mom and pop shops, it's time to ask ourselves what we want the future of humanity to look like.

Returning to the show today to help us out is my friend Gary Collins, bestselling author of The Simple Life book series and host of Your Better Life Podcast.

Gary’s professional background includes working in military intelligence and as a special agent for the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Security Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Today's show with Gary might be a little bit spicy. You're about to hear…

• Why it's a surprisingly good time to start your own business
• How to dramatically turn down your expenses and live on less
• 3 things you can do to reclaim your freedom
• How Gary started a recession-proof business
• Why you don't want to become a unicorn start-up
• Why we should stop competing and help each other instead
• And tons more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/gary-collins-how-to-live-on-less-recession-proof-your-business-reclaim-your-freedom

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Why do elite athletes constantly improve while others spend years on a plateau?

That question has befuddled me for years. But we’re about to crack the code.

On today’s show, you’ll learn how to skyrocket your performance, break through that plateau, and shatter your personal bests with Crossfit Coach, TV Star, and elite athlete, Emily Schromm.

On this show, author and expert in developmental psychology Karly Randolph Pitman teaches us how to heal the emotional roots of eating disorders through unconditional self love, a path she calls, “Growing human kindness.”

Karly struggled with bulimia, binge eating, sugar addiction, emotional eating, body hatred, and weight obsession for over 20 years. A speaker, coach, and workshop leader, her passion is practicing, teaching, living and spreading the message of unconditional love.

Karly is the author of several books and programs on gentle healing, including Overcoming Sugar Addiction, The 30 Day Lift, and Heal Overeating.

In today’s show, we chat about:

• How to confront and defuse rabid sugar cravings
• What to do when you encounter a cookie in the conference room
• How to come to terms with a history of eating disorders and body imageissues
• And the no willpower way to build impulse control

Read the full show notes on FatBurningMan.com.

• How mind control research led to modern surveillance capitalism
• How light and electricity is used to control human and animal behavior
• How technology and algorithms are weaponized for social engineering
• The dangers of exposure to blue light and non-native electromagnetic frequencies
• The startling risks of using virtual reality headsets, bluetooth earbuds, smartphones and brain implants
• How to decentralize your health and your wealth
• The sordid untold history of government corruption that enabled creeping medical tyranny, financial manipulation and forever wars
• How medical freedom laws and constitutional amendments can shape the future of healthcare
• And much more…

He's back again! My good buddy George, from Civilized Caveman Cooking Creations, Caveman Feast, and The Paleo Kitchen joins us this week.

George opens up with brutal honesty and doesn't let up. As usual, George and I have a ton of fun on the show. **Spoiler alert! I may make George cry!**

• George's awesome journey from being a non-cooker to a rockstar Paleo blogger
• How to recover from injury (physically, mentally, and emotionally)
• How to cope with weight gain
• Why taking a step forward is better than finishing first
• And tons more...

• Be on the look-out for our newest app "Gluten Free Desserts" - in the meantime, you can check out the eCookbook HERE.
• We will also be launching the Android version of our best-selling app "Caveman Feast" VERY SOON.

Can you improve your longevity, health and overall well being just through lifestyle factors alone?

Or are we doomed to the fate brought on by our family history and genetics?

To help us find out, today we’re here with Dr. Steven Gundry, a bestselling author and former cardiac surgeon who put himself out of business, and is now known as—I love this—the “No More Mr. Knife Guy.”

In 2002, Dr. Gundry founded The Center for Restorative Medicine based in Palm Springs, CA where he teaches patients how to live healthier lives through diet and lifestyle choices with the ultimate vision of helping people avoid the kinds of surgeries he performed for over three decades.

On today’s show, we’re chatting about:

• How to improve longevity with a few simple tweaks
• Elimination diets, like the Drinking Man's Diet, and why they work
• The importance of vitamin D
• What's the deal with peanuts and cashews
• How physicians can be detectives
• The benefits of snake oil (really)
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/dr-steven-gundry-longevity-elimination-diets-the-benefits-of-snake-oil

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These days, it's fashionable to pop antibiotics like Tic Tacs, and it's almost impossible not to feel pressured into pumping sanitizer onto our hands when we enter or leave any store.

But did you know that even occasional use of antibiotics, hand sanitizers, and other germ-killers can wreak havoc on your long-term health?

Evidence is mounting that this germophobic clean craze - our obsession with antibiotics, hand sanitizer and sterile environments - is actually making us sicker.

Why? Because our bodies were perfectly designed to have a symbiotic relationship with bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and even viruses. When you wipe all of those “bugs” away, your immune system can turn on itself.

Hence the current epidemic of auto-immunity.

And if we stop to take a quick look at the chemical ingredients in some of these hand-sanitizer, you may notice things like Triclosan, which is an endocrine disruptor and toxic to microbes and can actually cause thyroid issues and a lot of other problems.

So in this special throwback episode that seems more timely than ever, we're here with Dr. Robynne Chutkan, a leading expert in the world of gut health and one of the most recognizable gastroenterologists working in America.

Dr. Chutkan has a B.S. from Yale and an M.D. from Columbia, and is the best-selling author of multiple books, including 'Gutbliss','The Microbiome Solution' and 'The Bloat Cure'.

On today's throwback with Dr. Chutkan you're going to learn:

• The value of getting dirty
• Why you should reconsider using hand sanitizer
• How to rewild your microbiome
• And much more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/dr-robynne-chutkan-rewilding-your-microbiome-how-to-recover-from-antibiotics-high-octane-poop

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Do prescription meds cause more problems than they solve?

Watch any one of the incessant commercials from pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., and the laundry list of side effects is horrifying.

Joining me on the show today is Niraj Naik, a former pharmacist who has a lot to say on the subject.

With a history of working long hours, as a community pharmacist across the pond, Niraj witnessed first hand many clients going home with bags full of drugs each month, rarely getting better, and usually going on to suffer from other diseases.

Niraj left the pharmacy behind and is now known as The Renegade Pharmacist, helping others heal using natural treatments like Ayurvedic practices, dietary recommendations, meditation, yoga, and mind power techniques like self-hypnosis and NLP.

On top of that, Niraj is also a musician and is definitely into sound healing and breath work. You may have even heard his music, which is used by healing centres, spas, and therapists around the world.

On today’s show with Niraj, we’re chatting about:

• The benefits and science behind breathwork
• How to use natural supplements instead of prescription drugs
• The power of music in healing
• Mind training with words instead of drugs
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/niraj-naik-the-renegade-pharmacist-on-breathwork-meditation-the-power-of-music-in-healing/

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If you've gained a few pounds over the past year, you are not alone.

According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, 43% of Americans gained an average of about 30 pounds over the past year.

I'll say that again.

Despite unprecedented government intervention “for the sake of our health”—using air quotes here—nearly half of Americans gained 30 pounds in the past year.

If that's you, no worries and no judgment, we're here to help. But we're also here to tell you that there is hope.

While most people are out there gaining weight this past year, my buddy Ivan challenged himself to get back into shape and cut 30 pounds.

So today, I'm honored to introduce you to my dear friend, Ivan Grant aka Melo, a fellow Dartmouth alumnus, singer and premiere bartender in Las Vegas.

Ivan recently took on a weight loss and fitness challenge with his bro, cut over 30 pounds and he already looks 10 years younger.

This is a really fun conversation with an old friend. I hope you dig it. We're chatting about...

• How Ivan shed over 30 pounds during lockdown • The worst hangover drinks • Simple strategies for drinking alcohol without losing your health  • The benefits of joining a challenge with your friends and family • What to do when you fall off the wagon and need to drop a few pounds • A simple tip to cut your cravings  • And tons more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/ivan-grant-how-to-drink-your-booze-and-lose-30-pounds-too/

Follow Ivan Grant on Instagram @ivanatthed, on Facebook @ivan.grant82 and on Twitter @IvanATtheD

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What if you could save thousands of dollars every year on your food budget by eating higher quality food?

Our guest today not only lost over 100 pounds in a year, but also saved over $2,000 on his food budget in the process.

Today we're here with the wonderful Tyler Christensen, an author, designer, creator, host of “After The Run” podcast, and a teacher who spent 15 years in classrooms as an elementary, middle school, and university instructor.

In May of 2018, Tyler weighed over 300 pounds and his wife was concerned for his health. Tyler decided to make a change and within just 12 months, he dropped over 100 pounds, wrote and published two books, built a basement, landscaped his backyard, and read over 100 books.

And on today’s show we’re chatting about:

• How to drop 100 pounds in 1 year by shedding 2 pounds a week
• Boosting energy and brain power by getting outside and exercising
• Saving $2000 in 1 year by eating healthier
• How to get a Brain Boost in just 5 minutes
• And tons more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/tyler-christensen-how-to-shed-100-pounds-and-boost-brain-power

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You know how a steak is marbled with fat—the fatter the animal, the more fat you see marbled through the muscle meat?

Did you know the same thing can happen in your muscles?

When you don't have your strength, when you're not training, when you're de-conditioned or sedentary, the muscles in the human body can actually become marbled with fat.

I don't know about you, but that image alone is enough to keep me training.

And we have the perfect guests here today. I'm happy to say that joining us is Dr. Gregory Kelly, a naturopathic physician, author of Shape Shift: The Shape Intelligence Solution, and the director of product development over at Neurohacker Collective.

Dr. Kelly has published numerous articles on natural medicine and nutrition, contributed three chapters to the Textbook of Natural Medicine and has more than 30 journal articles indexed on PubMed.

He’s the real deal. And on today’s episode, we're talking about:

• Why you don't want marbled muscles
• Taking a holistic view of health
• How sunlight is related to fat loss
• Longevity and two core things to focus on reinforcing as you age
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/dr-gregory-kelly-marbled-muscles-longevity-fitness-in-lockdown

Check out and support Dr. Gregory Kelly at Neurohacker.com

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Todays' show is with the bestselling author of The Primal Blueprint, creator of Mark's Daily Apple, and the Grokmeister himself, Mark Sisson. Since he last appeared on the show, Mark has published his follow-up to The Primal Blueprint, an excellent read entitled The Primal Connection.

The Primal Connection tackles an essential question that presents itself to many of us after a time: "what do you do after you've optimized your diet, nutrition, and fitness and want to get more fulfillment out of your life?"

That one's a thinker. If you're in the mood for some healthy cogitation about your place in the world, do yourself a favor and grab yourself a copy.

The Fat-Burning Man Show has topped the iTunes charts as #1 in Health in most English-speaking countries across the world. And after less than a year of existence, we’re going to hit 1 million downloads. That’s totally insane!

There are still quite a few high-carbing low-fatters out there, but we're definitely making a dent. It’s been truly incredible year, thank you so much for your support and coming along for the journey.

While you're here, go ahead and sign up for my e-mail list and I’ll shoot you a free ebook and a few other surprises as a special thanks for your support.

Mark and I cover:

• Why you should ditch your shoes and run around barefoot in the dirt
• What you can do to avoid mental atrophy
• The role of supplements in Paleo/Primal nutrition
• How Mark really feels about Facebook
• And tons more...

A decade ago, investigative journalist Nina Techolz set out to uncover the truth about our country’s misguided conception that eating delicious butter, beef, and cheese would make us fat and give us heart attacks. 

What she found was a shocking trail of incomplete scientific data, one man’s maniacal mission to squelch conflicting information, and an authoritative body on nutrition taking handouts from Big Food, Inc.

In this incredibly open, honest interview, Nina touches on a little bit of what’s covered extensively in her new book, “The Big Fat Surprise:  Why Butter, Meat, & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet.”   Prepare to be shocked with:

·      The American Heart Association’s affiliation with Proctor & Gamble.

·      How one man bullied his anti-fat agenda into the hearts and bodies of the American people, and why the community of nutrition experts was afraid to speak out.

·      What should be on your dinner plate? (Bacon?  Please say bacon.)

·      Nina’s advice to women about how to fight the saturated fat phobia.

In this podcast, you can find out about the bacon… and all of the secret history explaining why we think that eating fat makes us fat.  You’ll be relieved to know that the foods that should be on your dinner plate are way more delicious than a frozen, low-fat, weight-control dinner.  Trust me, I know. 

PODCAST NOTES

We hear a lot of conflicting information about fat, but what’s the real story?

I was a low-fat vegetarian.  As an investigative journalist, I was sent on an assignment to write a restaurant review column.  There was no food stipend, and the chef’s didn’t want to send out grilled chicken and sautéed vegetables.  The chefs wanted to send out red meat, cream, sauce, and pate.  This was my introduction to this way of eating. 

All of a sudden, I lost the stubborn 10 pounds I’d been struggling with and my cholesterol markers looked great!

I wanted to try to understand the history of why we believe what we do about saturated fat—and those efforts culminated in “The Big Fat Surprise.”

1950’s:  The nation panicked over the epidemic of heart disease—it was the #1 killer.  A scientist name Ancel Keys proposed that saturated fats were the dietary culprit.  He was a charismatic, forceful man who got his hypothesis into the American Diabetes Association.

There were NO SCIENTIFIC TRIALS to back his hypothesis.

His theory was based on epidemiological studies in seven countries that were cherry-picked to support his hypothesis. 

·      He deliberately avoided countries like France, where they consume a diet rich in saturated fats but enjoy very low rates of heart disease. 

·      PLUS, he went to Crete during lent—when they were abstaining from meats and rich foods!

·      There were no clinical studies to follow up his studies. 

After 50 years of following recommended low-fat diet guidelines, we are sicker than ever with a skyrocketing heart attack rate.  What they’ve been telling us is wrong.  We subsequently have clinical trials proving that Ancel Keys’ hypothesis is not supported.

Unfortunately, as a culture, our ingrained ideas are more from advertising than science.

Suddenly, we were told to eat unsaturated fats like vegetable and grain oils instead of saturated fats like butter and lard.  Why?

1948:  $1.7 million went into the coffer of the American Heart Association from Proctor & Gamble.  The edible-oil producing company sponsored the AHA’s radio show and continues to back this authoritative body—which continues to recommend vegetable oils over butter and lard.

Big Food has been very wise about steering the conversation about nutrition in this country.  In fact, one VP of a big edible-oil company was quoted as saying, “If you pay $25,000 for a University study, you can ensure it will say what you want.”

While you can’t totally rig a study, you can sway it so you don’t look so bad, or so that your product looks more favorable than it should.

Why was the American public so easily steered into believing that just-invented foods like soy milk and soy hamburgers would restore our health? 

We had just landed on the moon.  The science mindset was prevalent as we reevaluated what it meant to be a human being.  All of these new things were “invented,” so they must be good.  Faith in scientific invention left Americans open to these ideas.

Women’s magazines told housewives to ditch the “old way” of doing things, to put away lard and butter with the spinning wheel and grab a can of Crisco made by scientists in a sparkling factory instead!  As a nation of immigrants removed from our traditions, we were quick to leave our heritage behind.

The reality is that fats have been prized over time, and many scientists have proven over and over again that diets higher in fat are beneficial to health.

·      The Inuit consumed a diet comprised of 70% - 80% saturated fat, and they had no diabetes or heart disease.

·      According to George Mann’s research, the African Massai consumed a diet of primarily blood, meat, and fat.  The electrocardiographs of 400 Massai men revealed almost no traces of heart attack.

The nutritional expert community became so closed to any ideas other than the idea that fat and saturated fat were bad for you, that the idea became enshrined as dogma so early on that any opposing idea was shunned.

Ancel Keys would literally call people names in print when they disagreed with his theory, so much so that nutrition became a blood sport.  Scientists with opposing viewpoints lost their research grants and were shut down and discredited.  He would smear their names so they couldn’t work in their field.

By the 1980’s, critics of Ancel’s anti-fat theory ceased because to criticize was professional suicide.  Honest, open debate was silenced.  George Mann, who studied the Massai, was a critic and it cost him his research grant.

So, what did we eat before the 1940’s?  There’s a common misconception that we were primarily a plant-eating people.  This theory was based on really bad data.  In fact, we ate:

·      3 – 4 times more red meat

·      3 – 4 times more butter

·      5 – 6 times more lard

Vegetables were considered so nutritionally poor that they were not worth growing—they were a luxury.  Before we could import kiwi and avocado, where were we getting our fruits and vegetables?  Unless you were living in a tropical climate, fruit and vegetable consumption was season and sparse.

“Historical facts move you to rethink this idea that returning to a plant-based diet is a good idea.”

What role do vegetables and greens play in a healthy diet?  Once we decided to cut meat, cheese, butter, dairy, and eggs out of our diet, that created a vacuum, a big empty space on the plate of the American diet that had to be filled with something.  That’s where the drive to eat more fruits and veggies came from.

Saying that a vegetarian diet is off-based is one thing, and it’s another to say that vegetables aren’t part of a healthy diet.  In fact, there are people who are incredible endurance athletes who are on a plant-based diet.

From the scientific perspective, the reason diets of all different kinds work for people is:  Most diets say to cut out sweets and desserts.  Just by cutting out sugar, high fructose corn syrup, flour—just by getting rid of those things, everybody can lose weight, look better, and feel better.  This is the basic starting point of why diets work.

Bodies of large rigorous clinical trials show that a high fat (50%+) diet is better than low fat in terms of markers like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.   You can lose more weight on this kind of diet and lower those markers.

Yes, you should eat fruits and vegetables, but you have to be mindful about how many carbs they are adding!  Some fruits are high in sugar, and some starchy vegetables are high in carbohydrates.

If you are a naturally lean person, you can do a lot more with your diet—you have a lot more leeway.  But if you’re obese, or someone fighting diabetes or heart disease, you are more sensitive to carbohydrates so you have to be careful about them in your diet.

The science has been reevaluated:  Saturated fats were unfairly accused of causing heart disease.  They do not cause heart disease.

The foods that we’ve been avoiding are nutritionally dense, depleting us of:  folate, selenium, zinc, iron, vitamins A, D, E, K and fat-soluble vitamins.  Evidence supports the benefit of bringing these foods back into our diet.

Part of the problem is the word “fat.”  We use it for so many bad things.  What we don’t often realize is that sugar is stored as fat, but dietary fat is used as energy.

Nina, what are you eating?  Eggs, bacon, sausage, cheese, nuts, leftovers, hamburgers, stews with bone broth, vegetables, chicken, fish.  Generally speaking, no pasta or breads around the house.

It’s harder for women to eat more fat because there’s a phobia about it. 

What would you say to women who want to change to a high-fat diet?  It’s so delicious and you’re not hungry! 

Many women have succumbed to the constant obsession with calorie-counting.  Here’s the paradox:  “The more you shift to protein and fat, the less craving you have for other foods!”  For women, it’s such an ugly handmaiden to be worried about food all the time.  It’s wonderful to be free of that.

To lose weight on a low-fat diet, a woman has to consume less than 900 calories per day.  That’s deprivation.  To have the government saying, “Here’s our solution for you:  Starvation,” that’s no acceptable.

What are you up to and where can we find you?

Promoting the new book, “The Big Fat Surprise:  Why Butter, Meat, & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet.”  

You can check me out on my web site, www.thebigfatsurprise.com.

I’m also looking for someone to found the Parents for Whole Milk Movement.  It’s such a tragedy that we are depriving our children of whole milk, instead option for 2% and making that the standard in our schools.  It’s time to generate a change in nutrition policy, and that could come from this kind of movement.  Anyone out there interested?

The key is simplicity:  The answers aren’t found in fads… and don’t be afraid to make a change.

Michael Lovitch has always been interested in the brain, starting with his grad school thesis on hypnosis as a normal avenue for human communication.  Not the weird mystic guru kinds of things… he doesn’t believe in that stuff.  But he focused on the good people with good expectations, and helped launch The Hypnosis Network.

He’d seen all kinds of people selling quack hypnosis programs on the internet, and thought he could offer something real.  If Michael is anything, it’s real.  So when he started consulting with doctors for The Hypnosis Network, he saw them cutting corners with supplements and couldn’t understand why they’d do that. 

Well, aside from a little thing called money… because, sadly, for too many out there it’s all about the bottom line. 

Fast forward a bit and Michael co-founds RealDose with Doctor Steve,  a supplement company focused on giving you the exact dose of the exact plant species using the exact same extraction process as was used in the double-blind studies proving the herb’s effectiveness on real human beings. 

Unlike the guys on late-night TV advertising free trials of their miracle elixir for just $4.95 shipping and handling, Michael takes his supplements very seriously. 

In this podcast, Michael and I have a very candid conversation about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the supplement industry.  We not only hear Michael’s thoughts on futuristic “3-D printable supplement packs,” but we also find out why he’s off chasing wild blueberries in Alaska. 

On the show, we talk about:

·      How to stop getting scammed by online supplement shams.

·      The importance of Dr. Oz.

·      Why 90% of consumers can love a supplement, and 10% hate it!

·      Why Michael’s a “double-blind study” kind of guy.

·      How Alaskan blueberries could help battle childhood diabetes.

·      The future of health:  Printable personalized supplements.

SHOW NOTES

Ø  Apparently it’s super easy to start a shoddy supplement company.  You just go to an expo, pick up a manufacturer, slap your label on the bottle, write up a fake review and put it on the internet.  Then you mark the product way up just so you can sell it for “the cost of shipping and handling.” 

Ø  Often times, these low cost supplement companies pay a dollar to the manufacturer and charge you five dollars shipping of offer it for $69.95 with a thirty day money back guarantee.  But they have no location and don’t answer their help lines.  Guess who’s winning? 

Ø  Here are the six steps shoddy supplement companies take to sell you an inferior product online:

1.    You’re innocently checking out a news story on a reputable site like CNN, and you see a “Related Story” in the sidebar.  If it takes you off of the CNN web site, it’s probably a fake news story about some “miracle cure.”

2.   Somewhere in the news story, you’re linked to a fake review site where the effects of the supplement are too good to be true!

3.   You will probably see “before and after” pictures, or the advertising will use sex appeal to sell you.

4.   The product says, “As seen on Dr. Oz” or Oprah, or some other celebrity.  Unless it’s that celebrity’s product, they’re probably illegally using the name just to sell to you.

5.    They’ll offer up a free trial for just the low, low cost of shipping or give you a 30 day money back guarantee.  Seriously, if the company doesn’t give you at least a year to see results of a supplement, the guarantee is worthless.

6.   They put you on auto-shipment with an option to cancel any time.  Problem is, it’s nearly impossible to reach anyone to cancel the shipments.

Ø  Let’s talk for a minute about Dr. Oz.  He was recently suing people that are selling millions of dollars in supplements by using his endorsement without permission… thinking specifically of garcinia. The thing is, what Dr. Oz does is a lot of work.  He has to vet guests for his show, find new guest, research new content, make sure everything he promotes is well-tested and his information is accurate.  What he does is a lot of hard work, and people take advantage of that.

Ø  What Dr. Oz and people like him do is important work because it gets people interested and talking.  His show starts a buzz.  What a good supplement company does is use that buzz as a starting point for their own in-depth research and development of a quality product.

Ø  Science vs. Real Science:  There are great companies out there that have sort of a renegade approach to supplements.  There are a lot of different ways to test the efficacy of a product.  There’s the anecdotal sort of personal testing, which is the adventurous type.  Then there’s the “real science,” which is the controlled research using petri dishes, rats, monkeys, or humans.

Ø  RealDose uses only double-blind clinical human studies to develop their quality products.

Ø  Michael is clear that he would never say you should only take supplements that are double-blind studied or you’re going to die.  Instead, he says to do your homework.  Ask yourself what makes sense for what you’re trying to accomplish, and as long as it’s not harmful, then go for it.

Ø  Some of the supplements I use for myself are Designs for Health and Thorn.  But I also use some adventurous ones, like Dave Asprey’s Bulletproof.  We need the renegades out there blazing a trail!

Ø  What can we do to make sure we’re getting the real stuff?  First, determine what you want to accomplish.  Second, read the ingredients and the research to see if it’s at least matching your goals.  Finally, look at the refund policy.  Any reputable company will give you a year to see the effects of a product.  You could also call the help line, see if anyone actually answers.  Check out where the headquarters is located and see if it exists.

Ø  To build a good supplement, you must start with the right ingredients.  Let’s take rhodiola, for example:  The research on rhodiola is from plants in Siberia.  The reason these plants are beneficial is because of the harsh environment in which they’re grown.  Why?  Because you’re buying the plant’s defense mechanism, the secondary phytochemicals that the plant uses to protect itself.  These are going to be different from different parts of the world.

Ø  … and those ingredients must be properly extracted.  If you don’t use the exact same extraction process as used in the experiment, you’re going to end up with a different result.  Period.

Ø  Those ingredients must be in the exact same dosage.  What happens is that when a supplement is plastered all over the news, then sham companies wanting to turn a profit source the herb from places like China and then put a very low dose of it into the actual pill you’re swallowing.  That’s how the low quality supplements can be affordable.  You’re not having to pay for the science or quality… but you’re not getting results, either.

Ø  Another example is fish oil.  Fish oil is a really popular supplement.  But let me tell you, it’s completely different if it comes from healthy fish living in the wild than farmed fish fed turkey feces and soy protein isolate while being pumped with antibiotics.  Then, the extraction process has to be right.  If it’s not the right formula, it will be less absorbable.  Why would you pay for something your body isn’t able to absorb?

Ø  The challenge of being an individual is that not every supplement that worked in the clinical studies is going to work the same for your biochemical makeup.  That’s why the future of wellness is moving toward printing your own personalized supplements at home.  In the future, there will be no supplement companies.

Ø  Research is showing that our genetic profiles are not necessarily based on race, but that we each of us are completely unique.  That means we are all going to absorb nutrients differently and have different reactions. 

Ø  But don’t go get a genetic test now!  Don’t run out onto the internet and start your search, because there’s no-one out there doing legitimate personalized medicine right now.  We’re talking about the future, but it will be here soon enough.  You’ll be able to go in, get tested, know exactly what you’ll need to take and get it in a neat little pack to go.

Ø  Beyond that, the future of supplements is a community hub where your personal supplement pack will “3-D print” daily from a clutch of ingredients.  How cool is that?!

Ø  This futuristic process will take out the guesswork.  Right now, even with fantastic products, you’ll get 90% of people that love them and another 10% that think you’ve lied to them.  That’s because even double-blind clinical studies can’t take each individual’s genetic makeup into consideration.

Ø  What is a double-blind study anyway?  Okay, well a single-blind study tests against placebo.  One group is given the supplement while the control group is given a placebo.  In a double-blind study, the people being given the pills don’t even know.  It eliminates the placebo effect, or the power of positive thought!

Ø  Are there ingredients we should stay away from?  There are contraindications, for sure.  Like, you should stay away from grapefruit extract if you’re on certain medications.  Or, too much fish oil thins the blood.  It really all depends on your issues.

Ø  The kind of testing we do at RealDose goes way beyond the FDA’s CG-P testing.  If a product passes that, you’ll be safe.  But RealDose goes a hundred times further, testing for toxins and making sure that ingredients are tested for pesticides and then testing again to be sure they’re not lying.  Everything is double-tested. 

Ø  Testing is really important to Michael.  “I think toxins are neuro,” he says.  “And I don’t want to do anything to mess up anyone’s brain by accident.”  Thanks, we appreciate it.

Ø  What’s in the works for Michael now?  Chasing blueberries in Alaska.  RealDose is working on the best red and purple polyphenol drink ever!  It solves the great fruit dilemma:  people trying to lose weight need the polyphenols in fruits, but can’t have the sugar.  This drink will have all the benefits without the sugar. 

Ø  The berries are being sourced from Alaska!  Remember, you’re harvesting these fruits for their secondary polyphenols (their defense mechanisms), so you want fruits from the most hostile environments.  The more harsh the environment, the better that mechanism.  Imagine being a blueberry trying to survive in Alaska!

Ø  The implication of this drink for kids with diabetes is that parents can give them this instead of sugary orange juice.  Michael is really interested…

What are you training for? What keeps you coming back day after day?

Especially when things get hard, whether you're looking to improve your body composition, training for a personal best or simply exercising for optimal health in body and mind, it's important to create clarity around our goals.

And to help us make sure we're training the right way, avoiding injury and focusing on the results that really matter, I'm happy to be here today with the one and only Jay Ferruggia, a coach, writer and host of the Renegade Strength Show.

You may have seen Jay’s work in Men’s Health, Muscle & Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Men’s Fitness, Fast Company, or on ESPN or CBS. With 27 years of experience and expertise, this dude is the real deal. Jay Ferruggia is an advisor to NFL, MLB, and WWE athletes, and countless high performers. I’ve been following Jay’s work for a decade and I’m stoked he’s with us today.

On this show with Jay Ferruggia, we're chatting about:

• How to adjust your workouts as you age for maximum strength, energy and pain-free recovery
• The importance of defining what you're training for
• Why chugging a gallon of water when you wake up is a bad idea
• Why make sleep your number one health priority
• How to use music to program your subconscious for max-level motivation
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/jay-ferruggia-how-to-program-your-subconscious-for-max-level-motivation/

Head over to JasonFerruggia.com to read the blog, get coaching, and listen to the Renegade Strength Show.

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It really seems like Western medicine is completely devoid of common sense. Why is that?

With a majority of doctors prescribing pills for symptoms instead of treating the underlying imbalances, it's no wonder the world's health is suffering right now.

But today we're here with one of the very best doctors I know, Dr. David Perlmutter, renowned neurologist, and the author of the newly revised and terrifically titled #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain's Silent Killers.

On this show with Dr. Perlmutter, you’re going to learn:

• Why you shouldn't give up plants to do Keto
• Why Western medicine is devoid of all common sense
• How social media harms your brain
• How to start stem-cell therapy right now for free
• And much more...

Let's go hang out with the doc.

Read the full show notes right here: http://fatburningman.com/dr-david-perlmutter-grain-brain-keto-diet-mistakes/

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What’s the secret to achieving and maintaining top performance, even into our 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and beyond?

If you’re ready to achieve life-changing results this year, and keep your momentum for the long haul, you’re in the right place.

Today we’re here with the one and only Tony Horton, a world-class fitness and lifestyle expert, bestselling author, and the madman behind the most successful fitness program in America—P90X, as well as many more. With over 3 decades of experience in the fitness industry, Tony has helped millions of people transform their lives through fitness.

On this show with Tony Horton, we’re chatting about:

• How weaknesses help us redefine our goals and identity
• Why Tony calls himself a part-time vegan
• What to do when you get bored, injured or hit a plateau
• Why it’s better to stand out than to fit in
• An easy way to shift your mental state when you feel panicked, anxious, angry or depressed
• Importance of accountability and finding the right people, purpose and plan
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/tony-horton-how-to-shift-your-mental-state-in-5-minutes-or-less/

For more from Tony Horton go to TonyHortonLife.com, MyPowerLife.com for supplements, and PowerNationFitness.com to access The Power of 4 fitness program and start your free trial.

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How are plant medicines different from modern pharmaceutical drugs?

Many legal drugs today come with serious costs like dependency, debilitating side effects, withdrawals and even worse.

So how can we treat or alleviate symptoms without poisoning our system and depleting our neurochemistry?

Joining me on the show is the perfect guest to talk to about this, it's Cameron George, a.k.a. Kava Cam, a researcher, writer and entrepreneur who founded the company TRU KAVA.

Cameron has a unique perspective on how plant medicines like kava can boost mood, relieve anxiety and support the natural healing abilities of the body.

If you've ever had negative side effects from a prescription drug—hands up—this is the show for you.

We're chatting about...

• Why Cameron went 12 days without food
• The psychological and medicinal benefits of kava
• The importance of honoring traditional preparations of plant medicines (instead of solvent extractions)
• Negative effects of commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals on brain chemistry and what to do about it
• And tons more....

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/cameron-george-the-psychological-and-medicinal-benefits-of-kava/

Check out and support Cameron George at GetTruKava.com and save 15% off with code ABEL15

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Here’s a question for you, and be honest now: How much time per day is your phone in your hand?

According to smartphone usage statistics, the average smartphone user checks their device 63 times per day.

And get this, 22% of us are checking our devices every few minutes, while about half look at their phone a few times per hour.

Are all those bleeps and bloops interrupting your day and interrupting your story?

There are many things you can do to help improve the situation and adapt to this modern world. And to help us figure it all out, we're here with our friend Aaron Alexander.

Aaron is a pioneering manual therapist and movement coach whose clients range from A-list Hollywood celebrities to pro athletes and everyone in between.

He’s author of the new Align Method book and host of the top-rated Align Podcast, which is way more spiritual than it sounds.

And on today’s show, we’re chatting about:

* Benefits of exercising outdoors to increase creativity and reduce stress * The importance of good posture * How to increase muscle growth without compromising balance * Why you should get out of your chair and play like a kid * And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/aaron-alexander-benefits-of-exercising-outdoors-to-increase-creativity-reduce-stress/

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Do you find that you're more easily distracted than ever?

You're in good company.

In the age of nonstop notifications, painfully short attention spans, and endless fear mongering and doom scrolling, sometimes it feels difficult to get things done.

So are you ready to master your time, attention and productivity?

Imagine what you could accomplish if you could stay focused and follow through on your goals, despite all the distractions of modern life. Now is the perfect time to harness science-backed strategies to break bad habits for good.

I’m pleased to be here today with Nir Eyal, a business consultant and award-winning author, including his latest bestseller, “Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.”

On this episode with Nir, we're chatting about:

• How to break bad habits and reduce wasted time
• How to use discomfort to your advantage
• How to master your time and attention
• Why that long to-do list could actually be hurting your productivity (and what to do instead)
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/nir-eyal-how-to-break-bad-habits-and-use-discomfort-to-your-advantage/ 

For more from Nir Eyal, including his award-winning book "Indistractable," articles and more, go to NirAndFar.com.

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Jay Cardiello is a celebrity trainer and co-star of ABC’s My Diet is Better Than Yours. His client list includes Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Seacrest, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, as well as teams in the MLB and NFL. He lived and toured with 50 Cent for 4 years, and you’ll be surprised by how much you and 50 Cent probably have in common.

How are your food prep and cooking skills looking?

When it comes to growing, preparing and storing our own food, life skills that our ancestors considered critical to survival are being lost to time.

But these survival skills are too important to lose.

So, if you're looking to save time and money in the kitchen by getting back to your roots, we have the show for you.

Today we're here with the wonderful Hilary Boynton, an author, certified holistic health counselor and multi-talented mother of 5. Hilary is also a Weston A. Price chapter leader, runs several local food co-ops, helped to open a farm-to-table restaurant in Massachusetts and teaches cooking classes out of her home in California.

You're gonna dig this show with Hilary, we're chatting about:

• The benefits of bone broth, fermented foods, raw foods, and using the whole animal nose-to-tail
• What to do if you're a kitchen newbie
• The gut-brain connection and the importance of diversity in our microbiomes
• Surprising results from putting a glucose monitor on a high schooler
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/hilary-boynton-how-to-feed-your-family-with-real-food/

Check out and support Hilary Boynton at www.MySolBox.com

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Rich Roll is a fellow podcaster, author, and endurance athlete who is 100% powered by a plant-based diet.

How do you fuel elite performance in endurance athletics exclusively on plants?

On this special throwback episode with Rich, you’ll learn:

• How to stick to your nutrition plan when you're eating out
• What alcoholism can teach us about food addiction 
• Why we're obsessed with bacon
• How to kick unhealthy habits
• And much more...

Today we have a special throwback show with Mat Lalonde, PhD. You’re going to learn what people do wrong when going Paleo, why nutrient density matters, and what you should eat for dinner.

Mat Lalonde PhD is a lecturer at Harvard University who specializes in chemical biology, but also studies human metabolism, nutritional biochemistry, health, and athletic performance… just for fun.

He’s not afraid to go after gurus if their science is bogus. Uniquely, Mat has no dogs in the fight, no book to promote, nothing but the quest for great science. And Mat wants to get the best possible information to, well... people who eat food.

In today’s show, Mat and I cover:

• Creating Mat’s nutrient density framework
• How Mat earned the epic (and fitting) nickname, “The Kraken“
• The most invalid arguments made by Paleo advocates
• And tons more!

Today on the show we have Matt & Stacy, The Paleo Parents, who just released their newest masterpiece "Beyond Bacon: Paleo Recipes that Respect the Whole Hog." When I say it is the weirdest cookbook I've seen in a while, I mean it as the ultimate compliment! On top of being the authors of two great Paleo cookbooks, they are also proud parents of 3 very awesome little cave-kids: Cole, Finian and Wesley. They know how to keep busy!

But before we get to the show, we have some very exciting news in the world of The Fat-Burning Man. You may have seen my most recent blog post where I announced this, but if you didn't.... We're launching an app for the iPhone and iPad! It's a collection of over 200 of my good buddy George's best recipes (the man behind CivilizedCavemanCooking.com). We're going to be offering it for the first couple of weeks at just $.99! It's a pretty slick, cool looking app, so we really think you're going to like it! If you want to be sure to hear about that when it launches, don't forget to sign up to be on my newsletter at FatBurningMan.com

On to today's show with The Paleo Parents where we talk about:

• Why you should consider picking up some head cheese.
• How to render fats at home.
• How to raise healthy, happy, well-fed kids.
• And how eating buckets of lard can actually make you lean.

Here's the show.

How much time have you spent outside today?

Hopefully, you're outside right now. But if you're not, I just want to say it's more important than ever to get outdoors, breathe some fresh air, take a break and enjoy some sunshine.

But according to a survey by the EPA, the average American spends 93% of their time indoors, either in enclosed buildings or enclosed vehicles.

Connection to nature shouldn't be something that's seen as dispensable, something that we can have or not have. It's an essential part of who we are.

That indoor air is stuffy and terrible. There's a lot of off-gassing in cars, rooms, carpets, paints, things like that. And breathing that bad air can actually shave years off your life.

So, to help us sort all of this out and keep things in perspective, we're here with one of my very good friends and former cross-country teammate from back in high school, Mr. Will McDonough.

Will is a dad of three, a runner, writer and teacher who never stops moving. And today he's here to share with us the importance of systemization, letter writing, and getting outdoors.

On this show with Will McDonough, you're about to learn:

• How to create time for your passions, even if you have 3 kids
• What it takes to write your first book or two
• How to run fast, even in your Tom Brady years
• The unique challenges facing the next generation of health nuts
• And tons more...

Let's go hang out with Will.

We're here this week with one of our show-listeners, 18 year-old Joshua Weissman. Joshua is the foodie behind the delicious Paleo recipes at the blog "Slim Palate," and after taking control of his health in his mid-teens and loosing 100lbs, Joshua is quickly becoming one of the leaders in the Paleo movement.

I am very excited to say that my team & I are working on fully redesigning the blog with TONS of new content to come. Brand new videos, recipe ebooks, and fat loss and fitness resources, there's a bunch of awesome stuff coming along soon! If you'd like to get these bonuses before anybody else, be sure to enter your email below to get on the email list and I'll send those right over.

On today’s show with Joshua, you will learn:

• The secret to sticking to your nutrition plan and dodging junk food.
• How our children are still being taught the wrong information in health class.
• Why Joshua’s “nutritionist” gave no advice about nutrition.
• Why chubby kids are the new normal (and what to do about it).
• Why quitting soda is so dang hard.
• And how this incredible young man is changing the world with real food and cooking.

People knew me as the food hipster. They saw it as taboo "Ooo that guy's so cool, he eats so healthy!" Click to Tweet!

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It’s ironic. We’re overloaded with “health and fitness” technology, but our collective health is worse than ever. In a world replete with Fitbits, Apple watches, and other gimmicky gadgets, most of these self-trackers don’t do much to actually improve our behavior.

Today, you’ll learn why that’s about to change.

Matt Riemann is a social entrepreneur in personalized health. Like Fat-Burning Man, he’s harnessing cutting-edge technology to change the health trajectory of the human race. I dig it.

You may know Max Lugavere as host of Al Gore’s Emmy-nominated “Current TV.”  Max has a brand-new documentary in the works—Bread Head which explores the effects of diet on brain health and degenerative disease. The choices you make at the kitchen table now have a marked impact on how you think, how you age, and your risk of mental dysfunction in the future. Don’t miss this one!

Have you heard that eating animal protein causes cancer?

Or that you’ll save the world if you only give up hamburgers forever? 

Despite dutifully reducing our consumption of animal protein for decades, rates of obesity and chronic disease have skyrocketed.  

In the face of relentless anti-meat propaganda, what if the blanket advice to follow strict plant-based diets is actually accelerating rates of obesity and disease? 

When I gave up meat as a young athlete for the sake of health and the environment, my results were abysmal. I lost muscle, gained fat, lacked energy, recovered poorly, and my race performance suffered. 

Since plant-based fake meats and meat substitutes are incomplete proteins that are not well absorbed or utilized by our bodies, avoiding high-quality animal protein can lead to poor outcomes in health and performance for children and adults alike. 

Meatless Mondays may sound virtuous, but they’re not saving the environment or solving the obesity epidemic as many are led to believe. 

Indiscriminately blaming cattle for the sins of fossil fuels and industrial agriculture is a mistake. We all want to save the world, but as this week’s guest quips: “we can’t eat our way out of a climate crisis.” 

Whether you’re raising animals or growing crops, industrial agriculture isn’t friendly to the environment or our health. Prioritizing the health of your body and the planet requires that we source real food according to the laws of nature, prioritizing regenerative agriculture and pasture-raised animals over the products of concentrated feedlots and industrial monocrops.

When it comes to health and performance, eating high-quality protein from healthy animals is one of the most powerful weapons we have to fight obesity, muscle wasting, and premature aging. 

Today we’re back with our friend Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, a New York Times Bestselling author, podcaster and functional medicine physician specializing in the concept of muscle-centric medicine, which focuses on the largest organ in the body, skeletal muscle, as the key to health and longevity.

In this episode with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, you’ll discover:

• Why what we think of as aging is actually a disease of impaired muscle
• The surprising relationship between meat, protein, and cancer
• How society's focus on weight loss has led to neglect of muscle building, which is critical for overall health
• The most effective exercises and training frequency to build skeletal muscle, optimize metabolism, and fight aging
• And much more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/gabrielle-lyon-why-meat-eating-and-strength-training-are-key-to-longevity/ 

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Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

Returning to the show is a man who routinely skips breakfast… and often skips lunch, too.

Mr. Mark Sisson is a rebel who takes great satisfaction in beating the tar out of conventional wisdom.

He's one of the veterans, of course, of the Paleo, Primal and Ancestral Health Movement. I very much doubt that we'd be where we are today without his intelligence, dedication and passion for helping others improve their lives. 

Mark is a former running and triathlon phenom, bestselling author of The Primal Blueprint, founder of Mark’s Daily Apple, and a bone fide cool dude.

He's been very supportive of some of our artistic projects over the years  (I even played music at some of his conferences).

On today’s show, he’s joining me to chat about:

• Why metabolic flexibility is like a Swiss army knife
• How to use bacon as a gateway drug into eating real food
• Dirty keto and what to look out for
• How to get off the hunger treadmill and become a fat-burning machine
• And tons more…

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What would happen if you ate nothing but potatoes for a year?

Believe it or not, today's guest did just that. He's a former junior Australian champion marathon kayaker, and also a high school PE teacher who embarked upon a quest to overcome food addiction, anxiety, and depression by eating only potatoes for an entire year.

At first, I was not sure what to think about all of this. But trust me, there is a lot of wisdom that today's guest has for you.

One thing that comes up for a lot of folks is the trouble they have with moderation. If you have a whole chocolate bar, can you eat just one square?  If you feel like you eat that one slice of pizza or a few chips and then you have to eat the whole bag, then definitely pay attention to this episode.

You don't have to eat only potatoes for a year. It's really not about the potatoes, but listen to what he has to say. If you've ever struggled with cravings, moderation, or food addiction, this episode is definitely for you.

On this show with Andrew Taylor, we're chatting about:

• Overcoming food addiction
• How to practice moderation, especially if you're someone who can't practice moderation normally
• Why we don't need to be afraid of carbs
• Why potatoes are actually surprisingly nutritious
• And tons more...

Let's go hang out with Andrew.

Thanks so much for joining us on Fat-Burning Man where we talk about how to avoid becoming The Borg.

Have you ever measured the dirty electricity and electromagnetic pollution emanating from your smart devices at all times?

You don’t need me to tell you that modern humans are tethered to technology to an astonishing degree. But for unspecified reasons, electromagnetic frequencies, or EMFs, and the many health issues that they create are too often hidden from the conversation.

Do you keep your phone in your pocket or use your laptop on your lap?

We are the first humans ever to microwave our nether regions on a daily basis. That is no bueno.

So what effects do EMFs really have on our bodies?

The answer will raise a few eyebrows. And we have the perfect guest for you today.

We’re here with Justin Frandson, an author and Athleticism Performance Coach who has worked with amateur and professional athletes for over two decades. After watching his athletes’ health break down, Justin began to test clients in their homes for dirty technology and now works to help reduce EMF pollution for optimal health.

If you use a phone, have a WiFi router in your house, or any smart devices whatsoever, you’ll want to listen to this show. We’re talking about:

• Surprising ways artificial EMFs impact our health and what to do about it
• Tips for minimizing dirty electricity in your home
• Invisible stressors contributing to low testosterone and infertility
• The dangers of high tech green energy 
• Why you should never put your laptop on your lap
• Easy ways to save cell phone battery and avoid surveillance marketing at the same time
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/justin-frandson-surprising-ways-artificial-emfs-impact-our-health-and-what-to-do-about-it/

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Today's show is with a highly-requested guest, Mr. Erwan Le Corre. Erwan is the leader of the physical education and fitness system called MovNat that is taking the Paleo/Primal community by storm. Plus he has a really cool accent!

Before we get to the show, I have one humble request for you all. I'd like to ask you to take just one moment to think of someone in your life who could benefit from this information. If you know of someone who could learn and become healthier from my blog or podcast, I ask you share this with them! Send them over to the FatBurningMan.com website, or to the podcast on iTunes. Try to change one life TODAY, and I promise to continue to bring the best possible guests, the most unbiased studies and the real truth about health for as long as I possibly can. As always, thank you for your support!

Now onto the show where we talk about:

• How practicing inefficiently makes you worse.
• How you can dodge cultural disempowerment.
• The real reason Abel started Fat-Burning Man (hint: it’s not fat loss).
• Why Bruce Lee says a punch is not a punch.
• And lots more!

Here's the show:

Today's episode is with one of the most knowledgable people in health and fitness, John Berardi of Precision Nutrition. Basically this guy knows what's up! Precision Nutrition takes people who are massively overweight, and turns them into super fit people. They understand how the body works; they understand physiology; they make it happen. They also teach some of the highest performing athletes how to perform even better through nutrition and fitness. I highly encourage you to check out their work. You can also find Dr Berardi and Precision Nutrition on Facebook, as well as Twitter.

Before we get to the show, I have a quick request of you guys! I am booking up some awesome guests for the next few months on the show, but we can always use more. If there is someone you think would be totally awesome to have on the show, please email me! The best way to do that is to sign up for my email list by putting your email in below. Then just reply to that first email, let me know how I can make the show better for you, and what guests you'd like to see on the show! I get a lot of emails, so I can't respond to each one, but I promise I read every one! I do this because I want to change the world. I want to help you guys reach your goals by bringing the best people in health on the show who are spreading the truth. 

So on today's show we talk about:

• Pros and cons of intermittent fasting as a fat loss strategy
• How to turn yourself into a bona fide guinea pig
• And what it's like to tell Georges St Pierre what to do. No small feat!

  Here's the show:

On this week’s show with Dr. Andrew Saul, The MegaVitamin Man, you’ll learn how to take your health into your own hands with inexpensive, readily available, and easy-to-use vitamins.

Today we’re here with Drew Canole, founder of FitLife.TV. On this show, you’re going to learn why eating fruit in the morning might backfire, what happened when Drew tried a ketogenic diet, and why people who eat green vegetables look so dang good.

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This week's show is with my dear friend Pedram Shojai. Pedram, a wellness consultant and lecturer, is a practicing acupuncturist with a strong background in the Chinese martial and healing arts, among so many other things. This show is a little different for me, Pedram and I talk about the diet industry and how you all can actually navigate the maze without getting swindled! I hope you find it helpful.

Before we get to it though, one request from you listeners: Head over to The Fat-Burning Man Show on iTunes, and click the "Subscribe" button which is located right below the image of the podcast. While you're at it, if you could even leave a review at the same time, that would be so amazing!

• How to tell the good guys from the bad guys in the health industry.
• Why the absence of disease doesn’t make you healthy.
• How to pick your friends to lead the life of your dreams.
• And much more... 

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Today we have a special throwback interview with Dr. William Davis, bestselling author of Wheat Belly. Doc. Davis’s grain-busting manifesto sat atop the New York Times bestseller charts for what must be a truly an alarming amount of time for the Big Food Industry.

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Melissa Joulwan, the author of Well-Fed, blogs at The Clothes Make The Girl about her triumphs and failures in the kitchen, the gym, and in life. In her own words she’s "on a mission to be a superfit, well-fed, dressed-to-kill, glossy-haired, rock-n-roll, tart-tongued detective."

That's pretty sweet.

Melissa lives in Austin, TX (holla) and is a former Roller Girl with Austin’s famous Texas Rollergirls, the original flat track roller derby that spread worldwide. She has appeared on the Today Show and Good Morning America and her blog won the 2012 Homie Award for “Best Healthy Cooking Blog.” She'll be speaking at PaleoFx in March.

In today's show we cover:

• Why Melissa has a no treats policy in her books
• What it’s like to do a Whole30
• Why soy oil is not, in fact, healthy
• What not to eat if you have thyroid issues
• Colossal fails in the kitchen
• And tons more...

Here's the show.

Staying strong is not easy in the real world. Are you using this time to get stronger?

When you face adversity head-on, you can actually use challenges and setbacks to propel you to something better.

So today we're here with Chase Chewning, an army veteran with incredible insight and perspective on what it's like to fight back from rock bottom.

After 6 years of active duty, Chase was medically discharged from the military due to injuries that left him unable to walk. After having bilateral, reconstructive hip surgeries and learning to walk again, twice, Chase started his own health coaching practice and the podcast Ever Forward Radio to help others with fitness, nutrition, mindset, entrepreneurship and personal development.

On today’s show, we're talking about...

• How to adapt and develop superpowers during tough times
• Setting up the right kind of daily practice, structure and discipline
• The importance of rewarding and acknowledging your accomplishments from time to time
• How to make adjustments based on personal biofeedback
• Simple things you can do to shake things up, get out of your comfort zone and feel alive
• And much, much more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/chase-chewning-how-to-recover-from-injury-fight-back-from-rock-bottom/

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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/

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John Romaniello (better known as Roman) runs Roman Fitness Systems with a tongue-in-cheek approach to fitness. Equal parts narcissism and self-loathing, Roman writes with passion and humor, show-casing his belief that training doesn’t need to be serious, stern, science-laden monotony. It can be fun, too.

Roman stopped by The Fat-Burning Man Show before going on other shows such as Dr Oz, The Colbert Show, and a few other stops in the mainstream media.

This is a fun show, but let's put it this way: it's a bit more "Tucker Max" than "Paul Jaminet."

I already know this show is going to be controversial. If you're offended by colorful language, what a male at 23 years old has to say about sex (or women in general), or a few other topics that might raise some eyebrows, you may want to skip to the next show.

That said, Roman is brutally honest about his transformation from a chubby kid to a model and unapologetically shares his physical, mental and emotional journey with all of us. It takes a great deal of courage, and gumption, to do that, so there's a lot to learn from the show if you pay attention.

* If you are listening to the podcast, we've bleeped out the potty mouth words.

In today's show we talk about:

• What it’s like to go from being a chubby kid to ripped
• The head trash that comes along with body transformation (that no one talks about)
• How you can dramatically improve your life while improving your body
• And why Tucker Max and Arnold Schwarzenegger say Roman’s book doesn’t suck.  

Here's the show

• How you can use the mental game to make your New Years resolutions come true
• How to incorporate visualization into your workouts for killer results
• Todd's take on why The Fat-Burning Man Show took off (hint: it's all about intention)
• How Todd broke his neck in a freak diving accident and joined the 0.3% who made a full recovery
• How the doozers in Fraggle Rock can help you create positive habits
• And TONS more...

• How metabolic dysfunction affects various cell types in the body, leading to diverse symptoms and diseases
• Why it's a problem that nutrition science is funded largely by food manufacturers, and healthcare research is funded by pharmaceutical companies
• How the complexity and confusion surrounding health and wellness is intentional as it creates a need for external experts and products
• Why the profit-driven healthcare system prioritizes managing chronic diseases over curing them leading to widespread metabolic dysfunction and premature mortality
• How to optimize your metabolic function with simple and inexpensive lifestyle strategies
• And much more…

Were our childhood heroes, like He-Man and Captain Planet, jacked up on steroids?

We’re here with Noelle Tarr and Stefani Ruper, co-hosts of the Well-Fed Women Podcast and authors of the brand new book Coconuts and Kettlebells, to get to the bottom of all of this.

If you’ve ever suffered from body image issues, disordered eating or even exercising too much, this episode is definitely for you.

Noelle is a nutritional therapy practitioner, an NSCA certified personal trainer, and a new mom. And Stefani Ruper is a past guest of the show, creator of PaleoForWomen.com,  and author of Sexy by Nature.

Did you know that in the U.S. every single year more than 50,000 people are poisoned by carbon monoxide gas?

It's a crazy high number and a lot of people are only somewhat familiar as to what carbon monoxide is and what effects it has on the human body.

It's very much a different beast from carbon dioxide. Let's get into it.

Carbon monoxide (CO) is often referred to as “The Silent Killer”. It's a colorless, odorless gas that can cause severe brain damage, and ultimately lead to death; and a lot of times this happens completely invisibly.

You can't see it, you can't smell it, you can't taste it, but carbon monoxide is responsible for hundreds of deaths in the U.S. each year.

And it almost killed me too, and my family, as much as it chills me to say that.

Subscribers on the newsletter know a little bit about this... But when I disappeared from the internet about four months ago, I had no idea that there was a toxic gas leak in the rental house.

I’ll share more in today’s episode. You're about to hear...

• Simple steps you can take to protect your family against carbon monoxide poisoning
• Improvements you can make to the air quality in your home or office
• Fun and effective methods of detoxing from toxic poisoning
• And tons more...

Read the full show notes: https://fatburningman.com/thanksgiving-update-air-quality-fun-ways-to-detox-a-13-gadget-that-could-save-your-life

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When was the last time you took a family road trip? Especially one that was just for fun?

Unfortunately, the family road trip seems to be somewhat of a dying art.

After living a life on the road, I can tell you that getting out of the city— away from all of that crazy brain zapping city energy that we're assaulted with, all the marketing and the billboards—and into the wilderness can be an amazing reset for your body, your mind, and your spirit.

Our brain is not used to it, our bodies aren't used to it. In ancestral terms, this is all completely unprecedented.

More than ever, it's time to take a break. Take that risk and go out somewhere  remote. Get away from those city centers, because we all know that it's a mess out there.

Today we're here with Chris and Holly Santillo, who are a great example of doing something that violates common sense perhaps, but also is a great example of courage and getting away from the norms, and embracing a life of opportunity, adventure and education, especially with their young ones.

Right now, they’re actually traveling the country and the world as nomads with their 3 kids.

Together they have been working with and educating children for over 35 years. They co-authored the book Resilience Parenting, and founded and instruct at Potomac Kempo, a chain of martial arts studio based in Virginia.

And today they’re joining me on the show to chat about:

• How to raise children that are strong, adaptable, and have the ability to recover from setbacks
• How to eat and train on the road
• How to turn mistakes into learning opportunities
• The power of teaching integrity through story
• And much more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/chris-holly-santillo-raising-strong-adaptable-resilient-children

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Can being athletic help you be a better singer and artist? Conversely, can dancing make you a better athlete?

Oftentimes people tend to compartmentalize their lives and don't make the connection between art, athletics, mindset and overall health, but when we take a more holistic view of our lives and our health, we start to realize how interconnected all of this is.

Joining me on the show today, I'm very excited to say, is my good friend, Mr. David Smith.

David is a coach, competitive athlete, Dartmouth and Harvard alum, artist, singer, a super freak of a man—and I mean that in a good way—and dear old friend. If you listen till the end of this episode, you can even hear a clip of us singing together on a long lost Abel James album from years ago.

On this show with David, you're about to learn:

• How being athletic could help you be a better singer and artist
• Meditative aspects of creative or physical work
• What it's like to compete on a national and international level
• How to recover from serious injury
• And tons more...

Let's go hang out with Dave.

Today's special episode of the show is with my buddy Darryl Edwards, The Fitness Explorer. Darryl is a natural movement therapist, and Paleo clinical nutritionist based in London. After nearly two decades working in investment banking as a computer scientist, Darryl abandoned the life of a desk jockey in favor of eating delicious steak and playing outside (my kind of dude!).

Just a reminder that if you enter your best email below, you'll be able to hear about all of the cool stuff we have coming up soon. We're going to be releasing some resources in Intermittent Fasting, you'll get to hear about our new cookbooks that are coming out. Plus you'll also get a free ebook for signing up and we even have some biohacking stuff coming up very soon (if you're interested in fatty coffee and things like that). We have a heck of a lot more coming down the road, so stay tuned!

Today's show we talk about:

• What it's like being a desk jockey who gets no sleep
• How to integrate play into your everyday life
• Darryl's new book "Primal Fitness"
• And how Darryl's version of play can make you bigger, faster and stronger

Did you know your gut is responsible for producing about 90% of your serotonin, one of the leading neurotransmitters that can help generate (or negate) happy thoughts? In fact, some researchers now call our gut our "second brain."

There’s a lot going on in that gut of yours.

Today we’re here with Dr. Michael Ruscio, a clinical researcher and bestselling author whose work in the world of gut health has been published in peer reviewed medical journals.

Even though we’d met before, I was re-introduced to Michael by our mutual friend, Robb Wolf, who says, "Mike is one of, if not the most knowledgeable practitioner in the world on the topic of gut health, both what the research says (and does not say) as well as the clinical applications.”

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No matter how brilliant or accomplished someone seems, it’s important to remember that they’re human, too.

Although Dr. Sarah Ballantyne earned her doctorate at 26, she was 120 pounds overweight and had a litany of health conditions.

That all changed when she discovered the destructive - and healing - powers of the food we eat.

As a scientist, Dr. Sarah Ballantyne is deeply interested in understanding how food interacts with our gut barriers, immune systems, and hormones to influence health.

On this show, you’re about to learn:

• How Dr. Sarah lost 120 pounds by focusing on nutrition
• Why eating Paleo-ish is backed by cutting edge nutritional research
• Why sleep is as important as food
• How the immune system affects weight and health, much more…

Read the full show notes on fatburningman.com.

What are humans actually meant to eat?

It's a very complicated question these days.

But today we're here with my new friend, Brian Sanders, a health coach and host of the Peak Human Podcast, as well as the filmmaker behind the documentary Food Lies.

He's here to talk about the misinformation in the world of nutrition, and what we should be doing and eating instead.

On this show with Brian Sanders, you’ll learn:

• The science behind what humans are meant to eat
• A unifying theory that pulls paleo and vegans together
• How to sustainably source food
• And tons more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/brian-sanders-how-to-sustainably-source-food-a-unifying-theory-what-humans-are-really-meant-to-eat

Jordan Harbinger is a world traveler, lifestyle coach, and the man behind The Art of Charm podcast and blog of the same name.

Jordan and his team of coaches teach men to get and "keep the girl" by overcoming insecurities, building confidence, and challenging old beliefs. What does all this have to do with healthy living? Listen up to find out!

We're on the verge of launching a project I've been working on for the last few months. It’s our brand-new online community, The Fat Burning Tribe!

If you're stuck, have specific questions, or need extra help to reach your fat loss goals, improve your health, and accelerate your results, along with access to some delicious recipe ideas that will have you eat like a King, then the tribe may be just what you need!

We're talking Q&A opportunities, exclusive coaching sessions, and much more!

Here are some of the questions we will be answering "inside the Tribe"...

• "What's the best way to lose the last stubborn 10 pounds around the belly? I feel like I have hit a plateau."
• "Do you have any specific tips or tricks on how to eat healthy without spending a small fortune?"
• "What supplements or diet changes will boost my energy and still allow me to burn fat?"
• "How can I sustain a healthy, fat-burning lifestyle when I don't have any extra time for cooking or exercise?"
• "What are the top 5 fat-burning foods that you recommend for a busy lifestyle?"
• And so much more!

I'm about to record our first webinar specific tactics about how you can break through your fat loss plateau.

If you're interested in learning more, please come join the fun at FatBurningTribe.com.

Also, coming up is PaeloFX, one of America's largest symposium that promotes the ancestral approach to eating and health. This convention jam-packed with speakers and experts, like Robb Wolf, Chris Kresser, Mark Sisson, Dr. Terry Wahls, Jonathan Bailor, Ben Greenfield, Dave Asprey, Stefani Ruper, George Bryant, and so many more!

And yes, yours truly will be among the guest speakers!

So check out PaleoFX conference in Austin, which is taking place this April 11-13, and hopefully I get to see you there! If you're attending, make sure to stop by say "hello" while you're there. I'd love to meet you!

This show might ruffle some feathers.

We talk about body image, sex differences, and are quite transparent about the way that a lot of young single men see the world (and what that means for women). If you'd like to speak your mind, let us know what you think what you think in the comments below. We'd love to hear from you!

By the way, I was also interviewed by Jordan on the Pick Up Podcast, so head on over to his site and listen to my interview with Jordan, too!

On today's Fat Burning Man show, Jordan discusses...

• Why charm, charisma, and confidence are learned skills (and how you can increase them)...
• Surprisingly, how the perfect body often isn't actually what most people want...
• What women should know about men when it comes to attraction (it's not what you think!)...
• And much more!

So go ahead and listen to the show! As always, Fat-Burning Man is listener-supported, which means your reviews and spreading the word to the people you care about makes a big different. Please take a moment to leave a review on iTunes or tell a friend if you haven't already. Thank you, you are awesome!

In today's show I welcome Dr. Loren Cordain - considered by many to be the godfather of the Paleo Movement and the world's foremost scientific authority on the evolutionary basis of diet and disease.  Loren is the author of the groundbreaking, The Paleo Diet, as well as The Paleo Answer, The Paleo Diet For Athletes, and the Paleo Diet Cookbook.

In today's show we learn:

• The most compelling scientific evidence for The Paleo Diet
• A brief history of a young Robb Wolf
• Why Dr. Cordain doesn't consider himself the first authority on Paleo... and who is
• The reason why our hunter-gatherer ancestors did not eat dairy
• What has changed in Dr. Cordain's stance on saturated fats and canola oil - and why
• And tons more...

Here's the show.

Nicolas Cole went from a scrawny, unhealthy, 100-pound teen struggling with Celiac disease to a jacked 170-lbs physique model. Nicolas has been on the show before, and he’s back answering your questions about the ever elusive subject: how to gain muscle mass eating clean, Paleo, and Wild foods.

What does practicing medicine have in common with being a ninja warrior?

As an emergency room doctor, our guest today is an expert in dealing with high-pressure situations.

Dr. Noah Kaufman, the Ninjadoc, stars on the hit TV show "American Ninja Warrior." He’s an avid rock climber of over 25 years and holds a black belt in karate.

He's going to tell us what it's like to compete on the world's hardest obstacle courses—and how regular people can get off the couch and start climbing, too.

You get by with a little help from your friends.

Returning to the show is long-time listener Kenny Stanford, cofounder of Grit Fitness down the road here in Texas. Kenny reimagined the gym as a place where friends help friends, and grown-ups get to have recess. Started on a shoestring budget, Kenny built his thriving business in just a few months with a surprising and unconventional approach to fitness.

Unless you want a heart attack in your thirties, you have to dial in your nutrition. Most dudes have no clue where to start.

Our guest today is Serena Wolf, author of The Dude Diet: Clean(ish) Food for People Who Like to Eat Dirty. When Serena first witnessed the way her boyfriend really ate at home, she was absolutely terrified. Now she’s a trained chef who specializes in making "guy food" with healthy ingredients… without sacrificing taste.

So if you (or the dude in your life) can’t live without mac and cheese, nachos, and pizza, this show is for you.

Do you ever say “yes” when you really mean “no”?

I'm definitely guilty of this, but being a people pleaser can ruin our relationships.

So if you want to protect your time and energy while being more honest with yourself and those you love, this is the show for you.

Today we're here with Terri Cole, a celebrity psychotherapist, relationship expert, author of the brand new book called “Boundary Boss” and host of the popular podcast, The Terri Cole Show.

You’re going to dig this one. We're talking about...

• Simple tips on how to protect your time and energy
• The benefits of waiting 24 to 48 hours before you say “yes”
• Why it's important to identify the non-negotiables in your life, your preferences, desires, limits and deal breakers
• Benefits and examples of positive self-talk
• And tons more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/terri-cole-do-you-ever-say-yes-when-you-really-mean-no/

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Have you tried eating low carb yet? How did it go?

How did you feel? Did it last? Be honest.

Many people get incredible results by kicking out all the processed junk, sugar, and by dialing down the carbs, but I'm going to be honest with you, I love carbs.

After my hard workouts, after my runs up the mountains, there's definitely a place for good carbs like wild rice, quinoa, sweet potato, old school sourdough, even some treats every once in a while.

Carbs can be our friends too.

So how do we scale our intake of fat, protein, and carbs, to achieve our ideal body composition?

Today, we're here with a perfect person to talk about it, the wonderful and talented, Tara Garrison.

Tara is a certified personal trainer, nutritionist, and mindset coach who helps high performers, including celebrities, professional athletes, and top executives optimize their health.

In today’s episode, we're chatting about:

• How lifting weights makes everything easier
• Why you should do keto but not forever
• Intermittent fasting from a woman's perspective
• Changing your mindset from a restrictive mindset to an abundance mindset
• And tons more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/tara-garrison-keto-scams-lifting-intermittent-fasting-for-women

Check out and support Tara Garrison at CoachTaraGarrison.com

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This is a very special episode of the show with Kurt Morgan, the 47-year old grandpa who transformed into a fat-burning beast in front of our eyes on ABC’s My Diet Is Better Than Yours by dropping a total of 87 pounds in just 14 weeks. He also dropped an astounding 22% percentage points of body fat.

This week's show features the host of yet another top podcast (and a genuinely awesome dude), Mr. Lewis Howes. Lewis is a lifestyle entrepreneur, former world record holder, and two sport professional athlete. He is also the voice behind the hugely popular “School of Greatness” podcast.

If you haven't already heard Lewis' School of Greatness podcast, take a listen. If you want to up your game in business, mindset, or ass-kicking, his show is life-changing stuff. :)

Before we get to the show, just a heads-up that we have a few of really exciting and super-secret announcements coming up in the next few weeks for subscribers only. So if you haven't signed up yet, go ahead and enter your email over at http://fatburningman.com. When you do, I'll send you a free eBook and a few other special goodies to get you rolling!

Onto the show with Lewis. We chat about:

• How Lewis lost 28 pounds in 28 days (Check out the before and after pic below!)
• How to recover from a career-ending injury
• Why a thriving body is essential to a successful life
• What kicking butt in sports has to do with building a business

Today we have a oft-requested guest, Mr. Vinnie Tortorich. He's Hollywood's go-to guy for fitness and weight loss, coined as America's Angriest Trainer. Vinnie is also the author of the terrific book Fitness Confidential, where he debunks the myths and gimmicks of the weight loss industry.

Vinnie is hilarious - you're going to dig this episode.

Before we get to the show, I have a very special request. Unlike a lot of podcasts out there, The Fat-Burning Man Show is entirely listener supported. No advertisements, no sponsors, no corporations lurking in the background trying to influence what we have to say.

As you know, the show and a lot of the content on FatBurningMan.com is completely free, and I want to keep it that way for as long as I can. With the amazing growth we've seen over the past year and a half for the show (we just passed 2 million listens!!!), we're barraged by companies desperate to advertise their wares on the show. But for the reasons I describe on this page, we always say no.

If you like what you're hearing each week, and what we're coming up with on the blog, I would be so grateful if you donate to help support the Fat-Burning Man Team (Yes! We have a whole team!) and keep us commercial free. I'm also giving away 2 very special surprises to everyone who helps out by donating as little as a dollar.

Click here to learn how you can help support the show (and win 2 gifts and a message from Abel on your voicemail...) 

Thanks, you rock!

Alright, on the show. Vinnie and I chat about:

• Why the fitness and weight loss industry thrives on products that don’t work
• Why exercise is a horrible way to lose weight
• And why Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about what he orders for breakfast

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

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Today we're here with fellow podcaster and the lady behind Balanced Bites, Diane Sanfilippo. Diane is a Holistic Nutritionist specializing in Paleo nutrition, blood sugar regulation, food allergies/intolerances and digestive health. She’s also the author of Practical Paleo and The 21-Day Sugar Detox.

I'm sure a lot of you are already familiar with her, but if not, you're in for a treat.

In today’s show, Diane and I cover:

• How to eliminate sugar cravings in 3 weeks
• The scoop on adrenal fatigue
• Why the nutrition facts are mostly useless, but you should always read the ingredients
• Special nutrition and fitness tips for women
• Why our great-grandmothers didn’t need nutrition lessons
• And tons more…

Are you sick of being stuck inside?

You're in good company.

When our survival and basic needs are threatened, our trust in authority figures broken and our human rights ignored, it's pretty easy to lose your head.

So how can we protect our brain and nervous system in these trying times?

Well, I’m happy to say that returning to the show this week to help us out is Eliza Kingsford, a Licensed Psychotherapist and certified Mind-Body Practitioner. She's the author of Brain-Powered Weight Loss, and she's joining me on the show to share:

• Easy tips for navigating mental health while we're in such close quarters
• The importance of protecting your nervous system right now
• How to manage kids and a career, at the same time
• The science behind why you might be struggling with food cravings more than usual (and what to do about it)
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/eliza-kingsford-how-to-dodge-cravings-and-protect-your-mental-health

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Tried an elimination diet yet?

You’ve likely heard a lot of buzz around the carnivore diet, it's come up a few times on this show.

The way I think about elimination diets, is that you're fasting from certain food categories.

When you give yourself a break, all of a sudden your immune system can calm down and do the exact work that it needs to do to keep you safe—instead of causing all sorts of problems for you or attacking your own body, in the case of auto-immune conditions.

You don't want your health to be getting low at this point, with everything that we're up against.

So, let's add to your bag of tricks today—Dr. Paul Saladino is joining us on the show.

Dr. Saladino is a certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, he hosts the Fundamental Health podcast, and just released his brand new book, The Carnivore Code.

On today’s show, we’re covering...

• The benefits of elimination diets
• Nutrient density of eating nose-to-tail
• How to source good quality meats, eggs and bones
• Voting with your fork and wallet
• Cost and practicality of the Carnivore Diet
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/dr-paul-saladino-the-carnivore-diet-functional-medicine-eating-raw-brains

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• What real musicians think about AI-Generated music
• How to approach learning a musical instrument in an age of distraction
• Why having your own music library is better than Spotify
• Why labor-intensive hobbies that don’t have a financial pay off are worth it
• And more…

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Do you ever feel isolated and alone?

In these crazy times when we’re more technologically connected than ever, many of us can’t help but feel separated and somewhat detached.

It may feel like it's us versus the world, and unfortunately, social media and the internet don't seem to be helping.

To help us rise above the madness of today's world, we're here with Dr. Caroline Leaf.

Dr. Leaf is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist with a Masters and PhD in Communication Pathology specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology.

On with this show with Dr. Caroline Leaf, we're chatting about:

• How to shift from a threat mindset to an opportunity mindset
• Risks associated with loneliness and isolation
• What to do about toxic stress
• The placebo effect and how to use it to your advantage
• And tons more...

Let's go hang out with Dr. Leaf.

Do sugar substitutes mess with your brain and taste buds?

If you’ve ever messed with high-octane sweeteners like stevia or monkfruit, you know the sensation of hyper-intense sweetness on your tongue. Even worse with monstrosities like Sucralose.

Research indicates that overstimulation of your sugar receptors may actually change the foods you crave. What do we do about it?

To help us navigate the thorny world of home cookery and health, we’re here with Anna Vocino, a voice over talent and stand up comic who writes cookbooks and co-hosts the “Fitness Confidential” podcast.

She has voiced hundreds of commercials, cartoons, movies, promos, radio stations, and video games, which is a super cool day job to support her passion of food blogging and cookbook authoring.

And today she’s on the show chatting with me about:

• Why natural and artificial sweeteners are a double-edged sword
• How to ditch Dirty Keto and train your tastebuds
• Why we should try different elimination diets
• Learning how to fast after healing from an eating disorder
• Why comedy is healing
• And tons more…

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/anna-vocino-eat-happy-with-low-carb-comfort-foods-why-comedy-is-healing

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Today’s show is someone you’ve seen around here before. Mark Divine is an expert around human performance when it comes to mental toughness, leadership, and being a physically ready for anything.

Mark is a true Renaissance man, as you'll see on this show. He's a former top ranked Navy SEAL, CPA and MBA professor, and has built a half dozen multimillion-dollar companies. No big deal.

On this show with Mark Divine, we talk about:

• Why the best defense is a good offense
• How failing loudly and publicly will make you a champion
• Why successful people are constantly uncomfortable
• How to unbalance your competitors to win at anything
• And much more...

Buckle up, here it comes.

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Denise Minger is one tough cookie. As a health writer and researcher, she has zero patience for dietary dogma and does one heck of a job at beating the tar out of conventional wisdom. Denise just published her book "Death by Food Pyramid: How Shoddy Science, Sketchy Politics and Shady Special Interests Have Ruined Our Health." I think you're really going to like this show.

Before we get to it though, I'd like to ask a quick favor. If you haven't already had the chance to leave a review for the show in iTunes, I would greatly appreciate you taking a few minutes to do so. This helps us get in front of more listeners, help more people get healthier and change the world! 

On this week's show with Denise you’ll learn:

• A surprising secret behind how the food pyramid was created.
• Why some women gain weight on Paleo.
• How to spot a fraud in nutrition and fitness.
• Why writing a book will ruin your health.

Just because someone has letters after their name does not make them immune to bias. Click to Tweet!

This week’s show is with Gunnar Lovelace, the CEO of the online shopping club Thrive Market. Like many listeners and readers, Gunnar is a productivity beast, sometimes working 18 hours a day leading one of the hottest health companies of 2015.

Can changing your thought patterns actually improve your ability to heal?

Once you sift through the research, the answer is undeniably yes.

We’re here today with Dr. Roy Vongtama, a Board Certified Cancer Specialist with degrees in Biological Basis of Behavior from the University of Pennsylvania, a Medical Doctorate from the University of Buffalo and postgraduate training at UCLA.

He’s the author of Healing Before You're Cured, and you may even recognize him as an actor from the TV show 24.

Dr. Vongtama has done more than 7,000 hours of silent meditation, and today he’s going to talk to us about how meditation can help rewire the immune system.

On this show with Dr. Roy Vongtama, you’re about to learn:

• Games you can play to relax and decrease stress 
• The link between your thoughts and your body's ability to fight disease
• How to turn the laws of motion into your secret weapon
• How meditation helps rewire the immune system
• And tons more...

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We’re on the podcast today with my friend, Kevin Gianni. Kevin is an author, activist, blogger, former vegan, and co-founder of Annmarie Skin Care. Don’t miss this – Kevin tells it how it is.

On the show, you’ll learn:

How Kevin gained 60 pounds in his year post-vegan

Why he ate 64 ounces of goat-milk yogurt a day!

One surprising health food that’s full of lead

What to do when your toddler eats a Goldfish cracker

And how to keep toxins off your skin and out of your life

After years of health research, Kevin and his wife Annmarie were surprised and horrified about the harmful chemicals that are added into most skin care products-- and the negative effects they have in and on the body.

Today's show is one of my favorite shows EVER! Pedram Shojai has basically done everything: he is a knight, he's been chased by lions, lived as a hunter-gatherer,  he's making films, and writing books... Some seriously cool stuff!

Before we get to the show though, I want to thank you folks once again for checking out our app, "CavemanFeast" where we have over 200 Paleo recipes from George Bryant over at CivilizedCavemanCooking.com

The response has been amazing! It broke right through the Top 10, and hit #1 in the Food & Drink category, plus #6 overall across the world! To those of you have picked up the app already, thank you so much! If you don't have it yet, and have an iPhone, iPod or iPad with iOS6, just click the button below to go download it now.

We are definitely working on an Android version as well. If you know of an Android developer, send them our way!

If you want to be one of the first to know when the Android version is released, plus hear about all the other exciting things we have in the works, be sure to sign up over at FatBurningMan.com

Alright, onto the show. Today Pedram & I talk about:

• What it’s like to live like a hunter-gatherer in Africa.
• How being chased by lions is like meditation.
• Why we’re not smart enough to watch TV.
• How drug companies try to trick you with neuroscience.

After loads of requests from you loyal listeners, we are pleased to present Mr. Rich Roll! Rich is one of Men's Fitness Magazine's "Top 25 Fittest Men," a fellow top podcaster, plant-fueled endurance athlete, and the author of the best-selling "Finding Ultra."

We speak about beating out Jillian Michaels for #1 in Health on iTunes, and I'm pleased to say we got her this week. Interestingly, I have FAR more in common with Rich's point of view as it relates to nutrition and health (despite the fact that he's vegan) than Jillian. You really can be happy and healthy at the same time, and tip of the hat to Rich for walking the walk.

Another huge thank you to those who have continued to donate to the show. If you haven't had the chance to donate and would like to, you can do so by clicking HERE and I'll send you 2 of my bestselling ebooks as a special thanks for your support.

If you'd rather show your support in another way, we are always very grateful for your reviews on iTunes. You rock!

On to the show, today we talk with Rich about:

• How to stick to your nutrition plan when eating out
• What alcoholism can teach us about food addiction
• Why we’re obsessed with bacon
• Why Paleo people and Vegans should stop bickering
• And tons more...

This week’s guest on The Fat-Burning Man Show is probably well known to most of you.  He is an old personal friend of the mine and a leading chef and author in the Paleo movement.

George Bryant is the co-author of the wildly popular Caveman Feast eBook with myself, and together we also created the #1 Food App Caveman Feast.  Which is available for both iOS and Android right now, so check it out if you haven’t already.

Plus, George is the man behind the Civilized Cavemen Cooking blog, and has just released a brand new cookbook called Paleo Kitchen with PaleoOMG’s Juli Bauer. I tried the Creamy Seafood Risotto recipe last night and it was out of this world.

In this week’s show George takes us behind the scenes and find out what it really takes to create a world-class cookbook…

• Why real food, and good health are still the best way to connect with your friends and family.
• The dirty work that goes into creating a best-selling cookbook… Over 14,000 photos, and thousands of hours in the kitchen.
• The one simple trick that will let you master any recipe you cook, and make sure it’s the tastiest version possible.
• George shares his biggest piece of advice that let him reshape his relationship with food into a health sustaining, and a deeply fulfilling career.
• Why the real food movement is so much bigger than just recipes and ingredients, it’s about creating a sustainable lifestyle and living a better life.
• George explains that love, passion and trust are the most important ingredients in any kitchen and recipe.

George has teamed up with Juli Bauer from PaleOMG to create an amazing collection of over 100 brand new recipes consisting of appetizers, entrées, side dishes, and decadent desserts that are sure to reinvigorate your caveman taste buds.

Paleo Kitchen

As someone who is lucky enough to know George personally and eat his food often, I can tell you that these recipes are the absolute best in the world of Paleo.

If you have grown tired of the same old, boring gluten-free recipes, just give the recipes in Paleo Kitchen a try and primal eating will never taste the same again!

Enjoy the show!

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• George Bryant's Blog
• "Caveman Feast" eBook, by George and myself
• Caveman Feast app, by George and myself
• "Paleo Kitchen" cookbook, by George and Juli Bauer