Eric Edmeades is often referred to as the “Indiana Jones” of the professional speaking world. He has been traveling to Africa to visit the Hadza, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer groups, since 2007. We talked about rites of passage, how ancestral living solved his health issues, lessons from his time with the Hadza, how to overcome evolutionary mismatch in Western society, founding WILDFIT, and much more. You can learn more about Eric at eric.ee

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:19) – Homeless as a teenager

(00:05:45) – Rites of passage

(00:15:10) – Building resilience

(00:19:27) – Health journey

(00:26:11) – The US medical system

(00:29:33) – Changing his diet

(00:33:33) – The Hadza (Hadzabe Tribe)

(00:37:58) – Evolutionary mismatch

(00:43:32) – What the Hadza eat

(00:51:45) – Healthy kids

(00:57:43) – Food psychology

(01:00:46) – Should we eat like the Hadza?

(01:10:34) – Frightened primates

(01:17:52) – 3 seasons of eating

(01:30:01) – Winter for the Hadza

(01:31:51) – Vegetables & tubers

(01:36:37) – The evolution gap

(01:40:05) – Movement & the lymphatic system

(01:45:02) – Executive function

(01:50:07) – What life’s about

(01:55:52) – Contentment

(02:03:16) – Rest & leasure

(02:05:47) – Unconditional love

(02:08:42) – WILDFIT

(02:15:40) – How to connect with Eric

(02:17:49) – Be the captain

Dr. Cate Shanahan, MD, has been studying vegetable oils since 2002. We talked about her background in biochemistry and what plastics have to do with seed oils, Henry Ford’s role in the history of seed oils, fatty acid chemistry and oxidation, how to avoid parkinsons and improve your mental health, her thoughts on sugar, fruit, and juice, the Hateful Eight, what Dr. Cate eats in a day, her new book Dark Calories, and more.

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:03:56) – Dr. Cate’s education background

(00:07:52) – Polymerization & seed oils

(00:12:46) – Athletic background & health issues

(00:15:04) – What a healthy diet really is

(00:16:28) – Why do people defend seed oils?

(00:27:19) – The smoking analogy

(00:30:46) – A brief history of seed oils

(00:42:40) – Edward Bernays

(00:43:14) – Fatty acid chemistry & oxygen

(00:49:30) – Oxidation & oxidative stress

(00:56:55) – Rust, autophagy, & chronic disease

(01:00:32) – Changing your diet to prevent Parkinson's

(01:02:11) – Sugar & refined flour

(01:05:51) – Mental health

(01:10:41) – Sugar continued

(01:14:38) – Fruit, juice, & old food

(01:20:56) – The Hateful Eight

(01:24:22) – Clean Bite app

(01:25:54) – Palm, olive, avocado, & coconut oil

(01:27:34) – Adulterated food

(01:31:00) – What Dr. Cate eats in a day

(01:34:14) – Ancestral eating & Deep Nutrition

(01:35:00) – Her next course

(01:35:28) – Where to find Dr. Cate

Justin Nault is a nutritional therapist who has helped thousands of clients escape our broken healthcare system and reclaim their health. We talked about his previous life as a professional musician and his own health journey, as well as the origins of allopathic medicine, seed oils and the hydroelectric dam analogy, what’s wrong with rodent studies and nutrition research, how to eat for optimal energy, leanness and performance, longevity in sports, setting 90 years of goals, the politicization of health, finding self-love, and much more. You can learn more about Justin at justinnault.com/steven

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:38) – Justin’s life as a professional musician

(00:05:44) – The costume

(00:11:08) – Escapism

(00:15:32) – Rocketman

(00:17:52) – Collecting data from childhood

(00:22:20) – Masochistic fitness

(00:26:05) – Justin’s niece

(00:31:26) – The origins of alopathic medicine

(00:32:57) – The limitations of nutrition science

(00:34:54) – Seed oils

(00:39:18) – The hydroelectric dam analogy

(00:44:12) – PUFAs, Omega-6s, & Omega-3s

(00:46:05) – Hyperphysiological doses, & fat loss

(00:52:10) – A cheap way to check your metabolic rate

(00:53:50) – What happened to Primal Kitchen

(00:58:57) – Capitalism is demand-driven

(01:03:01) – Whose funnel am I in?

(01:06:17) – Justin’s staple foods

(01:08:32) – Cholesterol & thyroid health

(01:16:54) – Carbs & saturated fat

(01:21:53) – Calories, paleo, & metabolic rate

(01:27:34) – Food is data

(01:30:50) – Energy flux

(01:35:39) – No more sugar cravings

(01:38:50) – Architect of freedom

(01:43:18) – Thyroid, carb sources, & dairy

(01:46:44) – Fiber & blood glucose

(01:47:49) – Sugar

(01:54:40) – Fructose & fruit juice

(01:56:57) – Rodent studies & nutrition research

(02:02:14) – The illusion of authority

(02:07:40) – The politicization of health

(02:11:29) – Covid

(02:19:29) – A journey of self-love

(02:31:18) – Psychadelics & non-duality

(02:35:20) – Is it working

(02:42:41) – Top 5 daily prometabolic habits

(02:46:23) – Equatorial living

(02:49:07) – Leanness & performance

(02:58:28) – Longevity in sports

(03:00:50) – Justin’s athletic life

(03:03:06) – 90 years of goals

(03:05:39) – Where to find Justin